The Fox, Shipley

cafe type place very near station. Well fitted out, comfortable & good service. Six excellent real ales

A small bar with the feel of a cafe rather than a pub, though there is beer a-plenty. I counted six hand pumps, but did not bother counting the keg beers available at the time of my visit. There were a dozen or so people present at the time of my Friday afternoon visit, mostly drinking lager. I went for Beespoke Shipley Stout, which is brewed on the premises. Home cooked food is available and there is background music. I found it a little too noisy in here, but some people like their pubs that way. I quite liked the relaxed vibe of this pub, especially the extempore decorations based on inventive use of beer mats and bottle caps. Date of visit: 20th October 2017

This is a friendly and welcoming some pub, with its own microbrewery named the Beespoke Brewing co. They have been brewing here for about 6 months, so I went for their Briggate Blond IPA, which definitely had some kick and was very flavoursome. There was six pumps in operation on our visit, so also tried the Cottage Resolution, which was in good shape. There was a small kitchen off the bar, where a young lady was cooking some wholesome dishes for around the £5 mark. Another plus was the plasma screen displaying train times.

The Fox is situated along a row of shops that look down at heel. Once inside i really took to this small pub. There is a small single oblong shaped room with the bar to the rear left,the floor is bare boarded,the seating pew type and chairs.there are lots of brewery related posters on the walls. There was a good choice of real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Phoenix Navvy,which went down very well,the other beers noted were,Naylors Velvet,Prospect Whatever,Bespoke Plain bitter and Bespoke Cask lager. Food was being served and decent background music was playing. This is the sort of pub i could stay in for a good session. Pub visited 28/11/2015

Not quite a micro-pub, but a compact bar housed in a converted shop. Typical alehouse furniture and decor in the modern style. Six real ales on handpump, including Abbeydale Balls of Snow (£3.20), plus a good selection of keg and imported beers plus an interesting selection of bottled offerings. Handy for the station, and well worth a visit.