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Springfield Hotel, Springfield, Wigan

Pub added by Pub SignMan
47 Springfield Road
Wigan
WN6 7BB

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Brainy Pool left this review about Springfield Hotel

What a beautiful looking pub, tucked away in the back streets. The interior remains pretty unspoilt and traditional with the multiple rooms, the barmaid was friendly and the beer is typical cheap Wigan prices. Sadly no ale on with all the clips turned around. A few TVs showing football and ticking over with blokes on a Saturday afternoon. It’s worth a look, not too many pubs like this still around.

On 26th August 2023 - rating: 8
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Will Larter left this review about Springfield Hotel

This is a superb, impressive heritage pub, well preserved and well used by the local community. Camra list it as a historic pub interior of national importance, and it is also Grade II listed. (See Camra's website for a detailed description and photos.) The entrance is too a drinking lobby beside the central bar, which has three hand pumps (and a cuddly toy - see photo). We went for the Black Sheep Bitter, which we thought was pretty good if not top notch, but then, just before we had to leave to go to the match, we noticed the licensee pulling through a fresh barrel, so we had a swift half of that to see us on our way. It's a fairly short walk to the ground - about 10 minutes - but it would have been a lot quicker when Wigan played at Springfield Park, which is now covered in houses.

On 15th March 2020 - rating: 7
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Al Bundy left this review about Springfield Hotel

It is a large and imposing pub and an excellent example of the type described below. I could only see 2 handpumps.

On 22nd May 2015 - rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Springfield Hotel

Agree with Pub Signman, this pub is very friendly and welcoming to visitors. We had a great time here chatting away to everybody, whilst downing a few well kept ales. This is a fine example of an opulent Edwardian pub of 1903. Beer wise, there were 3 handpumps, we went for the Holts Two Hoots. A taxi from Wigan North Western to here was £4. The Springfield is a Camra National Inventory pub. Note the pub opens at 3pm during the week.

On 22nd February 2014 - rating: 9
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Pub SignMan left this review about Springfield Hotel

Tucked away in an inauspicious back street location, the Springfield Hotel is a wonderfully preserved example of Victorian pub architecture. The exterior alone is an impressive sight with its turrets and pediments in red brick and terracotta, although it was dark on my visit, so I got an even better idea of the grandeur when I got home and Googled it! You enter into a lobby area with wooden flooring and some very impressive green tiling. This leads you to the real star of the pub – the massive central servery with carved mahogany features and spaces where sash screens once operated. There are several rooms leading off this lobby and bar area. The largest of these is to the front left - The Darby Lounge - with a lot of open space and some banquette and low stool seating around the edges, with bell pushes still apparent. There are a couple of small Victorian tiled fireplaces with wooden mantelpieces at each end and a large TV screen was showing a late kick off in the FA Cup. The room to the front right is a much smaller lounge (The Commercial Room), with etched glass in the windows and more bell pushes behind the comfortable looking seating. Behind the servery is the Vault, a public bar with lots of Wigan rugby league items on display, including signed shirts. This room has a tiled floor and more examples of etched glass. A final room to the rear left houses a pool table and has some stained glass in the windows. Most of the rooms have signage in the form of etched glass which I took to be original.
The pub has recently started serving real ale again and I was pleased to find a choice of Holt’s Biter and Bah Humbrew and Tetley’s Cask. I gave the Bitter a try and enjoyed a well kept pint in wonderful surroundings. The staff were welcoming to a new face and there seemed like there was a good community vibe to the place.
This was one of the highlights of my crawl around Wigan and is well worth making a bit of effort to get out to in order to appreciate the excellent interior. It’s a 20 minute or so walk from the town centre and easily reached from the DW Stadium if you fancy a pre or post match pint.

On 22nd January 2013 - rating: 8
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