Telford - Oakengates and the All Nations

An early September Tuesday trip to Telford with a National League North game to look forward to in the evening.Having arrived just before noon, which bit of Telford should I head to first for a beer or two?Oakengates is the no-brainer with three Beer Guide pubs within a few meters of one another on Market Street, all scoring to the top-mark three pint pots on CAMRA's website.These must be three of the closest GBG entries in the country, providing a great short pub crawl, although in the town's industrial heyday you'd have been able to tackle 16 pubs along this road. My first point of call was the Station Hotel.Station Hotel (42 Market Street, Oakengates, Telford, TF2 6DU)This is a Victorian-era pub that - despite the name - isn't especially close to the station and never operated as an hotel.Despite it being early doors on a Tuesday, the front room was already full, with a few folks picking their spots in the two rooms to the rear. Some would say ten real ales is too many, although it…