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RAT RACE ALE HOUSE 

AT  HARTLEPOOL  RAILWAY  STATION

1765

Different beers from 491 different breweries 

since opening day (25th November 2009) - and counting!

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We will be

CLOSED

Sunday 22 March

for the foreseeable future.

11 September 2020 update... 

We recently went out-n-about, to pubs.

We didn't like what we saw.

So, although The Rat will return one day,

there are no plans for that to be until things are

SAFE, not just sticking a plaster over it.

Sorry folks, but opening now just wouldn't be

any fun and it wouldn't be the right thing to do.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR THEIR SUPPORT.  

For anybody who is self-isolating,

we are thinking about you.

The Rat is in a far healthier position than many

other businesses or individuals, so when the

Government tells us we can open as usual...

WE'LL  BE  BACK!!!

 And of course...

We are now

CLOSED on ALL

Sundays and Mondays.

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Please note that this

CASH-ONLY (no cards, no contactless) pub

DOESN'T ALLOW DOGS for various reasons, including a dog allergy.

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THE MIGHTY ACCRINGTON STANLEY

WERE LEAGUE TWO CHAMPIONS 2017-18!

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CAMRA North-East Regional Cider Pub Of The Year 2012 and

Cleveland CAMRA

North-East Region PUB OF THE YEAR 2013

NOW SELLS A SMALL RANGE OF

BOTTLED

 BELGIAN BEERS

 are no longer available, sorry! 

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We are now open until 9pm every Saturday, even when Hartlepool United are playing, with very few exceptions.

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And we're now on Twitter as @ratracealehouse, but it all seems a bit pointless as there's no way I can condense the beer list down to 140 lousy, miserable characters, unless somebody out there has some bright ideas?

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Contact us at enquiries@ratracealehouse.co.uk

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For more about real beer, see the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) website at:www.camra.org.uk

or for a more local view of real ale, you can find out more from Cleveland CAMRA here

Thanks to Lorna for the Rat!!

Yet more thanks to Martyn Hillier at The Butcher's Arms - click here - for giving me the idea for starting the RRA!

If you're in the vicinity of Newark-on-Trent and you need a Micropub fix, why not visit Just Beer?

Or if you're in Ramsgate and need a beer in a Micropub, there's always The Conqueror!

And finally on Micropubs - As I can't keep up with all the new openings across the country, the best examples are all members of the Micropub Association

For those planning a food and drink trip further afield, the Rat heartily recommends visiting De Paterstafel at Watouplein 14, 8978 Watou, Belgium, for great food (Mike - the menu isn't in English!), excellent Belgian beer and a good night's sleep - and Watou is a great place to visit for BEER!

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