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ASHTON UNDER LYNE - I dont like the town centre with its many roundabouts and dubious people but very occasionally have need to be in town.
* JUNCTION INN - Last visit: 2008 - in Hazelhurst, far outside the town centre on the road to Mossley. A double fronted stone pub, inside are several traditional rooms including a games room and a comfy lounge with interesting local photos and paintings. It's a Robinsons pub so has their bitter and mild.   photo
* ODDFELLOWS ARMS - Last visit: 2010 - traditional pub at the end of a row of brick terraces just outside the town centre, it is actually 3 converted houses. Looks an average place from the outside but inside is a fine multiroomed pub including a small attractive wooden bar, a couple of very small cosy rooms and a larger lounge/dining area. Beers are from Robinsons including one of their seasonal ales.  photo
* STATION HOTEL - Last visit: 2009 - confusingly across town from the train station (it's near the site of a former station). An interesting Victorian pub with high ceilings and real fire, there's a pool table, jukebox, various railway photos on the wall and seems to be a live music venue too. On my first visits there was a big intereting choice of ales, recently there's been less choice with either Hydes beers or a couple of guests.  photo

also around 1990 I went round a few pubs and bars in Ashton with someone I knew who lived there, I dont remember much detail but most were awful.

HYDE - been here once after a canal walk
* CHESHIRE RING - Last visit: 2011 - near the canal, a plain looking building outside but inside is a comfy traditional pub with an L shaped bar room with dark wood, TV screen and whisky memerobilia. There's also other rooms I didnt visit. A good choice of beers, many from Beartown brewery plus other guests.  photo
* SPORTSMAN - Last visit: 2011 - a large brick building on a corner, inside is an interesting multi roomed pub round an island bar with lounges, pool room and vault with a mix of bare wood and tiled floors. Seemed a down to earth but friendly place and plenty of interesting beers, many from Pennine Ales plus also other guests.  photo

MOSSLEY   - I've lived in Mossley since 2006. There are many pubs in town, a lot not worth bothering with but also a few decent ones. .
* BEST O' BRASS - Last visit: 2010 - on the main road in Bottom Mossley, an interesting wedge shaped building on a corner but otherwise just a basic one roomed locals pub. I called in once and had a swift half of some bland lager, there was no ale but since then it does have a sign advertising cask beers  photo
* BLAZING RAG - Last visit: 2006 - Local pub on side street in Top Mossley. Went in out of curiosity - decent music on the jukebox but otherwise not good: no real ale, an unremarkable interior with one open plan room (think was a pool table) and a clientele of scally looking youths. photo.
* BRITANNIA INN - Last visit: 2012 - opposite the station. 6 handpumps with regular beers from Marstons/Jennings plus changing guests which vary from local small breweries (Millstone is a regular) to more widely available beers. Very good value home made food till 7.30pm. The pub is a large stone building with one opened out room but divided up with a pool table and darts board to one side, a lounge area to the other, a small dining room at the rear and drinking area by the bar. There's a small patio out front, TV sport shown and friendly service though the landlord can be a bit awkward at times (eg refusing a customer wanting his pint served without a sprinkler, saying he didnt want to sell beer that looked flat!)    photo   website
* BUTCHERS ARMS - Last visit: 2008 - Top Mossley. Locals pub, narrow main room with long-ish bar and two other rooms. I was never tempted to go in till it started selling real ales [2 changing beers are advertised]. On my visit it had Shaws and Greenfield ales but both were past their best - either the regulars hadn't begun to drink the proper stuff or it isnt kept well. Good to see a pub selling local beers so hope quality improves. photo
* CHURCH INN - Last visit: 2009 - traditional Thwaites local at the end of a row of stone terrace houses on the road heading out of Top Mossley. A small comfy refurbished lounge room and a more basic public bar to the other side of the bar with pool table and TV sports. Also now a balcony at the back with great views across the valley. It closed for a time 2010-11 but is open again, 3 or 4 handpumps with various Thwaites ales (and maybe others ?).   photo
* COMMERCIAL INN - Last visit: 2012 - next to the station, a large double fronted pub. Inside is one opened out room with a central bar and seating round the walls. There's a pool room at the back and a small stage to one side. A rather basic place, sport on TV, does now sell real ale including the local Millstone.   photo
* DYSART ARMS - Last visit: 2011 - a Robinsons pub well out of town near the Greenfield border. Has a narrow main room with a little bar at the back and a couple of side rooms including a cosy lounge with real fire and fake beams. From my few visits it seems a busy locals pub.   photo
* HARE & HOUNDS - Luzley - Last visit: 2011 - in a remote location down a lane outside Mossley, an old white pub and inside is one long room but divided into different ares and recently refurbished so now quite smart. There's seating at one end but it's mostly set out for dining, and there's wood burning stoves. There are a couple of ales, one now from Millstone and benches outside with good views.  photo
* HARTSHEAD - Last visit: 2006 - off the A670 road heading over the hill to Ashton, A very big chain dining pub in a scenic setting below Hartshead Pike, various seating areas on different levels with a more pub like layout at the top end dropping down to a large dining area. Was selling Boddingtons ale on my occasional visits. A nice beer garden and play area with views looking down over Manchester.   photo.  has had a major refurb since my last visit
* HIGHLAND LADDIE - Last visit: 2010 - large brick Robinsons pub in a residential area of Top Mossley. Rather basic with opened out rooms either side of the front door, plus games room at the back. On my one visit one of the locals was discussing his assault charge, another was setting the record for the number of f***s in a sentence - you get the idea... Just Unicorn bitter  photo
* RISING SUN - Last visit: 2012 - out on Stockport Road towards Saddleworth. Refurbished late 2010 after a change of owners. It was a basic, friendly but bit run down pub with ales from Black Sheep, Millstone plus an occasional guest. It's now a smarter brighter place with white walls displaying local photos, bare floors and a bit of opening out though it still has a seperate room besides the main L shaped bar room. The fireplaces have been opened out too with wood burning stoves and a huge fireplace in the back room. Best of all there are now 10 handpumps. Black Sheep and at least one Millstone beer remain but the others change regularly (see their website) and include several interesting small breweries and real cider. There's also great views over the valley, TV sport and live music nights.    photos    website
* ROACHES LOCK - Last visit: 2011 - fairly large pub next to the River Tame and Huddersfield Narrow Canal with a nice canal side beer garden. Inside is semi open plan plus an extension in a refurbished style with bare stone and wood. 3 real ales, usedto be a mix of more common breweries eg Theakstons, on my last visit all ales were from Thwaites. The pub close for a time in 2008 but has reopened more set out for dining   photo   website
* TOLLEMACHE ARMS - Last visit: 2010 - a small 2 roomed traditional and friendly Robinsons local next to the canal [has a small canal side beer garden]. A stone end terrace building quite a walk from town heading on the bottom road towards Greenfield. Basic but cosy inside with wooden panelling, large TV in the bar room.   photo
* WOODEND TAVERN - Last visit: 2009 - Manchester Road. Now closed & reopened as Relish bar & bistro which I've not been in (and can't imagine I ever will!) so these comments apply to the Woodend as was: A dining pub but with local ales from Millstone & Greenfield. I've eaten here with large portions of Sunday roasts and proper pies with real chips! Quite smart in a big old stone building with one high ceilinged open room set out for eating but there are comfy sofas for relaxing with a pint plus French doors lead to a large beer garden.  photo

- this site is only a list of pubs I've had a pint in but as I live in Mossley I thought I'd mention the other pubs in town I've not been in: Photos of some of them appear on this page .  In Bottom Mossley is the the FRIENDSHIP which I've tried to have a drink in, were 2 handpumps but both beers were off. In the centre of Top Mossley are the average looking FLEECE and STAMFORD ARMS while heading out towards Ashton in the John Smiths branded BILLY GOAT. Down in the valley is the NEW BRIDGE INN.

and, not a pub but I will mention Mossley Organic Shop in Top Mossley which sells a good choice of bottle conditioned ales from Millstone, Greenfield and several other other small North Western and Yorkshire breweries.

STALYBRIDGE - I change trains here on my way home from work, but apart from a couple of pubs on/near the station I'm not tempted to go drinking round town, especially at night when it's full of shouting and vomiting simpletons. But the station itself has one of the finest pubs anywhere
* MILLPOND - Last visit: 2009 - a large open plan modern style Lees bar, obviously converted from another use to a pub. A couple of Lees ales, I took my pint to the seating outside near the canal.   photo
* Q - Last visit: 2010 - Hydes pub next to the station, a square open room with bare brick walls and stone/wooden floor, a real fire and TV screens plus an upstairs pool room and often has live music. Various Hydes beers, on my last visit including it's own house beer. On other occasions there's been an interesting guest ale. photo
* STAMFORD ARMS - Last visit: 2006 - At Heyheads, a couple of miles from the town centre on Huddersfield Rd. A Thwaites pub, one opened out room, only been in once for a brief visit.
* STATION BUFFET - Last visit: 2012 - famous traditional buffet bar on the station, I regularly pop in for a quick half and often stay a while longer. A genuine unspoilt Victorian bar with 8 handpumps, most of which are used to offer an ever changing range of ales from independent breweries usually including local beers. Has a small simple food menu (sausage & mash, pies etc at cheap prices) though later in the eve or when busy the choice can be limited or have run out. It's often lively and always cosy in the narrow main bar room which features a real fire and various railway objects on the walls. There are a couple of other small rooms to one side of the bar, the furthest one only open at busiest times, plus a conservatory to the other side of the bar and benches to sit out on the platform, a fantastic place! Photos
* WHITE HOUSE - Last visit: 2012 - a Hydes pub I'd been in on occasions in the past, but it's now been refurbished, one long room but broken up room with various comfy areas to sit, bare walls, dark wood panels, fireplace etc. More importantly besides Hydes it sells several changing guest beers whicn can include small interesting breweries.

BURY AND BOLTON
BOLTON - I've only ventured into town once for a mini pub crawl but got very settled in the Barristers, our 2nd pub of the night and so didnt try any others!
* BARRISTERS BAR [part of Swan Hotel] - Last visit: 2008 - a dark ale house style bar with bare floors and wood panelling, quite large but cosy with several different corners and comfortable seats. A number of real ales including from the local Bank Top brewery, I timed my visit right to coincide with the early evening happy hour so enjoyed several very good and cheap pints served by a friendly chap behind the bar. Out back there's a covered courtyard for smokers.  photo
* SWEET GREEN TAVERN - Last visit: 2008 - traditional pub opposite the station with a semi open plan interior and several rooms including a lounge and more basic back room. The long bar is lined with handpumps for changing guest beers though on my visit there was a Moorhouse ale festival on so most of the beers were theirs.  photo  website
BURY - I've only ever been to Bury when visiting the East Lancs Railway and had a pint here
* TRACKSIDE - Last visit: 2003 - one room bar with various real ales on the platform at Bolton Street Station on the East Lancs Railway.
SUMMERSEAT - again visited once when on the ELR
* WATERSIDE * ? Last visit: late 90s - (* or something similar), a big stone building in an attractive setting, assume it's a converted mill, but dont remember much more

ROCHDALE AREA
LITTLEBOROUGH and nearby - I've a friend who lives here but I dont visit often.
* DYERS ARMS - Last visit: 2008 - very average local pub, one opened out room, pool table, no proper ale
* MOORCOCK INN - Last visit: 2008 - an old stone pub on the A58 heading out to the moors. There's a quite small traditional bar room with bare floors and stone walls, real fire, TV sports and several ales including 3 ? changing guests from smaller breweries. Also a large seperate dining room and a nice outdoor seating area with great views over the hills   photo   website
* ROYAL OAK - Last visit: 2007 - fairly large 2 roomed Robinsons pub near the station, lots of jugs handing from the ceiling beams! Seemed a reasonable place
* SUN HOTEL - Last visit: 2008 - large but comfy partly opened out interior, 2 ales when I visited, average Theakstons and something from a local brewery in Rochdale which sadly was past its best.
* WHITE HOUSE - Last visit: 2006 - whitewashed moorland pub high above the town on the A58, a few different rooms, real fire and 3 or 4 real ales incl Black Sheep and from smaller brewers. Popular with diners and can get busy.  photo

nr MIDDLETON - had a walk here to visit this fine pub
* TANDLE HILL TAVERN - Last visit: 2010 - in a remote location next to a farm and reached down a rough track, the pub is an old converted farmhouse and from the outside is an unremarkable looking building but inside is a superb traditional cosy room, wooden beams, real fire, dogs and a pub cat and decorated with various photos and other interesting items. A nice relaxing atmosphere and a choice of Lees ales including season beer and it's own house brew.    photo  website

PUCKERSLEY (btwn Oldham & Rochdale)
* PUCKERSLEY INN - - Last visit: 2010 - large Lees pub in the lanes between between Oldham & Rochdale, called in a for a pint here while passing. There's a 'locals' area to one side of the bar and a large semi open plan seating & dining area to the other  photo

ROCHDALE - have visited a few times to a) see someone who lives nearby and b) try these to pubs
* BAUM - Last visit: 2010 - a great bar on a cobbled street next door to the original Co-op store (now a museum), I assume a conversion of an old shop and it feels a cross between traditional and more modern bar with bare wood floors etc and divided up into various seating areas with lots of pump clips and old posters and adverts on the walls. There's also a conservatory and large beer garden. Several real ales including changing guests from micro breweries plus various bottled foreign lagers. Good food too. For more see their website     photo
* CASK & FEATHERS - Last visit: 2010 - an old stone front, but inside has been opened out to one L shaped room with a pool table, jukebox and not the most cosy of places. But 3 good ales from small breweries including the local Pheonix and at low prices
* FLYING HORSE HOTEL - Last visit: 2008 - large stone pub near the imposing Town Hall, inside is one large room though with different areas to sit and some interesting features, but it did smell of hotels! (do all hotels use the same cleaning fluid or air fresherners?) Anyway, the large bar had decent selection of ales such as Landlord and 2 guests from local breweries including Pheonix.   website

TURF HILL, Nr ROCHDALE
* SPRING INN - Last visit: 2004 - ate here once, a Lees pub with a traditional comfy bar area, games room and a separate dining room with good food.

OLDHAM
TOWN CENTRE - only visit rarely when on my way somewhere else, but on occasions when changing buses I've made time for a pint here...
* ASHTON ARMS - Last visit: 2010 - a terrace pub near the bus stops & shops. One open room but divided up by having the bar area (including a comfy old sofa) up a few steps, there's also a real fire in a large stone fireplace. A selection of changing ales with several from small local breweries. Often busy with a mix of shoppers and regulars, has the feel of a good locals pub. There's a couple of TV screens plus various magazines and local CAMRA newsletters lying about to read.  photo
ROYTON - had a pint or two here when visiting someone
* HAGGATE - Last visit: 2010 - Lees pub, a 1960s ? style locals pub in a residential area, 2 large rooms one with pool table, TV etc and t'other is a lounge.
* RAILWAY - Last visit: 2010 - another Lees pub with a few large rooms including the bright open lounge with lots of windows and a big but more basic pool area with TV sport, Lees bitter of course.

SHAW - someone I know once lived here, only went drinking here a couple of times
* HORSE AND COACH - Last visit: 2002 - in town centre corner local, a Lees pub? All I can remember was being allowed to bring in my lunch from the chippy over the road!
* QUEEN ANNE - Last visit: 2002 - a biggish local with a pool table, can't remember the beer, nothing thrilling, maybe included Bass and Stones.
* ROYAL OAK - Last visit: 2002 - Sam Smiths pub in residential area, was painted white but have been told it is now green if that helps anyone.

SADDLEWORTH - I live a few mins walk from the Saddleworth border, there are many good pubs which I visit from time to time and more often call in the Railway in Greenfield & White Hart at Lydgate which aren't far from my house.   [in this section I've also mentioned pubs in Saddleworth I've not been in]
DELPH
* BULLS HEAD Last visit: 2006 A traditional looking pub from the outside, inside it's rather smart and set out for dining but has a couple of different rooms and when visited there were real ales incl Black Sheep, Landlord and a guest beer . photo
* OLD BELL - Last visit: 2010 - a smart inn in an old stone building, the bar area is a long narrow room on a couple of levels and set out for dining but with some room for drinkers, ales included a cpuple of Taylors beers.       photo
* ROYAL OAK Last visit: 2011 (in Heights, above Delph) An excellent old stone pub on a single track lane above Delph. Refurbished but still very traditional with 3 small cosy rooms and real fires, also a fine beer garden with superb views.A choice of beers incluing its own house beer and others from small and local breweries including Millstone and Pheonix. Also does food Fri-Sun eves only, I've not tried it, menu looks quite up market! The pub is quite hard to find but well worth it, though beware of limited opening hours [eves only except Sunday when it's also open 12-5]. photos
* SWAN - Last visit: 2009 - big stone Lees pub also extened into a nextdoor shop There's a tap room to one side of the bar, the rustic main room with beams, real fire and wooden floor then a smarter dining room in the extention  photo
* WHITE LION - Last visit: 2010 - an old locals pub with a cosy interior, several different rooms with red walls, dark wood and several real fires and stoves. There's also a more basic pool/games room. A number of handpumps with various Thwaites beers and other guest ales are advertised.   photo
DENSHAW
* JUNCTION - Last visit: 2003 Lees pub, been in once for a meal some years ago, a large pub in the centre of the village, since refurbished. photo  their website
* PRINTERS ARMS - Last visit: 2006 - a large whitewashed pub on the A672 heading towards Oldham, sells 3 ales incl house brew Printer's Pride from Pheonix. A couple of different rooms, one set out for dining and the other with a real fire and unobtrusive TVs showing sport. Seemed a friendly place with a mix of people out for meals and locals.  photo
- also in Denshaw I've not tried: Black Horse (now closed) (photo) ,  Golden Fleece (just outside Denshaw) and the Rams Head (photo), a large stone Black Sheep pub on the road heading out towards the M62 which looks to be more of a dining venue.
DIGGLE
* DIGGLE HOTEL - Last visit: 2011 Solid stone pub at the end of the village by the railway and canal tunnels. Slightly opened out inside with 2 areas either side of the door and a small bar, plus a seperate dining room and a large outside drinking area at the front with good views down the valley and of passing trains. Ales are usually taylors, Black Sheep, Copper Dragon and a guestand good food is also sold.  photo
* HANGING GATE - Last visit: 2009 large detatched double fronted pub, a small bar in the centre with tables for dining to one side and more of a bar area to the other with TV screens and a seperate pool room. 3 handpumps, on my visit just Theakstons Ale was on but a decent pint. There's a beer garden to the side and benches at the front   photo
DOBCROSS
* NAVIGATION - Last visit: 2011 - Outside the village on the road to Diggle, a one roomed pub which looks quite recently refurbished with bare stone walls etc and has 5 handpumps. Lees, Taylors & Moorhouse are regulars but there's often beers from Greenfield, Millstone or similar. A pub set out for dining, and I've had good food here (no food on Sunday eves as I found out once when arriving hungry!) but there's a small drinking area by the bar for those who just want a pint photo
* SHAMBLES (fomerly The Woolpack) - Last visit: 2010 - after various spells of being closed or having no ale, it changed hands and was renamed in 2010 and I finally managed to have a pint here. A large stone pub with one large main room plus a seperate room with sofas, a couple of handpumps but just one ale on, an average pint of Black Sheep. But shortly after my visit it closed down again [Sept 2010]    photo
* SWAN - Last visit: 2011 Jennings pub which has several of their own and Theakston's beers, on occasions I've also seen guest ales (eg from Greenfield brewery). A traditional old stone building in the centre of the village with flagstone floors, low beamed ceilings, a small dark wooden bar area and 3 separate rooms with real fires, . It is a popular food pub and the larger room is set out for diners, another room has a small TV and the third is small and cosy for enjoying a pint.  Photo
GRASSCROFT
* FARRAR ARMS -Last visit: 2010 - At the bottom of the hill at the junction of the Greenfield Road. Inside is quite cosy and narrow with ceiling beams, there's the bar area and room with pool table while the other end is a lounge/dining room with real fire, though after a refurbishment in late 2010 it's gone for a bit of a smarter style. Several TVs show sports, ales did incl Taylors Landlord & Best but most recently there's Theakstons and Copper Dragon. Photo  
GREENFIELD
* CLARENCE - Last visit: 2010 At the far end of the village near the roundabout and road to Holmfirth, a large square stone pub with bar area at the back and two dining rooms to either side of the front door. More a pub for dining, it calls itself a bar/restaurant so quite smart inside but does promote it is 'walker friendly' and has room for drinking near the bar. Sells beers from Greenfield brewery, sometimes other local guests plus Taylors Landlord and other more common ales. photo
* KING WILLIAM IV - Last visit: 2010 solid stone building in the centre of the village, inside is a busy locals pub with a semi open plan interior with a couple of rooms either side of the door and the bar at the back. TV sport shown and several handpumps with Tetleys, Lees, Cally IPA & changing guests which can be from interesting and local breweries, eg Greenfield. Also home made food lunch/early eve though more recently the food has gone a bit upmarket but still good value .  photo
* THE KINGFISHER - Last visit: 2009 newly built pub (opened 2009) at the new canal marina, has canalside beer garden. Inside is a very large open plan layout but broken up into different areas and some traditional features eg a real fire and interesting local photos. But otherwise it's a pretty standard dining pub and the food isnt cheap (but all meals are 2 for 1so good if eating in pairs but not for solo or odd numbered dinners!) 4 ales from Jennings/Martsons.  photo
* THE RAILWAY - Last visit: 2011 Opposite the station, a lively little pub which attracts a mixed crowd. Live music events Thurs/Fri eves and Sunday afternoons. A small central bar with a lounge to one side where bands play, a back room with pool table, jukebox and large TV plus a small tap room the other side with a little TV, real fire and old photos of the area. Usual ales are Cally IPA, Bombardier, Copper Dragon, a local Millstone beer plus 2 others which vary from more common ales to small breweries (Elland and Saltaire have been regulars). Also bottled and draught real ciders and great views to the moors from the back windows  Photo  website
* ROYAL GEORGE - Last visit: 2007 some way outside the village on the border with Mossley on Manchester Road, a large and quite smart Lees pub with restaurant and function rooms, only been in for a quick pint, more the sort of place to go for a meal rather than a drink, has a beer garden out the back.  photo
* WELLINGTON - Last visit: 2011 - fairly small basic locals pub with a couple of areas either side of the door, did have a pool table and 2 rather average ales. It's now changed hands (2011) and seems to be undergoing improvements, was still rather basic on my last visit but now sells food, the pool table has gone though there's still darts & table football. Ale wise there's several more handpumps including Greenfield, Thwaites & others - I've seen it advertise some rarer ales too.  photo.  
GROTTON -
* THE GROTTON - Last visit: 2009 - a big white pub set back from a junction on the main road with a curved front. Had various spells open and closed but when I visited it had just been refurbished and was selling Greenfield ales. Inside is an interesting large main room with a curved wall, high ceiling and art deco features. The room is on two levels with restaurant area and space for drinking by the bar. There was also a smaller bar room with pool table and TV screens. In early 2011 it closed again, this time for good. . photo
LYDGATE -
* WHITE HART - Last visit: 2011 large old stone pub which has more modern extentions providing accommodation, restaurant and function rooms. The pub itself is rather smart and has a reputation for upmarket food but with several different rooms both for dining and drinking (and a few tables outside), real fire and cosy decor then it's still comfortable for those who just want a pint. The ales are Taylors, Lees and others which vary but can often include 1 or 2 from small local and North Western brewers: Millstone, Greenfield, Marble, Allgates have all been had here.   Photo   website
UPPERMILL -
* CHURCH INN - Last visit: 2011 home of Saddleworth brewery it sells a big range of its own beers at cheap prices plus sometimes one or two from Thwaites, as well as good food most of the day. It's on Running Hill Gate up above the village (about 15 mins brisk walk uphill). A large stone building with one main room but it's well broken up into different areas with bare stonework and wood and real fires. There's also a separate dining/function room and large beer garden with great views. Only drawback is it can get very busy on sunny weekends and bank holidays. Photos
* COMMERCIAL - Last visit: 2009 - a large multi room pub in the village centre and one which attracts the younger crowd. 2 lounges either side of the front door, one with real fire and the other a large TV screen for sport. At the back are two big games rooms, one a raised area with a couple of pool tables. Tetley and Black Sheep ales and an interesting collection of toy cars & trains displayed throughout the pub.    photo
* CROSS KEYS - Last visit: 2011 Just above the Church Inn in a scenic setting, a cosy old pub with 3 rooms, exposed beams, real fires and in the back room a flagstone floor and old range. This room also has badger and fox heads on the wall and various photos including relating to Oldham Mountain Rescue who are based in a barn in the pub carpark, the outbuilding is also used for entertainment. Lees beers including seasonal ales and large portions of good home cooked food. Photo
* GRANBY - Last visit: 2010 On the main road through the village, 2 opened out rooms either side of the door with bar area at the back with an often very loud jukebox, also small TV showing sports. Sells a couple of beers from the Greenfield brewery besides other more usual ales, though I've had a few poor pints here. photo
* HARE & HOUNDS - Last visit: 2006 - Another pub on the high street, been in once, one open room with pool table and TV at one end, also a jukebox. Seemed a lively locals pub, beers John Smiths and Lees [but I hear it now has guest ales too inlcuding from local breweries]  photo
* WAGGON - Last visit: 2010 Yet another pub on the high street, this time a traditional cosy and friendly Robbies pub with 2 of their ales including seasonal brews and at times there's been a third pump selling Greenfield ale too. An interesting layout, has several rooms including a small tap room, dining room, games room with pool table and lounge with TV sports, also decent food.   photo

also in Saddleworth is SCOUTHEAD which has two pubs I've not been in, the Old Original which seems to be more a place for going to for a meal (Photo) and the Star (which is now shut)

WEST MANCHESTER -
ECCLES - have occasionally been for a pint here
* LAMB HOTEL - Last visit: 2011 - large brick building near the tram stop, inside is a great traditional locals boozer with several rooms: a large pool room, little tap room and a couple of lounge roms with high ceilings, tiled floors, wood panelling, fireplaces and an ornate little bar in the centre. It's a Holts pub so has their usual cheap ale.  photo
also many years ago, when was getting a lift elsewhere, we stopped off for a pint in a small lively little Boddingtons (I think) pub, sat in the public bar where the locals were engrossed with a mechanical talking parrot!
URMSTON - visited on occasions to see someone I know (well I wouldnt come to visit someone I dont know.. )
* STEAMHOUSE - Last visit: 2011 - a conversion of the former station buildings, so right on the platform. Inside is the narrow but high ceilinged bar room plus seperate rooms at either end and lots of benches outside. Ales from Hydes and other changing guests from small breweries.   photo  website
* TIM BOBBIN - Last visit: 2011 - Wetherspoons pub in a former cinema. One open plan room, the usual Wetherspoons appearance and ales.

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