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4 Wigan Road, Westhoughton, BL5 3RJ (View on Google Map)

This Pub is Permanently Closed

To find out more about this now closed pub a summary is included below, but use the links to read more details on many of the items.
CAMRA Bolton February 1982 List of Pubs 204 : Historical Information
What's Doing December 1999 : Historical Information
Bolton News 2013: Newspaper Article
Westhoughton Local History Pub 32 : Historical Photos
Bolton News 2014: Newspaper Article
Bolton News 2015: Newspaper Article
Bolton News: Closed Pub Photo Gallery
Flickr Dave Lambert Photos : Red Lion 2011
Flickr Dave Lambert Photos : Red Lion 2011
Flickr Dave Lambert Photos : Red Lion 2014
Flickr Dave Lambert Photos : Red Lion 2015
Flickr Dave Lambert Photos : Red Lion 2015
Flickr Dave Lambert Photos : Red Lion 2015
Flickr Dave Lambert Photos : Red Lion 2015
Flickr Dave Lambert Photos : Red Lion 2015
Flickr Dave Lambert Photos : Red Lion 2015

Historic Interest

Delicensd on 07/10/11 landlord Mark Craven owner Punch Taverns. It was listed in John Stotts 1977 Guide to Good Beer in Bolton as selling Greenall Whitley Bitter and Dark Mild (E), with TV, Juke Box, darts, lunches, snacks and Good Stabling according to the sign on the wall outside. Famous Friday Night Folk Club. But by May 1981 it was a Greenall Whitley Keg Pub and this was still the case in December 1999. By 2001 their adverts said they were selling Greenall Whitley Bitter and John Smiths Bitter. (see photos)

Information for this venue is provided by the Bolton Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Bolton District (B)
Last updated
08/05/2025
Last surveyed
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
BOL/327
Asset of Community Value
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