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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 12 May 2013

The Waggon and Horses, Walsden, Calderdale


The Waggon and Horses, Rochdale Road, Walsden, near Todmorden OL14 7UA

A real local pub on the main road from Littleborough to Todmorden through the Calder Valley, serves a local clientele and has a good value pub grub menu. I gave it a low score when I first visited in 2013 because of its 'averageness' as a high street pub, not because it was unpleasant. On a visit in May 2018, I found it had become somewhat less average. It seems to have had a bit of a makeover, a couple of new features added, and the service is excellent.
 It is only four doors away from the Border Rose, a similar traditional pub.
The 590 Rochdale to Todmorden bus passes both pubs.


decor - 3
ambience - 4

ale - 0
Serves a range mass produced beers and lagers

features - 4
serves food during the day
pool table
dog friendly
weekly karaoke and disco


service - 4
Very friendly

toilets -4

Score  19 out of 30
View down Calder Valley from the Pennine Bridleway, which goes down the hill to the left of this photo and crosses the main road about 200 yards west of the pub.
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