Woodman Inn, Wolverhampton

Now a Greene King pub, but the expansive Tudor-style exterior appears largely unchanged. Retains two completely separate bars, with the right-hand one extending further back as an enlarged seating / dining area. Furniture and decor of the modernised traditional type. Also has a good number of wooden tables along the frontage. Disappointingly, just IPA and Doom Bar (curiously priced at £3.04)available from the various handpumps.

Official site of Woodman Inn - www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk

Official site of Woodman Inn - www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk

This pub was previously several small homes for farm labourers, one of which started brewing ale and eventually applied for a licence to sell it around 1850, he bought up the other buildings and merged them into the pub you see today (the history is framed on the wall in the lounge). The pub has a bit of a split personality in that it has two separate rooms that are very different. On the left of the building is a very traditional public bar with low beams, a bar counter opposite the door, an inglenook fire place on the left with horse brasses, two large flat screen TV’s and a dart board and football table on the right. On the right of the building is a more modern dining lounge with a long L shaped bar counter opposite the door, a fire place with marble surround on the right and three large flat screen TV’s on the walls (one of which was behind the bar). Towards the back of the room is an area designed entirely for dining. Throughout the pub were old photos of the local area and various parts of Wolverhampton and there is a small beer garden behind the pub. Surprisingly for such a traditional pub (public bar at least) there were no regular ales. Although as mentioned by Soup Dragon there was a very nice Highgate Dark Mild, but sadly only on keg. A lovely half timber building and a good village pub which is always popular for the two for £9 menu. If only they had a couple of real ales on hand pull I would visit more often. Be prepared as some of the regulars and even the staff give very suspicious looks to visitors especially in the left hand public bar. The Dark Mild is rare in these parts and unfortunately may soon become extinct I believe.