This post only features pubs and taprooms visited in Shipley and Saltaire. Click on a pub's name for the WhatPub link with extra details. Photos of the beers mentioned appear at the end of the post. Photos are by Tim Thomas except where otherwise credited.
Shipley
Shipley clock tower at market and bus interchange |
Nearby, the Sir Norman Rae (Wetherspoon) gives northerly views towards the Sun Hotel and Baildon beyond.
Saltaire
The scenic and cultural route towards Saltaire station is along the Leeds and Liverpool towpath with a stop at Salts Mill to view artworks by David Hockney.
An uphill walk leads to SALT Bar + Kitchen, formerly the Old Tramshed.
Tim's beer choices: Ossett Brewery - Yorkshire Blonde (£1.95 half pint) and Silver King American Pale Ale (£2.05 half pint). Contemporary music is played at quite a loud volume.
An advance party of Mark's enlarged group moved on to the Cap and Collar, only 100 metres away, for its 5pm opening time.
The one room contemporary micropub offers a range of eight or so cask and keg beers. Decoration includes cloth caps and contemporary illustrations of local features including the Shipley Clock Tower by Anne-Marie White of Clock Tower Studios.
Tim's beer choice: Wishbone Brewery (Keighley) - Velvet Gloss Stout (£4 pint) in superb condition.
63 Saltaire Road - earlier photo from WhatPub |
The pub was busy at 6.30pm but some space was available at different tables in the back room. It was nice to find real fires warming the pub. Up to nine cask ales are served.
Tim's beer choice: Salamander Brewing (Stubbee Brewery, Bradford) - Golden Salamander (£2 half pint).
192 Saltaire Road - earlier photo from WhatPub |
The Salt Cellar was Bradford CAMRA Pub of the Year in 2022 and a table at the entrance allows space for CAMRA magazines including Beer Leeds. Tim added a copy of West Berkshire CAMRA Ullage magazine.
From the bar in a central position, with a range that included Mild and Porter, Tim's beer choices: Bridgehouse Brewery - Blonde (£1.90 half pint) and Great Newsome - Pricky Back Otchan (£1.90 half pint). Music played included: ABC - Poison Arrow.
Times of trains from Saltaire to Leeds were checked and we walked downhill back to Saltaire station, via Caroline Street, avoiding icy pavements. By 9pm we were heading back to Leeds on a Northern Rail train. Details of a subsequent visit to Whitelock's Ale House and North Bar are in a Leeds & Holbeck pubs post.
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