Not already a member?
Join our community and - Rate & review pubs - Upload pictures - Add events JOIN for free NOW

Chat about:
Random news of the day with Pangolin on the Pub Forum

Image posted by Quinno _
Submitted on Monday, 8^th April 2024
With picture contributions to 5833 other pubs
View all this pub's pictures (2 more images)

Only members may add pictures, click to receive free membership

Detail Pages

Pub map
Pub reviews (4)
Pub pictures (3)
Page updates

Red Lion, Newport

47 Stow Hill
Newport
NP20 1JH

Phone: 01633264398

Correct details

Served areas

Newport Central

Reviews of Red Lion (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) Add Review see review guidelines

Danny O'Revey left this review about Red Lion

Traditional local corner pub up a hill from the city centre. Standard national beers on, but cask all the same. Pretty standard L-shaped room with pool table at one end

On 24^th February 2026 - rating: 5
[User has posted 1590 recommendations about 1567 pubs]

Blue Scrumpy left this review about Red Lion

Heading up Stow Hill from the city centre, the Red Lion is a compact corner pub with high ceilings and a room which wraps around the bar in a kind of semi-circle. On our Sunday afternoon visit, 3 or 4 TVs were showing live cricket. There was a Newport County scarf above a fireplace to the right-hand side to continue the sporting theme.

The pub has bare boards and the unusual feature of 2 casks above the bar, one with Red written on it and the other reading Lion. Front windows have raised seating areas, whilst there was a pool table, dartboard and games machine off to the right-hand side. Music was playing, wifi is provided and children are allowed in. There were also a couple of picnic tables outside to the front.

There are 4 handpulls. Butty Bach is the regular cask ale. London Pride was a guest with the other handpulls unclipped. Ciders were Thatcher's Gold & Inch's.

This is a solid and traditional local that seems well liked by its patrons who were both young and old.

On 10^th September 2025 - rating: 5
[User has posted 3409 recommendations about 3407 pubs]

Please Note: This review is over a year old.

Quinno _ left this review about Red Lion

Unpromising ex-Ushers pub (aren’t they all?). Inside is a simple locals boozer which has been knocked around which gives the interior a weird shape that dog leg. Tidy bar and back with two jumbo casks suspended from the ceiling. GBG listed with two ales on That You've Heard Of, in this case London Pride and Wye Valley Butty Bach, the latter of which managed to just pass muster (NBSS 3) despite there only being me and the landlord in here for the first 10 minutes - Newport is pretty quiet on a Sunday. Would I head back up the hill to do this one again? Unlikely.

On 10^th May 2024 - rating: 6
[User has posted 5992 recommendations about 5971 pubs]

View more reviews of Red Lion (4)

External web links for Red Lion

No known official website for this pub.

CAMRA WhatPub :: Red Lion - whatpub.com

Pub location see interactive map of local area

Map location corrected by Alan Hurdle

Newport (S Wales), 0.47 miles, 9 min walk (show)
Rogerstone, 4 miles, 1 hr 17 min walk (show)
Risca & Pontymister, 5.26 miles, 1 hr 41 min walk (show)

Latest updates View all updates for Red Lion, Newport

24th Feb 2026, 17:05

Review submitted by Danny O'Revey

10th Sep 2025, 18:49

Review submitted by Blue Scrumpy