Park Inn, Swinton, Salford

Another Holt's pub. This one had quite a nice feel with a door to the left leading to the vault and a short tiled corridor revealing the bar on the left-hand side, another small room just beyond it and a larger lounge to the right-hand side. The corridor continued to the gents and a beer garden. I joined the 2 other customers in the lounge. The smaller rooms remained empty throughout my visit. The lounge did not possess the character of the other two rooms, but it was fairly cosy with carpet and some nice glazed windows. There were a couple of TVs, only one of which was on, a dartboard and a games machine. Posters advertised a karaoke and disco every Saturday from 8pm. There are also open mic nights every other Tuesday and a quiz night on Monday's. The solitary cask ale was Holt's Bitter. Bootleg American IPA was on keg. It's listed in the current Good Beer Guide. So, the Bitter must be good, if you enjoy drinking Holt's.

A visit to some of the pubs on Camra's inventory of historic interiors had started in the rain in Gorton, but it was slacking as I approached Swinton on the bus. The Park was considered of some interest at the time of my visit, but a reassessment by Camra's heritage pubs group saw this one de-listed. Well, I liked it anyway. It retains an old layout of individual rooms and it has a lived-in feel to it. What more could you want? Oh yes, it's also friendly and has some very good Holts bitter. The Park Inn is in brewers tudor style, with a drinking corridor with Holts mild and bitter on the bar, a lounge on the right and a snug further back, plus a door labelled Vaults to the front left. This was where the regulars were congregated, occupying benches covered in red leatherette. It turned out I had sat on someone's bench, but no harm done, I was only here for a quick half and a natter about heritage pubs. My half of bitter was very good (NBSS 3.5) and just £3.20/pint (remember those days?). Date of visit: 7th October 2022

Not quite as salubrious as the sister holts pub the white swan, just down the road. The front bar was rowdy with regulars. A sides lounge was more spacious and sedate. Friendly Staff. Holts bitter as good as the White Swan but the Two Hoots was average.

The Park Inn is a Holts pub with a thin L-shaped seating area to the left, larger seating area in the right bar and a room at the rear. There is a TV in the left and right rooms, but I didn’t visit the rear room that was very busy with a local crowd. The bar supports the usual keg range and all three hand pumps were badged with Holts Bitter.

The Park Inn is a stand alone pub with a mock tudor upper half,the pub is just a short walk up the road from the White Swan. Once inside this was a fairly basic pub with two rooms i had a drink in the bar which was decent enough,this pub is a Joseph Holt tied house and there were two real ales on the bar i had a drink of Holts bitter and this was a very nice drink the other beer was Holts mild. This was a decent enough pub and with it being an Holts house made it more so. Pub visited 7/12/1988