The train times are loaded, the pubs are ready. At least one of us has already said:
“We’ll pace ourselves today.”
….Nobody believes you Coddy.
So here’s the official route for the T.E.H Ale Train 2026:
🚂 STOP 1 — ILKLEY
🍺 The Flying Duck
🍺 Bini Brew Co
We’re kicking things off at a Wharfdale Brewery tap pun The Flying Duck, before heading down the road to our friends at Bini Brew Co. Honestly, we couldn’t think of two better locations to start.
Proper good beer, and exactly the sort of places the Ale Train was made for!
🚂 STOP 2 — BURLEY IN WHARFEDALE
🍺 The White Horse
A cracking little stop for a proper pint and a chance to convince ourselves we’re all still behaving sensibly.
This one is a regular feature in the Good Beer Guide, it’s known for keeping a strong cask lineup in excellent condition, with a rotating selection that always gives you a decent chance of finding something worth settling into for a second pint. It’s got that warm, unfussy atmosphere you want on an Ale Train stop
🚂 STOP 3 — MENSTON
🍺 The Fox
The Fox in Menston is exactly the sort of pub you want to stumble into midway through an Ale Train adventure, its welcoming, relaxed, and very well acquainted with good beer. Another regular name that pops up among local cask drinkers and beer fans online, it’s earned a reputation for consistently well-kept ales and a proper friendly atmosphere without ever feeling try-hard about it. There’s a nice balance to the place: traditional enough to feel like a proper Yorkshire pub, and has full view of the cricket pitch so if the weather is good you could be in for a beer and a show!
🚂 STOP 4 — GUISELEY
🍺 Aireborough Beer Festival!!
And this is where things get particularly interesting…
finishing the Ale Train at Aireborough Beer Festival in Guiseley feels a bit like ending a night out by deciding “one last pint” should involve an entire beer festival. Which, honestly, is exactly the kind of decision we can get behind.
The festival has built a really strong reputation locally for its wide range of cask and craft offerings, mixing dependable favourites with plenty of interesting breweries and styles to work through. It’s the sort of event where you arrive intending to be sensible and quickly find yourself saying things like “half-pints don’t really count, do they?” With a proper community atmosphere, loads of choice, and plenty of moorish beer to finish the journey on, it’s shaping up to be a brilliant final stop for the Ale Train
If you see us out on the route today, come say hello, have a pint with us, and join the chaos.
We will be back with our findings next week, but I think Sam might need a lie down before he starts typing everything up!
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