No. 2 (Under The Clock), Cleethorpes

An excellent use of a station buffet, now a pleasant bar with a good range of beers. The plain furnishings still feel much like a 1970s station buffet, although there is a penned off 'outdoor' area on the concourse also. Ales on included Rudgate Ruby Mild, Sharp's Atlantic and Sea Fury, and Ossett White Rat. Note that it opens from 08.30 until late! Very handy waiting for a train, and no complaints on beer quality.

For a station pub this one has the atmosphere of a proper local. Whether this was due to actual locals or week end tourists who discovered it on arrival and have never left, I couldn't possibly say. It was pretty busy at the time of my visit (post-football on Saturday) and I had to write my brief notes while standing beside a waist-high partition upon which I had placed my beer (without mishap, I'm happy to report). The sole member of staff was dealing super-efficiently with the demands of a swelling crowd. I spotted seven hand pumps on the bar: Sharps Doom Bar and Atlantic, Thwaites Wainwright, Rudgate Ruby Mild, Cottage Mosquito Best Bitter, Caledonian Deuchars IPA and Hancocks HB. Not a list to challenge anyone's taste buds, but it's good to see a variety of beer styles from all over the country. Date of visit: 4th February 2017

Quite a small, L-shaped pub just inside the station entrance, with six ales on hand pull including Doombar, M&B Mild, Hancocks HB and Worthington Pale Ale as regulars, and two guests which on my visit were Castle Rock Harvest Pale and Tom Woods Imp Stout and were in very good condition. Normally I find station pubs, including those which specialise in ales, to be pretty cold and impersonal places, but this one pleasantly surprised me with its friendly and relaxing feel. They even have a quiz night. I’d certainly come here again.