The Great Western Bewdley

25/09/2026

We're in the Good B**r Guide again....11th year running!! 😀 🍻🍺

18/09/2026

Come and try a a golden blonde Topsy Turvy, packing a punch at 5 9% ! The original brewery stopped producing it when the owner retired in 2011 but our friends at Bewdley Brewery have reproduced it and it's delicious! 🍻

18/02/2026

Afternoon,

From Thursday I’ll be in the West Midlands for a few days, with Friday taking me out to Bewdley — a picturesque riverside town on the River Severn, well known for its Georgian buildings and as the northern terminus of the Severn Valley Railway — and then on to Kidderminster, historically famous for its carpet industry and now a lively town with a strong brewing and pub scene. I’ll be visiting a number of Micropubs, Pubs and Breweries over the day, so if I am down to visit you I would really appreciate a share of this post.

The Real Ale Tavern
The Great Western Bewdley
Old Waggon & Horses
Bewdley Brewery Tap
Weavers of Bewdley
Orilla
The Post house
The Weavers At Park Lane
The Bear and Wolf
The Weavers Real Ale House
The King and Castle Bar & Restaurant
The Chester Tavern

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04/01/2026

Wow! 🤩 we're one of Dale's favourite pubs out of 100s visited in 2025! Big thanks to The Great British Pub Crawl for visiting us!

01/01/2026

🍾🥂From all of us to all of you!!
Thank you for making 2025 a fantastic year for The Great Western!! 🎉 and don't forget we close at 6pm tonight!! 😊

15/10/2025

We're very proud to receive this CAMRA award recognising the quality of our b**r. Big thanks to our lovely customers drinking it and our brilliant staff serving it 🥰 Cheers! 🍻

The Great Western Bewdley Recognised for Good B**r Guide Achievement!

Recently, Wyre Forest CAMRA presented a certificate to Gary & Jennie Mills, licensees of the GREAT WESTERN in Bewdley, marking their considerable achievement of TEN UNBROKEN YEARS in the GOOD B**R GUIDE.

Only 3 Wyre Forest pubs have been continuously in the GBG for longer.

On the night of the presentation, the Great Western was packed with customers enjoying a range of six excellent cask b**rs from Bewdley Brewery (with which Jennie has a family connection) as well as Enville, Holden & Wye Valley breweries.

First published in 1974, the Good B**r Guide is the definitive guide to the nation’s best pubs serving cask b**r. GBG entries cannot be bought; qualification is based on serving cask b**r of consistently excellent quality, as judged by tens of thousands of CAMRA volunteers nationwide throughout the year.

Rob Budworth, Chairman of Wyre Forest CAMRA, said: “Only 10% of our pubs can get into the Good B**r Guide in any one year, so doing it for ten years in a row is a mark of the excellence and consistency of the cask ales on offer at the Great Western.”

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PICTURE: Rob Budworth (Chair of Wyre Forest CAMRA) presenting the certificate to Gary & Jennie Mills, licensees of the Great Western in Bewdley, alongside Amy Shilton & Tom Carter from their team.

01/01/2025

Happy New Year from us all at
The Great Western!! 🍾🥂
We really do appreciate your continued support 🙏
Wishing you all health and happiness in 2025

13/11/2024

🎈🎉 10 years ago today we first opened the doors of the newly refurbished Great Western!! 🥳🥳 What a fantastic 10 years it's been!
A massive thank you to all our amazing customers that help make the pub what it is.
Thanks also to Bewdley Brewery for supplying the best b**r and of course a BIG thank you to our utterly brilliant staff 😀
Cheers all! 🍻🍺

26/09/2024

We're in the Good B**r Guide for the 10th time....Cheers!! 🍻 🥳

GOOD B**R GUIDE 2025 RELEASED!
Congratulations to the pubs and clubs from Wyre Forest who have been recognised in this year's edition --

Bewdley:
* The Bewdley Brewery Tap
* Black Boy Wyre Hill Bewdley
* The Great Western Bewdley
* Old Waggon & Horses
* The Real Ale Tavern

Kidderminster:
* The Bear and Wolf
* The Chester Tavern
* The King and Castle Bar & Restaurant
* The Weavers Real Ale House

Stourport-on-Severn:
* The Black Star
* The Hollybush Stourport-on-Severn

The villages
* The Anchor Inn, Caunsall
* Cookley Sports Club & Village Hall
* The New Inn Shrawley

In the GBG, you can find full details (including food offerings; b**r gardens, accommodation; transport links; disabled access and facilities for families) for our selected Wyre Forest pubs and 4,500 other pubs and clubs.
We have a limited number of GBG's available to members only for £12 if they attend the launch event at The Chester Tavern this Thursday evening (7pm, 26th Sept).

GBG also available at our other events, including the Kidderminster B**r & C***r Festival, Nov 7-9, Kidderminster Harriers Social & Supporters Club.