White Hart, Kidderminster

Large corner pub opposite the village church, the entrance is off the car park. You enter into a smallish square public bar, although this is a dining pub above all and there’s a dining room along one side of the pub. There’s a couple of screens, which were on Wimbledon on my lunchtime visit. Inevitably I suppose it’s got grey woodwork but is tastefully furnished with leather armchairs and sofas at low tables and some normal height tables with matching chairs. There are three hand pumps, Hobsons Golden Glow, Landlord and Enville Ale which was in good nick. Being a sunny day the seating area outside was rammed at lunchtime with slightly more chavvy punters than I expected.

Village pub retaining two separate bars (one more of a dining room) on each side of the central servery. Refurbished in a less traditional way than one might expect, but still pleasant enough. Plenty of wooden benches out front on part of the car park, with even more in the beer garden further back. Wye Valley HPA (£3.95) and Butty Bach available from two of the three handpumps.