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The Water Rat, Telford

Buildwas Road
Ironbridge
Postal town: Telford
TF8 7BJ
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Water Rat

A bit of a walk out of town, but at least the beer was good. Two pumps serving Hobson's Town Crier and Wainwright Gold. This is more a food led pub with a good sized dining room at the far end the building, plus another lounge/dining area on the left of the bar as you go in. The decor was cream painted woodwork and light green walls. One of the dining areas had a feature wall displaying different types of mirrors. No massive cooling towers to see as they have long been demolished.

On 4th May 2025 - rating: 7
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ROB Camra left this review about Meadow Inn

This pub is very food led and has two rooms both of which are effectively dining rooms. It's got a very modern feel about it, although the building itself may be old, it's difficult to tell. There is an area of raised outside decking and across the car park there is a huge beer garden, which is where I sat last night. It backs on to the river and is overlooked by the 4 massive cooling towers of Ironbridge power station. It is quite spectacular to see these brooding giants completely surrounded by trees in the middle of the gorge itself. It's very peaceful down here, the only sounds I could hear were the river, a wood pigeon and some sheep in the distance. They have 3 handpumps, 2 were on selling Wye Valley Bitter and Holden's Golden Glow. I had a pint of the Wye Valley which was pretty good. It's not a traditional pub in any sense, but it is pretty good at what it does.

On 3rd July 2009 - rating: 7
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Pub location see interactive map of local area
Map location corrected by Oggwyn Great
Telford Central, 5.38 miles, 1 hr 43 min walk (show)
Wellington (Shropshire), 6.03 miles, 1 hr 56 min walk (show)
Oakengates, 6.29 miles, 2 hr 1 min walk (show)
Latest updates View all updates for The Water Rat, Ironbridge
4th May 2025, 16:27
Review submitted by Real Ale Ray
 
27th Apr 2025, 10:37
Picture submitted by Real Ale Ray approved

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  • Accommodation : Yes last updated 09 October 2020 by ROB Camra
  • Bar Billiards : No last updated 09 October 2020 by ROB Camra
  • Beer Festivals : No last updated 09 October 2020 by ROB Camra
  • Beer Garden : Yes last updated 09 October 2020 by ROB Camra
  • CAMRA Discount : No last updated 09 October 2020 by ROB Camra
  • Car Park : Yes last updated 09 October 2020 by ROB Camra
  • Darts : No last updated 09 October 2020 by ROB Camra
  • Hot Food : Yes last updated 09 October 2020 by ROB Camra
  • Micropub : No last updated 09 October 2020 by ROB Camra
  • Pinball : No last updated 09 October 2020 by ROB Camra
  • Pool Table : No last updated 09 October 2020 by ROB Camra
  • Real Ale : Yes last updated 09 October 2020 by ROB Camra
  • Real Cider : No last updated 09 October 2020 by ROB Camra
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