The Free Trade Inn, Byker - pub details
Address: St. Lawrence Road, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 1AP [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 4720)
Manors (0.8 miles), Newcastle (1.3 miles), Dunston (2.7 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
- Outside seating
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> Current user rating: 7.0/10 (rated by 28 users)
> Local guide: Tyne And Wear pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Tyne, Newcastle (0.1 miles), Cumberland Arms, Byker (0.3 miles), Cluny, Ouseburn (0.3 miles), Ship Inn, Newcastle (0.4 miles), Pitcher and Piano, Newcastle (0.5 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Free Trade Inn, Byker
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| A very ordinary, extremely dull bar with awful (and over-priced) beer. Tatty interior (but this is not 'designer' tatty, this is genuine tattty!). Avoid. bringback77 - 27 Jan 2010 14:57 |
| Agree with the comments made by Glendoral a few posts down. The beer is nothing special at all and the toilets are rank. It's all very well going for a deliberately run-down feel but the Free Trade is downright grubby. On a recent visit I also found the staff culture there to be substandard as well - not friendly at all and unhelpful. The nearby Tyne pub is miles better in every repect. Hampeg - 2 Sep 2009 17:53 |
| Its got a certain charm about it. Ok for a couple of pints when kicking about ouseburn way. Not a bad little boozer at all. scoreboard1 - 13 May 2009 12:26 |
| This pub has one of the finest views in Newcastle, and some of the most interesting/disgusting toilets, depending on your point of view (graffiti literally covers the walls). It is intentionally scruffy, and perhaps less self-conscious than some of the other pubs on the now-trendy Ouseburn circuit. The only drawback, as previously mentioned, is the eyesore of a tower block that has been erected next door and is completely out of kilter with its surroundings. how i hate this 'gentrification' and town planners, who are attracted to water like flies to proverbial. But this shouldn't spoil your visit. Carlurmston - 18 Aug 2008 22:18 |
| Stonework repainted recently for the first time in probably 50 years - not the doors or exterior paintwork though! Inside a splash of shit coloured paint over what was once green doesn't really mean it has had a makeover. Ladies toilets unfinished and gents remain the same mess and stink. In spite of the invitation to "smoke tabs" at the Trade there is no shelter for smokers outside. Beers not as good as they used to be (including the Guinness) and when busy there's never any ice. It has gone up its own arse and gets more support thesedays than it deserves. glendorgal - 14 Aug 2008 16:38 |
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