Telford · small venue · Verified open
Telford pub with live entertainment.
About 80 standing, live music 3 nights a week, house PA. Covers, Rock, Pop.
Nearby venuesUpdated 12 November 2026
At a glance, The Wickets Inn in Wellington, Telford is summed up below. It has live music 3 nights a week. It books covers, rock and pop acts.
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| Live music | 3 nights a week |
| Backline | PA provided |
| Books | Covers · Rock · Pop |
Before you book The Wickets Inn, here are its size, live nights, genres and website. It has live music 3 nights a week. It books covers, rock and pop acts.
| Capacity | about 80 standing |
| Live nights | Thu, Fri, Sat |
| Curfew | – |
| Sound limiter | – |
| Genres | CoversRockPop |
| Website | wicketsinn.com |
| Status | Verified open |
| Last checked | 4 Jun 2026 |
The Wickets Inn is at 240 Holyhead Rd, Wellington, Telford, TF1 2EB. The map below opens step-by-step directions in Google Maps. It is one of 21 rooms in our Telford venue directory.
Telford TF1 2EB
The nearest station is Wellington (rail station), about 15 minutes' walk away.
The Wickets Inn for artists: The Wickets Inn has not joined GigXchange yet, so acts vote here to bring it on - to hire the venue for a private event, choose Private hire.
| Booking email and phone | Locked |
| Fee range per act | Locked |
| How far ahead to book | Locked |
| Payment terms | Locked |
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The Wickets Inn has an in-house PA for visiting acts. The list below shows the PA, drums, amps and mics we know about. Played here and the kit was different? Tell us and we will update it.
| PA system | Provided |
| Drum kit | TBC |
| Guitar amp | TBC |
| Bass amp | TBC |
| Keys / keyboard | TBC |
| Vocal mics | TBC |
| In-house engineer | TBC |
This is the background on The Wickets Inn, from the venue and its listings. It books covers, rock and pop acts. It has live music 3 nights a week.
The Wickets Inn is a grassroots music venue in Wellington, Telford with a standing capacity of about 80. It books Covers, Rock, Pop.
Listing notesThe Wickets Inn is a family-run, family-friendly pub and restaurant on Holyhead Road in Wellington, Telford, pouring real ales alongside keg beers, lagers, ciders, wines and spirits to go with home-cooked food. It runs a busy live-entertainment week: a monthly Thursday open-mic night plus live music and DJ sets every Friday and Saturday, with music typically kicking off at 8:30pm. Car park access from both Holyhead Road and Wrekin Road. A welcoming community room (around 80 standing) for covers acts, originals and tribute nights such as the regular Friday/Saturday live bands.
It keeps this page true for the next act through the door.
The regular night at The Wickets Inn on GigXchange is its open mic. It has live music 3 nights a week. Venues often post their next nights on their own website first.
Open mic, monthly on Thursdays - 19:30 · Free entry. More nights out in the wider Telford gig directory.
The Telford league ranks live music venues by the gigs listed over the next 30 days. It refreshes every night, so a busy month moves a room up.
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| 03 | Bulls Head | 0 gigs |
| 04 | Crown Inn | 0 gigs |
| 05 | Firefly | 0 gigs |
| 06 | Kershaw's Cafe | 0 gigs |
| 07 | Miners Arms | 0 gigs |
| 08 | OIL | 0 gigs |
| 09 | Shrewsbury Town FC | 0 gigs |
| 10 | The Boat Inn New | 0 gigs |
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The Wickets Inn
Telford pub with live entertainment. Capacity about 80.
- c. 80
- Capacity
- 3 nights
- Live music
- 20:30
- Start time
- PA
- Backline
- Covers
- Books
- Verified
- Directory status
Last updated: 12 November 2026
The Wickets Inn — Quick Facts
The Wickets Inn capacity: about 80 standing. Telford pub with live entertainment. Here are the key facts on The Wickets Inn at a glance. It has live music 3 nights a week.
By size, The Wickets Inn is the joint 5th largest of the 11 venues we list in and around Telford with a standing capacity. Similar-size rooms: Crown Inn (about 80), The Loft Bridgnorth (about 80) and The Old Post Office (about 80).
The Wickets Inn holds about 80 standing, which makes it a small room by the sizes we use across the directory. The middle-sized room we list around Telford holds about 80 - much the same. A room under 150 is built for a local crowd - expect a shorter set and a door split or a small flat fee, and plan to fill it with your own following. Treat the number as a guide until it is verified, and check it with the venue first.
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Inside The Wickets Inn
The Wickets Inn has an in-house PA for visiting acts. The room holds about 80. It has live music 3 nights a week. Below: the PA, drums, amps and mics we know about, what we know about the room, and its regular live nights.
The Wickets Inn is a grassroots music venue in Wellington, Telford with a standing capacity of about 80. The Wickets Inn provides a PA system — check the rest with the venue.
The Wickets Inn books Covers, Rock, Pop acts. This listing is part of the Telford venue directory.
The Wickets Inn is a family-run, family-friendly pub and restaurant on Holyhead Road in Wellington, Telford, pouring real ales alongside keg beers, lagers, ciders, wines and spirits to go with home-cooked food. It runs a busy live-entertainment week: a monthly Thursday open-mic night plus live music and DJ sets every Friday and Saturday, with music typically kicking off at 8:30pm. Car park access from both Holyhead Road and Wrekin Road. A welcoming community room (around 80 standing) for covers acts, originals and tribute nights such as the regular Friday/Saturday live bands.
Nights The Wickets Inn usually has live music — typical start 20:30
Live nights at The Wickets Inn are usually Thu, Fri, Sat, with music from about 20:30. Covers is the first genre on its list. There is a PA listed - ask what else is on stage before you load in. The Wickets Inn hasn't joined GigXchange yet; vote to bring it on, and in the meantime keep a short EPK and a live clip ready - it is what most venues ask for first.
By size, The Wickets Inn is the joint 5th largest of the 11 venues we list in and around Telford with a standing capacity. Similar-size rooms: Crown Inn (about 80), The Loft Bridgnorth (about 80) and The Old Post Office (about 80).
Find The Wickets Inn
The Wickets Inn is at 240 Holyhead Rd, Wellington, Telford, TF1 2EB. The map below opens step-by-step directions in Google Maps. It is one of 21 rooms in our Telford venue directory.
The nearest station is Wellington (rail station), about 15 minutes' walk away. You'll find The Wickets Inn in Wellington, Telford; TF1 2EB is the postcode for sat-nav and ride apps. We list 1 other venue in Wellington, so a night out here can take in more than one room. Check the start time before you set off, and see what else is on in Telford this week.
Tilley Raven, Wrekin Inn, Albert's Shed and Albert's Shed Southwater
Station data: NaPTAN, Department for Transport (Open Government Licence).
What's On at The Wickets Inn
The regular night at The Wickets Inn on GigXchange is its open mic. It has live music 3 nights a week. Venues often post their next nights on their own website first. Or browse the wider Telford venue directory.
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The Telford League
The Wickets Inn is #19 of 21 Telford venues for live music — ranked by gigs on the calendar over the next 30 days, refreshed nightly. Only gigs in the GigXchange directory count.
- #1 – Albert's Shed 0 gigs
- #2 – Albert's Shed Southwater 0 gigs
- #3 – Bulls Head 0 gigs
- #4 – Crown Inn 0 gigs
- #5 – Firefly 0 gigs
- #6 – Kershaw's Cafe 0 gigs
- #7 – Miners Arms 0 gigs
- #8 – OIL 0 gigs
- #9 – Shrewsbury Town FC 0 gigs
- #10 NEW The Boat Inn 0 gigs
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The Wickets Inn in brief. The Wickets Inn in Wellington, Telford, is a small room (under 150) that books covers, rock and pop. The live nights are most often Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, usually from 20:30. There’s also an open mic (monthly on Thursdays). Rooms nearby include Tilley Raven, Wrekin Inn and Albert's Shed; the Telford venue directory has the rest.
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We list 21 grassroots music venues in Telford. Or search the full UK directory by town, size or genre. Every listing shows capacity, kit and live nights where we have them.
More rooms near The Wickets Inn: Crown Inn, Firefly, Kershaw's Cafe, Miners Arms, OIL, Shrewsbury Town FC, The Boat Inn, The Bull Inn, The Buttermarket, The Lion Inn and The Loft Bridgnorth.
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