| Pub | Comments | Location |
Angel (Angel Vaults)
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A plain well cared for bar side and a large lounge side in this quiet friendly local. With only three regulars plus myself to accommodate, half the bar side was in darkness along with all the lounge side. Intriguingly, two large piles of sandwiches disappeared into a back room, but there didn't seem to be anyone there to eat them! Now closed and boarded up.
Last visited 1999.
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Stanhope Street / Caryl Street
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Anglesea
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A beautifully maintained two-sided pub with a plain bar and a very nicely done out lounge. Always popular, with a friendly atmosphere.
A number of people have criticised, but the sign is spelled as I have shown.
Last visited January 2022.
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Beresford Road / Tavistock Walk
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| Bank House "Banky" |
There were originally two pubs at the junction of Windsor Street and Upper Warwick Street. Nearer the river was a Bent's pub, and the other was a Walkers house called the Sefton Arms and known locally as Brown's. The latter had a quiz night as long ago as 1945. My thanks to Harry for this information.
Closed. Burnt out.
Not visited.
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Windsor Street / Upper Warwick Street
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Beresford Arms "The Nutty"
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This small street corner pub has a tiny plain clean and tidy bar and a larger lounge not visited. Noted closed and boarded up in 2012, and demolished in 2018.
Last visited 2003.
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Beresford Road / Cockburn Street
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Bleak House
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This pub with a bar, a lounge and a side "library" is nicely preserved and well cared for. The lounge is served from the traditional hatch at the back of the bar.
Last visited 2003.
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Cockburn Street / Park Hill Road
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Brewery Tap (Grapes Inn)
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A very small excellently preserved pub built into the corner of the former brewery.
After a period of closure following the demise of Cains, this has now re-opened.
Grade II listed building.
Last visited July 2024.
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Cains Brewery Village
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| Clancy's (Crow's Nest) |
A nice, clean and tidy, plain wood panelled interior to this two bar pub, rather let down by the scruffy exterior, and the one week old St Patrick's Day decorations! The barmaid couldn't work the till and didn't know how much a pint of bitter cost!
Now closed.
Last visited 1999.
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Mill Street / Warwick Street
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Coburg
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This pleasant boozer with two bars in three rooms is much larger inside than the small frontage on Sefton Street would suggest.
Last visited September 2023.
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Sefton Street / Stanhope Street
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| Crown |
Closed and demolished.
Not visited.
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Park Road |
Derby Arms
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A plain clean and tidy knocked through pub with a small stage for live music in the nicely decorated lounge area. Now closed.
Last visited 2003.
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365 Mill Street / Wellington Road
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Dick Jennings
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A plain tatty traditional street corner pub, one bar plus a scruffy back lounge. The music was much too loud when I visited. Formerly the Woods House, it was renamed after Richard Jennings, the manager in the 1940s and 50s.
Now closed. Despite reports of a planned conversion to housing, this was still standing derelict in 2018.
Last visited 1999.
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Mill Street / Hill Street
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| Dirty Dick's (Mersey View) |
Closed and demolished.
Not visited.
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Empress
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A nicely done out and well looked after pub with three rooms front-to-back but only one counter, in an unusually tall and narrow building.
Ringo Starr was born a few streets away, and spent part of his childhood living in the same street as this pub. An exterior view features on the sleeve of his album Sentimental Journey. Watch out for a succession of Beatles tourists taking selfies in front of the pub. Not many of them come in!
Reported to be closed and for sale in 2024.
Last visited 2018.
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High Park Street / Wellington Terrace
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| Farmers Arms |
The exterior was so scruffy and run down we thought the place was closed. Inside was much better and included an impressive mirrored ceiling over a small dance floor area. Completely empty on Thursday evening.
Now closed and demolished.
Last visited 1999.
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Park Road / Northumberland Street
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Globe
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There are two bars plus a back lounge served from a hatch (with "Newsroom" etched in the glass in the doors) in this nice ale house which retains some original features, including leaded windows, and is well looked after. Definitely a local pub for local people, and perhaps the only one left open on Park Road.
Last visited 2018.
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Park Road / Combermere Street
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| Grapes |
A plain, comfortable enough, two-sided boozer. Now closed and boarded up.
Last visited 1999.
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Windsor Street / Grey Street
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| Great Eastern |
A plain two-sided boozer. The Great Eastern Junior FC have an impressive trophy cabinet. Noted closed and demolished by 2012.
Last visited 2004.
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Mill Street / Harlow Street
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Harbourside
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This yacht club has a pleasant bar plus a function room behind, and offers views of large quantities of expensive maritime hardware. Access is via a long walk along the roads or a short swim across the water. The hand pumps were off when I visited in 1999. In 2024 I found this place closed.
Last visited 1999.
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Coburg Dock Marina, access via Mariners Wharf then Coburg Wharf
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Herculaneum Bridge "Peglegs"
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This pub, now isolated in an area of new housing, is almost completely unspoiled and well cared for, a real hidden gem. The interior layout includes the traditional arrangement of a lounge side served only from a hatch at the back of the bar across the corridor. Built in 1901-2, it retains many of its original features. The bar back is a splendid wood and glass partition and the bar room and corridor have nice tiled walls. Accommodation upstairs.
Last visited January 2022.
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Herculaneum Road / Charleston Road
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High Park Inn
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Closed. This is now a Funeral Director's.
Not visited.
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Park Road / Ellis Place
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Highland Home Hotel
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Closed and demolished.
Not visited.
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Sefton Street / Hill Street
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| Hollow |
Closed.
Not visited.
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102 Mill Street |
| Jessie Appleton's (Dingle Hotel) |
Closed.
Not visited.
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347 Park Road |
| Lothian |
A nicely done out friendly two sided pub.
Now closed.
Last visited 2004.
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North Hill Street / Lothian Street
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| Masonic |
Closed.
Not visited.
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Park Road / High Park Street
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| Merseybeat |
Closed and demolished.
Not visited.
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56 Park Street |
Mosley Arms
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In this nice plain friendly two roomed boozer, the lounge is served only from a hatch at the back of the servery. Some rather fine architectural features including a leaded glass partition and wall ceramics remain.
Last visited 2018.
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Mill Street / Laxey Street
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| Mount "Sixie" |
A plain pub with two bars plus a side room. It was very quiet and the lounge side was closed when I visited. The nickname Sixie dates back to the late 19th century practice of having a reduced price six day licence, which was introduced by the Licensing Act of 1872 to encourage pubs to close on Sundays. Now closed and demolished.
Last visited 1999.
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South Hill Road / Beloe Street
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Pineapple
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The plain well kept front bar had an amazing collection of framed bar towels covering the walls when I visited in 1999 but these have now gone, sadly. Lounge to the rear not visited. LSTV. I understand there is a restaurant and accommodation upstairs.
Now closed.
Last visited 2004.
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Park Road / Moses Street
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Poet's Corner "Fitzy's"
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A plain bar and a nice lounge in this traditional busy friendly local.
Reported closed by 2012.
Last visited 2003.
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27 Park Hill Road / Bowring Street
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Queen's Head
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This well kept tiny one-roomed corner house has an impressive collection of model sailing ships.
Closed in 2008.
Last visited 2004.
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Park Road / 1 North Hill Street
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Queens Arms
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A rather pleasant, very large, free standing two-sided partly knocked through pub with some nice dark wood panelling. The cut glass windows are fake, I think.
Last visited 2018.
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Admiral Street / Clevedon Street
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Royal George "Blacks"
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This nice enough two bar pub had rather green decor and lots of mirrors. The hand pulled Toby Light (does this exist?) tasted naff and the only guest was off when I visited.
Demolished in 2008.
Last visited 1999.
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99 Park Road / Upper Park Street
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Royal Oak
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The interior of this large corner house is one very nicely decorated and well looked after room knocked round the bar. Now closed.
Last visited 2004.
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Park Road / Upper Warwick Street
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| South Hill |
This corner house with three rooms is neat and tidy, apart from the gents.
Now closed.
Last visited 2003.
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South Hill Road / Stillington Road
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Toxteth
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A very nicely preserved two bar pub. Now closed.
Last visited 1999.
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Park Road / Park Street
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| United Services Club |
The outside of this social club is very forbidding, especially the battered black-painted main doors. Once inside I found a pleasant enough plain social club with the usual bar, snooker room, etc.
Closed and demolished.
Last visited 2004.
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Melville Street / Clevedon Street |
| Volunteer |
A tatty but clean and tidy, friendly three room pub. Free buttys when I visited.
Now closed and demolished.
Last visited 1999.
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Park Road / Hill Street
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| Wellington Butts |
A slightly tatty, friendly two-sided local, knocked round a central square counter. There are some nice hand pumps (out of use) mounted on the Formica bar top! Lined glasses for a full pint.
Now closed.
Last visited 2004.
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Windsor Street / Stanhope Street
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Wellington Vaults "Wellie"
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A pleasant three room pub with a small front bar, a larger lounge and a side room served from a small counter. A friendly local, kept clean and tidy inside, although the exterior was very tatty on my most recent visit.
It achieved brief fame in May 2013 when Prince Charles called in for an unscheduled drink.
Now closed.
Last visited 2012.
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376 Mill Street / Shelmore Drive
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Wilson's Tavern (Phoenix)
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A well looked after and nicely decorated two bar pub. There are some unusual low arches at the rear of the bar side, over a small dance floor and stage.
Last visited January 2022.
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125 Cockburn Street / Ruby Street
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| Windsor Castle |
Closed.
Not visited.
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Windsor Street / Upper Warwick Street
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| Woodcutters |
Not visited.
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Hill Street (approx) |