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The Navigation, Horninglow, Burton on Trent
Burton on Trent
DE14 2PT
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Strongers . left this review about The Navigation
The Navigation is a U-shaped pub with a central red tiled bar area with a serving counter that faces a beer shelf along the front windows. Red tartan carpet runs up the left where there’s a pool table and dartboard and up the right where there are green banquettes. During a recent Wednesday late afternoon visit the televisions were airing muted news and some background music was playing from the 70s and 80s. The governor was polite, but only Bass was available from the three hand pumps alongside premium keg. A solid local, but not a destination pub for an out-of-towner like myself.
On 15th May 2025
- rating: 6
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Will Larter left this review about The Navigation
This pub appeared to have acquired new owners, who were feeling their way into things at the time of my visit. The pub was looking very spruce and there were three hand pumps on the bar. There was the almost ubiquitous (in Burton) Marstons Pedigree, plus Hydes First Frost and a house beer called The Navigator, whose origin was unclear, but it was a very pleasant malty drink in good condition, and excellent value at only £2 a pint.
Date of visit: 22nd November 2014
On 5th January 2015
- rating: 6
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Old Boots left this review about The Navigation
Named for the adjacent Trent & Mersey canal, this pub is about one third preserved and two thirds modern bar. One end is furnished and decorated in traditional style including exuberant Victorian style wallpaper, while the other has all the screens, machines, laminate floors, and shiny keg founts to satisfy the most uber of metro-sexuals, well almost - it is Burton on Trent after all. Both sides are divided by a modern glass entrance vestibule. The whole design is linked through a selection of old photos throughout and a homely touch is given by a dog’s cage and food bowls in a drinking passage cum corridor behind the servery that links the front and rear areas of the pub. Two pumps both with Pedigree, drinkable but not in brilliant condition.
On 8th October 2012
- no rating submitted
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