Public Transport Group Trip to Whittington, Welsh Frankton, Ellesmere

Social and beer scoring trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to Whittington, Welsh Frankton and Ellesmere. Members and non-members welcome!

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 the White Hart, a regular Good Beer Guide entry. The Black Lion has recently reopened in Ellesmere, so that will be worth checking out too.

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. We may have to split up to cover them all. 

Travel Information

We will meet at Shrewsbury bus station just before 11:00, to get the Oswestry bus, usually from Stand G. Please note that the bus times have changed since last year, so we are setting off a bit earlier from Shrewsbury, and the bus back from Ellesmere is now slightly later.

Shrewsbury to Whittington:   11:00 Arriva X5, arriving at 11:43

Whittington to Narrowboat, Welsh Frankton:   13:42 Lakeside 449, arriving at 13:46

Narrowboat, Welsh Frankton to Ellesmere:   14:46 Lakeside 449, arriving at 14:53 

Ellesmere to Shrewsbury:   17:25 Lakeside 501, arriving at 18:10

Pubs

Whittington:

White Lion   (opens at 11:30)

Olde Boot   (opens at 12:00)

Welsh Frankton:

Narrow Boat   (opens at 12:00)

Ellesmere:

Red Lion   (opens at 8:00)

Swan   (opens at 11:00)

Market Hotel   (opens at 12:00)

Black Lion   (opens at 12:00)

Vault   (opens at 16:00)

Ellesmere Hotel   (opens at 16:00)

White Hart   (opens at 16:00)

Hope to see you there.

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