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Of Worcester's two
train stations
, Foregate Street is the more central and from here it's about half a mile south to the cathedral along Foregate and its continuation The Cross and the High Street. Note, however, that some services only stop at Shrub Hill, the second station, which is located a mile or so northeast of the cathedral. The
bus station
is at the back of the Crowngate shopping mall, on The Butts, about 600 yards northwest of the cathedral. The
tourist office
(Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm; tel 01905/726311,
) is in the Georgian Guildhall towards the cathedral end of the High Street.
Bike rental
is available from Peddlers, 46 Barbourne Rd (tel 01905/24238).
Worcester has a healthy range of accommodation. Amongst several downtown hotels , two good choices are the Fownes' Hotel , in an old glove factory at the cathedral end of City Walls Road (tel 01905/613151; A?70-90), and the nearby Loch Ryan , 119 Sidbury (tel 01905/351143; A?60-70), which is noted for its food and terraced garden. Recommended central B&Bs include Osborne House , in a traditional Victorian villa at 17 Chestnut Walk (tel 01905/22296, ; A?40-50), and the excellent Burgage House , 4 College Precincts (tel 01905/25396; no credit cards; A?40-50), which occupies a Georgian town house with views over to the cathedral. For food , there are several popular cafAŠ-bars and restaurants dotted along Friar Street and its northerly continuation, New Street. These include the Lemon Tree , 12 Friar St (tel 01905/27770), a moderately priced cafAŠ/restaurant serving an imaginative menu featuring several top-notch Mediterranean dishes, and the King Charles II , on New Street (tel 01905/22449), which has an outstanding traditional English menu - and a rather contrived seventeenth-century ambience. Alternatively, there's Saffron's , 15 New St (tel 01905/610505), an unpretentious, if expensive, bistro serving mainly chargrilled steaks and chicken.
You'll find a bunch of pleasant old
pubs
in the city centre, with two of the best being the
Ye Olde Talbot
, an ancient coaching inn with a restaurant at the foot of Friar Street, and the
Cardinal's Hat
, a sixteenth-century building complete with a half-timbered interior further along at no. 31. There's also
The Plough
, a lively spot tucked away on the corner of Fish Street and Deansway, and with a patio that gets jam-packed on warm summer evenings. Less touristy is the
Horn & Trumpet
, in Angel Street. Other useful information
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