West Riding Licensed Refreshment Rooms, Dewsbury

This is larger than you might expect, with at least three distinct rooms (in front, and to the left and right of the bar) even though it is kind of opened up. At the bar are ten hand pulls for real ale, with a few taps dispensing craft keg beers. I had a couple of halves of real ale, Equator and Milky Joe, both by Ridgeside, both 5.6%, though one was £1.65 for a half and the other was £1.80. Some of the customers were a bit odd and holding up the queue at the bar, the staff seemed a little dazed and confused but given the extreme heat of yesterday this was understandable. It's a nice old traditional feeling interior. In terms of outdoor space there is a beer garden with hanging baskets etc, in addition to a few tables out of the front of the pub. Access is available from the road side or track side. Worth a look.

Official site of West Riding Licensed Refreshment Rooms - www.beerhouses.co.uk

Official site of West Riding Licensed Refreshment Rooms - www.beerhouses.co.uk

This is situated on the platform for trains coming from Leeds. I only had time for a very brief visit here as my train was due. Inside it's a fairly basic dark old fashioned looking place with a wooden floor and split into different areas. I counted ten hand pumps on the bar which included a cider, two Sonnet 43 beers, Landlord, Black Sheep Bitter, Ilkley Ruby Jane, Brass Castle Bad Kitty and RAT White Rat. I went for the White Rat (£2.80) which was excellent. This one is definitely worth delaying a journey for.

The West Riding LRR is situated on Dewsburys station platform. I entered the pub from the the platform entrance,one inside there are three separate areas,there was a small area through the entrance,this area had some normal tables and pew type seating,the middle area is the largest with the bar being in this area,the seating here was pew type and normal tables and chairs,this area was very busy with camra type drinkers,so i had a drink in the area to the left,this room had normal tables and chairs and a wood burning stove on the go which made the room seem nice and warm on a cold day,all areas are bare boarded. There was a very good choice of real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Two Roses Full Nelson which went down very well at 10.45 in the morning,the other beers i noted were Taylor Landlord /Taylor Dark Mild,Acorn Barnsley Gold,Mosaic High Wire and Black Sheep bitter. I though this was a really nice station bar to have a drink in. Pub visited 24/1/2015

called in to this pub again about two weeks ago what a change the beer back in good form good bar staff what a difference a few months make wonder if someone read my previous comments I had a few pints of marble pint spot on form keep up the good work

This is an excellent pub for people that enjoy cask beers,situated on the railway station,so has good connections to nearby places without having to use your own transport.Gets very busy on a weekend,and the beers are really well kept.

I have been going in to this fine pub for more years than I care to remember but on my last two visits the standards seem to have dropped some what the beer quality is no where what used to be and the staff indifferent in fact the staff seem to change every few weeks