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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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Friday, 25 September 2026

The Raven, Wigan

 



The Raven
5 Wallgate, Wigan WN1 1LD
TEL: 01942 239764

The current building was built in 1904 to replace a previous Raven pub building, which had been trading since 1854. It was made a grade II listed building in 1997 and renovated in 2012.

decor - 4
wood and teal colours, green tiled walls and other original features.
Comfortable seating.

ambience - 3
buzzy

service -5
Fast and courteous

real ales - 3

features - 3
dartboard
TV
hidden beer garden

toilet - 3

Score 26 out of 30

Why the beer garden is considered hidden I don't know, you can find it easily enough when you go into the pub, it's straight through in a cobbled yard at the back. It's rather nice, has hanging baskets with real flowers as well as a lot of painted ones.




 

 

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