Elm Tree Social Club, Stockton-on-Tees

This is a club, which means that the bar may be only open to members.

Don't let this rather stark industrial looking 1930s-type factory building put you off from visiting this superb social club, where the outside rather belies what you'll find inside. Originally this was the local Co-op's sports and social club. Inside it is just first class, with large and separate drinking and function areas. The friendly steward, with a strong commitment to real ale, it is made available from Thursday onwards and when it's gone, it's gone, with a fresh new beer available the next Thursday. Own web site displays full program of various music acts playing in a separate function room on Saturdays and Sundays. First class bowling green. Snooker room. Quoits club. Beer garden. Full catering facilities available by prior arrangement - buffets are a speciallity.