Barrow Hill Beer Festival

May 12, 2009 3 Replies

Just a reminder that it's the Barrow Hill Beer Festival on Friday and Saturday (15th / 16th May).



The setting - in an old railway round house - is one of the better venues, surrounded, as you are, by steam engines (some actually in steam) and other relics of that era.



Even better, there's a courtesy bus running from Chesterfield station to the festival. It returns by the Derby Tup, a well run Tynemills pub serving Castle Rock beers and loads of guests.



On your return to Chesterfield, you'll have had such a good time, you won't be able to see straight! Just have a look at the church spire if you don't believe me ; )



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But this question crops up every year. The hourly bus shuttle is great, but that's all we know - the actual time each hour tends to be a closely guarded secret, making it as useful as a pint of Fosters.

I plan to get there by service bus and if my train happens by chance to connect with the shuttle bus, well that's a bonus.

David

Good point. We went today (Friday) and after waiting about 20 mins in the pouring rain decided to get a taxi (£8 to Barrow Hill, but amongst

5 of us not too bad).

Good festival - a good choice of beers and surroundings reminiscent of (but not quite as good as) the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. I loved the pseudo but very realistic smoke drifiting out of one of the loco's chimneys!

A timetable did appear on their website yesterday, saw it before I left London.

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A great festival, well worth braving the rain!

TMJ

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