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The Castle Tavern, Richmond

3 Market Place
Richmond
DL10 4HU

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Punch Taverns

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Richmond Central

Reviews of The Castle Tavern (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) Add Review see review guidelines

Graham Coombs left this review about The Castle Tavern

No longer a Richmond Brewery pub since their demise, this is very much an old school pub on the marketplace with a few interesting bits of heritage which may or may not be original. The ceilings are rather nice though. The long main room extends past the bar, while a side room down a few steps doesn't seem to have a particular function beyond extra space. Some peculiar daytime bingo session was going on during this visit, which was a bit distracting but I suppose they need all the customers they can get. TT Landlord, Wainwright Gold and Black Sheep Best were on handpump, tolerable but not in the freshest of condition.

On 23^rd July 2025 - rating: 6
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Castle Tavern

A Richmond Brewery pub in the lower part of Richmond's Market Place. It has a long, narrow room containing the bar itself and a smaller side room down some steps. The latter appeared to contain furniture that wouldn't have looked out of place in a school. Perhaps this was the family room? Although on our visit, it was occupied by some fairly rowdy younger adults!

The pub was fairly busy, with a few people eating and plenty of dogs coming and going. Being a Richmond Brewery pub, it stocked a couple of their ales - Home Front & Gun Dog Bitter. The barmaid seemed fairly clueless about the beers, but did offer a taster. I tried the Home Front, which turned out to be fairly non-descript. Guest beers were Thwaites Wainwright, Black Sheep Best Bitter & Sharp's Doom Bar. One handpull is also reserved for a real cider from Richmond, but this was unavailable, meaning I hadn't located a single real cider in any of my 10 North Yorkshire pubs - very disappointing indeed.

The pub itself is still worth visiting, especially given its central location. It's almost certainly the best of several pubs in the Market Place.

On 20^th August 2022 - rating: 6
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Rob Hunter left this review about The Castle Tavern

I would agree, this is a great pub and a refreshing find when so many other pubs in the area seem to be offering nothing more adventurous than Black Sheep.

I have been a couple of times and on both occasions had the Greyfriars Stout, which is excellent. On my most recent visit (November 2017) I also tried the Das Boots which was a pleasant wheat beer. As has been mentioned, the Richmond ales are £2.50 a pint (£1.25 a half) making them excellent value.

Service was friendly, there seemed to be a mix of regulars and tourists in.

On 11^th January 2018 - rating: 8
[User has posted 843 recommendations about 668 pubs]

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