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Accredited for beer quality 2022
A multi-award winning pub renamed The Bailey Head and reopened under private ownership in March 2016 with a vison to create a community centred pub.
National Pub of the Year Finalist 2024, West Midlands Pub of the Year and West Midlands Cider Pub of the Year 2024. Serial winners of the Branch Market Towns Pub of the Year and winners of the overall title three times. Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Best Rural Independent Craft Beer Pub or Bar 2020 and a finalist many times.
Six cask beers are supplemented by between thirteen and fifteen other draught beers, of which at least six are KeyKeg. At least one dark cask and one dark KeyKeg beer are always available. Five ciders and a perry are served on handpull, all meeting CAMRA's definition. Also carries bottle and canned beers from across the UK and overseas.
Food is not served but customers can bring in their own food or get food from one of the local takeaways.
Local community groups are welcome. A range of board games, for children and adults, is provided and the pub is very dog friendly being voted Most Dog Friendly Pub in the West Midlands in 2017.
Historic Interest
Once the Castle Tavern, the pub was named after the nearby remnants of Oswestry Castle which pre-dates the town. A Royalist stronghold during the Civil War of the 17th century, the castle was destroyed after the war by the Parliamentarians to prevent it being used as a base for a resistance movement.
This Pub serves 5 changing beers (There will always be at least one dark ale) and 1 regular beer.
Bailey Head, Oswestry
Source: National
Garden
Family Friendly
Disabled Access
Dog Friendly
Games
Lined Glasses
Newspapers
Smoking
Wi Fi
Real Ale
Real Cider
LocAle
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