Loughborough Trip

Shrewsbury and West Shropshire CAMRA and friends trip to Loughborough ( loogabarooga) Saturday 6^th December to sample town centre pubs.

Following discussion at the AGM, travel to and from Loughborough is recommended by rail from Shrewsbury, OR Wem/ Whitchurch. The organiser, Philip Hamson, will be waiting in Loughborough at the railway station whichever route you take.

Suggested train from Shrewsbury is the 08:59 to Birmingham New Street, then B’ham New St to Leicester, then finally Leicester to Loughborough arriving at 11:.26. Return by the same route leaves Loughborough at 17:32 or better, 18:.30.

Suggested train from Wem via Whitchurch is the 08:35 to Crewe. 50 minutes wait in the coffee shop/waiting room, then Crewe to Derby, Derby to Loughborough – arriving in Loughborough at 11:51. Philip will be waiting for you outside Loughborough Station. Suitable returns leave Loughborough at 17:50, or if you miss it, 17:54 same route back, arriving in Wem at 20:36. 

The suggested pubs and route map are shown below. Beers to look out for will be published closer to the day. 

The cost to you will depend on what railcard, if any, you possess or what deals you can get on the ticket splitting sites, or what sort of group you can form. 

One lap is 1.4 miles.

Suggested Pubs:

The Amber rooms at drop off Lloyds No1 don’t forget your Camra vouchers, shown with red circle.

Opposite the Amber Rooms

The Swan in the rushes, Castle Rock don’t forget your Camra vouchers

The Needle and Pin micropub Don’t miss record player upstairs

The mini monocle, Nottingham also good music

The White Hart, free, beer garden

Not shown but next door The 3 nuns, Everards

Moonface brewery and Tap micropub with tour Moonface

The organ Grinder, Blue Monkey

The wheeltapper, free

Food:

The Amber rooms serve the usual wethermenu

The Swan has a lunchtime menu of hot and cold food

The wheeltapper will allow you to order pizza and might order for you. Do so on arrival.

In town also note Greggs, German Donner and fish and chips notably, Devonshire fisheries corner of cattle market, granby st.

Artefacts to note:

Various benches and murals celebrating great central railway and Ladybird books ,printed in Loughborough

Sock man statue

Note Loughborough market will be on and the town centre may be full in addition with student undergraduates.

Departure from outside the Amber rooms at 6.00 p.m. promptly.