King William IV, Greenfield

King William IV, 134 Chew Valley Road, Greenfiled, Saddleworth OL3 7DD

01457 873933

It's a traditional pub on the main road through the village, and was named King William IV because it was opened in 1830, the year he came to the the throne. Before then, it was a private house. It is a venue for the Saddleworth Rushcart Festival in summer, and the Saddleworth Brass Band contest on Whit Friday. It has two small rooms, one on each side, at the front and a bar at the back.

ambience - 3
friendly atmosphere

decor - 4
newish and well maintained

service - 4  (though it was difficult to get to the bar on the weekend I was last there, due to the Liverpool-Oldham Athletic FA Cup semi final match being on the telly; the place was packed with local fans.)

ale - 2/3
usually two, sometimes three. Had Dobcross Bitter on my last visit.

features - 4
Serves food
Family friendly, children allowed in before 9pm
dogs allowed
Darts and cribbage

toilets - 3

Score 20/21 out of 30

The Royal George, Greenfield, Saddleworth

The Royal George, Manchester Road, Greenfield, OL3 7HX

Phone: 01457 837851

On a main road junction, with roads leading to Huddersfield, Delph, and Greenfield, and close to the Saddleworth hills. The Tameside Valley Way is just across the junction and this is a good pub to stop off at if you are walking in the area. It's mainly a restaurant pub, with lunchtime and evening menu, and is in a pleasant enough setting to be worth a drive out if you want to eat out.  Bus 350 Oldham-Ashton passes close by at the road junction, runs every half hour during the week, once an hour on Sundays.

decor - 4

recently decorated in cream, uncluttered, few pub ornaments.

ambience - 3

A pleasant, spacious pub with two rooms and a dining room, but the piped music and the TV were on at the same time when I was there, (September 2012) and the overlapping noise got irritating.

ale - 2

JW Lees pub, was serving Moonraker and British Jewels when I was there in 2012, Golden Peddler in August 2014.

service -5

friendly, and impressively fast even though the place was busy

Features - 4

Food, quite varied menus, for lunch and evening

Dogs permitted.

Live music regularly throughout the month

Home of Off The Rails Comedy Club, last Sunday of the month
Function room for hire

Toilets -4

Quite good condition but the dryer didn't work.

Score 23 out of 30

Wheelchair access



The Kingfisher, Greenfield

The Kingfisher, Chew Valley Road, Greenfield, Saddleworth

A newly built pub, between the Huddersfield Canal and the new Tesco at Greenfield village. The building looks unremarkable from the outside, but it is a rather nice restaurant pub with a big, varied menu and a view of the Saddleworth hills from the beer garden at the back. Well worth a visit for a special meal out.

ambience - 4

lively but not rowdy

decor - 4

very Noughties, bold colours with uncluttered walls

service - 3

staff can be a bit offhand, but they're always very busy. The place gets filled up on most evenings.

real ales - 1

features - 1

serves food

toilets - 4

clean, new, fully supplied

Score 17 out of 30

The Wellington, Greenfield

The Wellington, 29 Chew Valley Road, Greenfield OL3 7AF

A very welcoming locals pub, in view of the Saddleworth moors and two miles from Dove Stones reservoir at the north end of the Peak District national park. It was newly decorated and refurbished in August 2011, and serves almost nothing but real ale, and on my last visit it was impossible to fault. It is also child- and dog-friendly.

ambience - 4

decor - 5

newly redecorated in August 2011

ale - 5

at least 6 real ales and farmhouse ciders

service - 5

welcoming and prompt

toilet - 5

newly decorated and refurbished like the rest of the pub, fully tiled and fully supplied

features - 4

serves food during the day

allows dogs

allows childen during the day

table football

score 27 out of 30

The Clarence Hotel, Greenfield

The Clarence Hotel, Chew Valley Road, Greenfield OL3 7DD

01457 872319

UPDATE: The Clarence was closed in early March 2018. No notice as yet saying whether it will be relet.

UPDATE 2022: The Clarence is still in business, after a refurb. The benches in front of what used to be the front entrance are now completely surrounded by a plastic hedge and railings and you have to enter the premises by what used to be the back door. But I was there in summer 2021 just after the lockdown restrictions began to be eased and the rest was as good as ever and they were still serving decent grub.

On the corner where Manchester Road and Chew Valley Road converge.
It is only a mile's easy walk from Dove Stones reservoir, on the edge of the Peak District National Park.

This pub got its first licensee in 1861 and in the 1870s was a meeting place for the Saddleworth Hunt and the Ashton Hounds. The interior was modernised and altered in 1967, when it was owned by Bass Charrington. It was a free house until it changed hands in September 2012, but still has cask ales.
A comfortable, friendly pub, which welcomes both families and ramblers.

ambience - 4
decor - 4
It was previously all dark wood, but has been redecorated twice since it changed hands. The second redecoration is a lot nicer than the first, gives the place a cheerful feel.

ale - 3 
Serves at least three beers by local breweries.

service - 4  
Varies a bit, depending which staff are on the bar and how busy it is. But generally friendly and fast.

features - 4
serves food on all days of the week until 8pm. Check the pub's facebook page for the latest menu.
child-friendly
permits dogs in the bar area
Weekly quiz night

toilets - 4
gleaming white tiles throughout, always clean and fully supplied


score: 22 out of 30