| Pub | Beer | Comments | Location |
| ??? |
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CLOSED.
Not visited.
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Canal Street / Bridge Street |
| Aintree |
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Not visited.
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Fernhill Road / Aintree Road |
| Albion Hotel |
Boddingtons, Poacher, Tetley, Trophy |
A very large knocked round corner house with some nice woodwork and mirrors.
Last visited 2000.
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408 Hawthorne Road / Earl Road |
| Beaconsfield "Beaky Club" |
Worthington / Carling |
A very nicely done out social club with a comfortable small lounge bar, a larger games room and a function room.
Last visited 2004.
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Strand Road / Cedar Street |
| Borough |
Worthington / 4X, Carling |
When I passed this way in 2000 this place was shut. Now it's a plain two-sided pub, clean and tidy but a little tatty.
Last visited 2003.
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Marsh Lane / Bibbys Lane |
| Cat and Fiddle (Jutland) |
 Greenalls, guests, Tetley |
From the outside this appears to be a tiny bar in the bottom of an office block. The very nice fake antique interior is much larger than expected. The ale is of excellent quality.
Last visited 2004.
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Stanley Road / Trinity Road, in St Martin's House |
| Chaucer Vaults |
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CLOSED.
Not visited.
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45 Sea View Road / Chaucer Street |
| Coronation |
Tetley / 4X, Skol |
A pleasant enough bar and a lounge side not visited in this large free standing building. LSTV.
Reported as CLOSED in 2007.
Last visited 1999.
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82 Linacre Lane / Fernhill Road |
| Elm House |
Tetley / Foster's |
A plain, clean and tidy two-sided pub with a nice ceramic exterior.
Last visited 2004.
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14 Derby Road / Campbell Street |
| Hyper Bar |
John Smith's, Tetley / Carling, Carlsberg, Stella |
This rather plastic up-market corridor bar is looking a little worn in places. The stylish chairs are rather uncomfortable. LSTV.
Last visited 2004.
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320 Stanley Road / Ash Street |
| Iona House KSC Club |
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A rather plain looking social club, which closes early on quiet evenings.
Last visited 2004.
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Merton Road / Stanley Road |
Jawbone Tavern
|
Directors, Theakston XB |
Nice decor with a maritime theme (Ropes and lobster pots) in this pleasant one roomed "tardis", much bigger inside than the frontage suggests. Very busy on a Friday night. Food. LSTV. Small beer yard at the back. I'm told they have stopped doing real ale since my visit.
Last visited 2003.
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Merton Road / Litherland Road |
| JFK's |
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CLOSED. This impressive free-standing pub building is now a day nursery.
Not visited.
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Strand Road / Irlam Road |
Jollys
|
Worthington / Carling, Stella |
Plain nicely done clean and tidy pub with two bars. LSTV.
Last visited 2004.
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Stanley Road / 280 Marsh Lane |
Kingies (King Dick's)
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Falstaff, Tetley / Carlsberg |
This impressive 30s building was closed and the windows boarded up in February 2000, but I am pleased to report that it has now re-opened. Inside is a nicely done lounge and a bar side not visited. There's also some tables in the front car park. LSTV.
Last visited 2003.
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114 Litherland Road / Waterworks Street |
| Knowsley Arms |
|
CLOSED and under demolition
Not visited.
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Derby Road / William Henry Street |
Laburnum "Blobber"
|
Bass, Tetley |
This architectural gem is splendid outside and in, including a stained glass partition above the counter. There's a front bar, a large lounge and a small back room.
Karaoke
Live entertainment
Last visited 2003.
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92 Litherland Road / Laburnum Place |
| Langton Castle |
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Not visited.
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Regent Road |
| Linacre |
Boddingtons, Tetley / Carlsberg, Stella |
This impressive free standing building contains a plain bar, a pool room and a comfortable lounge in the traditional layout with the lounge served from a hatch across the corridor. A splendid Higson's pub sign complete with Liver Bird is now mounted in the corridor.
Last visited 2004.
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46 Linacre Lane / Litherland Road |
| Little Merton |
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This free-standing pub was shut when I passed by on a Thursday evening, although the lights were on.
Not visited.
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2 Irlam Road / Almadale Terrace |
| Madigan's Lighthouse |
Tetley / Carling, Carlsberg |
A large hall with nice fairly plain decor, very lively with a mixed clientele and a live band on a Friday night, and only slightly less busy on a Thursday. Late licence. I don't usually put music reviews in this guide, but the unpromisingly titled "Funky Monks" were excellent. A band who can follow a fine cover of James' Laid with Tom Jones' It's Not Unusual performed with equal aplomb are well worth seeking out!
Live music
Last visited 2004.
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Knowsley Road / Scott Street |
| Mayflower |
Tetley / Carlsberg |
This plain rather smoky two-sided pub has apparently changed little since it was built in the sixties.
Live entertainment
Last visited 2004.
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Washington Parade |
Merton
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Boddingtons / Heineken, Stella |
An enormous knocked through one bar pub decorated with American memorabilia and aimed at a young clientele. LSTV and umpteen small ones. I re-visited this place on a Thursday evening in 2004 and they wanted to charge me 3 quid to get in.
Last visited 1998.
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Merton Road / Stanley Road |
| Mons (Mons) (Hill Top) |
Tetley / Carling, Carlsberg, Stella |
An enormous room with a very long bar, nicely decorated in traditional plastic pub style, and divided by a glazed partition into kids and no kids areas. When I visited the Hill Top on a Thursday evening the kids side was full of families dining. I'm told the food is good, and good value for money. LSTV. Wacky Warehouse.
More recently, refurbished and returned to its original name.
Last visited 2004.
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Breeze Hill / Southport Road |
| Muncaster Arms Hotel |
Trophy / 4X, Heineken |
This impressive building with a fine coat of arms above the door contains a knocked through one room pub decorated nicely in modern style. There's a small dance floor and stage in one corner.
Bingo
Quiz
Last visited 2004.
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102 Irlam Road / Atlas Road |
| Pacific Hotel |
Boddingtons / Carlsberg, Stella |
A large nicely done clean and tidy pub knocked through into one high ceilinged room around the bar. LSTV.
Karaoke
Live music
Last visited 2004.
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168 Linacre Road / Alpha Street |
| Parkside (Harlands) |
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Not visited.
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Litherland Road / Linacre Lane (approx) |
| Q Sports Club |
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Not visited.
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Merton Road / Oriel Road |
| Queens |
Worthington |
A plain friendly two-sided boozer. A bit dingy outside making me think it might be shut, but I was wrong.
Last visited 2003.
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114 Knowsley Road / Gray Street |
| Renaghan's (Clarence) |
John Smith's / Foster's |
This two-sided pub is pleasantly decorated and kept spotless. The beer is cheap and live entertainment is often provided - On my first visit late on a Sunday afternoon a young girl was singing her heart out to an audience of about ten people. There is a snooker room at the back.
Last visited 2004.
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Oriel Road / St. Edmond's Road |
| Riley's (Qudos) |
John Smith's / Carling, Foster's |
This enormous, extremely smoky, rather tatty pool and snooker hall in the former Bootle Odeon Cinema was, perhaps fittingly, pub number 666 in my researches when I visited it in 1999. Revisiting in 2004 I found it a lot less smoky but no less tatty, and no-one was playing pool at all. LSTV. A sign outside says "genuine free house" but I can't see the point if they're only going to offer this bog-standard selection of beers.
Last visited 2004.
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Stanley Road / Malvern Road |
| Saint Winifred's Hotel |
John Smith's, Trophy, Welsh / Heineken |
The large bar side is plain, clean and tidy with nicely understated decor. The lounge side was shut when I visited. The John Smith's Smoothflow (the sign said) came out of a Whitbread Welsh font. Now CLOSED, I believe.
Last visited 2000.
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248 Rimrose Road / Knowsley Road |
| Salisbury |
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This three-room pub was full of friendly locals when I visited on a Thursday evening, much busier than others in the area. The decor is nicely done and understated and the peculiar bar-stools look comfortable. The parrot in the bar side wouldn't talk to me! LSTV.
Last visited 2003.
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Marsh Lane / Salisbury Road |
| Seaburn Inn (Alexandra Hotel) (Dickie Lewis's) "Toolans Bar" |
John Smith's / 1664, Foster's, Miller |
This popular, well looked after 60s boozer has had new wallpaper since I visited the Alexandra. I'm pleased to report that they've also added a sign on the door of the gents, as I was confused on my previous visit.
Since my visit it's changed name again, and is no longer a Dickie Lewis's pub.
Last visited 2003.
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Marsh Lane / Capricorn Close |
| Shenanigans |
|
CLOSED.
Not visited.
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Derby Road / Miller's Bridge |
St George's Tavern
|
John Smith's / Foster's |
A two-bar house, with a nicely done out lounge side much larger than expected. The bar side was shut. In 1998 I found a very unexpected and impressive choice of beers, including Orkney Skullsplitter, here but the hand pumps have now disappeared.
Exotic dancers
Live music
Quiz
Last visited 2003.
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Marsh Lane / Washington Parade |
| Stanley Arms |
Tetley / Carlsberg |
A nicely decorated large knocked-round one bar pub.
Last visited 2003.
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74 Litherland Road / Coral Street |
| Stanley Bar |
|
Not visited.
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Stanley Road |
| Stanley Social Club |
Tetley / 4X, Carlsberg |
The bar in this social club is plainly decorated, clean and tidy and rather pleasant. Lined glasses for a full pint.
Last visited 2004.
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Under Bootle New Strand Station |
| Star |
John Smith's, Tetley / Foster's, Miller |
This plain one-room boozer is well kept, but was very noisy and smoky when I visited. The interior is well faked and looks surprisingly old considering it's in a 1960s shopping centre.
Karaoke
Live entertainment
Last visited 2004.
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New Strand, entrance next to Yates's |
| Strand Tavern |
John Smith's / Foster's |
A pleasantly decorated one bar corner house with a nice stone flagged floor and a large dance floor.
Last visited 2003.
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Litherland Road / Strand Road |
Sullivans
|
John Smith's / 1664, Carlsberg, Foster's |
This night club has a stone floor and rather nice decor. When I visited on a Thursday evening it was totally deserted. There's another bar on a mezzanine floor, called Mezz. Late licence.
Last visited 2004.
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Merton Road / Stanley Road |
| Talbot |
Tetley / Carling |
This popular nicely done pub has been knocked through to create one large room with an island bar. There's a raised dance floor area at one side. LSTV.
Last visited 2004.
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Derby Road / Church Street |
| Walnut Tree |
|
Not visited.
|
19 Orrell Road |
Wetherspoon's Wild Rose
 |
usuals |
Very nice decor in this standard Wetherspoon's place which is smaller than most of their branches.
Last visited 2004.
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Stanley Road / Vermont Way |
| Wharf Inn |
John Smith's / Carling, Foster's |
One bar knocked round in this busy friendly local, very nicely done out with restrained traditional decor, including a nice stone and wood floor. LSTV.
Last visited 2004.
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Irlam Road / Berry Street |
| Yates's |
Boddingtons, John Smith's |
A large standard modern Yates's, noisy and very plastic.
Last visited 2004.
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Stanley Road / Medway |
