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The Swan & Railway Hotel, Wigan
Wigan
WN1 1BA
Reviews of The Swan & Railway Hotel (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Quinno _ left this review about The Swan & Railway Hotel
A lovely heritage pub. Enter to a central tiled lobby corridor with a large (albeit narrow) bar to the right and a couple of lounge rooms, one off left and the other at the end. The main bar has a rather wonderful tall wooden servery with jumbo stained glass windows on the upper back with a large swan motif as the centrepiece. A number of cask on, I went straight for the Bass (NBSS 3.5) whilst the other half had a good drop of Portersque Milkshake Porter by Hophurst Brewery (3.5). Got chatting to the older guy next to me who was between trains about the virtues of Bass and was joined by the owner, a jovial chap who is also a massive Bass fan and who then gave us an impromptu tour of the building and talked us through the restoration he undertook a few years ago (so good it won a Historic England Conservation Award in 2021). It is now free of tie so ignore the older reviews stating Marstons range. Really enjoyed my supping here and would make a point of stopping off especially to do this one again. GBG’23 listed.
On 11th March 2023
- rating: 9
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Steve C left this review about The Swan & Railway
The Swan and Railway has a central corridor off which there is a bar to the right with serving hatch and a room to the left with banquette seating. Further up the corridor there is a much longer room to the left, which looks like it may have been three smaller rooms in the past. Opposite are the toilets. The bar area has an L-shaped serving counter that faces banquettes down the right wall and a beer shelf with stools along the front window. There’s a large stained glass window on the back bar that sits around the aforementioned serving hatch to the central corridor. An old style jukebox sits against the rear wall of the bar area and a large TV was playing muted Racing TV, thankfully the sound was from the Jukebox.
The bar supports eight fonts for standard and premium keg and I counted seven handpumps. The Titanic Plum Porter was off (FFS), but Daleside Bitter, Revolution Brewing’s Spanish Bombs, Bank Top’s Dark Mild, Bass, Tatton’s Lemon Grab and something from Moorhouses were available.
On 14th September 2022
- rating: 8
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Rob Hunter left this review about The Swan & Railway
A pleasant, traditional feeling pub, with a compact narrow bar room to the right which has the hand pulls, a room to the left which was more square and felt more spacious, and possibly more space to the rear that I did not investigate (there was, at the very least, a drinking shelf, and possibly another room). Food is served - menus are on the tables - nothing pretentious, just pies, burgers, jacket potatoes etc.
Several hand pulls with a couple off at the time of my visit. I had the Bank Top Dark Mild and that was pretty good, as well as being a very reasonable £1.50 for a half. The room to the left was comfortable with banquette seating, a fire and a large TV.
On 15th February 2022
- rating: 7
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Wigan Wallgate, 0.22 miles, 4 min walk (show)
Ince (Manchester), 1.29 miles, 24 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : Yes last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - Discount amount not stated by Wigan CAMRA - last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : No last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Function Room : Yes last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Live Music : Yes last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : No last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 19 February 2024 by Quinno _
