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Pub Details

Address
Nether Burrow
Lancashire
LA6 2RJ
Telephone
(01254) 826888
Opening Times
Weekdays
12 - 11 (10.30 Sun)

Location

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Licensee information

Licensee name
Andy Morris
Thwaites


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Good Pub Guide Recommended

Substantial and skilfully refurbished old stone house with country interior serving carefully sourced food; lovely gardens
Black and white wall prints and placemats show the characterful local farmers and producers (a map on the menu even locates these 'regional food heroes') that supply ingredients to this friendly and inviting pub. Although large, the stylishly simple flagstoned 17th-c interior is nicely divided into intimate corners, with a couple of big log fires and informal wooden furnishings. French windows open to a big terrace and lovely gardens. Local Thwaites Original and Lancaster Bomber and Wainwright are served on handpump, alongside good wines by the glass, just over a dozen whiskies and a particularly good range of soft drinks. They don't take bookings at the weekend (except for groups of six or more), but write your name on a blackboard when you arrive, and they'll find you when a table is free. Service is busy, welcoming and efficient.

Good Pub Guide Food

As well as bar nibbles, imaginative sandwiches, ploughman's and some traditional lancastrian dishes, the menu might include ploughman's, scotch quail eggs with chicken and mushroom watercress mayonnaise and pickled white cabbage, warm salad of wood pigeon and black pudding and local bacon with cumberland sauce, scampi, twice-baked chestnut mushroom soufflé with mushroom crisp and mushroom cappuccino, battered haddock, devilled chicken breast, shepherd's pie, and well hung rump steak; they do just snacks in the afternoon; Sunday roasts.

Bar food times: 12 - 8.30 (9 Fri, Sat; 8 Sun)

Awards

Good Pub Information

Dogs allowed in: Dogs Bar

Rating

  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Rating: 3/5 (347 votes cast)

Reader Comments

Liz Bell

Monday 16 November 2009 4:34:02 pm

This, the second in Ribble Valley Inns Lancashire pubs, owned by Craig Bancroft and his partner Nigel Haworth, the Michelin starred chef of TV fame, They certainly have the recipe for success in providing reasonably priced, regional Lancashire and traditional classics using the very best of local ingredients. They even provide details of their local suppliers in framed prints on the walls and on the placemats. Originally an 18th century coaching inn, the flag stoned, rambling rooms with numerous log fires provides the perfect place for an enjoyable dining experience. Beers are Thwaites Lancaster Bomber and Double Century and also Wainwrights bitter. Their chef Michael Ward has scooped the UK Pub Chef of the Year Award 2009! You do not book a table, rather your name goes on a blackboard when they are busy, and the pleasant, efficient staff provide prompt service. This is well worth a detour if travelling distances.

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