Colliers Arms, Walsall

Solid village-type pub with two main rooms arranged in an overall 'L' shape (although the bar area also has another small branch at the back). Semi-traditional furniture throughout, although the decor is perhaps lighter than one might expect. Patio beer garden to the rear. Four real ales on handpump: Old Speckled Hen, Brain's SA, Holden's Golden Glow and a decent Enville Ale (£3.25).

A nice suburban community local which has been well-maintained. Public bar area to the right as you enter (darts here), with a larger lounge to the left which snakes round. Comfy, clean and tidy with red and magnolia colour scheme and right-side-of-twee red curtains. Very busy for a Thursday evening, almost at capacity with a mix of ages and gender which is testament to the publican’s efforts. Four ales on; Enville Ale (disappointing) and Holdens Golden Glow (very good) plus ‘two stagers’ which I forgot to note (probably GK OSH and Sharp’s Doom Bar going by the WhatPub listing). I really liked it in here, a shame that my Enville wasn’t up to muster as otherwise I might have dropped closer to a 9.