The Mackenzie Arms, Preston

Marked pub as closed

A Victorian terrace brick building, with an apse end, like a church - which is what this place is; though somewhere to lift the soul and praise the good hop, rather than the Lord. It has a slight bleak northern feel to the place, which is why Mr Hackwood probably felt so at home here! The interior has a nesting of rooms; indeed, Mr H and I could have played hide and seek for half an hour, had it not been for the fact that the place was so quiet, i thought it was being ran by a family of trappist monks. There is a snug and a family parlour. Decor was white and a deep red, with a stone floor and nice fireplaces. Interest was again supplied by old railway pictures, due to the building's historic connections with the railway and some old bottles. There was a dart board. Service was fine and there was a healthy number of clients, most with a healthy age to them. Traditional and class. Beer; some tap stuff, with 16 handpulls. The place has its own microbrewery, but i stuck to Cathedral Ale's Magna Carta and Milestone's Black Pearl Stout, both were good, Just go, i can say no more.

This pub opens and closes at an alarming rate,and at the moment is having one of it's closed phases. [admin note: marked as closed 16/11/09]