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Pub review: The Inn On The Green in Acocks Green

THIS IS a pub I’ve been meaning to visit for a long time, but it doesn’t look family friendly on the outside and the ultra-busy local environment makes parking extremely difficult.Read

Pub review: Robin Hood Toby Carvery, in Hall Green

JUST when you might think that society has made progress, along comes the harsh truth – nobody builds pubs like this in the 21st century.Read

Fort Jester, Chester Road, Castle Bromwich

***

THE last time I went in here was on a dark, midwinter Saturday night when the place was so unexpectedly full there didn’t appear to be any chance of being served relatively quickly.Read

Pub review: The One Elm in Stratford-Upon-Avon

****

IF YOU fancy a half-term treat with the hope of spotting a famous face, then the interesting mixture of rooms and outdoor patio in this pleasingly revamped Stratford pub could be right up your street.Read

George Hotel, Load Street, Bewdley

THIS inn turned hotel has been serving visitors to Bewdley since 1609 when Shakespeare was in full flow.Read

Hare and Hounds, Kingsbury Road, Minworth. Tel:0121 351 1712

A BANNER in the pub car park of the Hare & Hounds in Minworth would be really funny – if it wasn’t also such a sad sign of the times.Read

Elite Fish Bar, Lyndon Road, Olton

THERE aren’t many chippies which share their name with a desirable two-seater sports car.Read

Man On The Moon, Redditch Road, Kings Norton

THIS M&B pub has just been voted Brum’s No 1 establishment in the city council’s annual Best Bar None awards.Read

The Heron's Nest, Warwick Road, Knowle

ON A gloriously sunny early Sunday evening, there can be few nicer places in the Midlands than this pub next to the Grand Union Canal.Read

Beefeater Ladybridge, Bonehill Road, Tamworth

WE hadn’t set foot in a Beefeater for more than a year when the Ladybridge suddenly loomed into view off a Tamworth roundabout and we just had to stop.Read

The Malt House, The Wharfage, Ironbridge, Shropshire.

WITH Coalbrookdale celebrating the 300th anniversary of iron smelting, you would hope that visitors inevitably drawn from the other side of the world might leave the area feeling satisfied.Read

The Boot Inn, Birmingham Road, Mappleborough Green

I DON’T understand this country sometimes.Read

The Country Girl, Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak

THANKS to M&B’s policy of not admitting under 14s to its Ember Inns pubs, our children had never been to one... until now!Read

The Bull’s Head, Stratford Road, Wootton Wawen

WITH a stone dating the building at 1317, this is comfortably one of the oldest pubs in the land.Read

The Tame Otter, Lichfield Road, Hopwas, Tamworth

THE Tame Otter has been serving the needs of local people from across Staffordshire and beyond since the early 19th century – and is no showing no signs of losing its undoubted appeal.Read

The Bull, Coleshill Road, Furnace End, Coleshill

THIS green and pleasant land of ours is littered with old-fashioned pubs.Read

The Red Lion, Red Lion Street, Alvechurch

THE idea was to go to West Heath’s Man in the Moon to celebrate the 40th anniversary of astronaut Neil Armstrong giving the late Michael Jackson a few ideas for walking.Read

The Navigation Inn, Old Warwick Road, Lapworth

THE last pub we visited was The Crooked House at Himley... and this one is just as far out of the city in a different direction.Read

The Crooked House, Coppice Mill, Himley Road, Himley

THERE probably isn’t any other pub in the world where you will feel drunk before you’ve even entered the door.Read

The Garden House, Hagley Road, Edgbaston

THERE are so many car clamping signs, theft warnings and other security notices to put you on your guard at this pub I thought we’d entered a Crimewatch set.Read