Early Bath, Castleford

This pub stands just 100 yards from the Castleford Tigers RL ground. It used to be called simply "The Bath", but was renamed in the late 1970's as "The Early Bath" - a term associated with a Rugby player who has been sent off! The opening ceremony was done by Eddie Waring's widow (Eddie Waring was the first to coin this phrase!) From the 1970's this has been the home base of the Lock Lane ARLFC up until it vacated to the Britannia in Lock Lane. The pub closed in 2005 and for a time was used as a store room for lawnmowers! The pub got a lick of paint and reopened in December 2007. Gets very busy on match days. For a short period at the turn of this century, the pub was called O'Keith's Irish Bar after it's then landlord.