The Stanton Cask, Ilkeston

An impressive brick built corner building, the pub itself is a single room possibly a shop conversion, it’s very fancy brickwork and it may have been a pub in the days when one of Ilkeston’s railway stations was next door. It has bench seating down two and a half sides, a few tables are empty casks and a couple are metal based tables with low stools. The counter is to the rear left and houses four handpumps serving small brewery’s beers, mostly local to Nottinghamshire and one from further away (Middlesbrough), there are two solos on the counter, one from Blue Monkey. Five Molson Coors national keg lagers are located on the back wall with a neon sign saying lager three times – apparently the locals missed the fact the keg taps were there. Big screen showing 80s music videos but also used for sport and there’s a dart board. Big pictures of the former local Stanton Iron works as decor. The ladies and gents are up a short corridor at the right hand side of the counter.

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A smashing little micro. Situated on a corner this small single roomed pub is at the bottom of a hill. 5 handpulls dispensing 3 Aurora beers, a Scarborough beer and World Top beer. Friendly custom and staff. Worth the walk down.

One roomed pub with the bar to the left rear. Five hand pumps with a good selection of ales. Quite full and the acoustics made it a bit noisy, but would return if in the area again.