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Black Bull, Horwich (Rivington Bar & Grill)

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69, Church Street, Horwich, BL6 6AA (View on Google Map)

This Pub is Permanently Closed

To find out more about this now closed pub a summary is included below, use the links to read more details and see photos of the pub.
CAMRA Bolton February 1982 List of Pubs 18 : Historical Information
Chorley Inns and Taverns : Historical Information
What's Doing March 1988 : Historical Information
Beer in Bolton 1989 : Black Bull Horwich
What's Doing June 1994 : Historical Information
What's Doing February 2003 : Historical Information
Bolton News 2023: Newspaper Article
facebook page : Pub Photos etc

Historic Interest

In May 1981 it was a Greenall Whitley Keg Pub. In March 1988 the fake Electrick Handpumps indicated that the Mild was cask and not Keg or Tank like the Bitter. By the time the 1989 Beer in Bolton Guide was published it was the Bitter that was cask not the Mild. The Horwich Social and Crawl visited here on June 18th 1994. When visited in February 2003 the pub was selling Tetley Bitter and Robinsons Bully Bitter. Subsequently owned by Punch Taverns and later in October 2009 Admiral Taverns. In 2017 Cask Beer had been available during the year at IL Toro in the upstairs cocktail bar. In 2022 it became Rivington Bar & Grill which had previously been the name at the Ridgway in Blackrod.

Information for this venue is provided by the Bolton Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Il Toro
Local Authority
Bolton District (B)
Last updated
Last surveyed
10/06/2025
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
BOL/396
Asset of Community Value
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