The Bell, St Johns, Worcester

This is a fairly decent pub on the St John's side of the River Severn. You enter into a corridor with the large bar on the left and 2 smaller side rooms off the corridor to the right-hand side. The bar is roughly a rectangular shape with tables all along the length. All were occupied, apart from an odd one on the short side of the rectangle next to the window. Sitting there felt like the whole pub was watching me. In fact, they probably were, as before I could finish my beer a bloke turned up to begin setting up the evening's entertainment. This looked as if it might be karaoke. So, I drank up quite swiftly so as not to disrupt the fun! 4 real ales were on - Sharp's Doom Bar, Wye Valley HPA, Hobson's Town Crier & The Hop Shed Buckeye Best Bitter. My Buckeye was in decent condition, but felt a little rushed due to circumstances. I'd imagine that if you could bag a spot in one of the side rooms at a quieter time, you could have quite a relaxing time here.

An old multiroom pub badged as M&B but selling a mix of national casks - London Pride and Doombore plus locals from Teme Valley and Hobsons as well as the usual tap stuff. The building is interesting with a mix of fake and genuine oldness as well as the glass walled snugs off the other side of the central corridor to the public bar. Furnished traditionally with bench seating and Britannia and other cast iron based tables. Busy and noisy from the jukebox of a Friday evening it benefits from a couple of big tellys in the public, BBC News on one, Racing UK on the other. Not a bad locals pub although the service wasn't up to scratch the beer quality was fine, GBG listed.