Halifax Crawl - 21 June 2024

[rpadam]

Sorry I won't be able to join you, but I will be in Halifax a week earlier for something else so will probably get to many of the same venues.

[sheffield hatter]

Sorry I won't be able to join you, but I will be in Halifax a week earlier for something else so will probably get to many of the same venues.

Just as with the Cambridge crawl the other week, I've a Leeds Rhinos game on the evening of the pub crawl. Of course, from Halifax I could easily get to Headingley - or more easily than from Cambridge - but I'm not sure I'd be match fit.

Halifax Good Beer Guide pubs currently are:

Dukes 16-18 Market Arcade
København 6 Westgate Arcade
Meandering Bear 21-23 Union Street
Victorian Craft Beer Café 18-22 Powell Street
Three Pigeons 1 Sun Fold, South Parade
Cross Keys 3 Whitegate, Siddal
Big Six 10 Horsfall Street, Savile Park
Wainhouse Tavern Upper Washer Lane, Pye Nest

From memory, I think I've only been to two of those. No doubt there are others that are worth a look. Anyone?

[Gann]

The Grayston Unity

[Gann]

The Royal Oak may be worth a look

And I believe most of us will fit the target demographic for the new Micropub in town, according to the Halifax Chronicle
Legends: Well-known Halifax landlady and great-grandma opens new micropub for older generation 'where people can talk to each other'

[Gann]

Oh, and also according to the Halifax Chronicle we will be going to the “Shoreditch of the North”.

Anyone care to comment?

[Gann]

The Upper George (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/40536/) seems to be worth it as well.

[Spinko]

Oh, and also according to the Halifax Chronicle we will be going to the “Shoreditch of the North”.

Anyone care to comment?

I've not been for a couple of years but it definitely feels like a town on the up - like many of those a bit below the radar across Yorkshire.

[oldboots]

I can endorse the GBG pubs listed except the Big Six and Wainwright Tavern but only because I haven’t visited them, they are a fair way out, perhaps a bus ride away. The Cross Keys at Siddal is a great pub but also not central, there’s a regular bus from near the Meandering Bear and Royal Oak and it is walkable if you like steep hills. The only pub nearby is Taylor’s Shears Inn (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/40507/).

Others falling into the try also category would be Vocation & Co (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/85879/), Ring O’Bells (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/56483/) and MAMIL (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/89571/) which I haven’t been to yet but if it’s like the one in Brighouse should be fine. The Royal Oak (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/40525/), Upper George and Grayston Unity (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/91450/) have already been mentioned, I haven’t been in the Royal Oak for a while .

As for Legends (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/87349/), I would say don’t believe everything you read in newspapers. The rest of central Halifax pubs are mostly dross, although the ‘spoons (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55076/) isn’t bad.

Do check out the impressive Piece Hall and lookout for the Pub Paper which lists pubs and what beers are on sale on a weekly basis.

[Bucking Fastard]

I visited in early 2023 on a mini tour and happy to endorse those that I visited namely Kobenhavn,Vocation,Royal Oak,Three Pigeons and Meandering Bear. Oldboots is also correct to mention having a squint at Piece Hall,very impressive building.

I really liked the Three Pigeons (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/40530/) with it's mix of heritage and fine ale and it's not far from the station but only opens at 3pm on Friday so a visit needs planning.Crawl end point ?

[Pangolin]

although the ‘spoons (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55076/) isn’t bad.

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The only Spoons I have actually seen a punch-up in! The Ex-Spoons Percy Shaw (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/79047/) is interesting to see a Spoons that isn't a Spoons, but not worth much of a detour.

[Gann]

Having a look at a possible running order and these are my first thoughts.
The Wainhouse Tavern and The Big 6 are indeed a fair way out of town and need a 15 minute bus ride to get there and then back again as there is nothing inbetween to entertain. The Cross Keys is a shorter bus ride but south of Halifax and again nothing really of interest on the walk or ride.
Outside of these we have 12 other venues mentioned within the city centre (and that's not counting the two spoons ) , easily walkable between them so I personally would be inclined to stick with these and have a relaxing day in the town centre.
But the Big 6 and the Cross Keys do look to be worth the effort, so open to alternative suggestions.