Ship Inn, Newcastle Upon Tyne

An eye catching stand alone pub which always has a good range of cask ales. Five on our visit, Cullercoats Lovely Nellie and Polly Donkin, Anarchy Blonde Star, Out There Brew Co Space Dance and Alnwick IPA. The bar area faces you as you enter and the lounge wraps around either side. The interior was quite small and narrow in places and manoeuvring around was difficult once you get a handful of people in. However there was some good space outside along the front which was handy.

This original pub is directly opposite the Cluny. Inside it's a single roughly square room split into areas with a central bar. It was fairly quiet on a Tuesday afternoon. There are four hand pumps which had one unuswd, Cullercoats Portland, Lovely Nellie & Shuggy Boat Blonde and Sonnet 43 Aurora. I went for the Aurora which was in good nick. This one is well worth a look.

Back down Stepney Bank to this decent pub which had some good ales. Shame about the walk back to the main road!