Stork Tavern

A friendly and welcoming Grade II listed, stone-built community pub in an historic part of Bolton. It is one of the few remaining pubs on the famous old Halliwell Mile. The pub has recently been refurbished in a way which has sympathetically married a modern feel to its traditional features. The multi-room layout has been retained. The front room has a stone fireplace and a corner bar dispensing up to 4 well-kept and well-consumed real ales from local breweries Holts, Bank Top and occasionally others. The etched windows advertise the long lost local brewery J Sharman & Sons as well as the name the Stork Tavern, to which the owners have recently reverted after a spell as the Fox & Stork. Note the large hand painted wall mural in the passageway to the toilets! The two back rooms can provide a quieter atmosphere although, unusually, there is a dartboard in each and regularly entertain games during weekday evenings. Outside at the front is a small walled area with benches from where you can sit, sip and watch the world go by. At the back is a large beer garden which, in August, provides the venue for Fox Fest, a festival of music and fun which raises considerable sums for charity. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-476053-fox-and-stork-public-house-/photos and http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1388055