Worst real ale drinking town.

[Crossste]

Just got back from our annual beer and boating holidays and called off at some marvelous places for a pint. Stone and Burton being most memorable. But! There is always a down side.

The worst town for beer i have been, either boating or just a day out, has got to be Marple (just outside Stockport). Every pub that we found in the centre was Robbies, the only variety being it was either bad Robbies or crap Robbies, although to be fair the Robbies in the Ring O' Bells just outside the centre was good. One good pint in one pub out of six is a very poor ratio in my opinion. Not even a JDWs to fall back on.

So other worst ale drinking towns. (Sorry if its been done before and i missed it).

p.s. Why is speel chucker telling me i have speelt centre wrong.

[ROBCamra]

Oldham is pretty bad.

There are two JDW's and The Ashton Arms is very good, but the rest is almost entirely complete dross.

Thirsk is a nice town but has some of the most boring pubs for beer you could imagine.

[hondo]

Thirsk is a nice town but has some of the most boring pubs for beer you could imagine.

just discovered Crown & Anchor
http://www.crownandanchorsowerby.co.uk/ last month a short walk from Thirsk town centre

[RogerB]

Are we looking for the town that has the worst selection/choice of Real Ale (in which case many of Kent's Shepherd Neame strogholds such as Sittingbourne and Faversham are prime contenders) or the worst towns for actually getting a Real Ale given the number of pubs around (several chunks of London fall into that category).

[oldboots]

just discovered Crown & Anchor
http://www.crownandanchorsowerby.co.uk/ last month a short walk from Thirsk town centre

The people of Sowerby would be appalled to be lumped in with Thirsk, my dear old mum lives there. The Crown & Anchor is a fine pub though.

[Strongers]

I wouldn’t plan an ale trail along the Northern Line north of Hampstead. And the Jubilee Line north of St John’s Wood is hardly worth the effort.
I agree with Aqualung’s earlier post that NW London beyond Camden borough is pretty dire.

Urban sprawl and real ale don’t seem to go hand in hand north of the river and I imagine that this is the case through most of the country.

[rpadam]

NW London beyond Camden borough is pretty dire

I think you can add most of NE London beyond the North London Line railway corridor too...

[Crossste]

Oldham is pretty bad.

There are two JDW's and The Ashton Arms is very good, but the rest is almost entirely complete dross.

Thirsk is a nice town but has some of the most boring pubs for beer you could imagine.

Talking of Oldham. You would have thought this chap could have found a better pump to stand behind, other than the one on the left, to promote his real ale choice.

http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/ne...-drink-to-that

[ROBCamra]

Talking of Oldham. You would have thought this chap could have found a better pump to stand behind, other than the one on the left, to promote his real ale choice.

http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/ne...-drink-to-that

I musr admit I'd forgotten about Whittles http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/13007/ a proper Rock / Biker venue with live music on a regular basis.

[Crossste]

I musr admit I'd forgotten about Whittles http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/13007/ a proper Rock / Biker venue with live music on a regular basis.

Oh! Cheers Rob. I hadn't realised that Whittles was that particular pub. We used to drink in it in my youth (early 70s) under its former name before going into Bailey's.

I am now going to spend all day trying to remember its name.