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The Black Bull, Wigan
Standish
Postal town: Wigan
WN6 0HW
Reviews of The Black Bull (Average Rating: 5 of 10) see review guidelines
Brainy Pool left this review about The Black Bull
A very mundane pub at the centre of Standish, just a single generic room dominated by TVs. Equally corporate in the keg beer selection, thankfully with two real ales from Marstons. The landlord seemed like relief management to me but my Wainwrights was in drinkable condition. The real selling point here is the secluded grassy beer garden at the back, ideal for a quiet pint on a sunny afternoon. The pub itself, I wouldn’t bother unless I was desperate.
On 19th May 2024
- rating: 4
[User has posted 1174 recommendations about 1136 pubs]
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Aqualung . left this review about The Black Bull
This pub has quite a nice old exterior but inside it's been knocked into a single room and rather over modernised. The room is rectangular with a central bar at the rear. It's mostly wooden floored but there are two carpeted alcoves. There's a prominent pool table over to the left and TVs everywhere.
The bar has three hand pumps which had a poor choice even by Marston standards with one unused, Hobgoblin and "Young's" London Gold. I went for the London Gold (£2.70) which was warm but in decent nick apart from that.
The TVs and poor beer choice would rule out a return visit. According to what Pub you can ask behind the bar for the TV remote control. BBC Parliament or ITV Be anyone?
On 19th February 2019
- rating: 5
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Al Bundy left this review about The Black Bull
A pretty decent pub that does like to show off its sporting silverware. A large child friendly beer garden can however mean a bunch of shouty, whiny kids.
On 6th October 2015
- rating: 6
[User has posted 3487 recommendations about 3390 pubs]
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Gathurst, 3.42 miles, 1 hr 5 min walk (show)
Adlington (Lancs), 3.85 miles, 1 hr 14 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Car Park : Yes last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Function Room : No last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Hot Food : No last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Karaoke : Yes last updated 01 May 2015 by Dave McNally
- Live Music : Yes last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Micropub : No last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Pinball : No last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 05 December 2013 by Alan Hurdle
- Real Cider : No last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
- WiFi : Yes last updated 10 February 2019 by Aqualung .
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