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The Talbot Hotel, Burnley
Burnley
BB11 2RS
Served areas
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Al Bundy left this review about The Talbot Hotel
A very good and nice looking pub situated just outside the town centre and near to what looked like a park. Two rooms with both rooms housing a bar. The larger room has the real ale handpulls, though there very well could be some in the other bar but as I didn't venture here I can't say. 8 handpulls with beers from Grey Hawk, Bank Top, Moorhouse, Tim Taylor and Hyde's on on my visit. A pool table is available in both rooms apparently. A decent and substantial pub. If you're going to Burnley for a match then this short walk is much better than the pubs nearer the ground.
On 27th April 2018
- rating: 7
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Talbot Hotel
Situated on the fringes of Burnley Town centre, but very handy for the central station, the Talbot is a large Victorian pub with a series of spacious, interconnected rooms. Entering through the front entrance, you find yourself in a small porch with a great old Talbot pub sign on display, which is actually nicer than the one hung outside. Taking the door to the right, you emerge into a huge room with bare boards, half wall panelling and pleasant stained glass windows with a nice flower motif. There is a small stage in the front right corner, presumably used for the various live music nights promoted around the pub and the walls are accordingly decorated with a number of musical instruments and images of famous musicians. A large pull-down screen behind the stage was being used to show live football to a fairly rapt audience seated on the high stools to the right or stood in the large open space leading towards the bar. The servery is to the left, but turns by degrees further to the left until it faces the rear wall, split midway by a large pillar which suggests a partitioning wall may once have stood here. To the rear right there is a semi partitioned lounge with some comfy looking seating options and a nice fireplace with a TV screen above showing the same football match. Following the bar to the rear left, you find a small games room with a pool table and a high shelf full of trophies. From here, a corridor leads you into the smaller left hand side of the pub, which can also be accessed from the front porch. This angular room is part carpeted and dominated by another pool table to the front, with space for some very basic seating and a small, handpull-free servery. TV screens in both the games room and left hand bar were also showing the live football fixture and there was a decent crowd in prior to a Burnley home match, although I didn't spot any away fans other than myself.
A quick tour of the pub before finding the handpulls in the rear bar, led me to conclude that I was unlikely to find much in the way of ale here, so I had a nice surprise when I found a good bank of hand pumps dispensing Reedley Hallows New Laund Dark and Pendleside, Taylor Boltmaker, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin, Small World Twin Falls, Naylor's Blonde, Moorhouse Premiership and Lees MPA. Plenty to choose from then, and my pint of New Laund Dark was very moreish and didn't really last very long.
This is a real 'Jack of all trades' pub, catering for a wide variety of pub goers and offering a range of rooms to suit different tastes. I thought this was a great place to enjoy a pre-match beer or two and was delighted to find a football pub with plenty of good beer on. if you're not a fan of football or live music, you'll need to time your visit carefully, but this is an enjoyable pub to explore and well worth taking a look at when in town.
On 17th January 2017
- rating: 7
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ROB Camra left this review about The Talbot Hotel
This is a massive pub which still has 4 letting rooms. There are 2 large rooms with a pool table in each, one also has a dartboard. There's also a quiz machine and a jukebox which was playing decent music at a sensible volume. Several TV screens around the rooms. One room was full of loud, young numpties at 4:45 on my Friday visit, seemed harmless enough though. 8 handpumps on the bar, but not the most inspiring range of ales. Naylors, Timothy Taylors, Copper Dragon and the like. I had a pint of Tetley Gold Cask!!! It was a good pint!!!
On 8th November 2015
- rating: 6
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- Official site of The Talbot Hotel - www.talbotburnley.co.uk
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Burnley Manchester Road, 0.89 miles, 17 min walk (show)
Burnley Barracks, 1.14 miles, 22 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : Yes last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : Yes last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 17 January 2017 by Pub SignMan
- Darts : Yes last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Function Room : No last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : No last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : Yes last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 07 November 2015 by ROB Camra
