The Station Inn, Kidderminster

Decent little pub not far from the train station. 4 ales on when I called and my Hobson's Pale was fine. Worth a visit.

The entrance of the Station Inn opens into a small L-shaped area with a serving counter to the right that faces carpeted seating in the front window. Seating also runs up the left-hand wall on which a television sits, in fact everyone in the pub was watching Luke Littler win yet another match in the Premier League darts. Stood at the counter I was conscious of getting in the way of people’s viewing so I moved around to the side hatch where I received a decent pint of Wye Valley’s HPA. Their Butty Back was also available alongside Enville Ale and Hobson’s Pale. I didn’t catch the offering on the fifth hand pump, but I did note a premium keg selection. Behind the bar is a rear bar with seating and sofas and to the left is a tile floored seating area with a TV on the wall and standard tables up the left and high tables up the right. At the very rear is a large patio garden with lots of picnic tables and an impressive shelter at the rear. The decent pint and friendly service and customers meant that I enjoyed my stop off here and would gladly return.

Popular side-street pub just on the far (eastern) side of the railway line. Attractive L-shaped public bar on one side of the central servery, and a smaller and elongated lounge to the rear, with both parts given a good semi-traditional refurbishment in recent years. Also has a covered rear yard and a couple of round wooden benches at the front. I found four cask ales from the area being poured from the five handpumps: HPA and Butty Bach from Wye Valley, a fine Enville Ale (£4.10) and Ludlow Gold.