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19 Black Horse Hill, West Kirby, CH48 6DS (View on Google Map)
(0151) 558 0521
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This Pub is Closed Long Term

Closed and boarded up in 2025 with no indication of the future of the site.

Historic Interest

There was a pub on this site dating to at least 1822, originally known as the Chesnut Horse and is listed under that name in Bagshaw's Directory of 1850. It appears to have been known as the Bay Horse by 1868 (listed as located in Grange) and later changed to the Black Horse by the late 1880s. Appears to have been at one time a West Cheshire Brewery pub. Acquired by Birkenhead Brewery in 1913. Transferred to Threlfalls Chesters in 1968 and selling Whitbread beers in the 1980s. The pub was renamed Collingwood in 2008 and changed its name again to the Hilltop by 2014. Finally changing name again to the Viking (to celebrate West Kirby's Viking heritage) in June 2016. Closed on 28 October 2019 and became Leaf Cafe in March 2020 and cask beer discontinued in 2024. Closed by early 2025.

Information for this venue is provided by the Wirral Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Leaf
Local Authority
Wirral District (B)
Last updated
15/10/2025
Last surveyed
19/04/2024
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
Stonegate
Pub ID
WIR/198
Asset of Community Value
Opening Times Unavailable
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