Social trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to Liverpool. The second of this year's out-of-area PTG trips. Members and non-members welcome! Suggested train is the 09:26 from Shrewsbury to Chester. Then onwards on the 10:31 from Chester, arriving Liverpool Central at 11:13. The first pub is an eight minute walk from there. The Anytime Day Return from Shrewsbury to Chester is £16.60 which has no restrictions on outward and return times to/from Chester. Shrewsbury booking office also sells the Merseyrail Day Saver All Areas for £6.20. We will start at Liverpool Central station and walk up the hill to the Philharmonic which opens at 11:00. From there will go to the White Hart a former club which opened as a pub in January last year. To the rear is the Engineer, part of the same building but has a different ambience and on the last visit, different beers. Next stop the Queen of Hope Street a former restaurant which became a pub in September 2023. A short walk takes us to the St Peter’s Tavern, a former night club which became a pub in November last year. On to the Monro, taken over and renovated in August last year. Next the Red Lion converted from a terraced house in 2022. Then an old favourite the Vines (the Big House) renovated in 2023. The connection linking the above pubs, apart from the Philharmonic, is they are all run by the same Pub Co. and all offer a CAMRA discount of 10%. Our progress between the pubs will pass other temptations including the Cracke. Opposite the Vines is the Liverpool Brewing Company Tap (CAMRA discount) with Liverpool Central for the homeward journey a short walk away. For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.

Social and beer scoring trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to Oswestry. Please note this is a Friday trip. Members and non-members welcome! Outward travel is on the 11:00 X5 arriving at Oswestry at 12:00. Note that this is a change from the bus we used to catch at 10:30, as Arriva have changed the service frequency to every 45 minutes after the peak. However, for those who would prefer to breakfast at the Wilfred Owen, an earlier bus leaves Shrewsbury at 10:15 arriving in Oswestry at 11:15. According to What Pub the town centre now has only 10 cask beer outlets, 8 fewer than pre-pandemic days. The suggested route is as follows, which with a few judicious halves, should enable a score for all the pubs. Wilfred Owen, Coach House (before they get busy with diners), Bailey Head (CAMRA Pub of the Year), Plough, Griffin, Fox, Wynnstay Hotel, Oak Inn, Bell, Black Lion (opens at 16:00). Buses back from outside the Black Lion are 16:40 arriving in Shrewsbury at 17:40, or 17:25 arriving in Shrewsbury at 18:20. For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.