Public Transport Group Trip to Whittington, Welsh Frankton and Ellesmere

Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA social and beer scoring trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to Whittington, Welsh Frankton and Ellesmere. Members and non-members welcome!

This month’s PTG trip will on Thursday 16th July to Whittington, Welsh Frankton and Ellesmere, using buses to get around. For those that haven’t been before, Whittington is a picturesque village near Oswestry with two pleasant pubs, the Narrow Boat Inn near Welsh Frankton is in a superb position next to the canal, and Ellesmere has an interesting range of pubs including a regular Good Beer Guide entry. 

We will be going to 2 pubs in Whittington, 1 near Welsh Frankton, and up to 7 pubs in Ellesmere. Due to bus timings, we will get just under an hour in each of the first 3 pubs, but then just over two hours to do as many Ellesmere pubs as we can fit in. 

Travel Information

We will meet at Shrewsbury bus station just before 11:00, to get the Oswestry bus, usually from Stand G. For anyone who wants to stay an extra hour in Ellesmere, there is a later bus back going the way we came – first to Whittington and then back from there to Shrewsbury.

Shrewsbury to Whittington (Three Trees stop): Arriva X5

• 11:00 arriving at 11:43

Whittington (Penybryn Avenue)to Narrowboat, Welsh Frankton: Lakeside 449 

•  13:42 arriving at 13:46

Narrowboat, Welsh Frankton to Ellesmere: Lakeside 449 

• 14:46 arriving at 14:53

Ellesmere (Cross Street) to Shrewsbury: Lakeside 501

• 17:25 arriving at 18:04

Or for those wanting extra time in Ellesmere:

Ellesmere (Cross Street) to Whittington (Penybryn Avenue): Lakeside 449 

• 18:41 arriving at 18:52 (or request stop at Three Trees)

Whittington (Three Trees) to Shrewsbury: Arriva X5

• 19:12 arriving at 19:49 

Pubs

A suggested order of pubs is shown below. We may have to split up in Ellesmere to cover all the pubs there, as we have a limited amount of time due to the current bus timetable. 

Whittington:

White Lion   (opens at 12:00)

Olde Boote   (opens at 12:00)

Welsh Frankton:

Narrow Boat   (opens at 12:00)

Ellesmere:

Red Lion   (opens at 8:00)

Swan   (opens at 11:00)

Black Lion   (opens at 10:30)

Market Hotel   (opens at 12:00)

Vault   (opens at 16:00)

Ellesmere Hotel   (opens at 16:00)

White Hart   (opens at 16:00)

If this is your first PTG trip and you don’t know anyone else who is going, please email the organiser and we will arrange to look out for you at the bus station.

For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page. If you would like to receive regular emails with details and updates on upcoming PTG trips, please send your email address to the PTG Organiser at ptg@saws.camra.org.uk, and you will be added to the Public Transport Group mailing list.