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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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Monday, 14 November 2011

The Great Western, Marsden

 The Great Western, Manchester Road, Marsden, HD7 6NL
01484 844315
Redbrook Reservoir, across the road from the pub. It has a sailing club, and people do outdoor swimming here during spring and summer.

This pub is just over the Lancashire border into Kirklees. I have stepped off the Oldham-Huddersfield bus here several times, but am always awed by the wide open spaces. It is right in the middle of the Pennine Moors. The Pennine Way crosses Manchester Road just 400 yards from the pub by  Bryn Clough reservoir. On the side of the nearest hill you can see chimney-like structures, which are ventilation shafts for the Standedge Tunnel on the Huddersfield Canal; it runs under the hills here and comes out at Marsden, from where the Canal and River Trust (formerly British Waterways) runs boat rides through the tunnel in summer. 
    The Great Western serves food at lunchtime and in the evenings, but you may want to phone to check the opening times in case they change; last year (2012), it seemed to be frequently only open in the evening.


Ambience - 4
Decor - 4
Light and bright, newly decorated

Service - 3
Pleasant, friendly staff. 
Ale - 3 
Usually three guest ales available

Features - 2
Serves food 12.30 till 2pm and 5pm - 8.45pm Tuesday to Saturday. Phone 01484 844315 to book
Location (more pictures below)


Toilet - 5
Can't fault it - newly decorated, clean, and fully stocked with loo paper and soap


Score 21 out of 30


About a mile from the Great Western on the Pennine Way you come to this view, which is looking down on both Uppermill and Castleshaw valleys.

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