The Merchants Inn, Rugby

Brilliant pub that any ale lover should visit. On entry there is a small bar area with seating stretching out into a room full of pub memorabilia, from past and present. Live sport showing on a big screen. Great selection of German lagers too if that's you're thing. I cannot recommend this place enough. Definitely in the top few pubs I've visited in my lifetime, just a shame I'm not local enough to visit often anymore.

Proper pub that I felt instantly at home in. Walls covered in brew paraphernalia. Large central area with big screen showing the Rugby, even when football is on. A smaller snug section, with a magnificent chesterfield arm chair. 9 real ale handpulls on - North Cotswold Winter Solstice was chosen, but unfortunately the only gravity fed barrel, fetched from around the back. Would have preferred to have been warned on this. Cracking pub, nonetheless - possibly the 2nd best found in Rugby.