The Talbot, Worcester

The Talbot has been put up for sale.

Substantial pub, restaurant and hotel with a fine riverside beer garden. However, the nearby Teme is a mixed blessing, with the bars, kitchen and many other parts of the interior still under repair following severe flood damage in February 2020. However, the village shop part is open after the coronavirus lockdown, as is a temporary bar set up on a table by one of the front windows so customers can be served outside. As the Teme Valley Brewery tap, I found That and T'Other (£3.20) being dispensed from a pair of handpumps. Other events, such as a regular farmers market, are also held here. Well worth a visit, even with these makeshift arrangements.

A 60s style detached brick build, with a couple of extensions and beer patio The inside has two rooms. The bar has a couple of pool tables and is on two levels, one with kid music channel on the other with Sky TV. It is actually younger based, but not threatening (indeed, two Henley boys were talking over the merits of college). The decor was wallpaper, with twee wood fixtures to look a bit like Camelot. The chairs were even trying to be playfully medieval-ish and go with the Arthurian theme (well, Mallory's version!) There was also a moulded fieze. The lounge is more mature. Again on two level, as it incorporates a dining area, the Camelot feel is extended here as well. The dining area is in blue and yellow and is clean and tidy. There are footy shirts and memorabilia dotted about, but not too much so as to be uncomfortable. Service was the only problem, as my Lady Guinevere that served me was about as happy as Arthur's horse passing the sign saying 'Camlann 300 miles' Beer, tap stuff with Nigel's MILD (fine) and GK IPA, Abbot, Spekky Hen, Wye Valley HPA and Timothy Taylor Best on handpull, the Best was fine. The fake wood look is everywhere, but it really adds something here. In short, the playful interior and the beer range make this a place worth a visit. I will be back. Best pub in that area.

Just off the A44 beside the River Teme in beautiful countryside this large pub restaurant is well known to fishermen,ramblers and people who know a good hideaway when they see it.Disabled entry is via the hotel reception and the bar/restaurant is on one level. Extensive pricey menu , here Brakes is a dirty word.Lovely onsight brewed ales this is a place for that special treat of a weekend away perhaps. Me? I'm lucky, I live not far away. Apart from the Farmers market on the carpark, a short walk over the footbridge brings you to a butchers that cures its own bacon,makes black pudding and pork pies. Knightwick is the place to Pig Out in every sense.