Sheffield & District

The Survey has now become an annual census of the choice of beers available, with several pub crawls taking place on the same day taking in as many real ale pubs as possible, with participants writing down which real ales are available on the bar in each pub, and where possible, the prices being charged.

Last year we counted 184 different real ales on sale in Sheffield on the same day, which is quite impressive! We are looking for as many people as possible to join us this year, not only so we can survey as many pubs as possible but also to ensure it is an enjoyable social event too.

This years survey crawls take place on Saturday 26th July. The daytime crawls of the suburbs, villages and City Centre all start at midday at the pub furthest from town. Once completed, everyone will meet in the University Arms for 7pm, then the evening crawls from Hillsborough to Kelham Island will commence about 7:30pm.

Here are the details of all the routes we have planned. You are most welcome to join in!

The daytime survey crawls all start at midday and are roughly as follows:

Route 1: Meet at the Old Mother Redcap, Bradway then Devonshire Arms (Dore), Hare & Hounds, Cricket Inn (Totley), Castle Inn (Bradway), The Bradway, Woodseats Palace (Woodseats), Red Lion (Heeley), White Lion and Sheaf View.

Route 2: Meet at the Commercial, Chapeltown then Wharncliffe Arms, Rawson Spring (Hillsborough), Plough (Low Bradfield) and Royal Hotel (Dungworth).

Route 3: Meet at the Hammer & Pincers, Bents Green then Prince of Wales , Psalter, Lescar, Porter Brook, Champs Sports Bar, Vine, Devonshire Arms and Lord Nelson.

Route 4: Meet at the Cobden View, Crookes then the Grindstone, Noah’s Ark, The Ball, Walkley Cottage, Freedom House, Springvale, Closed Shop (Commonside) and the Hallamshire.

Route 5: Meet at the Three Merry Lads, Lodge Moor then various pubs including those in Fulwood, Nether Green, Ranmoor and Broomhill.

Route 6: Meet at the Bankers Draft, City Centre then Carlton (Attercliffe), Cocked Hat, Dove & Rainbow (City Centre), Wig & Pen, Museum, Benjaman Huntsman, Waterworks and Grapes.

Route 7: Meet at the Bankers Draft, City Centre then Circle, Old Queens Head, Howard, Rutland Arms, Red Lion, Graduate, Ruskins, Devonshire Cat and Bath Hotel.

The evening crawls both start at 7pm at the University Arms then as follows:

Route A: Rawson Spring, New Barrack Tavern, Hillsborough Hotel, George IV, Wellington, Ship and Kelham Island Tavern

Route B: Gardeners Rest, Milestone, Fat Cat, Riverside, East House, Harlequin and Kelham Island Tavern.