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Crown Inn, Telford
Oakengates
Postal town: Telford
TF2 6EA
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Old Boots left this review about Crown Inn
Still outstanding beer quality and has an updated but rather bland interior, the back room isn’t as breathed on. The railway porn remains to the relief of this old anorak. Beers from Hobsons much in evidence also a couple from Rudgate and one from Purity.
On 2nd September 2019
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Gill Smith left this review about Crown Inn
Visited yesterday, and haven't been here for a few years so good to see it is still a good real ale bar. Beers served from 2 bars and there is an outside seating area too. Beers available were from Rudgate, Goffs, Purity and Burton Bridge and we enjoyed the Rudgate Brew no 38 which was a porter
On 21st January 2018
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Quinno _ left this review about Crown Inn
With its bright yellow painted exterior, you won’t miss this one when you get off the bus. Two rooms and two bars via a side corridor featuring ‘Livs Gallery’. Enter to laminate floored main bar with mustard coloured walls, featuring loads of foreign ale bottles up on the walls. Six pumps here with three local micros and a cider on. Quarry tiled rear room with eight pumps and two ales plus a cider, also a dart and newspapers. I went for the Backyard Centennial, which was in very good shape. A beer drinkers mecca and well-worth a special trip. (Visited June)
On 23rd September 2017
- rating: 9
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Crown Inn
This is a true gem and is situated very close to the bus station, so a well positioned refreshment shop after our short bus journey. There was a decent choice of ales across eight handpumps and a further selection from the back room bar. I went for the Green Duck Brewery Duckwater IPA, which was excellent and reasonably priced. We stuck around the front bar, which was comfortable and the staff were friendly and helpful. This is a pub I could quite happily spend some time in.
On 1st July 2017
- rating: 9
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Crown Inn
One of the Holy Trinity in Oakengates ,there are two rooms here with the front room having 8 handpumps ,and the smaller back room having 6.You do need to inspect both sets of handpumps to discover the full range,although not every pump will be clipped.On my trip the selection included Backyard Centennial IPA (good),Corvedale Oatmeal Stout,Unbrewable Pilgrim,Green Duck Duck & Cover,Hobsons Best and Twisted Spire and a real cider.
There is a darts board,a mid corridor section and posters for a wide selection of European bottled beers.I understand that the young folk of the area will use this pub a lot more than the other two in the Golden Triangle,and for me this was the third best pub in Oakengates.
On 25th June 2017
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Alan Hurdle left this review about Crown Inn
As previous review, very quiet on arrival noon Saturday lunch. Just two guys sat near the window. I ordered one of the three beers clipped on the six handpumps. A fourth pump was a cider. Then I spotted the handpumps in the back bar of which 7 were clipped. Springhead Outlawed, Bridgehouse Holy Cow, Titanic Mild, Hobsons Best and their Twisted Spire are the ones I recall. Here I had a chat with the landlord, about beer and pubs of course in both Shropshire and North Wales.
Arriving back at 6pm (after the football match), the pub was quite full and filling fast with a young crowd giving to pub a totally different atmosphere, so after a quick Twisted Spire, it was back to the station (pub!) across the road.
On 17th October 2016
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Aqualung . left this review about Crown Inn
The Crown forms the apex of the "Oakengates Golden Triangle", the Station and Old Fighting Cocks are just the other side of the road.
It was quiet compared to the other two on my early Saturday afternoon visit.
It's been well described below and I stopped in the front room which has just the six hand pumps oblivious of the fact that the ones on the other side of the bar had several more beers on.
One of the six had a cider and with one unused there was Deuchar's IPA, Tring Mansion Mild, Joules Old Number Six and Phoenix Arizona. I was happy to go for the Old Number Six (£3.00), my favourite from that brewery and it was in excellent condition. This seemed like an excellent ale house and I wish I had taken a look at the other beers.
On 9th February 2016
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Oggwyn Great left this review about Crown Inn
A few changes at the Crown since the last reviews , it has had a bit of a make-over , the pillar that held the beer list blackboard has gone making the bar longer and givig a more open feel , the flooring looks to have been cleaned up as well.
Still numerous handpulls split between the front and back bars and now a large selection of continental beers detailed by laminated sheets above the bar with full descriptions .
The beer quality appears to have improved somewhat my Hobsons Stout was spot on .
On 15th March 2015
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Old Boots left this review about Crown Inn
An old style front bar with traditional tables, chairs, and settles on a quarry tile and brown board floor giving a late Victorian feel, although there is obvious evidence of multiple, but usually well done, remodellings over the years. The tongue and groove counter has 6 pulls with a couple of Hobsons, cider and local ales, a decrepit blackboard lists the choices and the pump clip collection shows what’s been on before. Décor is the normal bottle collection, old photos, maps and a framed story of the pub, the notice board informs us that a certain member of staff is due to provide his annual smile. There’s a friendly atmosphere with happy locals in a good mix of ages. To one side is a central room in painted brick, obviously a converted outside yard as the cellar flaps are still there, it was being used as a family room. Beyond is another bar with a further 8 pumps, and a Great Western Railway logoed dartboard. The pub is dog friendly, has free wi-fi and hosts comedy and curry nights. I can see its attraction to the local CAMRA branch.
On 16th September 2013
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Soup Dragon left this review about Crown Inn
This is a terraced pub with a beer patio at the back. Other than it being painted in a garish yellow, which has covered over any architectural detail, this is an unremarkable looking pub - even the windows are new. So many pubs flatter to decieve from the outside, this works the other way around. The interior has a couple of rooms and also uses a former yard space as a further area. The front room is the main room, which is in red and cream, with a small fireplace and is populated by general bar tables, chairs and stools. There are bottle collections and railways pictures around the room. The small back lounge is access via the former yard area, an area that has paintings for sale and some games and books - this area is in cream. The lounge has a TV (sport on) and soft general music. It too is in cream with a red tile floor. There is a fireplace and a drat board, with a beer mat/pump clip collection and yet more bottles. The service was great and the clietele maturer. Beer; well usual tap stuff with Leffe. These beers were on in Dec - but have been back since when there was a beer festival on and a pile more (both i had were great); Hobsons Bitter and MILD (very good)Lymestone Pudding Stone, Notts Brewery's Robin Hood Ale, Titanic Iceberg, Mighty Oak White Christmas and Worsthorne Some Like It Blonde. A class pub, and another, like its neighbours, that you could stay all day in - always look forward to going here.
On 5th May 2013
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