A Guided Tour..

 From here you can explore..              Stage - 1/8

Welcome to the guided tour section where you can browse Nellies from your armchair. Some people find that especially on their first visits they get lost - much to the amusement of the regulars.

Quite typically, every evening the will be a number of people asking for directions to the toilets, the way out, or even the bar! New visitors having arranged to meet with friends at the pub can find it quite disconcerting when on arrival they realise that they may have to explore a warren of rooms and corridors. This whilst hoping that their friend are not also doing the same - in the opposite direction!

So if you are somewhat unfamiliar before a visit, here's your opportunity to do some brief preparation. As a good majority of people enter the pub from the back door, i.e. from the car park or bus station, we'll start here.   

THE CAR PARK ENTRANCE

The car part entrance is just behind us, on the right-hand-side - and is accessible from 'New Walkergate'. Just behind us to the left, the car park continues and passes the secluded courtyard entrance. The car park is walled, with a pedestrian entrance (behind us) leading from the bus station.

   As you look ahead - and to the right, you can see the old coaching entrance, consisting of large double doors - facing onto 'Hengate'. You will notice some tables and benches - surrounded by the beautiful aromas from flower boxes and hanging baskets (picture taken June-1999).

The doorway in the foreground, to the immediate left, is the 'Cellar' entrance - although it's actually at ground level ! We'll have a brief look in there in a moment, by accessing it from the inside door.

Notice the small windows at the top of the building, on our left - that area is strictly off limits - but we shall explore it later in the tour.

Now as we approach the back door, which is located just to the left of the two windows immediately in front of us, you can probably just make out the cobbled ground (actually stone 'blocks') beneath us.

Between here and the doorway - behind the outdoor tables and benches - you can just make out the Well.