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Ring o'Bells, Lancaster
Lancaster
LA1 1RE
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Bucking Fastard left this review about Ring o'Bells
Reopened in December 2025 after 4 years of neglect and some issues with intruders,it's a work in progress but has lots of original features.The portico around the front door is attractive and there is good mosaic tiling while the interior is rather worn but has a front snug to the right,a larger seating area to the left with a real fireplace and the bar to the right.On the corridor to the rear room a section of the original wattle & daub has been exposed behind a screen.The rear room has a pool table and darts board before the door to a garden reached by steep irregular stone steps which extends way back .It's all a bit untidy but there are decent plants growing while the metal staircase at the end of the garden is blocked off but may have given pub access for visitors to the chapel behind which may account for the pub name.
There is lots of music events here and the team are trying to create a community feel.The welcome was most friendly.Food come in the shape of pies and burritos.
Ales on my visit Bowness Bay Fell Walker,Saltaire Titus and Kirkby Lonsdale x Charles Farm Equinox (NBSS barely Acceptable ).Maybe the ales are also a work in progress but I really appreciate the effort to reopen a small town centre boozer and wish the team well for future success.
On 20th July 2026
- rating: 6
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Brainy Pool left this review about Ring o'Bells
The pub was sold last year and is now a free house - and still the same, basic locals boozer. Lancaster Blonde and Red on the bar this time. If you want a straightforward pub to meet friendly locals it’s absolutely fine. Hopefully the new owners will resist the temptation to change it too much.
On 6th June 2021
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Ring o'Bells
Old-school terraced boozer, formerly a Mitchell's house, with a simple, traditional bar at the front, a plain rear room housing a pool table and a split-level (and slightly decrepit) patio beer garden at the back. Two Lancaster Brewery beers - Blonde and Amber (£3.30, so-so) - available from the four handpumps.
On 28th September 2020
- rating: 6
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Brainy Pool left this review about Ring O'Bells
a really pleasant city centre pub that attracts an older, mostly local crowd. friendly and cosy inside with two rooms. outside there's a very nice beer garden at the back which is extremely well cared for, unlike the exterior of the pub which is looking tatty. it only adds to the charm for me though.
On 12th July 2018
- rating: 8
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Al Bundy left this review about Ring O'Bells
A decent city centre pub. This two-roomed pub has a traditional feel and the few locals who were in on my visit were very amiable. The front room houses the bar and there were 4 working handpulls with beers from Coniston, Moorland, York and Thwaites on my visit.
On 19th April 2018
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Ring O'Bells
Another good locals pub and worth a visit. We were greeted by a friendly and chatty barmaid. This small traditional consists of two rooms. The front room consists of the bar over on the right, with some bar stools and some seating over by the window. The other side of the room had an open fire and seating. The rear room was very elaborate with oak panelling, this is were you find their new pool table.
The barmaid showed us photos of the rear terraced garden in summer, which they were very proud of and is their hidden gem. Five handpumps, two in use on our visit. We tried the Coniston XB and the York Guzzler, both were very well kept.
On 23rd February 2014
- rating: 7
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Quinno _ left this review about The Ring O'Bells
A terraced Mitchells pub located on the main drag into town from Scotforth. Set over two rooms, the front room looks to have had a revamp in the fairly recent past but retains the air of being dark and perhaps slightly foreboding. There’s a pool room at rear that smelt of old fags. It’s most definitely an old man’s pub, my entrance lowered the average age by about 10 years. Perhaps surprisingly, five ales were available (two of which were from the local Kirby Lonsdale brewery) along with a Westons cider. My Hawkshead was a little flat but drinkable. I sat by a nice tiled fireplace which was not in use but looked like it could be fired up when required. Newspapers and board games were scattered around. The jukey clashed with the telly which grated a bit.
I wouldn’t necessarily rush back but I saw enough to make me pop in again at some point.
On 3rd January 2012
- rating: 6
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natalie hughes left this review about The Ring O'Bells
Under new management its a clean, warm and friendly pub with loads going on. Poker nights, BBQs and music sessions, a great place for young and old alike
On 26th August 2008
- rating: 8
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