Thatched House, Poulton-Le-Fylde

Whilst the grey painted exterior made me wince it’s actually a lovely pub inside, modernised but with intrinsic character. There’s a tiled porch, leading to several spur areas with a high standard of maintenance; the banquette seating by the large bay windows is the place to be. Eight mainly local cask which made me nervous on a quiet Friday afternoon, however I had very good pints of Bradfield Farmer's Blonde (NBSS 4) and Bank Top Flat Cap (3.5). Other offerings from Saltaire, Bank Top, Cloudwater, Black Sheep and Timothy Taylor (no sign of the previously-mentioned Chapel St Brewery). GBG’23 listed and rightfully so. As someone who’ll now be a semi-regular visitor to PLF over the next few years, I’ll look forward to popping in after alighting the train.

On my visit to Poulton found all the open pub spot on and this was no exception, which had a team of friendly staff and 10 cask pumps on the go.

A Sunday evening visit in early April.Lively, with many screens in operation.We sat in the little snug to the left and admired the tiled ceiling. A daunting array of handpumps on the bar, together with the usual keg suspects.I particularily enjoyed a DDH Pale from Saltaire; my compadre was less enthused by his Bradfield Farmer's Blonde.We missed the fact that the pub supports an onsite microbrewery, which was a failure on my part.Enjoyable pub.