Branch Events

Social and beer scoring trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to Ludlow. Note this trip has been moved from the 14th December. Members and non-members welcome! Outward train 10:40 from Shrewsbury arrives Ludlow 11:09. For those who prefer to use their bus pass, the 09:55 435 from Shrewsbury bus station gets to Ludlow railway station at 11:10. Suggested return trains to enable onward bus connections from Shrewsbury are 16:19, which arrives in Shrewsbury at 16:48, or 16:52 arrives 17:24. The 15:55 bus from outside the Compasses arrives in Shrewsbury at 17:11. First port of call the Railway Shed (Ludlow Brewery bar). For those who don’t know, there is an extra pub to visit following the re-opening of the George in the market place. For those who want to stay later, the Blood Bay and the Dog Hangs Well open at 17:00. For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.

Social trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to the Dale Street area of Liverpool. This is the first of our 'out of area' PTG trips that we do in January and February each year. Members and non-members welcome! Suggested itinerary is as follows: Ship & Mitre, 133 Dale Street; Excelsior, 121 Dale Street; Vernon Arms, 69 Dale Street; Thomas Rigby’s, 23 Dale Street; Lady of Mann, 19 Dale Street; Saddle Inn, 13 Dale Street; Hole in Ye Wall, 4 Hackins Hey; Denbeigh Castle, 10 Hackins Hey All offer a good selection of cask beers although the Saddle will probably only have national brands. All open at 12:00 with the exception of the Ship which opens at 11:00, making it our first visit. Suggested train is the 09:26 from Shrewsbury to Chester. Then onwards on the 10:31 from Chester arriving Liverpool Lime Street at 11:13. The first pub is an eight minute walk from there. The Anytime Day Return from Shrewsbury to Chester is £15.90 which has no restrictions on outward and return times to/from Chester. Shrewsbury booking office also sells the Merseyrail Day Saver All Areas for £5.95. Suggested return is from Moorfields station which gives an opportunity to visit the excellent Lion pub on the way. For those living north of Shrewsbury who are travelling to Liverpool via Crewe, the 08:57 from Wem / 09:06 from Whitchurch will get to Liverpool Lime Street at 10:42. Return times from Lime Street are 16:08, 17:08 and 18:43. For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.

Social trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to Sedgley and Wolverhampton. This is the second of our 'out of area' PTG trips that we do in January and February each year. Members and non-members welcome! Suggested train is the 10:30 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton. The anytime day return fare appears to be £12.30. On arrival at Wolverhampton we will make our way to the old tram stop in Bilston Street and get the No. 1 bus to Sedgley getting off at the Crown public house. A short walk takes us to the Beacon Hotel, home of Sarah Hughes beers. The pub should have three of their beers on plus two guests. When we are ready to move on we will return to the centre of Sedgley and visit the Swan Inn. The pub re-opened in January and should have six beers on including Kinver. Once again when we are ready to move on we’ll return to Wolverhampton. Depending on our arrival time, we will try to visit the Duke of York, Lych Gate Tavern and, of course, the Great Western. The fast train back to Shrewsbury leaves at 41 minutes past the hour. For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.