Wm. Hawkes, Hull

If you intend to visit Wm. Hawkes, you first have to know where it is, and you'll have to look out for it - there's no blackboard outside promoting Sky Sports (no TV), nor windows advertising chilled lagers (none of those either); just a simple shop front, with the name discreetly picked out in gold above the door. Inside, it's pretty dark, with illumination mainly by candle (if you've come out dressed to the nines, you may want to be aware that there is a fair amount of dried candle wax on the seating). Two small-ish rooms, with the bar on the right in the first of them. On that bar are 9 pumps and a tap for Stowford. The choice is not dissimilar to the other 2 pubs in the group (Lion & Key and Walters). Price was the same (£3.10), as was the excellent service from the friendly bar-maid, along with the lack of custom. A shame about the latter: I daresay it picks up later on - it certainly should as this is another must-visit on a Hull Old Town pub crawl. In fact, given the history of the building and the high quality of the interior decoration, I'd say that any tourist really should pop in.

Lovely little pub tucked away on scale lane ,9 real ales on draught at the time of our visit,no lager on sale ,bar packed with antiques and memorabilla, according to the website www.wmhawkes.co.uk it used to be a gunmakers called hawkes in 1810