Wed 16 Sep 2026, 20:22
I did once compile a list of inns and taverns located in the Shire. A couple are non-canonical (The Rabbit Hole, in particular was made up by myself) and The All-Welcome Inn is from Tolkien's uncompleted 1960 rewrite of The Hobbit:
Inns and Taverns of the Shire
The Shire might have more eating and drinking establishments per capita than any other region of Middle-earth. Most have few, if any, rooms to accommodate Big Folk, the best bet being the Bridge Inn on the Great East Road at the Brandywine Bridge. The Shire’s best-known Inns and drinking establishments include:
- The Green Dragon, an inn on the Hobbiton side of Bywater.
- The Ivy Bush, a modest inn located on the Bywater road in Hobbiton.
- The Golden Perch, an inn in Stock, said to have the best beer in Eastfarthing.
- The Bridge Inn at the west end of the Brandywine Bridge.
- The Floating Log, a popular inn in Frogmorton.
- The All-Welcome Inn just west of Frogmorton, where the Northway meets the East Road.
- The Kings’ Way, an inn located in Waymeet.
- The Fair Weather Inn at Michel Delving.
- The Diggs, a tavern in Michel Delving.
- The Thirsty Fox, an inn at Greenholm on the western border of the Shire.
- The Hammer and Tong, an inn at Oatbarton that is run by the wife of the local blacksmith.
- The Rabbit Hole, a tavern in Greenfields.
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