The Victoria at Heeley Green now has cask ale available following a cellar and bar refit.
The Cross Scythes at Totley has been closed for a refurbishment following a change of management – the new operating company (Northern Collective) also run bars and restaurants in places like Dore and Hathersage.
The Old Hall Hotel in Hope has announced the 2025 dates for their Hope Valley Beer & Cider Festival, which takes place most bank holiday weekends. See our festival listings page for details.
The Woodseats Palace (Wetherspoons) is hosting a tap takeover with Welbeck Abbey brewery on 20 March, from 7pm. This will see them pouring up to 5 of their cask ales including some one off specials.
Celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the mapping of the Pennine Way take place this year and sitting next to it is the Old Nag’s Head in Edale, which as you’d expect is joining in! They are hosting a music night on 19 March from 7:30pm as part of the celebrations.
The Beer House S6, located on the inbound tram platform at Hillsborough, have updated their midweek event programme. Monday is pool league, Wednesday is quiz night an Thursday is games league.
Many of you will have been following the story of this village pub – a few years back the pub company that owned it decided it wasn’t viable with their model and put the building on the market, potentially to be converted to flats or housing, leaving the village with nothing much else there.
With some help and advice from CAMRA, a group of locals got the pub listed as an Asset of Community Value and set up a Community Interest Company to buy the pub. It is now a community owned enterprise that includes a traditional local pub, cafe and post office plus it offers overnight accommodation upstairs.
Whilst under community ownership the Anglers has successfully provided the village with a good pub, post office and cafe; however in recent times it hasn’t been financially successful as a business so they are now changing their operating model. They have undertaken a successful fundraising campaign to keep the building’s lights on and rather than run the place themselves are leasing it out to a tenant to run as their own business that simply pays rent to the community interest company.
The new management of the Anglers Rest is Atlantik Inns, a local company headed by Rick Ellison. In April this year he celebrates 15 years at the Old Hall Hotel in Hope, he’s had the Peak Hotel in Castleton for 11 years, the Miltons Tap in Buxton for 6 years and the Anchor near Tideswell since 2016. More recently he has taken over the lease of the Farmyard in Youlgreave, near Bakewell. Rick has specialised in taking on leasehold pubs in the Peak District that are under threat of being closed and boarded up and working with the owners to turn them around into a successful business.
Rick considers the Anglers as being a bit different to his usual projects – community owned since 2013 having been saved by the very same people whose homes surround it, the pub is in fine fettle and ready for a new pub landlord to hit the ground running. The Anglers currently has modern solar panels, cafe, Post Office, community meeting room and a large car park that includes bicycle parking and an EV charging station. It is also recognised for its cask ale, being in the Good Beer Guide!
A refurbishment is planned to refresh the interior, introducing a modern restaurant area, games room including a pool table, brand new bar and a cosy feel.
The cellar has already been refurbished relatively recently but will be modernised in partnership with Heineken (who Atlantik Inns lease some of their other pubs from) who will be installing their smart dispense system and a Beer Tec Smart Cellar system that cuts usage of the air conditioning. Heineken will be supplying the keg beer with well known brands like Beavertown, Cruzcampo, Hawkstone and Guinness on tap along with Theakston Old Peculiar on cask.
The remaining handpumps will showcase Peak District breweries with two ales on from Intrepid Brewing based just down the road from the pub in Brough and also two ales from Eyam Brewery based in Great Hucklow. There will also be a changing guest ale.
Atlantik Inns take over the management of the pub from 24 February but will be closed for a few weeks for the refurbishment, opening mid March.
If you fancy visiting the Anglers, as well as having a car park Hulleys bus 257 from Sheffield to Bakewell goes past the front door Monday to Saturday daytime, alternatively it is about a 15 minute walk from Bamford railway station and the 272 bus stop.
Sheffield, UK – March 10th to 16th, 2025 – Get ready to raise a glass to Sheffield Beer Week! This city-wide celebration of craft beer will once again unite the community
This year, Sheffield Beer Week will shine a spotlight on the ‘Outdoor City’ it calls home during The Festival of the Outdoors and the unique blend of beer and food pairing. Showcasing the city’s vibrant culinary scene alongside its thriving craft beer industry. Expect a diverse program of events, including:
Brewery Tours & Tastings: Go behind the scenes at local breweries, learn about the brewing process, and sample their latest creations. Visit the wealth of pubs, bars, beer shops and taprooms to enjoy tastings and events.
Beer & Food Pairings: Indulge in expertly curated local menus featuring beers paired with delicious dishes
Pub Tours & Walking Trail Events: Discover the gems, explore the city’s diverse pub, bar, beer shop and beer scene with guided tours and self-guided trails.
Community Events: Participate in family-friendly events, charity fundraisers, workshops and book readings that celebrate the spirit of community.
Sheffield Beer Week will also delve into the city’s rich brewing heritage, exploring its historical significance”We are thrilled to bring back Sheffield Beer Week and invite the community to join us in celebrating the city’s vibrant beer culture,” said Jules Gray of Sheffield Beer Week “This year, we are focusing on the unique connection between beer and food, while also honoring our city’s brewing heritage and the stunning outdoor city we call home. We encourage everyone to come out and experience the best of Sheffield.”
On the weekend of 7th to 8thMarch, to start the week, Sheffield’s craft beer festival, Indie Beer Feast is back at Trafalgar Warehouse. It’s a celebration of great independent craft beer with brewery bars, street food, low intervention wines and fine cider. The beer festival champions and supports The Everyone Welcome initiative. British Guild of Beer Writers’ member and leading UK award-wining beer writer Adrian Tierney-Jones will be heading up, alongside Founder and Director of community initiative, Women in Beer, Amelie Tassin to host pop-up tastings.
The Victoria Hotel in Heeley has reopened. The new management is Dan, who has previously worked at the Fox & Duck, Blind Monkey and Cremorne. There is currently no real ale but there is a hope that will change when the pub company, Punch Taverns, get the bar & cellar refit done.
The Castle Inn at Bradway has reopened after the previous business operating the pub, which is leased from Stonegate, ceased trading. The new management, who are also involved with the Millhouses, have returned it to being a community local rather than a gastropub, although they are serving food. They have also introduced entertainment, including a retro music & quiz night. Real ale continues to be available.
In the run up to Christmas, the reopened Harlequin on Nursery Street, near Kelham Island, recorded their 100th different cask ale on the bar.
The Mount Pleasant in Norton Lees has been run by the same family for a fair few years now and has remains a friendly and traditional multi room community local with real ale. Unfortunately in recent times the pub has been losing money and the keys are being handed back to its owner – Heineken Star Pubs – at the end of the current lease period in February.
The Ship Inn at Shalesmoor is another leased pub where the keys got handed back to the pub company – this time Admiral Taverns – as the previous management no longer considered it viable with increased costs. It isn’t all bad news though – the pub has now reopened under new management with two real ales on the bar and live entertainment planned.
The Peacock at Owler Bar is no longer part of the Chef & Brewer chain, having been taken over by Longbow, the Peak District based hospitality venue operator. Other venues they run include the George in Hathersage, Maynard in Grindleford and Ashford Arms in Ashford-in-the-Water. They are describing the Peacock as a pub that ramblers, families, foodies, and locals alike can call their own serving exceptional food without the faff, championing locally-sourced ingredients and pouring perfectly-crafted drinks with a smile. Cask beer from local breweries including Thornbridge is on the bar.
The Cross Scythes on Derbyshire Lane, Norton Lees, is welcoming back live music on the last Saturday of every month during 2025. They also host a regular acoustic jam session on Thursdays (7.30pm prompt!) and an American Blue Grass jam on the last Wednesday of the month.
The Rose & Crownin Wadsley has reopened with the lease taken on by Lisa who was previously assistant manager of the Cross Scythes in Norton Lees! The pub is dog friendly and Real Ale is available on the bar – usually Bradfield Farmers Blonde plus another beer on the Heineken list such as Timothy Taylors Landlord or something from Theakstons. Food traders have been outside the pub for some special events but in the future the plan is for food offering to be provided by a third party caterer renting the pub kitchen.
The Rutland Arms in Sheffield City Centre closed for 2 weeks at the start of January for a refurbishment. This involved new floor, carpet and toilets.
The Rutland Arms bar, post refurbishment
The Old Nag’s Head in Edale closed between 6 and 22 January for maintenance.
The Red Deerin Sheffield City Centre closed 6-8 January for a cellar refurbishment. The pub is leased from Heineken’s Star Pub company.
The Railwayat Wadsley Bridge closed from 6 to 19 January for maintenance.
The Boston Arms in Woodseats closed from 6 to 9 January for painting, fixing and cleaning.
The Dog & Partridge in Sheffield City Centre closed 18 to 24 January to get the painters & decorators in.
The Tunnel Tap micropub in Totley now serves pies on Fridays and shows movies on the first Sunday of the month.
The Old Shoe in Orchard Square, Sheffield City Centre, has applied for a licence for the upstairs space to convert it from a staff/storage area into a second bar. We assume that it will be used for special ticketed events such as private tastings and meet the brewer/producer sessions.
When Guinness announced that despite producing industrial volumes of the stuff there was a shortage of keg beer available to export to the UK with UK customers rationed, it sounded like a PR stunt that was announced every year just before Christmas, however things got real at the Dog & Partridge, an irish pub in Sheffield City Centre, with no Guinness available on tap on New Years Eve and landlord Conor describing the ordering process having similar vibes to trying to get tickets for Glastonbury festival! Those wanting a dark beer didn’t go short though as craft brewers came to the rescue – on keg was a nitro stout from Whiplash brewery in Dublin as well as an Irish style stout from Abbeydale Brewery whilst on cask a porter was available.
GloryHoles adult minigolf & bar on Sheffield High Street appears to have closed down. It is unclear whether this is permanent or for a refurbishment.
Olivia’s Townhouse on West Street closed down but is expected to reopen in a new guise.
The Botanist in Leopold Square has closed, although the Furnace restaurant at Charter Square (which is run by the same company) is reportedly to be converted into a branch of Botanist to replace it.
The Commercial in Chapeltown hosted a beer launch with the “Ale & Audio” podcast. As the audience for the podcast is principally people that drink in their own “pub shed” at home, they recorded an episode in the shed in the pub’s garden that is a distillery! The beer was brewed by Overtone and was called “Gimme Some”. Meanwhile on a more routine basis at the Commercial, the weekly chip butty nights and monthly whisky tasting events continue and they also now have a pie night on Thursdays – plus as ever a great range of ales!
A new micropub has been proposed in Neepsend in a former gaol building more recently used as an electricity substation on the junction of Burton Road and Hicks Street (near the Old Workshop bar). The planning application is from Tribeka Developments and the working name of the bar is Burton & Hicks.
Loxley Brewery’s third associated venue has now opened on Sharrow Vale Road. This time it is a modern microbar rather than a traditional pub but has 3 of their cask ales on the bar plus craft beer from guest breweries on the keg taps. The name of the bar is quite simple and descriptive of the new opening – No3-Sharrow!
ThePeacock Inn at Stannington, which is leased from Thwaites brewery, has won the brewery’s warm hospitality award.
Craft & Berryon Ecclesall Road recently celebrated their 5th anniversary with a festival of sours!
The Three Tuns in Sheffield City Centre reopened under new management after a few days of closure for a handover. It is pretty much business as usual with a quiz & bingo on Wednesdays at 6pm then karaoke & disco Friday and Saturday nights 8pm to 1am plus the occasional live entertainment. The real ale selection continues to be from the Heineken list such as Dark Star Hophead, Robinsons Unicorn and Titanic Plum Porter.
TheCastle Inn at Bradway is expected to reopen by early December under new management, we understand the new lease has been taken by the same people that run the Millhouses. The expectation is it will continue to serve food but feel more pub like with locals dropping in the tap room for a pint in the evening and in the daytime those enjoying the local woodland walks popping in for a coffee or maybe something stronger!
The Norton at Meadowhead has been closed for a refurbishment and is expected to reopen by December. It will continue to operate under the “Sizzling Pub Co” brand.
The Harlequin on Nursery Street, near Kelham Island, has now introduced food. There are two menus – the lunch menu is served 12-3pm with a range of hot and cold sandwiches along with a soup of the day whilst the evening menu is served 5-8:30pm with a range of main meals including fish & chips, burger, sausage & mash, three bean chilli and curry served with rice and flatbread. During both food service times they also serve chip butties with a choice of sauces/sides! Food is served every day except Sunday.
The Dove & Rainbowin Sheffield City Centre normally see a whole bunch of metalheads pop in during the last weekend in November when the HRH Viking music festival takes place at the O2 Academy, just a few minutes away. Unfortunately with that venue closed until all the dodgy concrete is replaced, the festival isn’t happening, but the Dove is putting their own event on Friday 29 November regardless with their DJ playing viking metal and the bar serving beer, rum, mead and all the rest – bring your own drinking horn!
Hop Hideout , now located at Leah’s Yard in Sheffield City Centre,celebrated their 11th birthday over the week of 13-17 November. On the beer front a 7.8% ABV West Coast DIPA hit the taps, this was brewed as a collaboration between Round Corner Brewing and community focused group Women in Beer. Following up on that theme the second South Yorkshire Beer Girls Social was hosted on the Sunday. Alongside that another Thornbridge beer in a wooden pin was on the bar, this time filled with Rattlesnake, a 6.5% West Coast IPA. The beer from the wood programme at Hop Hideout is planned to continue until the end of 2024 and is expected to happen at roughly fortnightly intervals (as the pin will need to be cleaned and refilled at the brewery in-between each outing!).
Planning has started on Sheffield Beer Week 2025, an initiative launched and coordinated by Jules from Hop Hideout. The dates are 10-16 March, if you run a pub, bar, restaurant, brewery or suchlike and would like to take part by putting on an event please contact Jules via sheffieldbeerweek@gmail.com.
Winter has arrived at the Washingtonin Sheffield City Centre with mulled Old Rosie Cider and Mulled Buckfast available alongside the cask ales!
The Eyre Arms in Calver has now been renamed to the Calver Arms Sports Bar & Pub Kitchen. They’ve launched a new menu in collaboration with the kitchen team from the Barrel Inn at Bretton. The bar menu includes snacks in a basket, pot pies, stone baked pizzas and burgers. On Sundays they offer a carvery, served in “Ronnie’s”, the newly refurbished function room.
The community owned Anglers Rest pub, cafe and post office in Bamford have declared they are struggling with rising costs and other factors and are appealing for help to save the pub a second time (since they bought the pub being offloaded by a big pub company in 2013). They are looking for help in three ways – new shareholders to join the board running the enterprise, volunteers to help out with a few things and donations via their crowdfunding scheme. You can contact them by email – bamfordcommunitysociety@outlook.com or visit their Facebook page.
The Gypsy Queen at Beighton is due to close for refurbishment and rebrand in March 2025. It is currently part of Greene King brewery’s Hungry Horse chain and is to be converted into a “Hickory Smokehouse” bar and restaurant.
Craftworks in Mosborough has had a refurbishment of the bar itself with a new, branded bar top and new handpumps!
Dorothy Pax has new opening hours for autumn. The bar is closed on Mondays, Tuesday to Thursday it’s open 4-9pm, Friday and Saturday midday to late and Sunday 12-9pm. These hours may vary when gigs are on.
The Yellow Broom micropub in Bramley, Rotherham (bus X2 from Sheffield), recently marked their 300th different beer on the bar which was Azvex Boltzmann Brain, a 6.5% ABV dry hopped IPA featuring the Idaho 7, Mosaic and Motueka hop varieties.
Hop Hideout in Sheffield City Centre hold their first ticketed tasting event at the new location of Leah’s Yard and it is in conjunction with Thornbridge brewery on Friday 25 October on the theme of beer from the wood.
The Old Shoe is hosting a Sunday Session beer and cheese tasting event on 17 November in partnership with the Weekend Project and Homage 2 Fromage, set to a vinyl soundtrack! Tickets cost £40 and available on their website.
Lost & Found on Ecclesall Road is reportedly being sold by Marstons via auction.
Work is now taking place to refurbish and reopen the Norfolk Arms in Grenoside.
The Grennel Mower at Lowedges has closed and has a to let board up. It is owned by Admiral Taverns.
The Cross Scythes in Totley is now being leased out by Stonegate pub company to a new management who also run the Bank House in Hathersage and the Dore Grill restaurant.
The Boston Arms in Woodseats have expanded their repertoire with the introduction of a cocktail menu!
Bradfield charity tractor run takes place on Sunday 15 December with Oughtibridge brass band also involved, the Blue Ball Inn at Worrall is offering the opportunity to watch from the pub with a beer from 4:30pm.
The current owners of the Barrel Inn at Bretton – Phil and Diane Cone are close to their 30th anniversary there, having run the pub since 1996.
Hop Hideout began its journey on Abbeydale Road as a small craft beer shop with keg taps and a tasting room. When Kommune food hall opened with an attached independent retail area, the opportunity arose to relocate to a City Centre location. Hop Hideout left Kommune a few months ago, and there are now no shops there. Since then, some pop-up events in collaboration with local brewery taprooms have taken place.
Jules has now launched the third iteration of Hop Hideout at the newly regenerated Leah’s Yard on Cambridge Street in Sheffield City Centre. Leah’s Yard is home to a cluster of small independent businesses, including a Pete McKee gallery, designer clothing shops, ceramics, and various food and drink retailers.
The format for Hop Hideout is similar to before, with a cosy shop unit featuring fridges full of craft beer, cider, and natural wine, along with taps for draught beer and cider. There are also tables inside and outside if you want to sit and enjoy your drink on the premises. Moving from Kommune to their own space means Hop Hideout can now do much more on the special events side of things, so you can expect tutored tasting sessions hosted by brewers, winemakers, and cider producers.
Hop Hideout’s new opening was part of the launch of the entire Leah’s Yard development during the August bank holiday weekend, which attracted a lot of interest. The shop continues to see many new faces popping in, as well as a lot of old regulars who have followed them to the new location. The spot is ideal, in a busy part of the City Centre near City Hall, and it is looking fantastic following recent regeneration work. Leah’s Yard has the Cambridge Street Collective as a neighbour, along with many new shop units along the same street.
Once Jules has had a chance to catch her breath after getting the shop open, training the staff, serving the many customers, sorting out rewards for crowdfunding contributors, and getting everything organised and tidy, we will be having a chat with her for a future issue of Beer Matters, by which time some of the special events will have been announced!
Jo Doyle, previously of the Sheaf View and Anglers Rest, is now assistant manager at Old Nag’s Headin Edale. Here there is a range of five cask ales including Abbeydale Moonshine and a house badged beer – Nag’s 1577 (also known as Theakston Old Peculiar!) along with three rotating guests. Real cider is added to the bar for the summer months. They are now offering CAMRA members a 10% discount on pints of cask ale. Looking further ahead there will be celebrations locally next April to mark the 60th anniversary of the Pennine National Trail, which is accessed close to the pub and the Nag’s is planning to host a beer festival with beer from breweries along the route.
Old Queen’s Head in Sheffield City Centre is now serving food. The menu features typical pub grub dishes, burgers and sandwiches.
Dove & Rainbow in Sheffield City Centre is hosting a Dovestock music festival 22-24 November.
Changes to opening hours at Happy’s Bar in Neepsend – it is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays then Wednesday and Thursday its 5pm to 1am, Friday and Saturday midday to 4am, Sunday midday to 1am. Food served until 10pm Wednesday to Sunday.
Sportsman Innon Harvey Clough Road, Norton Lees, is under new management. They are promising free pool all day Monday, quiz night and bingo, Chatty Crafters Wednesday Gossip, open mic nights, Murder Mystery Club and weekend entertainment. Opening hours are 1-11pm on weekdays, midday to midnight on Saturdays and midday to 10:30pm on Sundays.
The people behind Two Thirds Beer Co. bar on Abbeydale Road are involved with opening a new City Centre venue in the ground floor of one of the new office blocks on the junction of Carver Street and Wellington Street.
The Castle Inn at Bradway has closed down at very short notice. The pub, which was focused on dining, saw its sister venture, Bakers Chippy in Bradway, continue to trade. The Castle Inn was leased from Stonegate pub company, who are expected to offer the lease to a new tenant. This closure leaves Bradway without any pubs, as Old Mother Redcap, owned by Samuel Smiths Brewery, remains closed but is currently advertising for a live-in management couple. The nearest alternatives for real ale are Shepley Spitfire or Tunnel Tap in Totley.
Dog & Partridge on Trippet Lane in Sheffield City Centre has launched an exciting new Irish food menu. Highlights include “Boxty,” a potato pancake topped with sausage and mushrooms in a stout and Henderson’s gravy, and the increasingly popular “Spice Bag,” inspired by Dublin’s Chinese takeaways, featuring chicken wings, chips, stir-fried veg, and curry sauce. The pub’s events calendar is growing too, with the ever-popular Tuesday quiz night, live music sessions every Sunday, a Thursday games night offering board games and retro video games, and a fun event where people bring their dogs to the Dog for a bit of fuss!
The evening of Tuesday 10 September saw Adam Swithenbank, along with staff Amber, Michael, Kizzie, Trudi, and Charl, receive a Sheffield CAMRA September Pub of the Month Award.
The pub that started life as the Crown Inn, or Old Crown, was mentioned during the 1840s Chartist protests. The Outrages saw the murder of James Lindley, a saw grinder, in the Crown Inn. The gang wars prevalent in the Shalesmoor area during the 1920s also gained the pub some notoriety.
Fortunately, the pub has evolved far beyond that unrest and violence. Today, the boutique hotel and bar offers five real ales, many keg options on an ever-changing blackboard, and a couple of specialist German lagers.
The business owners, Kate and Chris, also run the Harlequin and Rutland Arms, two real ale staples in Sheffield.
Paul Manning Sheffield CAMRA Chair presenting the award to Adam Swithenbank and staff. Manager Adam Swithenbank receives the award from Sheffield CAMRA Chairman Paul Manning. Photo by John Beardshaw.
Ever since Beer Central opened in the Moor Market back in November 2013, it has been a go to location for beer lovers across Sheffield and the UK. Deborah Jackson and Sean Clarke has become a legends within the beer industry, has influenced and taught a lot of people about beer but sadly as many of you will know, Sean is now moving on to pastures new helping people set up new businesses in Sheffield.
This month, the new owners Megan Lindop and Ross Lindsay have took over Beer Central. Megan and Ross will take over Beer Central with plenty of experience within the beer industry owning Krafty Fine Drinks in Scotland (kraftyfinedrinks.co.uk). The link to Sheffield is strong, Megan is originally from Sheffield and her love of craft beer started with the help of Sean at Beer Central.
Living in Scotland, Megan and Ross will leave the everyday management of Beer Central to new Store Manager Gavin Kieran. Gavin may already be known to a few customers at Beer Central having helped Sean out previously, covering holidays and regularly ‘working’ on the counter with his laptop since 2021. ‘Beer Central and Sean have taught me a lot about beer, I’ve also spent a lot of money and saved a lot of beers here in the boxes. Sean has been a great help to me within the industry and personally, it is a shame he’s moving on to new things. It is a privilege and a big challenge to be stepping into Sean’s shoes and managing Beer Central, I am excited and nervous to be taking this opportunity’. Gavin has over a decade of experience within the beer industry working with and helping various breweries such as Lost Industries, Steel City, Sheffield Brewery, Beer Ink, Lords Brewery Co and Craven Brew Co.
Even though Beer Central has new owners and management, it will endeavour to remain the same. We will continue to sell a wide range of beers from local, national and international breweries, saves boxes and deliveries in the local area will continue as will the social media posts. There will be one or two small changes. For example, we will be introducing a small range of wine and spirits, a website, and Gavin is hoping to bring back the Beer Central Bottle Shares and look at putting on other events in the future.
