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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, 3 February 2013

King William IV, Greenfield




King William IV, 134 Chew Valley Road, Greenfiled, Saddleworth OL3 7DD
01457 873933


It's a traditional pub on the main road through the village, and was named King William IV because it was opened in 1830, the year he came to the the throne. Before then, it was a private house. It is a venue for the Saddleworth Rushcart Festival in summer, and the Saddleworth Brass Band contest on Whit Friday. It has two small rooms, one on each side, at the front and a bar at the back.

ambience - 3
friendly atmosphere

decor - 4
newish and well maintained

service - 4  (though it was difficult to get to the bar on the weekend I was last there, due to the Liverpool-Oldham Athletic FA Cup semi final match being on the telly; the place was packed with local fans.)

ale - 2/3
usually two, sometimes three. Had Dobcross Bitter on my last visit.

features - 4
Serves food
Family friendly, children allowed in before 9pm
dogs allowed
Darts and cribbage

toilets - 3

Score 20/21 out of 30

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