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Local news/08 Sep 2026

Four pubs across Westhoughton, Horwich and Over Hulton are now listed on HowfenConnect. Each listing includes opening hours, Google reviews, contact details and links to the pub's own pages. Between them they cover a community sports pub, an award-winning micropub, a family-run pub known for its food and a Grade II listed town-centre pub.
A community-focused pub at 2 Chorley New Road, Horwich, established in 2000. Live sport, entertainment, regular events and a DJ at weekends, with a reputation for supporting local causes in Horwich. Open from midday every day, until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
Westhoughton's original micropub, at 88 Market Street, and a multiple award winner. Cask ale, keg beers, cider, wine, gin and spirits, with a weekly quiz night and live music. Dog friendly. Established ten years and with more than 470 Google reviews. Open Wednesday to Sunday, from 2.50pm midweek and 11.50am at weekends.
A pub and restaurant in Over Hulton that has been trading for 40 years, with more than 560 Google reviews, most of them about the food. Homemade meals, a full range of drinks, live sport and regular live music. The pub sponsors local sports teams including Tempest United and the Ladybirds girls' football team. Open from midday Monday to Friday and from 10am at weekends.
A Grade II listed building at 2 Market Street, dating back more than 200 years and originally Westhoughton's post office. Many of the original features remain. It is a Joseph Holt pub serving the brewery's award-winning ales and lagers, with live sport, a beer garden, darts, and karaoke and DJs at weekends. Dog friendly. Open from 11am every day, until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays.
There are plenty more pubs across the eleven areas HowfenConnect covers that are not yet on the directory. Landlords and managers can add their pub at howfenconnect.co.uk/advertise, and regulars are welcome to send us the name of a pub that should be listed.
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