Category: Wigan Branch News

Wigan Central, the brainchild of the town’s Prospect Brewery has been impressing visitors since opening in the railway arch on Queen Street adjacent to Wigan North Western station in December 2014. It has now been named as the best pub in Greater Manchester by the Campaign for Real Ale. For more, see article in Wigan…
Source: Wigan CAMRA Pub News

Hopes are high for the future of a former Wigan pub as news emerged of buyers interested in restoring it to its former glory. The Crown at Worthington, located on Platt Lane in Standish, has been closed since January of last year, sparking fears that the site would become increasingly attractive to developers who have…
Source: Wigan CAMRA Pub News

Visitors to this year’s Wigan International Jazz Festival will not only get nourishment for the soul from some of the finest musicians on the planet but also be able to tend to their physical hungers with a new range of specially commissioned food and drink. Following the success of their festival beer last year, Wigan’s…
Source: Wigan CAMRA Pub News

The Ben Jonson pub in Goose Green re-opened on 7th April 2017 after a period of closure. Matt, the new licensee, is a keen supporter of real ale and was previously employed at the Lychgate Tavern in Standish. On opening night Prospect’s Silver Tally and Nutty Slack accompanied Sharps Doom Bar and Thwaites Wainwrights on…
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Alan and Tracy Branagan have left Docherty’s pub in Swinley which has now been taken over by Ian Williams, former landlord of the nearby Griffin Hotel. Ian’s first action was to revert to the original name of the pub – the Charles Dickens, arguably England’s most famous novelist. In so doing, the pub has had…
Source: Wigan CAMRA News

Wily Fox brewery hopes drinkers can raise a glass to its future achievements after applying for a licence for its brewery tap. Wily Fox, based on the Martland Business Park, has asked Wigan Council for permission to sell alcohol in the bar room at its Kellet Close headquarters. The application asks for the supply of…
Source: Wigan CAMRA News

Daniel Thwaites has been given the green light for its new headquarters. The company, based in Blackburn, is to build its new head office at Mellor Brook, some five miles away. The site, which will open in spring 2018, will include a heritage centre and a new £8 million brewery. Most of Thwaites brewing assets, including…
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Administrators have been called in following last week’s mysterious closure of the Beeches Hotel in Standish. The popular hotel left customers in the dark after failing to open without warning last weekend. Plans for weddings, birthday parties and wakes were left in chaos, and customers were unable to get in touch with the venue’s management;…
Source: Wigan CAMRA News

A Wigan landlord has vented his frustration at being told his pub would be put up for sale by its owners. Ian Williams was suddenly informed earlier this week by The Griffin Hotel’s owners, Admiral Taverns, that the town centre pub would be put on the market. It is believed that Admiral Taverns plans to sell…
Source: Wigan CAMRA News

If you walked past the Fifteens at The Fox pub in Roby Mill, Wigan at around 10.30am on December 15th 2016, you may have seen a group of men in white lab coats stood in the car park, watching a pie sail into space. In what has been described as ‘a monumental day for Wigan’,…
Source: Wigan CAMRA News