Where to eat in and around Bishop's Castle (from the top)

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The Six Bells Inn & Brewery (01588) 630144 * limited,please check
Church Street, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire SY9 5AA
www.sixbellsbrewery.co.uk
Nev and Sue Richards
This 17th century coaching inn is situated alongside the old Mid Wales to London road and has been licensed continuously since 1750. Unaltered and without inappropriate extension, the pub retains the warm, friendly atmosphere so often missing today. The pub is famous today for its range of award winning traditional ales, brewed on the premises. The pub is open Monday 5.00 p.m. - 11.00 p.m., Tuesday to Friday 12.00 noon - 2.30 p.m. and 5.00 p.m. - 11.00 p.m., Saturday 12.00 noon - 11.00 p.m. and Sunday 12.00 noon - 3.30 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. - 10.30 p.m.
Open for Food: Tues to Sat 12.00 noon - 1.45 p.m. Wed to Sat 6.30 p.m. - 8.45
p.m. Sun 1.00 p.m. -2.45 p.m. Bank Holiday Mondays 12.00 noon - 1.45
p.m. Average main dish price: lunchtime £4.00- £7.50, evening £7.50 - £11.50.
Type of Menu: food is all freshly prepared using locally sourced ingredients. The lunch menu ranges from snacks to something more filling, the evening menu is ever changing and always includes a fish and vegetarian option. Traditional roasts only (Including vegetarian) at Sunday lunchtimes. Gluten and dairy free options always available. Trad ales: brewed on the premises, Big Nev’s (3.8%), Ow Do! (4%), Cloud Nine (4.2%), are permanently available, plus a range of monthly specials.
Food Hygiene Rating 5

The Boars Head (01588) 638521 *
Church Street, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5AE
www.boarsheadhotel.co.uk
Darren & Stuart
Locally owned and family friendly 16th centurycoaching inn.
Open from 11.00 a.m. for morning coffee through until 23.00 Monday – Thursday, 00.00 Friday & Saturday and 22.30 Sundays! Food served all day, everyday 12.00 noon - 9.00 p.m. Monday – Saturday 12.00 – 20.00. Average main dish price: £7.95 - £14.95. Snacks from £2.50.
Type of menu: We offer a selection of hearty English & homemade traditional pub food, using locally sourced ingredients where ever possible - steaks, salads, gammons, mixed grills, vegetarian and fish dishes, Sunday lunches. TV & Family Room Showing all Live Sporting Events. Wi-Fi Free to our customers. Free Parking. Courtesy Bus max 15 persons available for parties wishing to dine with us! Baby Changing Facility. Disabled Toilet. Cash Machine Free to use, Mobile Top – Up, DVD Rental. Trad Ales: Theakstons Best, Joules Pale Ale and Guest Beers.
Food Hygiene Rating 4

 The Kings Head  01588 630770
48 Church Street Bishop’s Castle,  SY9 5AE         
E-mail: www.kingsheadbc.co.uk
Lee White
This popular South Shropshire pub is Grade 2 listed and located in the centre of our delightful market town of Bishop's Castle. The Pub features two bars, the locals bar and the saloon bar, that are full of character and a secluded suntrap of a courtyard to the rear. If you are coming in for a drink, you will find a proper pub serving a great selection of local ales and the atmosphere of a popular pub that we all love. If you are looking for something to eat you will not be disappointed. With a strong food offer here you will find food that is familiar, with prices that will please and an attention to detail and flavour that is not often found when serving real pub food.
Open Monday 4.30 – 11.00 p.m., Tuesday - Saturday 12.00 noon – 11.00 p.m.,
Sunday 12.00 noon - 10.30 p.m.
Food served lunchtime Tuesday to Sunday 12.00 noon - 2.30p.m.
Evening Tuesday to Saturday 6.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.
Trad Ales: great selection of local ales. "Cask Marque" accredited.
Type of menu: real pub food with prices that will please.
Dogs allowed, SKY, credit cards accepted, pub games, level street access
Food Hygiene Rating 5

The Poppy House (Tea Rooms) (01588) 638443
2, Market Square, Bishop's Castle SY9 5BN.
www.poppyhouse.co.uk
Clive and Julie Hayward
A family-run licensed Tea Rooms and Restaurant. We have recently refurbished our tea rooms with a comfy leather sofa and new wooden furniture for a contemporary feel. Open 10.00am - 4.00pm Wednesdays – Mondays.  Closed on Tuesdays.  deleted words Type of menu: We serve traditional hearty British food. Home-made cakes, sandwiches, lunches, with daily specials always available and various hot, cold and alcoholic drinks. All food is freshly prepared on the premises using local produce where available. Traditional Sunday lunches are available throughout the year, £6.95 (£5.95 smaller portions), full English all-day breakfasts from £3.95 and our bargain bacon butty at £2.00!! Take-away menu available. Please let us know if you have any special dietary requirements and we will do our best to accommodate your needs. Our restaurant is available any evening for private parties, offering anything from a 3-course meal to a buffet for a minimum of 10 people. Please contact us to discuss your requirements. Off-site catering can also be provided. We also offer B&B accommodation.
Food Hygiene Rating 5
(see the “Where to Stay” booklet)

The Three Tuns (01588) 638797
Salop Street, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5BW
Tim and Catherine Curtis-Evans
This famous and historic pub and brewery has been the “beating heart” of Bishops Castle since 1642. Refurbished and enlarged, it still maintains the spirit of the original pub - public bar, snug bar, lounge bar - but with the addition of a classy oak framed, glass sided dining room. A bustling, lively atmospheric pub created by the many charismatic locals who regard “The Tuns” as their home from home; it serves a wondrous array of real ales from the adjoining brewery, XXX, 1642, Clerics Cure, Castle Steamer plus seasonal offerings. Open all day, every day. Open for food: Mon - Sat 12.00 noon -3pm and 7.00pm-9.00pm. Sun 12.00 noon - 3.00pm. Average dish price: £9.95.
Type of menu: a modern, eclectic menu using locally sourced, fresh ingredients e.g. for starters. Organic Smokehouse Smoked Salmon with sour cream & caviar, whole baked camembert with “dipping bread” and chargrilled Cajun chicken salad. Main courses include beef & wild mushrooms in 3x beer with root vegetable mash and chargrilled free range Herefordshire chicken with grain mustard sauce & new potatoes as well as ‘probably’ the best ribeye steaks in Shropshire. A restored and characterful function room sees everything from live music (jazz to rock to classical) to line dancing, Morris dancing, film club and the local rugby club. No piped music or fruit machines. We are proud to be supporters of the annual Bishops Castle Real Ale Festival.
Food Hygiene Rating 5
(See the Three Tuns Brewery in “Places to Visit” section)

The Castle Hotel (01588) 638403*
The Square, Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5BN
www.thecastlehotelbishopscastle.co.uk
Henry Hunter and Rebecca Arthan
An eighteenth century Coaching Inn on elevated ground on the site of the original castle, with panoramic views and fabulous gardens. The Castle has a busy kitchen producing modern pub food that is healthy, hearty, flavoursome and fresh. And great value. And you’ve a wide choice of eating venues. Three bars, each with their own individual character, some with terraces out into the garden, some with real fires, and all with real ale. Try the oak panelled restaurant, believed to feature in the Mary Webb novel“The House in Dormer Forest”. And when the weather is warm, take a drink, (or even dinner itself), to the beautiful south facing gardens with fantastic terrace and raised fish ponds. And watch the sun go down over the Welsh hills beyond.
Open for food: Mon to Fri 11.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. - 8.45 p.m.
Sat/Sun open all day. Booking advisable for Friday and Saturday evening and
Sunday lunch.
Average main dish price: evening £10.95, lunchtime £8.00
Type of menu: modern pub food cooked on the premises using local ingredients whenever possible. Plus daily specials on the blackboard. And very good coffee!
Trad. ales: supplied by Hobsons, Six Bells Breweries and Stonehouse.
Food Hygiene Rating 5
(see “Where to stay”)

Clun & the Clun Valley

The White Horse Inn (01588) 640305
The Square, Clun, Shropshire SY7 8JA
www.whi-clun.co.uk
Jack Limond
A cosy 18th century coaching inn & post-house standing on the old Market Square, 2 minutes from the castle. Enjoy a warm welcome and relax in front of the log fire. Open for food: lunchtimes 12.00 noon - 2.00 p.m. and 6.30p.m. - 8.30 p.m. Sundays 12.30 p.m. - 2.30 p.m
Type of menu: A variety of home-made specials of traditional farmhouse style for the carnivore, vegetarian and vegan. We have a regular menu of snacks and bar food. Price range: £5.95 - £15.95.
Trad. Ale: from our own micro brewery, Wye Valley, Butty Bach, Hobson's Bitter plus two guest ales and a real cider. Cask
Marque Holder. Local CAMRA Pub of the Year 2007.
Food Hygiene Rating 5
(see “Where to stay” )

The Maltings Tea Rooms 01588 640539 *
High Street, Clun, Shropshire SY7 8JB
www.caryscakes.com
Carys Palmer
A delightful friendly, traditional tearoom, situated on the ground floor of an Old Malthouse in Clun High Street, next to the Sun Inn. We offer a varied selection of of homemade cakes and scones using locally produced ingredients wherever possible. They include a number of regional recipes, such as Shropshire Lambing Cake, Bara Brith and Welsh Cakes and other more "seasonal" offerings such as Spicy Plum Cake, Rhubarb & Ginger Muffins and Oaty Blackcurrant or Gooseberry Tartlets. We also serve soups, sandwiches, salads, jacket potatoes and daily specials. Ideal for breakfasts, morning coffee, light lunches and afternoon tea.
Gluten Free and Vegetarian choices always available.

Open: Mon to Fri 08.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. (09.00a.m. - 5.00 p.m. in winter) Sat & Sun 8.30 a.m - 5.30p.m. (09.30 - 5.00 p.m. in winter)
Food Hygiene Rating 5

The Old Wheelwrights Tearoom and B&B (01588) 660141 *
Little Brampton, Clunbury, Shropshire. SY7 0HH
www.theoldwheelwrights.co.uk
Annie & Andy Sutton
Set in the stunning Clun Valley, with, The Old Wheelwrights Tearoom is situated at the front of the 18th Century home of Annie and Andy. Serving freshly prepared home cooked food sourced as locally as possible, with vegetarian/vegan options. Our Little Brampton and Big Brampton breakfasts available from 9am - 1pm. A selection of homemade cakes, sandwiches, salads, snacks, soups and jacket potatoes available. Vegetarian/vegan/coeliac diets catered for.
Open Feb to Nov 9am to 5pm Tuesday -Sunday. Full DISABLED ACCESS AND TOILET
Food Hygiene Rating 5

Round & About

The Bridges (01588) 650260
Bridges, Ratlinghope, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY5 0S
www.thebridgespub.co.uk
Grant Perry
The Bridges, where two rivers meet, a rare and magical place. Described as the country’s most beautiful country pub location in the foothills of the Long Mynd and Stiperstones, the heart of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Stunning walks and biking routes criss-cross the venue. A Mecca for lovers of the outdoors, great music and performing arts. Open for food: 11.00am - 11.00p.m. Food served 12.00pm - 9.00pm  Type of menu: Varied menu to suit all tastes including a Sunday Roast  Homemade pizzas and fish & chips available to take away. A Three Tuns Brewery Tap House. Live music on Monday nights.
Food Hygiene Rating 5
(see “Where to Stay” and events section)

The Dragon Hotel (01686) 668359
Montgomery, Powys, SY15 6PA
www.dragonhotel.com
Mark & Sue Michaels
17th century former coaching inn with lounge bar, fine restaurant and indoor heated swimming pool.
Open for food: 12.00 noon - 2.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (ordering times).
Tea & coffee served all day. Average main dish price: bar meals £9.50 restaurant table D’hote (3 course) £17.00.
Type of menu: bar meals and  table d’hote.
AA 1 Rosette Restaurant. Trad. Ale: Woods Special and Montgomery Brewery.
Food Hygiene Rating 5
(see “ What to do”& “Where to Stay”) What to see and do in and around Bishop’s Castle & Clun