Kids starters

• Homemade Soup of the Day £2.50 – Served with warm, crusty bread and butter
• Garlic Bread £2.50 – Choose plain or cheesy style
• Prawn Cocktail £3.50 – With Marie-Rose sauce and buttered bread
• Chicken Liver Paté £3.50 – Our chef’s own recipe, served with toasted muffin and salad

Kids Boxes
To eat in or take away

• Cold: Ham, cheese or tuna sandwich, chocolate bar, crisps, drink and fruit £4.50
• Hot: Burger in a bun or battered chicken strips with chips and a drink £4.50

Kids mains
All mains with a choice of hand-cut chips or mash and mushy peas, beans or market vegetables

• The Kids Pie Shop £4.50 – Freshly made to our own recipes, choose from Steak, Cheese and Onion or Chicken and Leek
• Fish Goujons £3.95 – Mini strips of fresh fish lightly battered and deep fried
• Chicken Fillet Strips £3.95 – Fresh chicken breasts, choose either lightly battered or grilled
• Traditional Roast of the Day £4.95 – With our giant Yorkshire pudding and traditional accompaniments
• Mini Pizza £3.50 – Cheese and tomato margarita pizza. Additional toppings, tuna, ham, peppers, mushrooms 50p each
• Pasta £2.95 – Served with a rich tomato sauce and cheese on top
• Mini Butcher’s Block – Our famous Butcher’s block offer isn’t just for the adults!
• Sausage and Mash £3.95 – Butchers handmade pork sausage served with mash baked beans or peas

Kids desserts

• Luxury Fredericks Ice Cream £2.95 – Choice of two from Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate, Bannoffi, Cookies and Cream.
  Why not choose it in an ice cream cone?
• Homemade Apple Pie £2.95 – With lashings of hot custard
• Chocolate Fudge Cake £2.95 – Served hot or cold with ice-cream
• Jelly and Ice Cream £2.50 – Delicious fruit jelly with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

All our dishes are freshly prepared using locally sourced quality ingredients.

STARTERS

• Homemade Soup of the Day – £3.95
  Made with fresh stock and vegetables served with warm roll and butter
• Homemade Chicken Liver Paté – £4.95
  Chef’s recipe smooth chicken liver pate served with toasted brioche and Cumberland sauce
• Crayfish Cocktail – £4.95
  Wild Crayfish tails on a bed of mixed leaves, topped with Marie-Rose sauce and served with brown bread and butter
• Medallions of Black Pudding – £4.45
  Chargrilled and served on a bed of spring onion mash topped with pink peppercorn sauce
• Garlic Bread – Plain £2.50, With Cheese £2.70, with Cheese and Tomato £2.95

SANDWICHES
All of our sandwiches are made from white or wholemeal bread, served with salad, garnish and kettle crisps

• Prawns in Lemon Mayonnaise – £4.95
• Sweet Chilli Chicken – £4.95
• Honey Roast Ham – £4.45
• Cheese and Spring Onion – £4.25
• Tuna Mayonnaise – £4.25
• Beef and Mustard – £4.95

SOUP AND SANDWICH
SOUP AND SANDWICH COMBO – £5.95

• A choice of ham, cheese, tuna mayonnaise or roast beef, served with a bowl of home-made soup

PANINIS
All of our Panini’s are served hot with salad, garnish and kettle crisps

• Hot Beef and Onion – £5.95
• Sweet Chilli Chicken – £5.95
• Steak and Mushroom – £6.45
• Tuna Melt – £5.50
• Cheese and Spring Onion – £5.50

DISHES TO SHARE

• Mezze Platter – £7.95
  A selection of feta cheese, marinated olives, pitta bread, cured meats with dips and garlic bread
• Oriental Platter – £6.95
  Samosas, bhajis, spring rolls and duck wrap, served with minted yoghurt dip and hoi-sin sauce
• Combo Platter – £6.95
  Onion rings, garlic bread, chicken bites and fish Goujons, served with garlic mayonnaise and sweet chilli dip
• Ploughman’s Platter – £9.95
  Honey roast ham, paté, pickles and a cheese wedge, served with crusty bread

MAIN COURSES

• Home-made Burger – £7.95
  A 6oz burger in a toasted bun, served with hand-cut chips, salad and onion rings.
  (add cheese and bacon for £1.95)
• Cajun Chicken Burger – £7.95
  Fresh chicken breast marinated in Cajun spices, Chargrilled and served in a toasted bun with salad and hand-cut chips.
  (add cheese and bacon for £1.95)
• Beer-battered Fish and Chips – £7.95
  Fresh fish deep fried in our own beer batter, served with hand-cut chips, mushy peas, tartare sauce and lemon wedge
• Grilled Gammon Steak – £7.95
  Gammon Steak, served with egg or pineapple, hand-cut chips and either mushy peas or market vegetables
• Chicken Fricassee – £7.95
  Pieces of Chicken breast, sautéed with onions, mushrooms and a creamy white wine sauce, served with rice
• Cumberland Sausage Ring – £7.95
  Our local Butcher’s traditional sausage, served on a bed of mash with onion, gravy and market vegetables
• Roast of the Day – £8.95
  Traditional Roast, served with fresh market vegetables, new and roast potatoes, a giant Yorkshire pudding and gravy
• The Crown’s Mixed Grill – £14.95
  Gammon, chicken breast, sausage, black pudding, steak, tomato and a fried egg, served with hand-cut chips
  (add peppercorn sauce for £2.95)

PIE SHOP (ALL – £7.95)
All of our pies are home-made using local ingredients and are served with hand-cut chips, mash or new potatoes and market vegetables, mushy peas or beans

• Steak and Ale
• Chicken and Leek
• Lancashire Cheese and Spring Onion

SALADS

• Chicken Caesar – £9.95
  Chargrilled Chicken, served with baby gem lettuce, crispy bacon, croutons and parmesan shavings drizzled with Caesar dressing
• Salmon and Crayfish – £10.95
  Flaked Salmon and Crayfish tails, served on a bed of mixed salad with a piquant sauce and brown bread and butter
• Ploughmans – £9.95
  Honey roast ham, paté, pickles and a cheese wedge, served with crusty bread and mixed salad

SIDES

• Portion of Chips – £2.50
• Garlic Bread – £2.50
• Garlic Bread with Cheese – £2.70
• Onion Rings – £1.95
• Peppercorn Sauce – £2.95
• Mixed Salad – £2.50

DESSERTS

• Bramley Apple Pie – £4.95
  Served hot or cold with custard, cream or ice cream
• Chocolate Fudge Cake – £4.95
  Served hot or cold with cream or ice cream
• Frederick’s of Chorley Luxury Ice-Cream – £4.95
  A trio scoop from Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberries and Cream, Cookies and Cream, Banoffee , Mint Chocolate Chip, Toffee Cruch
• Hot Pudding of the Day – £3.95
• Ask for today’s special sponge pudding.

COFFEES AND TEAS

• Speciality teas, English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Green Tea, Assam, Pure Camomile – £2.50
• Herbal teas, Cranberry, Raspberry & Elderflower or Orange, Mango and Cinnamon – £2.50
• Cafetiere small/large – £2.95 / £4.95
• Espresso – £2.25
• Café Latte / Cappuccino / Hot chocolate – £2.75
• Flavoured latte or cappuccino – Vanilla / Amaretto / Caramel – £2.95
• Liqueur coffees Jameson’s, Tia Maria, Amaretto, Brandy, Dark Rum, Bailey’s or Cointreau – £4.50

• BRANDIES – Courvoisier, Remy Martin, Janneau Armagnac, Godet and Hennessy XO
• MALT WHISKIES – Laphroig, Lagavulin, Highland Park, Balvehnie, Tallisker, Dalwhinie, MacCallan, Glenfiddich, Glenlivet and more
• PORTS – Cockburn’s fine ruby and Taylor’s Late-bottled vintage
• LIQUEURS – Cointreau, Tia Maria, Grand Marnier, Bailey’s, Disaronno, Glayva and Drambuie

Monday
2-4-1 on the Lounge Bar Menu Main Courses
(when two starters or desserts are purchased)

Tuesday
Half Price Steaks from the Butcher’s Block
(when 3 sides are purchased)

Wednesday
Wine & Dine Wednesday, Free bottle of house wine
(when 2 people order 2 main meals from the à la carte menu)

Thursday
A 2 Course Meal for £10 from our à La Carte Menu
(choose starter and main or main and dessert – some supplements apply)

Friday
The Friday Fixed Price Menu
2 Courses £12.95 or 3 Courses £15.95

All Weekend Friday – Sunday
Kid for a Quid, that’s selected meals from the kids menu only £1
(for every adult main course purchased)

Choice of Two From:

• Meat & Potato Pie
• Chilli & Rice
• Lancashire Hot-Pot
• Chicken Tikka
• Beef Casserole
• Sausage Casserole
• Chicken, Bacon & Mushroom Fricassee

Situated only 15 minutes away from the home of Wigan Athletic and Wigan Rugby League we offer the perfect combination of great accommodation, superb food and of course our renowned selection of Real Ales.  All at amazing rates and excellent service.

If you would like to book your room for a Premier League or Super League over night stay please contact us today.

We are situated only 5 minutes away from the M6 Junction 27 and only 10 minutes from the M61 Junction 6.

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This time of year we look forward to the special winter brews that appear, from pale icy refreshing pale session beers to dark, complex, strong spiced winter warmers, all of which are featured in our Winter Ale Festival January 13^th to15th.

Pale low gravity beers have a short shelf life and need to be served young and fresh, a bit like a New Zealand Sauvignon blanc. STRONG DARK BEERS HOWEVER CAN BE KEPT TO MATURE, GATHERING FLAVOUR AND STRENGTH , A BIT LIKE A GOOD RED WINE. So I have been collecting strong ales over the last year and letting them mature in the dark recesses of the cellar ready for January. The two ‘stars’ of the show are the last cask of Liverpool Organic Breweries Imperial Russian Stout 7.9% brewed with lots of mad ingredients like organic liquorice sticks, and Durham Breweries Nuptuals Old Ale 10% brewed to a tradition old English Recipe especially for the Royal wedding. Only 4 casks were produced and I got one!!. The head brewer said it would be ready in June but better still if I left it, so I did!! Don’t miss this one they are coming down from Durham to try it.

Our brewer of the month in December is Phoenix Brewery in Heywood. A great stalwart of the micro brewery scene and brewers of the famous Wobbly Bob, very popular pale ale Arizona and lots more. Every beer they brew is spot on and all Phoenix beers will be £2.59 a pint regardless of ABV.

See you soon and wherever you be drinking good ale, let me know your ale tales.

Red Willow have a range of beers all brewed from their plant in Macclesfield, their website is crammed full of daily blog posts about what they are doing and how things are going, what equipment they use and what ingredients and ideas they are having.  You name it – if you want to know what is going through a brewers mind take a look

Some of the beers featured at the Crown are -

Fathomless – Stout. 5.2%  – A rich complex Oyster Stout, inky black with a hint of the sea

Directionless – Pale. 4.2% – An easy going toffee coloured Pale Ale with a firm, biscuity body and a refreshing citrus hop bite.

Visit the Red Willow site and have a read.

With a dedication to excellence in brewing,  using only the finest ingredients they use an expert  blend  of hops and malt along with carefully selective use of the finest yeasts for the particular beer style

Although they have only two beers at the moment they have already won awards including the Edgeworth Real Ale Festival 2011 – Beer of the Festival for the beer Hop.

HoP is a 3.8% English Pale Ale made using the finest Pale Malt and generously hopped to give this beer a refreshing citrus like flavour.

For more info visit the website

The brewery is located in a cobbled courtyard to the rear of the Hop Vine pub and is housed in the old stables that played an important role in the former life of the pub when it was a busy Coaching House on the old Turnpike Road, which is now the A59. This derelict buildings brought back to life and refurbished to accommodate a modern micro-brewery.

Their 4bbl brewing plant started life back in October 2006 at Black Mountain Brewery, Llangadog, South Wales and was used until spring 2009 when, after the brewery closed, it was sold to Oban Ales, Kilmelford, Scotland. Oban Ales commenced brewing in February 2010 but due to a number of difficulties decided to cease brewing and sell the plant in September 2010 and hey presto the well travelled plant became the backbone of the new Burscough Brewery.

The brewery produce a number of beers including – Priory Gold  3.8% ABV.  A pale session beer with a distinct bitterness and hoppy citrus notes.
This name was suggested by Lynda Traynor a member of our Quaffer’s club and is named after Burscough Priory. The Augustinian priory of Burscough was founded about 1190 by Robert son of Henry, Lord of Lathom and Knowsley.

For more info visit the website