The Old Swan, Netherton - pub details

Old Swan
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Address: 83, Halesowen Road, Netherton, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 9PY [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 20584) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras

Nearest train stations Cradley Heath (1.6 miles), Old Hill (1.8 miles), Rowley Regis (2.5 miles)

Pub facilities/features:

  • Food served

Pub suggested by pappadamjoe on 14 Feb 2005

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other pubs nearby:

Cottage Spring, Dudley (0.8 miles), Bunch of Bluebells, Netherton (0.9 miles), Royal Oak, Rowley Regis (0.9 miles), Holly Bush, Cradley Heath (1.0 miles), Hailstone, Rowley Regis (1.0 miles) - see more nearby pubs

 

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Our second pub on our tour of the black country. Very nice homebrewed ales, we also had lunch here. Very reasonalble on beer & food prices. The old bar is a must see with its old stove and interesting locals. Don't pass this one by
hywel2002 - 23 Jul 2011 10:54
Managed to get here last weekend for the first time in several years. The main bar has a tiled entrance, wood panelling and a tiled ceiling featuring a swan. A separate entrance leads to a lounge and restaurant with multiple seating areas. Unusually, there are no pumpclips. Beers available on my visit were Olde Swan Original, Dark Swan, Entire, Pardoe's and Bumble-Hole. Addlestones is the cider. A traditional Black Country pub that is well worth a visit.
blue_scrumpy - 27 Jun 2011 20:54
very fine pint of dark swan @ just £2.10pint was quaffed,very nice pub with friendly service7/10
fat_beer_badger - 19 Mar 2011 18:39
Alas, unlike the previous commentator, I will not be in a position to visit this pub again with friends in the near future, having only managed to get here last week by virtue of a recent narrowboat holiday on the nearby canal. I had heard of "Ma Pardoe's" and knew of its legendary brew-pub history, and I now know exactly what I'm missing. The complete range of 3 Old Swan brews (as detailed by Mr Bonser 1 year ago) were available at extremely competitive prices (£1.80 to £2.40) plus the latest seasonal offering for Autumn which was due to begin officially a couple of days later. All were very easy drinking ales, and covered a range of styles; happily we were in situ for long enough to sample all and they were well-kept, if a little lacking in real bite compared to some of its hoppier, more radical Southern counterparts, but that is not really a fair critique as the quality of the brews is simply different rather than inferior. To us they represented exceedingly good value, and were good for an early-start session.

The place was an absolute dream for traditional pub lovers who prefer to do their suppage in a cosy, comfortable time-warp, which betrays very little of the present world in its decor and layout and hopefully that will never alter. It boasts a large drinking area, with walls bedecked by old brewery/boozer memorabilia, and a wonderful photograph of the aforementioned proprietress resplendent in 1920s garb. Quite a looker in her day, actually. The pub has various smaller drinking snugs accessible from the corridor at the side. One could easily bury oneself in here and be willingly forgotten.

Bar staff were smartly-attired and contrary to other reports were favourable to us, and provided good service. Indeed, we chanced our arm and asked for a quick tour of the small tower brewery at the back, which proved worthwhile as they kindly agreed to show us around, despite the fact that they were brewing at the time. The brewery is fascinating, with its old-fashioned accoutrements (including a wooden tun which they have to keep moist to stop it leaking!), and homely, small-scale activity. The brewer was a mild-mannered quiet sort of cove who was clearly very good at his job; you got the feeling he'd been doing it for decades and probably his father before him. There was a whiff of malt but much more subtle than many small breweries, and the whole place exuded a character which most industrial-estate-based modern micros simply cannot emulate. It was a real bonus to be granted access to view it in action.

Food was available, albeit no-nonsense basic pie-orientated fare, which had we not had other plans would have been useful, especially at equally low prices as the beer.

Really this was chalked up by myself and my other 7 crew members as one of the best pub experiences of our holiday (actually I could cut the word "pub" as most of our experiences off the water were in pubs!), and I would heartily recommend it to anyone who truly loves the features I and others have described on these reviews. A gem on the coal face, almost literally.

TWG - 29 Sep 2010 16:48
One of the best pubs I have ever visited - Swan Dark 4.2 % @ £ 1.90 a pint was excellent - the bar is very interesting - just over a mile walk from Cradley Heath station - will be visiting with friends to this excellent establishment in the very near future. Also the customer service/bar staff are a credit to their profession.
KeithP - 15 Aug 2010 18:08

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