Gonna try this again:

Can you please tell me of some local Oxenhope pubs that
are open daily? When in West Yorks, we often walk the loop
from Haworth over the fields to Oxenhope, then along the tracks and 
river back to Haworth. We used to trudge up the hill by the
church to the Wagon and Hosses, but since the brewer left
(a few years ago) it's not worth the trudge. But else, the f
ew pubs we come across down in the village seem mostly shut. Keep 
thinking we ought find a pub by the station, but no luck.

Can you help??? It's a long walk back to Haworth without
a brew.

chuck

On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:05:26 -0400, cciaffone 
wrote:

>
>Can you please tell me of some local Oxenhope pubs that
>are open daily? When in West Yorks, we often walk the loop
>from Haworth over the fields to Oxenhope, then along the tracks and 
>river back to Haworth. We used to trudge up the hill by the
>church to the Wagon and Hosses, but since the brewer left
>(a few years ago) it's not worth the trudge. But else, the f
>ew pubs we come across down in the village seem mostly shut. Keep 
>thinking we ought find a pub by the station, but no luck.
>
>Can you help??? It's a long walk back to Haworth without
>a brew.

One idea might be to leave Haworth by a higher level route. The walk
to Penistone Hill and Haworth Moor is excellent with good views back
down toward the Aire Valley. Eventually you come to a waterworks drain
which you can use to contour round the hill side. 

This will get to to - the Waggon and Horses! OK I take your point
about the slog up the road, but this route avoids that, and the beer
quality at the moment is good (well it was a month or two ago when I
visited). It's had a couple of changes of ownership since the brewery
days, and the present incumbents seem genuinely dedicated to the
business.

From there you can continue along the same drain (you can use the
track in the pub car park) and end up in Oxenhope village where the
Lamb Inn (grid ref 038345 ) of which I've heard good reports, and
which does real ale. From thence its downhill towards the railway and
the riverside foortpaths back to Haworth (and of course you can always
get an itinerant pint on the train back to Haworth if you've had
enough walking by then).

Yes, I agree it would be nice to have a pub near the station. there
were tentative plans to do this with the old Stationmaster's House,
but the railway decided to pull it down in anticipation of turning it
into a car park!

M Platting wrote:

> One idea might be to leave Haworth by a higher level route. The walk
> to Penistone Hill and Haworth Moor is excellent with good views back
> down toward the Aire Valley. Eventually you come to a waterworks drain
> which you can use to contour round the hill side. 
> 
> This will get to to - the Waggon and Horses! OK I take your point
> about the slog up the road, but this route avoids that, and the beer
> quality at the moment is good (well it was a month or two ago when I
> visited). It's had a couple of changes of ownership since the brewery
> days, and the present incumbents seem genuinely dedicated to the
> business.
> 
> From there you can continue along the same drain (you can use the
> track in the pub car park) and end up in Oxenhope village where the
> Lamb Inn (grid ref 038345 ) of which I've heard good reports, and
> which does real ale. From thence its downhill towards the railway and
> the riverside foortpaths back to Haworth (and of course you can always
> get an itinerant pint on the train back to Haworth if you've had
> enough walking by then).
> 
> Yes, I agree it would be nice to have a pub near the station. there
> were tentative plans to do this with the old Stationmaster's House,
> but the railway decided to pull it down in anticipation of turning it
> into a car park!

Hmm ... we will have to try that route just for the variety. Might even
miss the mucking-out piles at the farms along our usual route. I am
willing to try the Wagon and Hosses again. We tried it just once
after the brewer departed and each pint was lighter than the last.
Not really hoppy, just LichtBrau. The brewer did a couple of
really nice dary, heavy, malty ales. we miss him.

We tried the one pub we found down in Oxenhope. Might have been
the Lamb Inn. In any case, altho lights were on, the door was
always closed and locked.

btw - out favorite pub in that general area is The Old Silent out
in Stanbury near the back road off Top Withens. Great food and Old
Peculier ... Yummmm.

Thanks for the info.

chuck

On Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:44:45 -0400, cciaffone 
wrote:


>Hmm ... we will have to try that route just for the variety. Might even
>miss the mucking-out piles at the farms along our usual route. I am
>willing to try the Wagon and Hosses again. We tried it just once
>after the brewer departed and each pint was lighter than the last.
>Not really hoppy, just LichtBrau. The brewer did a couple of
>really nice dary, heavy, malty ales. we miss him.

Ah, I see you may have a problem with the Waggon. It does tend towards
the pale and hoppy rather than the rich and malty. But the food and
the very friendly bar staff make up for it, and the management do seem
receptive to suggestions for different beers.
>
>We tried the one pub we found down in Oxenhope. Might have been
>the Lamb Inn. In any case, altho lights were on, the door was
>always closed and locked.

It was probably the Bay Horse. A pub to avoid - hence omitted from my
first post.
>
>btw - out favorite pub in that general area is The Old Silent out
>in Stanbury near the back road off Top Withens. Great food and Old
>Peculier ... Yummmm.

Made famous, of course, by the fact that Bing Crosby stayed there!
Decent pub, I suppose, but rather too full of pseudo horse brasses and
other glittery things for my taste. 
>
>Thanks for the info.

No problems. Just as an aside here, can I suggest the Grove Inn at
Huddersfield if you like strong rich dark ales. 
>
>chuck

M Platting wrote:
  > No problems. Just as an aside here, can I suggest the Grove Inn at
> Huddersfield if you like strong rich dark ales. 
>> chuck
> 
Yup, like the Grove. And the Rat & Ratchet as well.

So from the Bay Horse, how does one find The Lamb Inn
in Oxenhope? We have walked thru the village on many
occasions but can't remember seeing it. Might it be out
on a more main road on a hilltop??

"cciaffone"  wrote in message 
news:haaqua$dt5$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> M Platting wrote:
>  > No problems. Just as an aside here, can I suggest the Grove Inn at
>> Huddersfield if you like strong rich dark ales.
>>> chuck
>>
> Yup, like the Grove. And the Rat & Ratchet as well.
>
> So from the Bay Horse, how does one find The Lamb Inn
> in Oxenhope? We have walked thru the village on many
> occasions but can't remember seeing it. Might it be out
> on a more main road on a hilltop??

Its on Denholme Road  (going up to the Dog and Gun

Can't say if it's any good as I've never been in but it does have reasonable 
reviews,

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-GB&rlz=1T4ADBF_en-GBGB316GB317&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=the+lamb+oxenhope&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=the+lamb&hnear=oxenhope&view=text&latlng=12377713352004967166