Tuesday 12 May 2020

Bathams Best Bitter at the King & Castle, Kidderminster

This pub has all the perks. It’s in a traditional train waiting room with pictures of posters and routes to destinations by previous operators. Four real ales are pulled from an antique stand and all the staff wear traditional formal uniforms. The room is laid out with pew seating with some smaller tables and chairs towards the other side. A second room serves dinner while a grand reception room is used for functions. There’s also a small museum to explore while you’re waiting for your train. We called here as part of a Worcestershire pub crawl and wandered into the railway gift shop while we were waiting for the others to sup up. I was glad to bump into a friend from Birmingham, who was volunteering his services as shopkeep. The early Halloween preparations looked fantastic, and I would have loved to have come back here to experience their ghost train.

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