A tall, narrow pub in a characteristic Midlands style, situated on the south-western side of the town, that appears to be in the process of being converted to residential use.
Whitburn Lodge
A white-painted roadside pub situated to the north of the city on the main road to Marsden beach. It closed in 2012 and the site is now to be redeveloped to provide 32 homes.
The Green Man
A large stone-built pub on the Otley Road on the north-eastern side of the city, still bearing Tetley’s signage but most recently owned by Greene King. It closed around 2018 and now appears to be undergoing conversion to some kind of alternative use.
The Liverpool Arms
An attractive pub on the road between Douglas and Laxey, which in its later years went over to a food-led format. It closed in 2017, and planning consent has now been granted for conversion to residential use. This is the first Isle of Man pub on this blog. It is still shown as open on the latest StreetView image from 2010.
The Prince Arthur
A redbrick Tetley’s pub on the north side of the city centre, which is believed to have closed in the late 1990s, but remained derelict for about a decade before demolition. Apparently it had a bad reputation with frequent brawls occurring. The site is now a vacant lot following the demolition of a retail building erected after the pub itself was demolished.
The Wok Inn
A post-war estate pub in a rather bleak location near the coast on the north side of the town, originally called the Touchdown, but later, from the name, converted to a Chinese restaurant.
The Newlands Inn
A pub situated below the level of the roadway on a back road between Alfreton and Ripley in the Derbyshire coalfield. It closed in 2007 and has since been converted to residential use. It gives its name to a station on the preserved Midland Railway – Butterley, which runs close by.
The Mountain Ash
A post-war estate pub in the Allerton district on the west side of the city, set above the main road with no direct access from it. It closed in 2008 and has since been demolished, but nothing has yet been built on the site to replace it.
The New Inn
A neat inter-wars mock-Tudor pub, situated south-east of the town on the Blakenall Heath estate, which has been described as Britain’s roughest. It has since been converted into a branch of Heron Foods.
The Royal Swan
An extremely derelict pub on the north side of the Birkenhead docks, more recently known as the Blazing Stump. There are now somewhat unlikely-sounding plans to demolish the building and build a food hall on the site.
The Cricketers Arms
A tiny terraced pub located in a rundown area on the east side of the town centre, which closed permanently in March 2022.
The Bull’s Head
A monumental stone-built former Marston’s pub at the top of the town on the road to Chapel-en-le-Frith (now the A6), that most recently traded as Imani’s Restaurant.
The Windmill
A three-storey redbrick pub on the eastern side of the town that once had its own bowling green. After a long period of lying derelict, it is now to be converted into flats.
The Cock & Trumpet
A post-war pub set well back from the road, situated about a mile away from the Beehive on what was once the main A562 between Widnes and Liverpool. The site has since been redeveloped for housing.
The Old King’s Head
An old stone-built pub on the west side of the city on the edge of the built-up area. The sign on the 2009 StreetView image says “Residential Development Opportunity”; it has since been demolished, but nothing built in its place.
The Fiddlers Three
A functional modern estate pub in the Castlefields area of Runcorn New Town, not boarded up as such, but clearly showing signs of neglect.
The Hesketh
A large Victorian pub in a prosperous suburban area, advertised as being “To Let” but very much tinned up. It is reported that planning permission has been applied for by Pesto Restaurants to take it over.
(my own photo)
The Black Horse
A four-square street-corner pub, still in Truman’s livery, situated on a main road in south-east London that appears to have been narrowed by a pavement extension and the installation of a cycle lane.
The Muncaster Arms
A monumental Victorian pub, roofless and open to the skies, marooned in an area of run-down industrial premises just inland form the docks. The image dates from 2009; it is still there, in an ever-worsening state of dereliction, in 2023.
The Fox and Hounds
A typical Northamptonshire ironstone building with a steeply-pitched roof, situatedon the north side of the town not far from the Dun Cow. Now converted to residential use.
The Wheatsheaf
A prominent inter-wars pub in Thwaites livery at the south end of the Neston built-up area on the road to Ness Gardens.
(My own photo)
The Pagefield
A monumental, ornate late Victorian or Edwardian pub situated in a residential area to the north-west of the town centre. In its latter years it was dubbed “The Famous Pagefield” which was a common practice with Greenall’s brewery. This is the 1000th entry on this blog, and prompted a post on my main blog.
The Robin Hood
A compact backstreet pub on a street running parallel to and just to the south of the town’s main High Street.
The Cap & Bells
A postwar pub in John Smith’s livery on the notorious Buttershaw estate on the south-west side of the city, caught by StreetView on a gloomy October day in 2012. It has since been demolished and replaced by a medical centre.
The Withy Trees
A substantial pub on the north side of the city, situated at right angles to the road. Before closure, it was reputed to have the outdoor drinking area in Preston. It closed in July 2019 following the sale of the business by Greene King to a business called Norani Education, and it is now to become an Islamic centre.
The Sandgate
A post-war estate-style pub on the north-east side of the town, which was originally known as the Lady Margaret, but converted to a Thai restaurant called the Sandgate in 2004/05. It has now become The Threes day nursery.
The Beehive
A long, white-painted pub just out into the countryside on what was once the main road between Widnes and Liverpool before the “Speke Road” was built.
The Lord Nelson
A distinctive inter-wars mock-Tudor corner pub about half a mile inland from the Mersey estuary. StreetView shows it as still open in 2020, so it is a relatively recent casualty.
The Village Gate
A large, attractive roadside pub at the north end of the town, which has been closed since 2018 following a fire, and is now in a ruinous state.
The Dun Cow
A distinctince green and white pub in Manns livery on the north side of the town centre. According to StreetView, it had been demolished by 2014.
The Horseshoe
A neat inter-wars cottage-style pub with pitched roofs, now converted to a Tesco Express. According to StreetView, it closed some time between 2009 and 2012.
The Lilycroft
A modern estate-style pub in the shadow of the giant Manningham Mills, one of the largest in Britain. It is now given over to variety of non-pub businesses. The building immediately in front of the mill is the “Pile Pub”, also long since closed, which is believed to have been a social club for mill workers.
The Hare & Hounds
A much-extended Marston’s dining pub prominently situated on the main road between Altrincham and Stockport. Given the number of surrounding houses you would think it had potential as a pub, but on the other hand the large site must be attractive to developers.
The Queens Arms
A redbrick street-corner pub close to the BAe Systems shipyard, which appears to have been closed for a long time and is now sprouting vegetation.
The Old Red Lion
An attractive old pub on the now-bypassed former main road towards York, which has been closed down by the police due to the level of antisocial behaviour, possibly stemming from the neighbouring estate.
The Woodcutters
A small, long-closed rural pub now converted to residential use but retaining its nameboard, situated just south of the village of Foxt in deep countryside not far from Alton Towers.
The New Holly
A large pub on the A6 between Preston and Lancaster, which has gone through a variety of incarnations, most recently trading as a restaurant called Mediterraneon at the Holly. A planning application to demolish it and redevelop the site for housing has recently been judged inadequate. Very much a contre-jour shot on StreetView.
The Coniston
A back-street pub rather resembling a chapel, which was originally the Idle Liberal Club. It was situated behind the Oddfellows Hall.
The Oddfellows Hall
An imposing stone-built pub with a classical portico, situated on a steep street just down the hill from the famous Idle Working Men’s Club.
The Talbot
A red-brick back-street pub just west of the town centre that has now lost its Marston’s signage.
The Wheatsheaf
An attractive white-painted roadside pub situated on the A44 between Worcester and Bromyard. An application has been made to convert it into a private house.
The Brighton Hotel
A monumental stone-built street-corner pub in the Gothic style with a corner turret, situated on the Wirral on the main road between Birkenhead and New Brighton.
The Hourglass
An archetypal post-war estate pub on the west side of the town, that has suffered several fires and is now described as blighting the lives of local residents. Permission has now been granted to demolish it, and there are plans to built retirement bungalows on the side.
The Royal Oak
An attractive tile-hung pub in a wooded area to the north-west of the town. There are now plans to demolish it and build houses on the site.
The Nag’s Head
What was once a straightforward roadside pub became progressively isolated by various road improvements, and was eventually dealt the coup de grâce by the A556 upgrade in the mid-2010s. In its last years it had a brief incarnation as the Cheshire Lounge. There are some photos of the derelict interior in this article.
The Wheatsheaf
A stone-built pub on the south-west side of the city on the opposite corner of a crossroads from the Southfield Hotel, although the Fire Brigade immediately across the road is still trading.
The Southfield Hotel
A solid-looking stone-built corner pub on the south-west side of the city.
The Old Trooper
A large inter-wars roadhouse on the main A41 to the south-east of the city, which has most recently traded as a Harvester, but is now in the process of conversion to a Costa Coffee drive-thru.
The Market Tavern
A stone-built pub at the bottom of a pedestrianised street at the south end of the town centre.
The Railway
A long-closed street-corner pub just outside the town centre close to the site of Middleton’s former railway terminus. It is boarded up in this photo, but now appears to be used as a beauty parlour.
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