Coach & Horses, Shipston-On-Stour

Another of the venerable Shipston inns; this one being a Hook Norton house. The interior has been refurbished and partially remodelled at some stage, but the 'L'-shaped bar retains a pool table, three dartboards, etc. Off to one side, there are two quieter seating / dining areas also redone in a light semi-modern style. Four of five handpumps were in use when I visited, with the Hooky, Old Hooky and Hooky Mild (£3.30) supplemented by the Black Country BFG as the guest.

The Coach and Horses is a long fronted pub that is on the main road into Shipston from the south. Once inside the bar was facing,this area had a tiled floor with normal tables and chairs,there was a dart board to the rear left and a seating area up one step the the right,this area was carpeted and had a pool table in it,the seating here was also normal tables and chairs. There was some decent music playing at a fairly loud volume which i did'nt mind. The pub is a Hook Norton tied house and there were three real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Hookey bitter which was a nice drink,the other beers were Old Hookey and Hook Norton Two Hoots. The pub was fairly busy with a younger crowd in. I thought this was a decent pub to end my pub crawl in. Pub visited 11/5/2013