Bae Ceredigion

Spring trip to Newtown

Saturday 10 May 2025

Morning

09:30 - Train departs Aberystwyth
10:41 - Train arrives in Newtown

On arrival - Disperse in the town for shopping/coffee/sightseeing.

12 noon - Brew Hub
13 High Street SY16 2NX
Cafe bar with one cask on handpump and eight craft taps. GBG listed.

13:00 - Black Boy
31 Broad Street SY16 2BQ
This Wetherspoons pub in a black and white timbered building is the
only pub serving lunch in the town centre. Usual Spoons ales and changing beers,
with good beer scores on CAMRA website.

Afternoon

Victoria Vaults
15 Broad Street SY16 2NA
Single room, no frills pub serving one real ale.

Sportsman
17 Severn Street SY16 2AQ - This former Monty’s Brewery tap became a free house in 2020.
Four ales on offer (usually Wye Valley, Salopian, Three Tuns and a guest),
and the HQ for CAMRA Montgomeryshire. Good beer scores on CAMRA website.

Railway Tavern
Old Kerry Road SY16 1BH
Single room end of terrace pub, refurbished after changing hands in 2022.
Near station (electronic timetable with train times).
Wye Valley HPA and two changing ales. GBG listed.

Return train times
Depart Newtown/Arrive Aber
18:07 - 19:23
19:08 - 20:27
20:07 - 21:24
21:09 - 22:24

Other pubs serving real ale in Newtown

  • Lion (sports pub, one ale - Butty Bach)
  • Monty Club (one changing ale)
  • 23 Social (bar and grill in former Woolworths serving Doom Bar)
  • Exchange (situated in basement and semi subterranean, one ale from Salopian)
  • Elephant and Castle (hotel with bar serving up to three ales)

Read more about the pubs on our trip listing on the CAMRA website here:

https://camra.org.uk/trips/218038f2-ef92-49ec-b14c-bb85a5395338