The Fleece, Pudsey

An old stone built pub at the bottom of Farley’s long drag of Town Street. Now a Greene King establishment, a plaque outside tells the interested viewer that this was the first Tetley’s tied house, I doubt Joshua Tetley would recognise it now. Internally there are two modern decorated bars linked at the rear by a corridor and at the front via the gents. The front bar has horseshoes of the usuals and two pulls, Old Golden Hen on one and a blank one with a Taylors coming soon dangling sign, a black board to the side has names of Ossett and Leeds brewery beers which I took to be previous guest ales. Seating here is mostly banquettes and there are screens showing sport and old photo decor. The rear bar appears to have no external access and is furnished with tables and chairs, there are more screens and old photos in here and just a horseshoe of kegs.

Official site of The Fleece - thefleecefarsley.co.uk

Official site of The Fleece - thefleecefarsley.co.uk

The Fleece is a large pub that is situated at the bottom end of the high street. Once inside there is an L shaped front area with the bar facing,this area is carpeted and has comfy bench seating and chairs,there was a TV to the right which was showing cricket,the rear area is smaller and oblong shaped,this area is also carpeted. There is a very good choice of real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Hop Studio El Dorado which went down very well,the other beers i noted were Dent Ramsbottom,Leeds Pale,Taylor Landlord,Black Sheep bitter,Phoenix White Tornado,Empire Johna and Tetley bitter,all beers are listed in the front room,but there are different beers on in each area. The pub offers a 10% Camra discount. The pub does food and was really busy with both drinkers and diners on my Saturday afternoon visit. If you like a good choice of real ales,this is the pub to visit if in the area. Pub visited 20/6/2015