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Vat & Fiddle, Nottingham: Central

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Opens at 11:30am

Queens Bridge Road, Nottingham: Central, NG2 1NB (View on Google Map)

(0115) 985 0611

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(Pub, External, Key). Published on 09-06-2025

(Pub, External). Published on 09-06-2025

Visitors Room July 2019. Published on 21-08-2019

Beer Dogs November 2017. (Customers). Published on 26-11-2017

March 2015 Pub sign. (Sign). Published on 09-03-2015

Goldings room March 2015. Published on 09-03-2015

Rear area of pub March 2015. Published on 09-03-2015

Main bar March. (Bar). Published on 09-03-2015

The Vat and Fiddle is Castle Rock Brewery’s beloved brewery tap. Thirteen cask beers greet you on entering the Vat, showcasing the largest available range of Castle Rock beers. They are joined by guest beers from local and national breweries, and an award-winning assortment of ciders. You’ll also find a great selection of 6 craft keg lines, bottles and cans, alongside a full menu of wines, spirits and soft drinks. This 1930s art deco-style building sits beneath the iconic blue tower of Castle Rock Brewery. It is comprised of multiple cosy areas with the adjoining Golding’s Room and Visitors’ Centre. To the rear of the pub, a large beer garden spills into the brewery yard. It’s the perfect spot to catch some afternoon rays and enjoy the freshest possible pint.

Between the Vat and the brewery is the Old Cold Store, an industrial event space with a private bar.

Historic Interest

An Art Deco pub built in 1937 as the Grove Tavern on the site of an earlier pub of the same name. This establishment has had a number of name changes from the Miami Bar to Ziggy's Bar (1988), the Grove Tavern (again), Tom Hoskin's (1992) before becoming the Vat and Fiddle. The current name a cheeky reference to the nearby offices of HM Revenue and Customs (Whitworth 2010). Formerly a Whitbread tied house. The Goldings Room is named after the late Spyke Golding, a popular Nottingham CAMRA activist who died in October 2010. The Vat & Fiddle has an entry on the Nottinghan Local Heritage List as Heritage Asset HA1007. [Nottingham City Council; Bridge Ward / Nottingham South Parliamentary Constituency]

Information for this venue is provided by the Nottingham Branch of CAMRA

Previous Names: Grove Tavern
Local Authority: City of Nottingham (B)
Last updated: 09/06/2025
Last surveyed: 18/01/2025
Leasehold owner: unknown
Freehold owner: Tynemill
Pub ID: NOT/260
Asset of Community Value

Good terrazzo floor in the former RH lobby; original benches centre and left. But all opened-out.

General information about historic pub interiors

Monday

11:30am - 9:00pm

Tuesday

11:30am - 9:00pm

Wednesday

11:30am - 10:00pm

Thursday

11:30am - 11:00pm

Friday

11:30am - 11:00pm

Saturday

11:30am - 11:00pm

Sunday

11:30am - 8:30pm

Monday

Noon - 6:00pm

Tuesday

Noon - 6:00pm

Wednesday

Noon - 6:00pm

Thursday

Noon - 6:00pm

Friday

Noon - 8:00pm

Saturday

Noon - 8:00pm

Sunday

Noon - 4:00pm

Current beers

This Pub serves 7 changing beers and 6 regular beers.

Regular and recently seen

Castle Rock - Elsie Mo

Premium Golden Ale

Dispense: Handpump

ABV: 4.7%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly. Spotted 6 times

Castle Rock - Elsie Mo Premium Golden Ale • 4.7% Spotted 6 times

Castle Rock - Elsie Mo

Premium Golden Ale

Dispense: Handpump

ABV: 4.7%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly.

Spotted 6 times

Castle Rock - Harvest Pale

Session Pale Ale

Dispense: Handpump

ABV: 3.8%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly. Spotted 14 times

Castle Rock - Harvest Pale Session Pale Ale • 3.8% Spotted 14 times

Castle Rock - Harvest Pale

Session Pale Ale

Dispense: Handpump

ABV: 3.8%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly.

Spotted 14 times

Castle Rock - Preservation

Premium Bitter

Dispense: Handpump

ABV: 4.4%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly. Spotted 18 times

Castle Rock - Preservation Premium Bitter • 4.4% Spotted 18 times

Castle Rock - Preservation

Premium Bitter

Dispense: Handpump

ABV: 4.4%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly.

Spotted 18 times

Castle Rock - Screech Owl

New World IPA

Dispense: Handpump

ABV: 5.5%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly. Spotted 8 times recently. Last spotted 2 days ago

Castle Rock - Screech Owl New World IPA • 5.5% Spotted 8 times

Castle Rock - Screech Owl

New World IPA

Dispense: Handpump

ABV: 5.5%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly.

Spotted 8 times recently. Last spotted 2 days ago

Castle Rock - Oatmeal Stout

Session Stout

Dispense: Handpump

ABV: 4.6%

Vegan: Yes

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly. Spotted 21 times

Castle Rock - Oatmeal Stout Session Stout • 4.6% Spotted 21 times

Castle Rock - Oatmeal Stout

Session Stout

Dispense: Handpump

ABV: 4.6%

Vegan: Yes

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly.

Spotted 21 times

Castle Rock - Our House

Session Blond Ale

Dispense: Handpump

ABV: 3.4%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly. Spotted 22 times

Castle Rock - Our House Session Blond Ale • 3.4% Spotted 22 times

Castle Rock - Our House

Session Blond Ale

Dispense: Handpump

ABV: 3.4%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly.

Spotted 22 times

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Facilities

Lunchtime Meals

Evening Meals

Live Music

At regular intervals

Garden

Seating area in both front and rear of pub

Family Friendly

Until 9.00pm

Disabled Access

A wheelchair user advises: "Level access to bars with no steps via the main door, and a small step via the right hand door. Accessible toilet fully accessible for wheelchair users."