The Market, Barnsley

Solid Victorian terraced local pub easily found as you can follow the brown signs for the Elsecar Heritage Centre which is next door. A multiroom layout with a long room across the front comprising the bar proper to the left and a sitting area to the right as a form of West Riding drinking lobby. Straight ahead is a drinking corridor with a stretch of counter, some tall stools, a TV and a couple of games machines, it also gives access to toilets and the patio. Off the corridor are two back rooms, unusually still with doors, the one to the left has a bar counter. Five handpumps and a range of keg fonts adorn the front counter with just keg fonts on the other faces, the handpumps serve a range from mainly local micros, the only major brand being Deuchars. Judging by the glassware and beer mats Acorn beers are often sold here although I had a difficult choice of excellent beers from Wentworth, Great Newsome and Bradfield when I popped in. Prosaic keg offering although keg John Smiths Magnet was lurking amidst the Carling, Fosters, John Smiths smooth etc. Traditional pub décor and furnishings, the back bar has miniature chairs rather than stools to compliment the bench seating. With excellent beer, a good mix of ages among the customers and friendly staff this GBG listed pub is well worth a visit whither you are visiting the heritage centre or not.