A lively community pub on the main road through Penketh offering regular live music. Registered as an Asset of Community Value Summer 2016 after fears of demolition for housing, the owners, New River Retail, subsequently committed to the future of the pub and downsized their housing plans to unused land behind the pub only. No Real Ale.

** AN APPLICATION TO DEMOLISH AND CONVERT TO HOUSING WAS APPROVED JUNE 2022 WITH A RESTRICTED TIMELINE OF 3 YEARS, PLANNING REF 2021/39378**