The Boathouse Inn, Shipley

As mentioned below this pub has a great position on the river (unless it floods when it will have a great position in the river). A couple of different outside areas means that it's a total tourist trap. Inside it's just one, thin, long room with a couple of different areas. The right hand side is mainly for dining. It's a very new looking pub, but in an old building. Why they're selling Youngs Bitter and Fullers London Pride on 2 of their 6 handpumps is beyond me, but the Saltaire Blonde was in decent nick. A very strong smell of fish and lots of wailing brats on a Friday, early afternoon was rather offputting though, so I had a quick pint and moved on to somewhere more pubbish.

The Boathouse Inn is set in a nice location wive good views of the River Aire from its windows. Once inside there is a single oblong shaped room which runs the width of the pub,the bar is on the left side,the room is bare boarded,the seating mainly normal tables and chairs with some diner seating to the right. There were six real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Saltaire Blonde which went down well,the other beers were Saltaire Stout No5,two beers from Small World brewery and Prospect Whatever. This is a decent pub to have a few drinks in and was very busy on my Saturday afternoon visit. A shame i had to go out into the very heavy rain to pub crawl my way back to Shipley. Pub visited 28/11/2015

Apparently it is (as the name would suggest) a converted boathouse, but the place must have had a very vigourous makeover because it looks very modern inside. However, having said that, it looks appropriate in a fine setting beside the River Aire with its large picture windows overlooking Roberts Park and the statue of Sir Titus Salt on the bandstand. Five of the six handpumps were on, with Black Sheep, Saltaire Blonde, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin, Treboom Yorkshire Sparkle (£3.50) plus a cider available. All-in-all, despite prices being high for the area, a pretty good spot for a pint.

a new build in brick located between the canal and the river in a lovely parkland setting, a nice place to enjoy a few beers. The building isn't blessed with charisma and the default glass is an old fashioned dimpled mug but otherwise not bad.