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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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Saturday, 24 December 2022

The Railway and Naturalist, Prestwich

 


The Railway and Naturalist, 464 Bury New Road, Prestwich M25 1AX
0161 773 9909


I had to try and find out why this pub has such an unusual name. Internet searches are generally shallow and are not primary evidence of the history of anything, but of two possible theories this is the most plausible: The pub was built in 1850 and was originally called just The Naturalist. Three famous botanists, Richard Buxton, James Percival and John Horsfield used to meet there. All three are buried in St Mary's graveyard in Prestwich. When the railway line began to be built through Prestwich the pub came to be frequented by labourers on the railway and from 1870 the name was changed to the Railway and Naturalist (the railway line was completed in 1879.)

Decor - 3
Ambience - 4

Real ale - 0
It's a Timothy Taylor pub, no guest ales when I was there

Service - 5
Very prompt and welcoming

Features - 2
TV screens all over the lounge
Karaoke

Toilets - 4

Score 18 out of 30



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