The Squirrel

Walk past the half-timbered facades of the town centre and head out towards Drayton Avenue, where The Squirrel sits as a genuine neighbourhood stalwart. This is where you'll find locals nursing pints on a Tuesday afternoon, not theatre-goers posing for Instagram shots. The crowd here skews towards the regulars who've been coming for years—the kind of place where the bar staff know your name within three visits. It's unpretentious, properly traditional, and refreshingly unbothered by trends.