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Location: Wainstalls Lane, Halifax HX2 7TR

Year of Inscription: 2024

Venue Type: Rural Pub / Isolated / Traditional

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EBG Rating:	7.9/10
Choice/ Quality of Drinks	❤️❤️❤️❤️ 3 cask ales from local brewers, Timothy Taylors plus guest ales. Familiar country pub keg and back bar options.
Style/ Décor	❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Down at the bottom of a gully surrounded by steep hills, with a fast running stream, a stone Inn with a typically dour exterior. Inside you’ll find a little changed pub, with the emphasis on little. A small bar with handsome fireplace and wood fittings, the entrance to the toilets particularly notable. These elements were rescued from a fire to a nearby castle and repurposed effectively, giving the Inn a slightly baronial feel in that corner of the room. Two other plainer, but cosy rooms complete the interior. A nice view of the valley from the beer garden.
Atmosphere/ Character	❤️❤️❤️❤️ A very cosy interior in winter with the coal fire in action and comfortable bench seating, with a social focus that is increasingly unfamiliar to rural pubs that have given up and thrown it all behind dining. The beer garden is well rated in summer months.
Amenities/ Events	❤️❤️❤️❤️ Food (Thurs-Sun), Snacks, fireplace, outdoor seating, books.
Value For Money	❤️❤️❤️ A normal price for a country pub.
Description	It doesn’t take long on a bus out of Halifax to reach the moor tops, after which there is a short 10 minute steep descent down a country lane to this hidden gem – a phrase that is truly deserved in this instance. A characterful stone Inn with a coal fire, comfortable bench seating and surroundings that look almost baronial  – due to the fixtures having been recovered from a nearby castle after a fire. This adds to the value and appearance, as well as the sheer cosiness. The other good aspect is its social focus, increasingly rare as country pubs pivot to dining. This is a place where the bar is the social hangout, and all the better for it, while meals are served later in the week and on weekends.  In the summer, the beer garden offers good views of Luddenden valley, but in all weathers be careful of the steep entrance and exit to the pub which will require a degree of fitness – or a car – to successfully traverse.  With a series of hiking routes in and around the area this is a pub not to miss on a country ramble. With three cask ales from nearby independent brewers, beer fans will be satisfied enough too.