wrexham borough real ale pubs (last updated 02/11/2011)

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Mill, Cefn Mawr   Pant-yr-Ochain, Gresford   Hanmer Arms, Hanmer   Peal o'Bells, Holt   Hand Hotel, Llanarmon DC   Trevor Arms, Marford   Tyn y Capel, Minera   White Horse, Overton   Bridge End, Ruabon                                                                                             HOLT Peal o'Bells Church Street Adnams Bitter, Marstons Pedigree, Guest Beers Former Welsh PotY. Rebellious anti-Pub Co landlord deserving more local custom. Cosy interior with dining area to the rear. Perry is served. Food. Garden by village church. Hosts annual beer festival. website   LAVISTER Nags Head Chester Road Flowers IPA, Guest Beers Split level lounge plus dining area. Bar with pool, darts and SKY TV. Alleged to be birthplace of CAMRA. Purple Moose Snowdonia often on the pumps. Food. Fire. Garden.   LLANARMON DYFFRYN CEIRIOG Hand Hotel Llanarmon DC Weetwood Beer, Guest Ale Pub description pending. Sculpture outside. Pool. Garden. Food. B&B. website   West Arms Llanarmon DC Guest Beer Pub description pending. website   LLYN Y PWLL Gredington Arms Holt Road Hydes Original, Guest Beers Roadside Hydes tenancy. Bar and bistro in main building. Separate cosy bar / function room in converted outhouse. Garden with rockery. Food. website   LLAY Crown Llay Road Marstons Beer Range Pub description pending.   LLWYNMAWR Golden Pheasant Llwynmawr Guest Beers Pub description pending. website   MARCHWEIL Red Lion Wrexham Road National Beer Pub description pending.   MARFORD Red Lion Marford Hill Marstons Beer Range Two-roomed. Bar with pub games. Lounge with dining area. Rear garden. Food.    Trevor Arms Marford Hill National Beer Striking hotel at foot of Marford Hill. Several smartly furnished rooms including restaurant. Food. Garden. B&B. website   OVERTON-ON-DEE White Horse High Street Draught Bass, Salopian Shropshire Gold, Guest Beer Part of Joules Brewery estate. Marvellous wood and glass panelled interior. Centra bar serves lounge and rear bar. Food. Fire. Rear garden. website   PONCIAU Colliers Arms Chapel Street Guest Beer Rare local cask outlet. Modernised interior includes old brewery posters. Rear lounge. Ale from regional / national brewers. website   PONTFADOG Swan Pontfadog Guest Beer. Village freehouse with cosy bar. Rear games room. Side restaurant. Dog friendly. Fire. Food. B&B. Guest ale usually from local micro. website   RIDLEYWOOD Nags Head Ridleywood Road Greene King IPA, Banks Bitter Community pub in farmland. Dining room / lounge plus bar with pool. Cask Marque. website   ROSSETT   Alyn Station Road Marstons Beers Strongly food-led. Smart, modernised interior. Fine patio garden alongside eponymous river. Fire. website   Butchers Arms Chester Road National Beer Attractive red brick pub. Separate lounge and bar. Rear patio. Food.   Golden Lion Chester Road Usually Four Nationally Available Beers Extensive whitewash building - part of Woodward & Falconer chain. Smart traditional furniture and plenty of wall decor. Bar area for drinkers but generally busy with diners. Garden. Food. website   RUABON Bridge End Bridge Street McGiverns Ales, Guest Beers Superb award-winning, white-washed freehouse serving several microbrewery ales. Two attractive, warm and cosy rooms plus rear games room. McGivern brewery out back. Current branch Welsh PotY. Fire. Garden.    Duke of Wellington Duke Street Marstons Beers Imposing brick building belies a quite cosy interior. Comfortable lounge. Livelier bar.   Wynnstay High Street Robinsons Beers Historic large hotel. Several comfortably furnished rooms include function area and restaurant. Food. Fire..   TREVALYN Griffin Holt Road Greene King Beers Tidy little village local. Food. Garden. Camping / caravan site. website   TREVOR Aussie Rooster Llangollen Road Guest Beers Central bar. Tidy lounge with wood floor and green decor. Chairs and banquettes. Juke box. Pop star pics. TV and fire stove in bar. Garden. Guest ales from micros.

ACREFAIR
Hampden Arms
Llangollen Road
Banks Original, Bitter
Functional two-roomed local.

Oddfellows Arms
Chapel Street
Banks Bitter
Characterful. Tile-floored. Wooden beams. Basic charm.
 
BANGOR-ON-DEE
Buck
High Street
Plassey Mild, Guest Beers
Multi-roomed. LocAle. Sports TV. Pool. Darts. Teapot collection. Food. B&B.
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Royal Oak
High Street
National Beers
Open plan. Food led. Riverside beer garden.
  
BURTON GREEN
Golden Grove
Llyndir Lane
Marstons Beers
Isolated modernised former 13C drovers inn. Wooden beams. Dining area. Attractive rear patio garden. Log fires.
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BWLCHGWYN
Kings Head
Ruthin Road
Hydes Original
Traditional lounge and bar. Fire. Food.
 
Moors Inn
Maes Maelor
Guest Beers (eg Facers, Brains)
Isolated pub by crossroads. Lounge and quieter bar. Food.
 
CEFN MAWR
Mill Inn
Mill Lane
Guest Beers
Hard to find. No frills three roomed local. Pub games. Quirky juke-box. Ales usually locally sourced.
 
CHIRK
Hand Hotel
Church Street
Stonehouse Brewery beers
Prominent large red-brick building. Distinctly separate lounge, dining, games and bar areas. Food. Bed. 
 
Stanton House
Holyhead Road
Hydes Original
Lively. TV. Darts. Rear function room.
 
COEDPOETH
Five Crosses
Ruthin Road
Marstons Group Beers
Three roomed including lounge with parrot. Cask Marque. Pool. Darts. Fire.
Currently closed.
 
Golden Lion
Tabor Hill
Marstons Beers
Community pub tucked away off main road. Pool.
 
CROSS LANES
Cross Lanes Hotel
Bangor Road
Plassey Bitter, Guest Ale
Large smart hotel. Plush lounge with cosy bar. Restaurant. Fire. Spacious side and rear gardens. Food. B&B.
 
ERBISTOCK
Boat
Erbistock
Local Ales
Picturesque sandstone 17C building in stunning, quiet riverside location. Small stone-flagged bar with majestic fire. Rooms and restaurants lead off. Garden. Food. Ales often from Weetwood, Plassey and Facers
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Cross Foxes
Overton Bridge
Marstons Bitters, Guest Beers
Upmarket well-run rambling pub. Joint owned by Marstons and the exemplary Brunning & Price pub chain. Typically clean tasteful decor and furnishings. Marvellous views and tiered gardens by the Dee. Food. Fire. 
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EYTON
Plassey Leisure Park
The Plassey
Plassey Beer Range
Large complex with caravan park, holiday home, craft and retail centre including home of Plassey brewery. Beers available at the golf course clubhouse aka the Haybank Inn.
website
 
FRONCYSLLTE
Aqueduct
Holyhead Road
National Beer
Two rooms either side intimate snug. Views of canal below near the famous Pontcysyllte aqueduct. Food.
 
GLYN CEIRIOG
Glyn Valley Hotel
Llanarmon Road
Draught Bass, Guest Beers
Large, community-focused inn of many rooms. Old pictures of the former tramway. Guest beers often from local micros (eg Stonehouse, Llangollen, Plassey). Food. B&B.
website
 
The Oak
High Street
Guest Beer
Small terraced freehouse. Rear restaurant. Music nights. Verandah garden. Food. B&B.
website
 
GRESFORD
Griffin
Church Green
Adnams Bitter, National Beers
Whitewash pub near village church. Old school feel at this long-standing GBG entry. No music or food. Just ale and friendly community chat led by veteran genial landlady. Darts. 
 
Pant yr Ochain
Old Wrexham Road
Brunning & Price Orginal, Guest Beers
Classy, converted manor house. Spacious, airy rambling interior. Inglenook fire. Wonderful gardens. Miniature railway out front. House beer brewed by Phoenix. Food. 
website
 
Plough
Chester Road
Marstons Beers
Heavily modernised village local. TV sport. Food. Garden.
website
 
Yew Tree
High Street
Marstons Beers
Attractive cream and black tied-house. Well worth looking at the eponymous evergreens in the opposite church yard. Garden.
 
HANMER
Hanmer Arms
Hanmer
Stonehouse Station Bitter, Guest Beers
Large upmarket red brick hotel. Lounge and bar areas served centrally. Rear restaurant. Fires. Garden. B&B.
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