Name: The Custard Sessions Are Back!
Start: 2025-04-25T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-25T23:30:00+01:00
Location: The Bailey Head

Mild in May

13 April, 202513 April, 2025 by Duncan Borrowman

Mild in May has been part of the CAMRA calendar for many years, and we will have a cask mild on every day throughout the month. We have five milds … Read moreMild in May

The Custard Sessions Are Back!

It’s that time of year again for the Turning Point Custard Sessions and we are delighted to yet again be one of the launch venues. We will have all three … Read moreThe Custard Sessions Are Back!

Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA Pub of the Year Presentation

On Saturday, 19 April (Easter weekend) at 2pm we will be being presented with the Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA Pub of the Year, Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA Market … Read moreShrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA Pub of the Year Presentation

The Bailey Head wins Shrewsbury and West Shropshire Pub of the Year, Cider Pub of The Year and Market Town Town Pub of the Year

21 March, 2025 by Duncan Borrowman

** NOTE THAT THIS IS THE START OF THE 2025 ROUND OF PUB OF THE YEAR. WE ARE 2024 NATIONAL PUB OF THE YEAR UNTIL JANUARY 2026** The Shrewsbury and … Read moreThe Bailey Head wins Shrewsbury and West Shropshire Pub of the Year, Cider Pub of The Year and Market Town Town Pub of the Year

International Women’s Day Beers

The 8 March is not only the pub’s ninth birthday, it is also International Women’s Day and we have very special line up of International Women’s Brew Day beers. First … Read moreInternational Women’s Day Beers

Oswestry Advertizer coverage today

22 January, 202522 January, 2025 by Duncan Borrowman

Click on the image for a pdf of today’s Advertizer coverage of the Pub of the Year award.

Bill Bradbury

a day ago

Mark J

Lovely pub with an amazing selection of beer.

Pandora S Diary

3 days ago

Great choice of beers

Mark Nicholson

15 days ago

CAMRA’s current national pub of the year ~ a real varied mix of cask ales on sale at competitive prices which is always good to find. Look out for the Tap Take Overs which will be advertised on the Untappd beer app.

Michael Howard

16 days ago

National CAMRA Pub of the Year. Cracking boozer. Would have given it 5 stars but it lost a mark due to a staff hygiene issue - two members of staff petted dogs and did not wash their hands afterwards, even though the dogs licked their hands! Something management may like to address perhaps? Otherwise great🙂

Martin Bailey

17 days ago

Well deserved pub of the year 2024. Great range of beers, friendly and lovely interiors

Tim Gould

a month ago

Fantastic Camra Pub of the Year 2024. A massive range of ales and ciders. No rating on food as we didn't have any and not sure if they do any

Ruth Holden

Friendly little pub

Beverley J Baker

Excellent pint good choice and no alcohol beer on draught. decent ambiance,

Bev Jenkins

Great pub in centre of town. Great mux of ages and male/female. Like pubs used to be or should be

Keith Davies

Camra Pub of the year

paul miller

3 months ago

Stopped in here for a beer. The beer was absolutely excellent and not stupidly priced. The atmosphere was good and I loved the fact that people could bring in a takeaway to eat there (as they don’t do food). Just the sort of pub that I’d become a regular at if I was local.

Rob Jones

Very good first impression. Clean, pleasant, friendly with a fine range of real ales. They also do coffee and tea if that's what you're after. I'm looking forward to getting to know it better once I've moved to Oswestry. Edit: have been back a few times now. Still have a very high opinion of the place. Venison stew was excellent. The real ales were as good as they sounded - very well kept. All in all, a great pub. Edit: Now visit regularly, always a wide selection of beers, which can be bought in one third of a pint measures, so you can try several, even the stronger ones, and still have a sporting chance of walking home. The pub seems to be more or less recovered from the Covid-19 lockdowns although the kitchen had not reopened. At the moment (late February 2022) they have retained mask wearing when moving around. I also forgot to mention that the pub is very dog friendly. 2023 Edit: pub is more or less back to normal now, although the kitchen has not reopened. 2025 Edit: and I'm not the only one that likes it, the pub has just won the Camra National Pub of the Year award! Well done Duncan and Grace.

Vince While

CAMRA pub of the year!! Excellent range of beers!! Plenty on dark/Porter tyres at very high strengths...thus only sold as halves!! Really great discussion with local about home Brewing....he sounded almost like a professional. But note opening times....some days at 3pm. So I had time to burn for two hours! Great place.

Jennifer Hoare

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Kevin Roberts

Lovely pub with a huge range of real ales & craft beers. We visited before Christmas & were made very welcome by the friendly staff, we’ll definitely be coming back soon 😀🍺🍷

Dave Smith

Amazing, well-kept ciders and ales with great, friendly staff

Susan Lloyd

4 months ago

Christmas drinks with family. Fine selection of ales 🍺 😋

Tom Felton

niamh goldsmith

Lovely pub, great beer

Jim Baxter

Tim Craig

One of the best pubs around, you will find a very well kept ale to suit you

Darrell Walsh

5 months ago

Plenty of beers to chose from

Sunnyhurst

Sixfootpigeon

Friendly, knowledgeable staff, great beers and more importantly CIDERS on rotation. Wonderful building and setting, would consider moving to Oswestry to make this my local!

Sarah Allen-Griffiths

Lindsay Muir

Just went in for the beer which was very good. There were also 6 ciders and perrys on tap.

B G

6 months ago

Dan Drake

Nice old pub with friendly staff. Ever changing range of cask ales that are kept in very good condition and at proper cellar temperature. Also serving Keykeg and Keg beers, and ciders.

Colin Whitehead

A relaxing second visit to The Bailey Head on Tuesday 17 September 2024 after an earlier hospital appointment . The Bailey Head is situated in a traffic free market square. The range of quality real ales is outstanding with a varying series of guest ales including a dark real ale . We had a great Brass Castle Bad Kitty Vanilla Porter and on our previous visit we were impressed by the lovely dark ales . The Bailey Head has outdoor seating at the front of the building . The entrance leads straight into the bar area with a variety of different seating areas along the front of the building and then running down the left hand side with a further space to the rear. The staff were friendly and knowledgeable- The Bailey Head is rightly a Camra Good Beer Guide regular and is a regional pub of the year . Well worth visiting

martin lees

Great friendly welcoming pub. Superb ales and very welcoming to dogs and people.

Paul Keenan

7 months ago

Mark Holtham

Andrew James

The Bailey Head always has a great range of beers to enjoy. No TVs clearing away or loud music. We always head here when in Oswestry, normally a great range of stouts and normally an imperial one to sip!

David King

Interesting pub with an extensive beer list including, when we visited, a beetroot saison. Certainly some curiosities available. Friendly landlord. No food.

Romer Hoseason

8 months ago

Wonderful beer. Excellent company. Pity it's such a long way from home. Just proving that it is the best pub in the Midlands.

Kim

Great pub. Vast range of beers, lagers, IPAs etc. Friendly staff. Seating outside. This pub has won lots of awards. First visit for us but it won't be the last. Thumbs up!

Sarah Evans

Fantastic old style pub serving really good beers

Carl Hopley

Great range of ales, including low alcohol and vegan friendly ones. Great mix of people and friendly proprietors and supporting staff.

Neil Hampson

Always a good choice of beer and well worth calling in.

Don Jones

Accidentally went into this unbelievably brilliant pub. Selection of ales and cider were very broad with every taste catered for. Staff couldn't of been more helpful. Can't wait to return.

Kenny W

9 months ago

Incredible selection of beers, fantastic landlords, welcoming and comfortable pub. One of my favourite in the UK and well deserving of the many awards it's got over the years.

Mark L

Great selection of beers, great décor, top staff. Definitely drop by.

Kevin Johnson

Moto G5S

10 months ago

Best pub in Os !!!