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The Townhouse, Barrow Town Centre, Barrow-In-Furness
Barrow-In-Furness
LA14 1PH
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Reviews of The Townhouse (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Will Larter left this review about The Townhouse
Having discovered this pub by accident when wandering through the town centre between trains, like you do, I was interested to try it out next time I was here. We only had time for a 15 minute visit, given the walking time from the station. The distribution of ales and ciders across the six hand pumps was as described by the previous reviewer (see photos). I went for the Derwent Marshall Stout, which would be a local ale if Wigton were not right over the other side of the county. Disappointingly, it had an offish sour aftertaste. I took it back to the bar and asked the lass who had served us if the beer had been pulled through that morning. She didn't know what I was talking about. So I explained, and asked her to pull me another half: this one was in perfect condition. She mentioned that the other beers were used each morning for adding to the batter, but this one being a stout was not. (They use sour beer in their batter? Yeuk!) Anyway, lesson learned.
Looking around I was quite impressed by the miscellany of materials and styles that have been used to transform a soulless shop or office building into a multi-function cafe/pub/bar/club. It's not by any means a traditional pub, but it serves its purpose and it's definitely better than waiting on the railway station for half an hour.
On 9th October 2017
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3745 recommendations about 3482 pubs]
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custodian 42 left this review about The Townhouse
Not a bad pub, this. Quite large with bar in the middle. Also an upstairs room that I didn't visit. Six hand pumps - four real ales and two ciders. A nicely done out place that is worth a revisit.
On 25th August 2017
- rating: 6
[User has posted 1693 recommendations about 1691 pubs]
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Beer Garden : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Car Park : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Child Friendly : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Darts : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Function Room : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 21 July 2017 by Will Larter
- Jukebox : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Karaoke : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Live Music : Yes last updated 02 September 2017 by Alan Hurdle
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Micropub : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Pinball : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Pool Table : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Quiz Night : No last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 02 September 2017 by Alan Hurdle
- Real Cider : Yes - Summer only - last updated 02 September 2017 by Alan Hurdle
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 02 September 2017 by Alan Hurdle
- WiFi : Yes last updated 23 February 2019 by Gerald Rutter
