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The Ship Inn, Alnwick
Low Newton by the Sea
Postal town: Alnwick
NE66 3EL
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 9 of 10) see review guidelines
Old Boots left this review about The Ship Inn
The Ship sits in the corner of an open square of I guess former fishermen’s cottages, the open side is the beach. It has restricted opening hours and no visitors’ cars are allowed into the village, there is however a great view of Dunstanburgh Castle as you walk down the hill from the car park. Inside there are two rooms, probably two cottages at one time, the counter and seating is to the right and a plain sitting room to the left. It’s mainly equipped with bench seating, un-upholstered but with thick seat cushions, scrubbed pine tables throughout with the benches and dining chairs. There are six pulls but only three working on my visit, all with beers from the on-site brewery, a couple of small T-bars cater to more modern tastes. Their beers are perhaps an acquired taste. Exposed stonework and bare boards give an old feel, the odd photo or chart adorns the walls. It’s a don’t miss pub, very reminiscent of the Square and Compass at Worth Matravers, Dorset, in remoteness and atmosphere but not quite as good.
On 12th October 2023
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Ship Inn
Tucked away in what would be an idyllic location were it not for the holidaymakers, this quaint old pub stands in a little group of cottages around a green, overlooking the beach. As mentioned previously, there is no public vehicular access, with a car park 400m away. It consists of a rather basic pair of adjoining rooms, with scrubbed floorboards and a little bar at the end dispensing 4 ales from the tiny brewery next door. And very nice they were too. Worth the effort of getting to if you can avoid the peak holiday time.
On 28th July 2022
- rating: 8
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Danny O'Revey left this review about The Ship Inn
excellent location and lovely beachside pub, well kept and beer is good. Smal, cottage style but smart,
On 15th May 2022
- rating: 8
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Ship Inn
Amazing place. Quite hard to get to, unless you are walking! There is no parking immediately near the properties and a pay and display car park at the top of the hill.
When you arrive, there is a cluster of white washed former fishermens cottages and the pub is in the corner.
Inside - a lovely log burner, bar at one end and rows of big, six seater tables.
There is a brewery on site, but I stuck with the Farne Island - which I am starting to love.
A great experience.
On 8th May 2019
- rating: 10
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Ship Inn
The Ship Inn is a fine looking white stone pub nestled in the corner of a now National trust owned three-sided square of former fishermen's cottages around a picturesque green. This is now justifiably a destination pub due to its onsite Ship Inn Microbrewery which was opened in March 2008 and now produces over 20 different beers.
Internally it’s not the biggest space being in two sections with the bar in the front section and then seating and a large fireplace in the back section and both having wooden floors and thick stone walls. But the pub benefits from the outside green which doubles as the pub beer garden in fine weather.
Rightly also renowned for its pub food, but we only visited for the beer and in this respect there are five handpumps on the bar and four of these in operation for our visit and these were the breweries Dolly Day Dream, White Horses, emblestones and Squid Ink and as well as the abv the pump clips give a good description of the beers.
Although the pub is worth a visit in its own right, this small pub's location is very picturesque and is only a few yards from the excellent Low Newton beach and nature reserve, and it is worth combining a visit to the pub with a coast walk either into Embleton to visit the pubs there or if you have the stamina around the Embleton bay to the excellent ruins of Dunstanburgh castle.
One point of information is that there is no parking in the village of Low Newton, so you should park in the public car park at the top of the hill (reasonable pay and display rates) and walk down the hill to the village.
On 29th July 2014
- rating: 9
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Wainnock ....... left this review about The Ship Inn
Great little pub which was totally full when we arrived just after opening time on a very wet day. After an impromtu brewery tour we managed to get a seat inside to enjoy the wonderful beers on sale, accompanied by very good food.
On 17th March 2011
- rating: 9
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Ship Inn
The Ship Inn is tucked away in the corner of a small hamlet of fisherman's cottages steeped in history. This pub provided me with a fabulous Ploughmans lunch and also the fish cakes were fab. All locally sourced and a good pint of real ales brewed on the premises. I enjoyed the Tradewinds followed by an equally good pint of Sandcastles. Could happily spend hours here. Will return!
On 25th February 2011
- rating: 9
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Gill Smith left this review about The Ship Inn
Walked from Embleton across golf links and sand dunes (easy walk just over 1 mile) to this 2010 Good Beer Guide brewpub. Lovely setting in old fishermans cottages three sides of the village green facing the sea, with tables outside. Car park is a short walk away. Lunchtime food is from 12.00 to 2.30 and they have their own Ship Inn brewed beer available alongside others. Enjoyed the Ship Inn Indian Summer and High House Nels Best. The Carrot and Ginger soup with stottie, and Ploughmans went down very well with the beer.
On 13th August 2010
- rating: 9
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