PUBLIC HOUSES, INNS, TAVERNS AND HOTELS

There were at least 48 of the above premises in Westhoughton decades previously ranging from small local pubs to larger pubs that accommodated groups of people for various events and those conveniently located on busy main roads or in the town centre and these were the most popular. This page doesn’t attempt to provide photos of all Westhoughton pubs but concentrates on the most historic ones, shown on this map.

For an alphabetic pub crawl around all the old drinking dens of Westhoughton, click here. (Once the presentation starts, click “down” to sup up quick and advance to next pub and click “up” to stagger back to the previous one.)

The White Lion is a grade II listed building and dates from the mid 1700’s
The Red Lion was originally part of the farmhouse owned by Adam Pendlebury in 1604.
The Rose Hill Tavern was built about 1900 from terracotta stone by the Oldfield Brewery of Wigan that owned several pubs in similar style.
The Fourgates Hotel was built about 1691 and its name is derived from the Anglo Saxon words meaning four ways.
An old photo of the White Lion showing publican George Grundy with his wife. The door on the far left of the building was the original Post Office for the town.
The White Horse Tavern has been rebuilt on the current site several times so that its history is not clear but possibly dates back to the 17th century.
The Waggon and Horses, Chorley Road, Wingates is significant because it contains several stained glass windows showing the major historical events of Westhoughton.

To see the pictures in the stained glass windows, click here.

The Windmill, Chorley Road, was built in 1827.