The Cellar Bar, Batley

A lesser known stop on the Pennine Rail-Ale tour, overshadowed by luminaries such as the West Riding Licensed Refreshment Rooms one stop south at Dewsbury and The Station Buffet Bar in Stalybridge. Down a stair or two so I guess it counts as a cellar bar, the décor in the stripped brick room is from odd bits of railway porn, pictures and a set of photos of England rugby teams. It has a pool table to the back and a fair few machines, there’s also a piano with a darts board above it. As well as excellent beer, it is back in the GBG after a short absence, it serves posh crisps including pheasant and grouse flavoured ones.

The Cellar Bar is situated right outside Batley train station,so very handy if getting off a train or in my case waiting for a train. Once inside there is a smallish irregular shaped room with the bar on the left side,the room has a stone floor,the seating is bench type and small stools,there was a darts board to the rear right. There were about five real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Copper Dragon Golden Pippin which went down very well,the other beers i noted were Everards Tiger and Titanic Iceburg. This is a very pleasant bar to have a drink in. Pub visited 2/1/2015