Public Houses
Whitmore Reans has a good selection of public houses, some tucked away amongst the Victorian terraced streets. On Fawdry Street is The Stile Inn, a traditional Victorian corner pub, with a bowls green at the back. On Jackson Street / Craddock Street is a moderner pub, The Pegasus. On Newhampton Road East, near to the Avion Centre, is The Bagot Arms. On the corner of Sweetman Street and Riches Street is The Newhampton - another Victoran corner pub favoured by CAMRA members, with great ale selection and a bowls green. Just up the road on Newhampton Road West is The Summer House, and on Waterloo Road near the Molineux is The Goal Post. Also, though not strictly a pub, the Whitmore Reans Conservative Club on Bitterne Drive.
Sadly, from 2000 onwards, there have been a few pub closures. The Tipster (the corner of Dunstall Road & Lowe Street - demolished, replaced with flats), The Victoria (Gatis Street - in a state of ruin & boarded up), The Red Lion (demolished - now new housing on Great Hampton Street) and the pub next door on Great Hampton Street, The Ash Tree, once a favourite with Wolverhampton Wanderers fans, is no longer a pub. The Golden Eagle (corner of Hordern Road & Court Road - closed, illegally operating as a Mosque in 2010).
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