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The Great Northern, Thackley, Bradford

538 Leeds Road
Idle
Bradford
BD10 8JH
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Old Boots left this review about The Great Northern

Stone built pub beside the main road to Shipley from Leeds and almost next door to the Black Rat. A former pubco pub it’s been rescued and ruthlessly modernised, the owning company also runs the Market Square Tavern in Bingley and the similarities are apparent. Laminate floors, tile work, exposed brick and stone with ancient and modern furniture. Mostly one room there’s a “darts room” off to one side and a games room upstairs, a former fireplace and chimney in the main room supports a screen showing sport. The counter is to your right on entering, six hand pulls, four with beers from the associated Horsforth brewery and Taylors Landlord. Ten keg taps grace the back wall with details above on a blackboard. There’s a bit labelled “pizza kitchen” to the right of the servery, other snacks were noted on the menu. Beer was fine served by a fairly haughty barmaid.

On 29th January 2022 - no rating submitted
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aleand hearty left this review about The Great Northern

Recently re-opened after a major refurb. Now free from Greene King tie. Sixteen beer lines, with six cask ales available.

On 3rd October 2019 - no rating submitted
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Great Northern

The Great Northern is situated on the busy Leeds road.
Once inside the pub has two separate rooms,the main room to the front is square shaped,there is a mix of seating types in this room,all taken,there is also a smaller square shaped room to the rear right,the seating here is bench type and small stools.
There was one real ale on the bar which was Tetley Cask,this went down well.
There were TVs showing the Man Utd v Liverpool game.
The pub was packed on my late Saturday afternoon visit with a mix of age groups,all drinking.
This was a decent enough pub to end my Bradford crawl on.

Pub visited 12/9/2015

On 12th September 2015 - rating: 7
[User has posted 6113 recommendations about 6113 pubs]

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Pub location see interactive map of local area
Map location corrected by Alan Hurdle
Shipley, 1.84 miles, 35 min walk (show)
Apperley Bridge, 2 miles, 38 min walk (show)
Baildon, 2.56 miles, 49 min walk (show)
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29th Jan 2022, 16:15
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29th Jan 2022, 15:05
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  • Accommodation : No last updated 27 May 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Beer Festivals : No last updated 27 May 2019 by ROB Camra
  • CAMRA Discount : No last updated 27 May 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Car Park : Yes last updated 27 May 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Child Friendly : Yes - Until 8 p.m. - last updated 27 May 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Live Music : Yes - Occasional - last updated 27 May 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 27 May 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Micropub : No last updated 27 May 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Pool Table : Yes last updated 27 May 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Quiz Night : Yes - Thursday - last updated 27 May 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Real Ale : Yes last updated 27 May 2019 by ROB Camra
  • Real Cider : No last updated 27 May 2019 by ROB Camra
  • WiFi : Yes last updated 27 May 2019 by ROB Camra
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