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Admiral Benbow, Shrewsbury

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24 Swan Hill
Shrewsbury
SY1 1NF

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Strongers . left this review about Admiral Benbow

The Admiral Benbow is L-shaped with seating either side of the entrance and up the right-hand wall. The four hand pumps were drawing Marble Beers This is the Sea, Three Tuns Cleric’s Cure, Salopian Oracle as well as Wye Valley’s HPA and a mainly Belgian lager range was available alongside Somerset Apples’ Red Fin Cider. There’s a blue tiled fireplace on the left-hand wall and out the back is a large courtyard. This is a decent pub that is worth a visit.

On 26^th June 2026 - rating: 7
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Brainy Pool left this review about Admiral Benbow

This cosy eclectic little pub is clearly doing something right as it was completely rammed on our Saturday afternoon visit and only got busier and busier throughout our pint. I liked the atmospheric dimly lit bar but reverted to the room at the back which is largely decorated with music memorabilia. Fine pint of Oracle and there are plenty of Euro/Belgian bottles plus pork pies to get stuck into. One to revisit preferably at a quieter time…

On 1^st December 2024 - rating: 7
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Steve of N21 left this review about Admiral Benbow

A brick built building slightly away from the town centre on Swan Hill this pub, which was the former Benbow Hotel, does not open till 5.00 pm during the week.
Internally it is an L shaped room with a small separate snug room as described below. A decent beer selection as also described below and the Salopian Hop Twister was very good indeed. This was a very good concluding pub for me on the recent Pubs Galore crawl of Shrewsbury.

On 27^th October 2019 - rating: 7
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