KIRKBY

Bell Tower Hotel

 

No

 

Moorgate Road / East Lancs Road

Bewley Sports & Social Club

 

No

 

Bewley Drive / Moreston Avenue, Southdene

Boffin

 

No

 

Moorgate Road / Gaywood Avenue, Southdene

Boulevard

 

Yes

Disco and late licence

Shopping Centre

Bunny’s  Bar

 

No

 

Moorfield, Tower Hill

Butlers (Ginos)

Webster’s, John Smith’s / Fosters, 1664

G806 J

Very pleasant totally plastic decor in this long narrow one roomed bar.  Late licence - Everyone out in Kirkby seems to come here when the pubs close.

Shopping Centre

Carters

Tetley / Castlemain

G910 J

Nice two room pub with a beer yard to the rear.  Usually busy.  Attractive barmaids.

Glovers Brow, Kirkby Park

Falcon

Boddingtons, Trophy, Best Scotch / Heineken

FB15

A very pleasant lounge with LSTV.  Bar also OK.  Beer garden and play area.  Quiz

Bewley Drive / Moreston Avenue, Southdene

Fantail

 

No

 

129 Whitefield Drive, Westvale

Famers Arms

 

No

 

Moorfield, Tower Hill

Johnny Todd

 

No

 

Whitefield Drive,Westvale

Kirby RAFA Club

 

No

 

Broad Lane / Imber Road, Southdene

Kingfisher

üTetley, Tetley, Falstaff / Carlsberg

FB15

A large one room knocked through local.  LSTV.  Quiz Karaoke…‡

Bewley Drive / Rusland Road, Southdene

Mariners

 

No

 

Whitefield Drive, Westvale

Molyneux

Worthington / Carling

FB15

A traditional scruffy 1950s built corpy estate pub, busy on a Sunday afternoon.

Westhead Avenue / Minstead Avenue, Northwood

Park Brow

Higsons, Tetley / Carlsberg

FB15

This rather pleasant plain working class pub with two bars is another 50s construction on this enormous council estate.  It has comfortable bench seats in the bar and a nice lounge and was quiet and friendly on a Sunday afternoon.  Unusual to see keg Higsons still available.  Boddingtons Pub Company.

Park Brow Drive / Thursby Walk, Southdene

Peacock

 

No

 

Bigdale Drive, Northwood

Premier

John Smith’s / Carling

G806

An American theme in this popular one room bar with a disco and small dance floor at one end.  The Statue of Liberty is impressive.  The gents has the highest trough I’ve ever seen!

Market Square

Railway

 

Yes J

Scruffy, friendly local.

Glovers Brow, Kirkby Park

Rooster Bar

 

No

Golden Eagle Hotel

Cherryfield Drive

Roughwood

 

No

 

Roughwood Drive, Northwood

Tenterhook

 

No

 

Highfield, Tower Hill

Wetherspoons

(Gold Balance)

üusuals

G806

Opened early 1999, this is at the lower end of the Wetherspoons spectrum, but still well looked after, clean and tidy and serving fine beer.

The Rev. Thomas Wilkinson, who was vicar of St Chad’s, Kirkby in the 18th century, invented the Gold Balance and the Pocket Balance for sovereigns - Probably used for weighing something else in these parts nowadays!

Shopping Centre

Woodpecker

 

No

 

Bigdale Drive, Northwood