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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, 24 May 2026

The Ring O Bells, Middleton

 

The Ring O Bells
St Leonards Square, Middleton, Manchester M24 6DJ
TEL: 0161 654 9245

This building has been a pub since 1831 but according to local legend there has been a pub on the site since Anglo Saxon times and it was originally built over a druid's temple. In the English civ/li wart a group of Roundheads who used the place for secret meetings were captured and killed They are said tro have been buried in the pub cellar butr nobody ahs yet found any human remains..It is up the hill from the centre of Middleton in the conservation area, next to the park and opposite the church. 

decor - 4
light browns and greys, natural wood with carvings round the bar

ambience - 5
lively, friendly and no canned music so you can hear yourself talk 

service - 4
real ales - 1
A J.W. Lees pub

features - 6
child friendly
dog friendly
TV
serves food
rather nice beer garden
darts

toilets - 3

Score 23 out of 30

Disabled access: there is access for wheelchairs at the back.






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