Wyre Forest

Campaign for Real Ale

Campaign for Real Ale

Chester Tavern

211 Chester Rd
Kidderminster
DY10 1TN
Emailku.oc.nrevatretsehceht@ofni Telephone(01562) 630010
Real AleReal FireQuiet PubFamily FriendlyGardenSmokingFunction RoomDog FriendlyWiFiServes LocAleLive Music
Opening times: Mon–Thu 12:00-23:00; Fri 12:00-23:30; Sat 11:00-23:30; Sun 11:00-22:30
Regular beers: Bewdley Red Hill, Wye Valley HPA

See more about this pub on WhatPub, CAMRA's national pub guide.

The pub closed and was feared to have been lost to residential development. Happily, it reopened after a few years in August 2022, completely free-of-tie. It has been transformed into a modern and spacious acoustic music venue and community pub, specialising in sourcing beers from around the country that are not commonly found in the Wyre Forest area. The ground floor is one large room with an attractive wooden corner bar. A central polished timber staircase leads up to a large room with a separate bar serving keg lines, but no cask ales. Original fireplace recesses have been retained throughout showing evidence of use from a previous age. Open mic night is the last Tuesday of the month and booked acoustic artists play on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons, see the pub's FaceBook page for details. A regular comedy night is staged in the upstairs room on the first Wednesday of the month. At the back is the large beer garden created in a Mediterranean style with table benches, low walls, up-light feature trees, a covered area and a bar hatch. There are four real ales, often including a dark beer, one from Bewdley along with Wye Valley HPA, and two changing interesting beers sourced from independent breweries. Keg taps are also eclectic, always including a dark and/or sour beer. The local Copper Beech craft beer is unfiltered and unpasteurised. Various recipes of pork pies from the local Wyre Pie Company, sausage rolls and scotch eggs are available. Level access to the ground floor, with a separate spacious WC that includes baby-changing facilities, although it's not adapted for disabilities.