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If you love the British pub, you will like this blog. Here I will review the pubs I drop into in my wanderings around my home region - urban, rural, posh, homely, fun pubs, restaurant pubs, and local backstreet pubs. I hope to encourage people to appreciate them.
I will score each pub out of five points each (30 points maximum) on its ambience, decor, service, whether it serves real ales, state of the toilets (but I can't vouch for the state of the gents because I don't use them!) and what extras it has - games, beer garden, newspapers, serves food, karaoke, quizzes, live music.
If after reading one of my reviews you decide to check out a pub, I hope you enjoy the experience. But bear in mind that I have only visited some of them once, and pubs and pub managers change. If the review needs updating, please leave a comment.
Ups and downs? Well, people drink when they're down. And they drink to celebrate, when they're feeling 'up'. Besides that, this is hill country. It's full of ups and downs.
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Sunday, 14 August 2011

The Clarence Hotel, Greenfield





The Clarence Hotel, Chew Valley Road, Greenfield OL3 7DD
01457 872319

UPDATE: The Clarence was closed in early March 2018. No notice as yet saying whether it will be relet.
UPDATE 2022: The Clarence is still in business, after a refurb. The benches in front of what used to be the front entrance are now completely surrounded by a plastic hedge and railings and you have to enter the premises by what used to be the back door. But I was there in summer 2021 just after the lockdown restrictions began to be eased and the rest was as good as ever and they were still serving decent grub.

On the corner where Manchester Road and Chew Valley Road converge.
It is only a mile's easy walk from Dove Stones reservoir, on the edge of the Peak District National Park.

This pub got its first licensee in 1861 and in the 1870s was a meeting place for the Saddleworth Hunt and the Ashton Hounds. The interior was modernised and altered in 1967, when it was owned by Bass Charrington. It was a free house until it changed hands in September 2012, but still has cask ales.

A comfortable, friendly pub, which welcomes both families and ramblers.

ambience - 4
decor - 4
It was previously all dark wood, but has been redecorated twice since it changed hands. The second redecoration is a lot nicer than the first, gives the place a cheerful feel.

ale - 3 
Serves at least three beers by local breweries.

service - 4  
Varies a bit, depending which staff are on the bar and how busy it is. But generally friendly and fast.

features - 4
serves food on all days of the week until 8pm. Check the pub's facebook page for the latest menu.
child-friendly
permits dogs in the bar area
Weekly quiz night

toilets - 4
gleaming white tiles throughout, always clean and fully supplied


score: 22 out of 30

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