30/10/2026
Day 1689 (30/10/2026)
Guiseley & Menston
It was back over to Yorkshire for my final day out of the week and a tour around Guiseley and Menston...
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You can also have a look around all of the pubs I visited today over at youtube.com/ where you'll also find plenty of my other crawls from around the area...
Here's how my day went...
On my way into Guiseley, I headed through a little area called Apperley Bridge where I spotted a stunning looking pub called 'The Stansfield Arms' and decided that I simply had to stop at it! What a great decision that turned out to be as this place is incredible! A 17th century gem with lovely stone interior walls, old beams and high ceilings in places. Staff are lovely, menu looks great and there are three cask ales on the bar. An incredibly beautiful way to start my day...
I then headed in to Guiseley and first up there was 'Everybodys' which is a bar social/café bar style affair with 1 cask and a good tap mix. There's friendly staff, a pool table and a modern looking inteior...
Stop three of my day SERIOUSLY floated my boat as I headed to the incredible little craft b**r bar and bottle shop... to say this one has one of the biggest and best ranges of cans abd bottles I've seen would be an understatement... it's range is EPIC... and their are 6 top taps as well. Jim, the owner is a lovely fella and this is a 10/10 craft b**r bar and everything that I started Defend Indy B**r for...
Across to 'The Oxford Tap' which is an Amber Taverns owned pub and a really good one! Up to 3 cask ales on in this, which isn't the norm with Amber so is really good to see. An old bank building that's been beautifully converted. Great for watching the sport in and a top lad on the bar...
Opposite there is 'The Station' owned by M&B and run as one of their 'town centre' style bars with a similar range to an O'Neills place without the Irish undertone and the dark blue colours... A party place by weekend night and a nice looking old pub...
From there it was a short walk down past Morrisons where my next stop was ‘The Three Swords’ which is owned by the wonderful Kirkstall Brewery. Boasting an excellent range of cask ales, with six in total that include a couple of guests and a wall of Kirkstall’s biggest keg hits. An Indian food offering compliments the excellent b**r and it’s got plenty of lovely old signs that are very much in keeping with how Kirkstall do things…
With nothing else down at that end of the town open as yet, I took the opportunity to head to the village of Menston where there are four pubs that needed ticking off and the first one up was ‘The Chevin’ which sits all on its own in a very picturesque setting with views for miles out across the fields. This one is definitely a destination pub and offers a great looking food menu. There are three cask ales on the bar and the pub also offers free stopovers for camper vans…
From there to ‘The Fox’ which is an incredibly beautifully furnished gastropub that has a really great reputation for its food. Timothy Taylor’s Landlord is the cask offering with a decent keg range also on offer and a lovely looking bar space that had a really nice fire going. Pub is also dog friendly and there was a lovely Golden Retriever in whilst I was there…
The other two pubs of the village sit in the same area and the first of the two that I went to was the Samuel Smith’s owned place called ‘The Menston Arms’ which is the usual style of nice looking old pub with the draconian rules still in place and not much atmosphere because of it. Landlady was very friendly though, as were the couple of fellas sat at the bar…
The final pub of Menston was ‘The Malt Shovel’ and this is a great little pub with plenty of character and some really good ales on. Food coming out looked great and there was a top lad on the bar and an excellent garden space to the rear…
Back to Guiseley from there where everything else was starting to open so my next port of call was ‘The Ings’ which sits up and out of the way all on its own. This place is a real beauty! A large one room pub that has stood since the late 1930’s but actually began life around 40 yards or so to the left back in 1910 before being rebuilt in its current form. An excellent range of ales with several of the Timothy Taylor’s b**rs on offer and a super landlady. It’s a really stunning looking interior with grand looking bar and some lovely features…
From there to ‘The White Cross’ which is an Ember Inns place and has a really great team of staff at it. The usual Ember look and feel, which is always good and a decent range of cask ales on that includes Bass…
With three left to do, I headed back down towards the town centre and next up was ‘The New Inn’ which is anything but ‘new’ and is another nice looking old stone pub. There’s a pool table, a friendly welcome and a couple of good ales on…
Opposite that is ‘The Red Lion’ which also has a really lovely landlady and a good vibe to it. Listed as being the oldest pub in Guiseley, it’s nice to see that this one is still going strong. A pool table and two cask at this one…
My final port of call was ‘The Hawkhill Tavern’ which is deceptively large and housed in what was a former social club. A very impressive building with really nice staff and an upstairs space housing four pool tables and two of those basketball machines you see at fairs. On the ground level there is a really impressive bar area and a great mix of ales on as well as an extensive keg range! A superb final pub of a great afternoon out!
Day 1689 New Pubs Visited : 15
10568 - The Stansfield Arms (Apperley Bridge)
10569 - Everybodys (Guiseley)
10570 - The Hoptimist (Guiseley)
10571 - The Oxford Tap (Guiseley)
10572 - The Station Pub (Guiseley)
10573 - The Three Swords (Guiseley)
10574 - The Chevin (Menston)
10575 - The Fox in Menston (Menston)
10576 - The Menston Arms (Menston)
10577 - The Malt Shovel, (Menston)
10578 - The New Ings Inn (Guiseley)
10579 - White Cross (Guiseley)
10580 - The New Inn (Guiseley)
10581 - The Red Lion (Guiseley)
10582 - Hawkhill Tavern (Guiseley)
Running Total of Pubs Visited So Far : 10582
