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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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Friday, 3 August 2012

The Diggle Hotel, Saddleworth



The Diggle Hotel, Diggle, Lancashire, OL3 5JZ

This is a big former hotel, with a traditional interior, shaded by mature trees at the front and with a view of hills. It is half a mile from the Huddersfield Canal and Standedge Tunnel, the longest canal tunnel in England. In the other direction, if you follow the path that starts on the left of the pub, in two miles it brings you to the Pennine Way.

UPDATE 2023: Revisited in April, it is as good as ever. It looks like I photographed it originally during Queen Elizabeth's 2012 Diamond Jubilee. Note the bunting. It looked the same this month because it had the bunting up again for the Coronation.


ambience - 5
decor - 4
light, cheerful colours

service - 4
ale -3
always has at least two real ales

extras - 3
beer garden at the front under the trees
serves food
welcomes children and pets

toilets - 3

score 22 out of 30


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