The Wellington Inn, Hull

In a rather uninviting residential area of terraced housing in Hull, north of the City Centre and close to where Beverley Road meets the Freetown Way, is The Wellington Inn, which, so I understand, is generally regarded as being Hull’s beer exhibition pub. The pub dates back to 1865 and features an attractive mock-Tudor black and white exterior. Inside we find a relatively spacious single room with a central L shaped bar and something of a more modern feel than might be expected. The interior features light pine flooring, a burgundy coloured beamed ceiling with spotlights and a mixture of high stools and tables and more traditional seating in a side area. The walls are decorated with a fine collection of beer labels, pump clips and bottles on a high shelf. Of particular note is an unusual glass fronted walk in beer fridge running alongside the bar that stocks a wide variety European bottled beers from Germany, Belgium etc. On site brewing commenced a year or so ago and an enjoyable pint of 1st Duke – which was apparently the first beer they ever brewed – went down well. Several other beers were on, together with a few beers from other Yorkshire breweries, which, sadly, I don’t appear to have made a note of. The pub has been a CAMRA Good Beer Guide regular for a number of years now – these obviously precede the commencement of home brewing. It’s also won numerous local CAMRA branch awards. I find this pub difficult to sum up on a single brief visit. It’s evidently run by beer enthusiasts for beer enthusiasts and, were it in, say, London or Manchester or Leeds, it would undoubtedly have been packed out on a Thursday evening. Yet, on my visit, there were only a few locals propping up the bar and a welcome that might best be described as indifferent. It’s reasonably convenient for the station and, on balance, I’d probably give it another go if the opportunity arose. Finally, do note that they don’t open till 4pm on Monday-Thursdays.

The Wellington is a smallish black and white pub that is in the back streets off beverley road. This does'nt look like a pub at first has there are no pub signs outside but once inside here this is a really nice pub that has got a very good choice of beers on the bar there were about 8 different beers on mainy from micro breweries i had a drink of Filey bitter and this was a very nice drink the other beers that i noticed were kelham Easy Rider, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin and Tetley bitter. I had a drink in the room at the front this was quite busy there may have been other rooms but i did'nt look. This pub is well worth seeking out.