The HopPole, Droitwich

An early eighteenth-century building with brick-faced seventeenth-century gables to the rear, the Hop Pole was Grade II listed in 1951 and stands in the old part of Droitwich Spa near the Norbury Theatre. The single-site pub keeps Bathams bitter and Wye Valley on permanently, supplemented by rotating guest ales from breweries around the country. A pool table, dartboard, and crib and dominoes teams reflect its role as a traditional local rather than a food-led venue. The beer garden and heated patio host live music on some summer weekends. Historic licensing records trace trade at the site back over a century, with a landlady, Rose Fox, recorded here in 1921. It remains one of Droitwich's few surviving pubs from that era still serving cask ale.