The Weighbridge in Bromsgrove

After a long journey to Alvechurch Marina we were pleasantly surprised to find a pub on the doorstep before setting off on a weeks cruise on The Birmingham & Worcester Canal. We were more than disappointed to find no food available on a Saturday evening and to compound our woes a canal side pub that doesn’t allow dogs, What is that all about? Anyway we ventured into the village and found a lovely meal, superb beer, hospitality and a welcome for the hound. As for The Weighbridge NO.

Excellent sunday lunch - the roast beef was beautifully tender. Very good value and the plates were loaded with a good variety of veg. Thanks to Cordelia who delivered our food with a smile. Good choice of beers and a very friendly atmosphere. Will definitely be going back again

I visited on Saturday 14th Sept 2024 . On my way to Alvechurch football club . I had a couple of good beers & a very nice cheese / onion cob . The staff member who served me was efficient , pleasant & helpful . A cracking , quaint pub & one which I highly recommend . I will visit again one day .

Lovely rural canal side pub with a fine selection of ales. Good selection of single malts too. Friendly and welcoming staff. Close to train station, which is very handy

Great place with constantly changing choice of ales. Friendly place

Very nice place first time visit and will defo go back

I would have added a photo of the food, but ate it too quick. Cheese cobs. Pork pies. Good beer. Friendly staff. 👌👌

One of the best real ale pubs I have been to. They always have something of interest on. Check opening times before you go as they are not typical. Space can be a premium in winter when sitting out is not viable.

A very friendly and comfortable venue which serves a great selection of well kept ales. Serves bar snacks and traditional hot pub food (although not portions of chips on their own). Also serves top quality coffee

Rather late review of visit on 12.7.24. The best pub in Alvechurch and you don't have to walk far - it's right next to the rail station. Historic canalside pub w/multi room layout, outside seating areas, diverse selection of real ales, ciders and other beers. Was only going to stay for a pint ended up having a few more halves. Friendly and chatty bar person on the day and lots of customers to chat to. Ended up singing 'happy birthday' to one of the kitchen staff. Would recommend a circular pub crawl of Alvechurch and saving this pub for the last. It's about 10 mins walk from the Crown Inn alongside the canal, to get here. The Weighbridge is also the current Redditch & Bromsgrove CAMRA branch pub of the year (- 2023)

As usual great for beers and freindly atmosphere - had food for the first time which tasted great and was a large portion too It’s worth noting that they were only taking food orders if you’d previously booked a table! So if you want food, ring up in the day and book that in

One of the best pubs ever, friendly staff and great food - large portions

Lovely place . Lovely friendly locals

Really nice little country pub, some local beers on tap , very near the canal , nice staff, friendly locals and the home made pork pies are worth a go 😄👍

Cosy pub with good selection of real ale.

Only had a couple of drinks, but the staff were very pleasant

Intimate marina pub serving real ales and unfussy, fresh food for good prices. Very popular and for good reason

An unpretentious and good old fashioned British pub serving excellent home cooked food and a great selection of real ales. The "Black Country Faggots" were well received and the selection of good, old fashioned puddings were just like schooldays. My friend had the Treacle Tart whilst I had the Bread & Butter pudding. Both came with lashings of tasty and red hot custard. A wonderful find.

Very friendly family fun pub it is very small inside and can get very busy would recommend going when it's not very busy if looking for a bite and want to eat inside (they do have tables outside to for nice hot sunnys days where you can also eat) the food is very nice

Well this is a unique pub sitting right on the canal in Worcester and Birmingham Canal. There is an extensive outdoor area which was well put to use when we were there as it was quite warm. Inside the pub is made up of a few very small rooms, each with there own character leading to the bar which, again, is quite tiny - so be prepared to share your space and let people through where you can so we can all get served and get back out to enjoy the sun. There were a few 'boat people' (I really have no idea what one calls the people who live on the canal boats) in the bar area and they were very welcoming happy to chat about all and sundry. The staff, although few in number, were also very efficient and friendly. The Robinsons of Tenbury Flagon Cider was superb as was the Oakham Brewery's Citra.

Really friendly relaxed atmosphere

Great local pub with an excellent choice of beers.

Really impressed by the food and drink available at this picturesque canal side pub. Ample indoor and outdoor seating available

Fattest person nt of bitter and ve ever had. Probably not a true reflection on the rest of the beers. They have a wide & varied selection. Suspect the barman wasn't paying attention!

I've been going here for about 5 years on and off and I love it! It has the whole ticket, serene country pub with great ales & ciders next to the canal and X-City line makes the whole experience quite romanitc in my opinion. And let us not forget the 'lack' of volume, it's just everything I enjoy. It's just 12 mins on the train for myself which for me is just fantastic. Please may it keep going. We're coming today, 27/05/2024 hope to see you there!

A really superb pub real ale and real pub food what more could anyone ask for

An excellent and very well run beer festival today with friendly staff and a good selection of ales , ciders and craft beer at a reasonable price. And unlike Camra they manage to do this without charging an increasingly exorbitant entry fee.

Very chilled and comfortable place to have a quick drink

Wonderful local canalside pub with great selection of ales and delicious curry

Small and cosy pub with big welcome. Friendly staff are happy to advise of the drinks on offer, and there are interesting local characters too. Meals are home cooked fresh, locally sourced snacks are also available.

Love this gem of a place , great staff , food is fantastic, beers and ciders to suit all tastes

Quaint old fashioned pub with lots of community events, walks available right next to tardebigge locks canal walks.

Amazing dinner ....Caroline gives you an amazing welcome...beef melts in your mouth

Thank you for a cosy experience with good food and tasty beer.

Amazing Sunday lunch..beef to die for best I have ever had. .Caroline was so friendly can't wait to go back ....lovely spot

Lovely sandwich made freshly for us, very nice place.

Great place to eat and drink. The bonus is that it has an area that's dry and warm that you can sit with your dogs.

The Weighbridge, my favourite canal-side local real ale pub, is wonderfully rich in industrial heritage. When I first went there it was the club house for Alvechurch Marina, the clientele entirely the narrowboat community. Today it is a successful free house with amazing unpretentious pub grub. A CAMRA award-winning pub, with a great choice of unbeatable real ales and ciders, the Weighbridge is frequented by fascinating role models for taking pride and delight in being unashamedly their weird and wonderful selves, from folkies to Morris dancers to boaters to real ale enthusiasts to metal detectorists, all are friendly and interesting to chat to and yet do not judge me if I want to just sit quietly and soak up the atmosphere while enjoying my half a real ale or cider. I joined CAMRA one year, but I couldn’t grow an impressive enough beard to really make an impact. The Weighbridge even has a book club, where I recently picked up a hardback copy of Bill Bailey’s ‘Remarkable Guide to Birds’ which is full of beautiful pictures of birds and ‘titbits’ of information about each bird. I took this home and put it on my bookshelf next to my ‘Easy Bird Guide’ (your mum is in that one) and I went back the next day to replace it with some novels. Any excuse for a wander down the canal to the Weighbridge, although this time it was for an alcohol-free IPA as I am doing Dry January for a break from my real ale enthusiasm. Honestly, I would miss Chris and Caroline and Amy if I stopped going to the Weighbridge just because I’m not drinking alcohol; it is definitely a happy place for me, a safe space to be unashamedly weird. They even have a folk night where I can inexpertly play my acoustic guitar and sing. And the beer/music festivals are the best in the area.

Perfect pint every time. Great selection of ales, kept to hight standards, branch pub of the year 2023 is well deserved.

The Weighbridge is situated in Alvechurch Marina and a short walk away from the railway station. I popped in here prior to watching the Alvechurch v Needham Market football match and enjoyed my visit immensely. There was a great choice of cask ale plus the pork pies were to die for ! Service was good despite only one person serving and the prices were reasonable too.

Amazing food on.Christmas Eve, fillet steak and chips with a gorgeous salad. Staff amazing and our waiter was a laugh! Perfect!!

Drinks in cans poor service and over priced along with rude staff won't spend my money there again. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

After supporting the Weighbridge for many years,including beer festivals. To cancell 30 dinners reservations over night, after people had travelled by boat to attend, others had taken annual leave from work, others travelled from London, just cancelled with in 24hrs appalling service. Never cross your threshold again.

A great pub with friendly staff, along with a great atmosphere, leads to a very pleasant atmosphere. Most important they serve a great selection of beer.

Such a nice canal side pub, I didn't eat here myself but the food looked good as I walked to the bar and the real ale selection was great. I had a local cider and it was delicious. The staff were very welcoming. I will definitely be back soon. Been back a few times now and it only gets better and better, there was a beer and cider festival on this weekend. The Bridge 60 very pale ale is divine and all the better for being extremely local. Can't wait to go back.

Visited with family for Sunday lunch. Excellent home cooked roast, lots of fresh vegetables (the grandchildren love their veg!). Impeccable service, could not recommend enough if you want a homely traditional meal.

Great canalside pub. Food Great. Lovely friendly staff

CAMRA District Pub of the Year, and easy to see why. Good variety of drink options. Nice garden.

Great pub serving an excellent variety of real ale and cider, plus a few traditional cobs and pork pies. Opening hours are restricted early-week, so check before travelling. It's conveniently close to Alvechurch station, which is in the line connecting to Bournville (for stirchley high st) and Birmingham New Street.

The best in the UK. Ticks every box

Great place and the live music is the icing on the cake

One of the very best pubs I’ve ever been to. Staff are fantastic and always new beers to try.

Lovely pub, really lovely atmosphere Great place to stop for a drink they have events here so definitely worth checking out the website to see what's on staff are lovely three lovely little rooms and large outdoor area on a nice day you can take a stroll around the marina lots of parking check opening times as I think it can be closed at certain times of the day Food is served here but get there early Good menu , fair price 😋

Website stated food available when we visited, kitchen closed when we arrived. Call before you plan to eat there.

What a lovely pub. The staff couldn’t be more welcoming and helpful. Sunday dinner is brilliant. The beer festival this weekend was a highlight! Thank you.

Arrived here to find they had a beer festival on. It was very busy and there were a lot of beers, ales cider etc on offer as well as a good selection of food. It was a pleasant experience

We didn't eat here, but the beer was great. I missed the mild, but the dark cherry ale was sublime. Friendly locals and the staff member who served us was nice. Well done.

Had a buffet, sandwiches very tasty, too many pork pies would have been nice to finish with jam tart/small cake

I can only make it to this pub every so often because of distance but over the last couple of years or so I have throughly enjoyed it there and have take a few friends with me. They too love it! What makes it so special is the staff who are always friendly. And just recently the beer! Enville aile and the Enville ginger, fabulous 👌 please have these more often. 😀

A very traditional pub. Three small rooms. Is now open Thurs to Sat all day. A local in the sense it has local beers (mostly) and a very good Worcestershire dry cider the day I went. Great location. You walk over the canal bridge if you are arriving from the railway station. Beer garden is well looked after, the grass was being cut, when I was there. It wins CAMRA awards. Caters for GF WELL

An absolute diamond, if you love a decent beer this is the place to go also homemade food which never lets you down and to top it off the staff are great 👍

Superb pub in a canal-side location - it was originally the weighbridge office for unloading goods from the barges to carts for onward delivery by road. Internally there's a wonderfully timeless atmosphere with three separate small rooms each with its own unspoilt characteristic. There is also a pleasant garden, although this does not look out onto the canal. On the bar, there's a great range of about half-a-dozen well kept ales to choose from, mainly from smaller local breweries. They do simple, well prepared bar food, centred around sandwiches, jacket potatoes and a few hot dishes including excellent Black Country faggots, served with chips and peas, which is what we opted for. It's not the sort of place to come for that special meal but lovers of traditional unspoilt pubs and real ale will no doubt take delight in this venue. Not to be missed!

Excellent beer and good friendly service 👌

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Cosy in the winter, great beer garden in the summer. Right by the canal, so perfect for a pit stop if you're out walking. Beer is consistently excellent. Highly recommended!

We called into this lovely place on Tuesday as part of our Canal Boat holiday. Great beer choice + whilst we were too late for food we were allowed to order a takeaway and eat it there. This was so kind. Thank you x

Amazing place a hidden little gem

The Weighbridge is a living legend of a pub! I've been coming here for 20 years! The beer is exemplary! The food is too! The pub is in a beautiful canal marina in Alvechurch and the views are beautifully tranquil and relaxing even before you tasted the excellent selection of real ales! Great friendly staff under new young Management, Chris and his team and a host of community activities too including the very wonderful Mikron Theater group. If you're thinking of visiting Friday, Saturday, Sunday call in advance to book a table whether your eating or drinking, because it gets busy really quickly!

Picture the scene; A beautiful sunny day, lovely pub garden. Upon entering a sign stating 'award winning pub 2023' Myself and my dad headed into the bar to get a drink - after ordering and reading out the menu the lady said 'we have temporarily shut the kitchen as the garden is busy, your looking at 45 minutes'. We headed out with our drinks, the only reason we had stopped (we are traveling on the Canal) was to get a bite to eat for lunch!! My dad headed back into the Pub after a short while to see what the situation was, to not really get an answer as the bar tender didn't know what the chef was doing! Madness. We finished our drinks and left. The garden had 8 people in it, the bar a similar amount 😳 the menu was not very extensive. I was left feeling very disappointed! Not one member of staff came back to tell us what was going on. 'Award winning' ... in not serving food???

The staff were very helpful, friendly and welcoming. The food was served quickly and efficiently and was very tasty and looked very appealing. Really good portions. Well worth a visit.

Friendly welcoming staff and tasty, well presented food.

Been here a couple of times recently. Very friendly staff, lovely setting and excellent beer choice. Will definitely be coming back

Only discovered this place recently having visited for the beer festival a couple of weeks ago. We really enjoyed that so decided to visit again as we wanted to try the food. After sitting in the large beer garden enjoying the sunshine we went inside to order some food off the varied menu. The inside of the pub is quite quirky with little "nooks and crannies" but comfortable and welcoming. The bar is very small though but that's not an issue. We went to order our food but was told that they had stopped serving as they were really busy and the kitchen couldn't cope!!! Apparently the pub down the road was sending people there as their kitchen had a problem!! Obviously we were disappointed and started making plans to go elsewhere. As we were leaving we were called back by a member of staff who said they were serving again. We came back in thanked her as she didn't have to do that. We ordered our food and it came quickly and was amazing!! My husband and I had a ploughmans lunch and it was fab!! So much cheese......we took some home!! Our experience here was second to none and all praise to Caroline. She was on her own behind the bar most of the time on a very busy day and she served everyone efficiently and with a smile. She also took time to stop us from leaving when she didn't have to. She is a credit to you and every pub should have a Caroline!! We will definitely return in the future..

Went to the weighbridge for a folk night on the advice of a friend, had a great night, really accepting crowd. Great service, great night. Highly recommended

Great beer festival and very reasonable prices.

Great place to visit, especially when there is a beer festival on!

Good food, although found the food at the beer festival £££ for what you got...

There was a beer festival this weekend ,amazing amount off beers,ciders,gin.. plus food friendly festival goers and staff ,busy but a great time

An old fashioned proper pub offering real ale and a warm welcome. The pub is very small so you'll probably be sitting outside...dress accordingly for comfort! There is a small food menu but it's nice. Dog friendly outside.

Beer good and staff very friendly

Looking forward to their beer fest 19-20th May!!'

The Weighbridge is an exceptional pub and has been my local for well over a decade. The food is great and the selection of beers and real ales are excellent and are superbly kept. Chris, the new owner/ manager is a great host. Nothing is too much trouble and his staff are very helpful too. The Weighbridge is in a wonderful setting too, right next to the canal and surrounding marina. It can get very busy especially at weekends so it is preferable to book a table in advance. I have absolutely no problem in recommending The Weighbridge with a deserved five stars! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Loads of character next to the marina with good ales

Have been going to the Weighbridge over the years for great food and drink. Booked today for their new breakfast menu. It was fantastic, the food was cooked perfectly, plentiful and all of high quality produce. The service was first class, friendly and efficient.

The four of us were here for Mother’s Day Lunch. All 4 meals were superb. The beer was good as usual. This is my favourite pub. The staff are friendly and nothing is too much trouble. Can’t wait to visit again.

The Weighbridge is a really great pub, they keep their ales well and always have a great selection on tap. Staff are friendly and can't do enough for you. Great location by the canal too so very picturesque, would definitely recommend!

Great atmosphere, lovely people

Constantly changing selection of great beers.

Love this pub by the canal. Small homely, fab staff and well kept beer

Lovely little pub, very nice selection of ales and cider and local pork pies as well as other pub grub.

Lovely little pub on the marina. Great selection of interesting beers and good pub grub. Definitely recommend and will visit again.

A very welcoming pub with an excellent choice of beers. Will definitely visit again soon!

Friendly staff and atmosphere….and some amazing, home cooked food and at a really good price! Was blown away at the quality and portion sizes. ….and if your trying the ploughman’s the selection of cheeses were excellent! Couldn’t fault anything at all….worth travelling an hour to get to you, we will be back!

Great place. Small inside but friendly staff and good selection of beers. Planning on going back when they have a beer festival on.

Great real ale pub by the canal , I'm sure it would be lovely on a warm summer's evening. We went in February for the Wassail which was great fun & very well attended.

Lovely place. Great service and chilled

A great traditional and friendly pub

Proper old style pub without bloody one arm gambling machines. Will certainly go again.

Great little pub by the canal right near the train station. Its tiny but has plenty of seating outside under cover. Really comes to life when a beer festival is on.

An absolute gem of a place! A "proper" pub with a fantastic selection of real ales, craft beers and spirits. A very warm and welcoming atmosphere in a cozy venue. Great food which is homely and the amazing pork pies and cobs are always a great addition to your pint. Fantastic events, there's always something going on, the twice a year beer festivals are a particular highlight of ours. Big thanks and well done to Chris, Laura and Wendy for what you are doing here, long may it continue!