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Beer of the Week (w/e 15th June 2025) with ROBCamra
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Submitted on Thursday, 22nd June 2023
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The Fox, Holgate, York
York
YO24 4DQ
Reviews of The Fox (Average Rating: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
Graham Coombs left this review about The Fox
An excellent and nicely-restored multi-roomed pub with lots of good glass- and woodwork. Nice features include a serving hatch for the back rooms (see the beer list on the stairs), while decorations include a Dick Turpin-themed room and a collection of railwayana marking the connections with the railway works behind. The large tabled garden includes a burger van for food. A whole string of Ossett beers can be relied on, on this occasion including a couple of stouts and one from their subsidiary Rat. Well worth the trip out from town (bus stop adjacent if you can't be bothered to walk).
On 22nd May 2025
- rating: 8
[User has posted 3680 recommendations about 3615 pubs]
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Will Larter left this review about The Fox
My first heritage pub of the day on a brief visit to York, and despite the early hour (4:30 in the afternoon) it was fairly busy, which is good. The main room, at the front on the right, was fairly crowded and I couldn't get a particularly good look at what was on, though there's also a blackboard on the wall to the left of the counter (five Ossett beers and two guests, of which one was Tetleys Bitter and the other something from Brew York). Actually, as it's an Ossett pub all I was really looking for was Silver King, whose pump clip was initially hidden by someone's shoulder. I took my pint (NBSS 4) and tried to find a room where the rather loud background music was less unignorable than everywhere else, and succeeded to an extent in a small side room towards the rear. This is a lovely pub and it's good to see it so well used by local people.
On 22nd June 2023
- rating: 7
[User has posted 4348 recommendations about 3996 pubs]
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Fox
Another decent pub in Holgate, this is a multi roomed pub with lots of interesting features. We ventured into the small front bar and enjoyed chatting to the locals and received some very precise notes on a quick way back to York Railway Station, which shaved off a good ten minutes walking. Seven pumps in operation, five Ossett, a Tetley's and one cider.
On 22nd August 2021
- rating: 8
[User has posted 3684 recommendations about 3684 pubs]
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Pub Details
Pub details supplied by members of this site to the best of their knowledge. Please check with pub directly before making a special trip.
- Accommodation : No last updated 28 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 28 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 18 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 18 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 10% - last updated 18 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : Yes last updated 18 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 18 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 18 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Function Room : No last updated 18 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : No last updated 18 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Jukebox : No last updated 28 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Live Music : Yes - Last Saturday each month - last updated 22 June 2023 by Will Larter
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 28 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Micropub : No last updated 18 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 28 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Pool Table : No last updated 28 May 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 18 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 18 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 18 May 2016 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 18 May 2016 by ROB Camra
