The Swan, York

Official site of the Swan - www.theswanyork.co.uk

Official site of the Swan - www.theswanyork.co.uk

Situated in the residential Bishophill area of the City, in close proximity to The Golden Ball, just outside the city walls, ( indeed you can see the pub as you're doing your tourist bit and walking the walls ) is The Swan, a splendidly traditional street corner pub that is included in CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. It's a multi roomed pub with a large central drinking lobby and bar counter, off which are a number of rooms each serviced by a hatch from the main bar. Note the glazed screen above the counter, the old bell pushes in the lounge and the tiling in the gents toilets. It's badged as a Tetley's pub and is one of their Heritage Inns. On my recent evening visit, beers on included Copper Dragon Golden Pippin and beers from Stonehenge, Saltaire and Nook. The Golden Pippin was in good form. The pub is another CAMRA Good Beer Guide regular. Several flyers in the pub were advertising quiz night at The Slip Inn, a pub which is nearby and, according to the friendly locals, is "worth dropping in on sometime". This is one of my favourite York pubs, but, as with The Golden Ball down the road, it doesn't do lunchtime opening during the week.

Modern 'plastic' pub too near the cinema complex. Normally full of people waiting for or leaving the cinema.

CAMRA York Pub of the Year 2009. Real Ale from Tetleys, TT Landlord & Copper Dragon plus a number of guests. Note: opens at 4pm on weekdays. Part of LocAle.