The Talbot, Worcester

A fine old (C14th) coaching house, which runs as a hotel, restaurant and brewery for their own Teme Valley brews. This, That and T'other are the three usuals on. That, an English Bitter, my preferred style. £5.10. Massive open fires - one in the bar was unlit, but sharing the same chimney in the dining room was a magnificently huge open hearth with basically a tree trunk blazing away in it. Kit Harrington the actor from Game of Thrones used to work here and apparently still uses the pub when visiting family.... factfans!

My visit predates the information (18/11/23) that the hotel was up for sale, but as their own website and Facebook, the Camra website and Good Beer Guide all seem to indicate business as usual, I'll assume my notes made at the time are still relevant - though there is no mention on FB of the monthly quiz which I saw advertised. This is an isolated hotel on the old A44 close to the River Teme. There's a small tap room on the right and a larger lounge to the left with dining room and games room with darts and pool. The Teme Valley brewery is behind and four of their beers on the bar. It was quite early - just gone 11am and I was driving - so I just had a coffee. I must come back some time for a beer. Date of visit: 16th September 2023

The Talbot has been put up for sale.

Substantial pub, restaurant and hotel with a fine riverside beer garden. However, the nearby Teme is a mixed blessing, with the bars, kitchen and many other parts of the interior still under repair following severe flood damage in February 2020. However, the village shop part is open after the coronavirus lockdown, as is a temporary bar set up on a table by one of the front windows so customers can be served outside. As the Teme Valley Brewery tap, I found That and T'Other (£3.20) being dispensed from a pair of handpumps. Other events, such as a regular farmers market, are also held here. Well worth a visit, even with these makeshift arrangements.