| Pub | Comments | Location |
Boilermaker's Arms
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A plain, very well cared for two room corner house. Nicely decorated.
Last visited April 2023.
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Watery Lane / Hoghton Road
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Bowling Green
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This two-sided pub looked a little down at heel from the outside in 2004. The lounge, however, was nicely done out with plain pleasant decor in two rooms partly knocked through, one of which had plenty of disco lights for the weekend. I didn't visit the bar side. There are some tables in the front yard.
Noted closed and boarded up in 2017, but in 2022 I found it back in action and looking very good inside and out.
Last visited June 2022.
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Robins Lane / Baxters Lane
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Bull & Dog
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Well done, mostly fake, traditional decor in this partially knocked through pub concentrating on the food trade, and conveniently located right next to Lea Green station. The much plainer bar side with a vinyl floor has a pool table.
Last visited 2019.
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Clock Face Road / Chester Lane
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| Coppersmith's Arms |
Closed and demolished.
Not visited.
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Watery Lane / Keates Street |
Glassmakers Arms
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The splendid lounge has some dark wood panelling in this very nice traditional pub with two bars plus a couple of back rooms.
Now closed.
Last visited 2004.
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Waterdale Crescent / Waterdale Place
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Junction Inn
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A comfortable, pleasant, well cared for two sided pub. They must be doing something right because it always seems to be busier than the other pubs in the area.
Last visited April 2023.
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Station Road / Junction Lane
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Little Pig (Victoria)
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A pleasant lounge and a clean and tidy bar in this beautiful friendly local.
Last visited April 2023.
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Ellamsbridge Road / Edgeworth Street
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Millhouse
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A rather pleasant well cared for two sided pub with well done contemporary decor, aiming mainly at the pub food market but with a popular bar side as well. The food looks good.
Last visited October 2023.
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Mill Lane / Humber Crescent
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| Penlake Rail Club |
This clean and tidy social club is hidden up a back street behind St Helens Junction station. So well hidden, in fact, that one of the regulars asked how we had found the place! (My thanks go to Lawrence for informing me of its existence.) It features a large function room, a games room with two snooker tables, and a lounge which was closed when I visited on a Thursday evening.
Now closed.
Last visited 2004.
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Penlake Lane
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Prince of Wales
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A very large, rather nicely decorated, popular lounge plus a bar, in a fine 1930s brick building.
Now closed and converted to a shop.
Last visited 2004.
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Junction Lane / Peckers Hill Road
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Red Lion Hotel
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In 2004 I described this as the pub with no name because the sign was missing when I visited and there was no indication of the name on the outside of the rather tatty looking building.
Returning in 2017, and again in 2023, it was much better looking outside, and inside a well cared for and comfortable two sided pub, serving quality cask Holt's Bitter.
Last visited April 2023.
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Robins Lane / New Street
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Sutton Oaks (Boundary Vaults)
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A nice plain bar and a very pleasant lounge in this traditional pub which provided an oasis of quality ale in what would otherwise be a keg-only desert.
Now closed.
Last visited 2004.
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Bold Road / Hills Moss Road
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Vulcan
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A plain, well cared for two sided corner house with a tiny bar side at the front and a larger lounge.
Last visited June 2022.
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Station Road / Peckers Hill Road
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Wheatsheaf
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A truly splendid old multi roomed pub with an unusual layout inside. Watch out for the sloping floor at the "posh" end. There is no access between the ends except through the car park! The friendly staff serve from two counters plus a small hatch, a number of the side rooms have no counter at all. The decor varies widely between the rooms.
Grade II listed, as a fine example of inter-war "brewers' tudor".
Last visited October 2023.
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Mill Lane / Leach Lane
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| Wheatsheaf Hotel |
Closed. (Looks to have been closed for a long time.)
Not visited.
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Lionel Street at the back of the railway station
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