Shovel Inn — Restaurant in Lancaster

Friday 18th August 2023 This great friendly locals pub has at least 3 rooms This pub is a proper local pub, and the quality of the ample amounts of real ales is very good Well done, all involved The pub is an essential visit for real ale drinkers who enjoy grand hand pumped ales and be in good company of both staff and locals Keep up the good work Saturday 24th February 2024 This great real pub was visited was visited again by us All as begore was the same, and the 4 hand pumped locally brewed ales were lovely. This pub is an essential visit when in the carnforth town drinking end of Tuesday 9th April 2024 Today, we again visited what is an essential visit for real ale drinkers when in this town, as in our last few visits, nothing in this pub has altered, and there are 4 really well-kept, scrumptious hand pumped ales on Keep up the good work...

I've given it 3 stars for the historic side of the pub and the stories that go with it. Be warned if you have a sensitive nose then pass it by theres a really strong funky smell. The landlord tried to shortchange us too. Money left on counter he took a fiver back but we spotted it! We got it back. It's very old very tired very run down but still has a character about it. Stories of a donkey standing at the bar. Maybe that's why theres still...

Lovely couple of hours in the shovel. Last time I was up this way the pub was closed and under renovation. The new landlady is a fantastic host and very friendly as were the locals that were already in when I arrived. I was made to feel like a local. Defo be back....