The New Inn, Middleton

 

The New Inn

34 Long Street, Middleton, Manchester M24 6QU

No phone number listed

An unpretentious, friendly high street pub.

decor - 3

Blue, grey and white with wooden beams

ambience - 4 

very welcoming

real ales - 0

service - 4

welcoming

features - 4

pool table

darts

TV screens

live music at weekends

toilets - 3

Score 18 out of 30

The Globe, Wardle, Rochdale

 

The Globe Inn

218 Ramsden Road, Wardle, Rochdale OL12 9NU

TEL: 01706 374500

A grade II listed building in the centre of the village opposite the church.

ambience - 3

friendly atmosphere

decor - 4

cream walls and dark timbers, blue and red carpest, comfy padded wall benches

service - 4

welcoming

ales - 1

Timothy Taylor Landlord

features - 3

child friendly

pool room

TV screen

toilets - 3

Score 18 out of 30

The Crown, Darwen

The Crown, 

24 Redearth Road, Darwen BB3 2AB

TEL: 01254 777010

 decor -1

shabby

ambience - 2

comfortable

service - 4

fast and friendly

real ales - 0

features - 5

pool table

dog friendly

karaoke

live music every week

toilets- 2

cubicles so tiny it's hard to squeeze in and out of them

Score 14 out of 30

The Cock, Darwen

The Cock,

210 Duckworth Street, Darwen BB3 1PX

TEL: 01254 707622

Nice traditional high street pub with very friendly and attentive service. Has no real ales though, and apparently children not allowed in.

ambience - 3

decor - 2

shabby

service - 5

very nice

real ales - 0

features - 4

TV

pool

darts

dog friendly

toilets - 3

Score 17 out of 30

 

The Forester's Arms, Prestwich, Bury

 The Forester's Ams

444 Bury New Road

Prestwich M25 1AZ

TEL: 0161 511 5866

No photographs of this one because I didn't have my camera with me when I passed by. It's a newish pub, dates from the 1960s, and like many buildings from that decade has an unprepossessing look. It blends in with the buildings on either side of it and is hard to spot until you get close to it. It has a recessed entrance in the middle, the door on one side leading to the public bar, the one in the other side to the lounge.

decor -2

ambience - 3

Average high street pub with nondescript interior.

service - 4

friendly

real ales - 0

It's a Holts pub

Features - 4

pool table

darts board

quiz nights

TV

toilet - 3

Score 16 out of 30

The Dog Inn, Whalley

 

The Dog Inn

55 King Street, Whalley BB7 9SP

TEL: 01254 823009

A seventeenth century pub, with the date 1641 over the door, this is Whalley's oldest pub. It was originally called the Spotted Dog and was a farmhouse up to the 19th century and sold only beer. At some point it expanded into the shop premises next door. You can see on the inside that it was once two different premises.

decor - 2

shabby

ambience - 3

Inviting

Service - 2

A bit off hand

Real ales - 4

Included Portmadog dark ale and Golden Salamander when I was there (May 2024)

Features - 4

TV 

pool table

dog friendly

Serves food

Toilets - 3

Score 18 out of 30