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Riviera Centre, Torquay
11-13 April 2025
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Westgate Brewery, Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1QT
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The pub is comfortably modernised and has been extended to create a large lounge bar and dining room at the rear and a bar area at the front. It also has a completely separate snug bar with TV (for sport) and a pool table. The lounge is on two levels with a small conservatory to one side of the rear area. The lower part is the principal dining area although food is served throughout the pub. The upper part of the lounge is somewhat unusual as it has a dartboard closing off part of the bar when in use. There are TVs everywhere often showing different programmes; and also a broadcast quiz with some adherents. There is a substantial outdoor covered smoking area and a pleasant patio to the rear is popular in good weather. Also outside at the rear are three dining pods. The pub has a constantly changing range of beers but often features Purity ales, and Bass is still often seen. The extensive food menu is typical of a Stonegate pub.
Historic Interest
This 19c pub has a prominent RAILWAY HOTEL panel on the frontage. It is so named because the pub was once close to the long gone Glenfield Railway Station which was the first station from Leicester West Bridge on the Leicester and Swannington Railway opened on 17 July 1832 as the world's third steam railway. Before reaching the station the line passed through Glenfield Tunnel, which at 1 mile 36 yards long was the world's longest railway tunnel. The entrance to the tunnel can be viewed by walking along Stephenson Court (nearly opposite), and there are occasional open days when the public can walk into the tunnel. Passenger trains on the stub to Leicester ended in September 1928, although coal and oil traffic continued until 29 April 1966. The former railway line at the back of the pub is now a popular public footpath and bridleway linking to paths going to Ratby, Groby and Kirby Muxloe. The pub was owned by Thomas Salt & Co Ltd of Burton-upon-Trent, until that brewery's takeover by Bass in 1927. Until recently, Draught Bass was a popular drink at the pub.
This Pub serves 4 changing beers and 0 regular beers.
Railway, Glenfield
Sports TV
Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals
Live Music
Garden
Family Friendly
Disabled Access
Parking
Dog Friendly
Events
Games
Restaurant
Separate Bar
Smoking
Wi Fi
Real Ale
Cask Marque
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