Welcome

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.
(ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT)

Wednesday 31 May 2023

The White Bear, Adlington, Lancashire


The White Bear
5A Market Street
Adlington
Lancashire PR7 4HE

TEL: 01257 826314

The building has been open as a pub since at least 1824 and the first listed licensee was Robert Greenhalgh, who held the licence for the next 17 years. According to local newspaper reports it was used to hold inquests during the 19th century (the reports mention the location of the inquests). Nobody knows how the pub got its name, though on old maps the stretch of the A6 where the pub is located was originally called Bear Lane.  In more recent times it was a B&B though when I was there in May 2023 there was no sign that it still is, and no sign that it still serves food either. It is less than 5 minutes from the Leeds-Liverpool canal so, when it was a B&B, it proved handy for cyclists doing the long distance towpath ride.

ambience - 3
decor - 3

service - 4
real ales - 1

features - 2
TV screens
pool 

toilets - 4

Score 17 out of 30

 

No comments:

Post a Comment