Sarah and Alex Capon welcome you to the beautiful Railway Tavern in Brightlingsea, Essex.

Originally built as a hotel in 1865 to service the railway, which is sadly no longer with us, it is a wonderful part of the history of our town.

The Tavern has been operating as a public house for many years now and due to its location near to the river Colne and promenade, has remained successful. As a family, we took ownership in April 2018 and are delighted to continue the age-old tradition of this historic free house. We are proud to be a real ale house and part of CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale).

We offer three ales on draught, the very popular Essex Boys, which is on our pumps permanently and supplied to us by Crouch Vale brewery in South Woodham Ferrers, and two guest ales which are supplied to us by various local breweries and which are continuously on rotation.

From our fridges we offer bottled lagers, soft drinks and crisp, cold, white wines. We also stock non alcoholic lagers and Guinness. On our shelves we have a choice of two red wines, crisps, peanuts and mini cheddars for you to enjoy. Our permanent draught cider is Thatchers Gold and we also have a various real boxed cider for you to enjoy.

Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome but please be aware that we do have a very beautiful Labrador named Duke who is off his lead in the bar most days.

We also have a cat called Alfie that makes a regular appearance!

We welcome well behaved children under 13 until 7pm and 13-17 year olds until 9pm.

2018 to 2021 saw extensive renovation works carried out which are now completed. We can't wait to welcome you to our beautiful pub. 

Sarah and Alex