Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Barrow Town Centre, Barrow-In-Furness

Run by Lancaster Brewery. Surprisingly upmarket given it's the station pub, housed in a large and imposing red brick building and attracting the more well-to-do crowd on the whole. Large place given a fairly tasteful 2015-era makeover in the two rooms, with brown and mushroom shades; the right hand room is the nominal eatery. Eight pumps with seven cask available, four being from Lancaster. Halves of Black (NBSS 2.5) and Red (3.5). GBG listed – the only pub in town with that accolade, which tells you something. It’s decent enough, in context, but not really 'pubby'. 6.5

A big and busy pub across the road from the railway station. Has a selection of Lancaster Brewery beers along with some guest ales, including an excellent Stockport Stout. The pub also provides table service using a buzzer system, although my buzzer didn't appear to work! This is just a minor detail though, and this is a good place to spend an hour waiting for a train or, if you are luckier then me, a football match!

Lancaster Brewery pub in a fairly imposing brick-built corner site. My visit here was very brief, as I needed to catch the last bus of the night out to Hawcoat and the King's Arms. However, I was reasonably impressed with what I saw. The pub was fairly spacious and was busy. Despite plenty of staff, I still had a wait to be served, due to the volume of people. Lancaster Amber, Blonde & Red are the regular beers. Their Black and their Chestnut Red were also on, along with a couple of guest beers - Pennine Pacific & Well Drawn Winter Ale.

Hotel bar done in the standard Lancaster brewery fashion. Not pub-like, lots of chunky wooden furnishings and a slick corporate atmosphere. It’s fine and the beer is good but I wouldn’t stay for too long.

A handy stroll of less than five minutes from Barrow railway station, and definitely preferable to remaining on the platform if you have a 30 minute wait for your train. It's a handsome hotel building, though the bar is nothing special - it's a large room with two parts, and the bar counter has several hand pumps featuring beers from Lancaster Brewery. This is a competent if largely unexciting brewery, and if you can afford to wait for a later train you could do a lot worse than sample a half of each, or even a pint, depending on how many are available: Amber, Blonde and Red at the time of my recent visit.