The Old Crow Inn, Newton-Le-Willows

The Old Crow Inn has a central U-shaped bar counter that serves a public bar with two pool tables and a dartboard to the right and a larger bar to the left, both being joined by an arch along the rear. I sat in the larger left hand bar where a mix of flagstones and carpet support standard tables and chairs. In the left-hand wall are a couple of fireplaces and televisions located throughout were airing muted horse racing via Sky Sports. The bar counter supports standard and premium keg as well as Beavertown’s Neck Oil, and each bar has an unused hand pump. A handful of locals were sat in silence at the bar with ‘leave me alone I’ve just finished another miserable day at work’ faces on. I’m not sure what was going on with the background music that was just a bit too loud to ignore. It was jumping from 90s pop music to block wars Southeast London Judge Dread brain damage nonsense. There must be a jukebox somewhere, but I didn’t spot it. The service wasn’t very friendly, in fact I didn’t find the pub welcoming at all and would walk past if in the area again.