The Salutation, Doncaster

A very nice old building that has been chopped up inside on several different occasions - the bar person showed us where the remnants of one bar position are still detectable in the ceiling plaster, and a local recalled a time when it was in yet another part of the room. The ceiling has been rough-plastered and had rough-hewn ornamental joists added to it. It's an old Tetleys heritage inn, so still quite pleasant if not exactly authentic. The seven hand pumps featured one cider and four ales on our Tuesday afternoon visit. Two of the ales were from Copper Dragon, the others being Thornbridge and Black Sheep, a reasonable if slightly unadventurous choice. Definitely the place to stop off for a beer on your way to or from the racecourse.