Stanley Arms, Preston

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Under the right front windows at the Stanley Arms are a couple of large booths and some tables and chairs are found under the left. The bar and seating area are broken up with a mix of wooden flooring, lino and tiling. There are small fireplaces in both the left and right walls and there is a wooden panelled and tiled wall in the left rear that may be an original feature. Stairs lead up to the Soul Suite and there is an advertised function room, these may be one in the same. The bar on the rear wall at supports four handpumps, but only Ossett Yorkshire Blonde was available. There is also a standard and premium keg range and food is available, a cheeseburger and chips is price at £8. I found the service to be friendly, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to visit here again.

Looks like a traditional pub, but the partly opened-out interior is more lightly decorated and modernly furnished than one might expect. Just an Ossett Pale (£3.50) as the only real ale available from the four handpumps.