The New Wellington

From the outside, the New Wellington can seem a bit demure and unassuming, little more than a corner building slopped over with something from the whiter end of the Dulux colour range.
Inside, it alternates between a lively or a deserted little watering hole, depending on the time of day. The low ceiling and short bar can give it a cramped feeling but it shines best as somewhere to find yourself in during the afternoon. Here you will get the pick of the jukebox and then cousins a fair few years younger than you can batter you at darts, not that I’m speaking from personal experience or anything.

As the title suggests this is a new and improved version of a once tired but still popular local. The Welly as it is called around these parts, was once a spit and sawdust kind of pub, a little tired looking and attracting a rough and tumble sort of crowd shall we say. After a make-​over several years back it has opened with a smarter interior and new paint job on the outside but still manages to get a night full of the old characters.
Like many of the pubs nearby it is a bit hit and miss as to when it will be lively night, my experience is usually a friday night when the place tends to make the most out of its huge speaker system as some of Garston’s younger crowd head here before a night in town.