Can you please tell me of some local Oxenhope pubs that are open daily? When in West Yorks, we often walk the loop from Haworth over the fields to Oxenhope, then along the tracks and river back to Haworth. We used to trudge up the hill by the church to the Wagon and Hosses, but since the brewer left (a few years ago) it's not worth the trudge. But else, the f ew pubs we come across down in the village seem mostly shut. Keep thinking we ought find a pub by the station, but no luck.
Can you help??? It's a long walk back to Haworth without a brew.
One idea might be to leave Haworth by a higher level route. The walk to Penistone Hill and Haworth Moor is excellent with good views back down toward the Aire Valley. Eventually you come to a waterworks drain which you can use to contour round the hill side.
This will get to to - the Waggon and Horses! OK I take your point about the slog up the road, but this route avoids that, and the beer quality at the moment is good (well it was a month or two ago when I visited). It's had a couple of changes of ownership since the brewery days, and the present incumbents seem genuinely dedicated to the business.
From there you can continue along the same drain (you can use the track in the pub car park) and end up in Oxenhope village where the Lamb Inn (grid ref 038345 ) of which I've heard good reports, and which does real ale. From thence its downhill towards the railway and the riverside foortpaths back to Haworth (and of course you can always get an itinerant pint on the train back to Haworth if you've had enough walking by then).
Yes, I agree it would be nice to have a pub near the station. there were tentative plans to do this with the old Stationmaster's House, but the railway decided to pull it down in anticipation of turning it into a car park!
Hmm ... we will have to try that route just for the variety. Might even miss the mucking-out piles at the farms along our usual route. I am willing to try the Wagon and Hosses again. We tried it just once after the brewer departed and each pint was lighter than the last. Not really hoppy, just LichtBrau. The brewer did a couple of really nice dary, heavy, malty ales. we miss him.
We tried the one pub we found down in Oxenhope. Might have been the Lamb Inn. In any case, altho lights were on, the door was always closed and locked.
btw - out favorite pub in that general area is The Old Silent out in Stanbury near the back road off Top Withens. Great food and Old Peculier ... Yummmm.
Ah, I see you may have a problem with the Waggon. It does tend towards the pale and hoppy rather than the rich and malty. But the food and the very friendly bar staff make up for it, and the management do seem receptive to suggestions for different beers.
It was probably the Bay Horse. A pub to avoid - hence omitted from my first post.
Made famous, of course, by the fact that Bing Crosby stayed there! Decent pub, I suppose, but rather too full of pseudo horse brasses and other glittery things for my taste.
No problems. Just as an aside here, can I suggest the Grove Inn at Huddersfield if you like strong rich dark ales.
M Platting wrote: > No problems. Just as an aside here, can I suggest the Grove Inn at
Yup, like the Grove. And the Rat & Ratchet as well.
So from the Bay Horse, how does one find The Lamb Inn in Oxenhope? We have walked thru the village on many occasions but can't remember seeing it. Might it be out on a more main road on a hilltop??
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