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We serve delicious, home-cooked food freshly prepared every day. Our new Spring menu is packed with pub food favourites, perfect for this season. Look out for our daily offers and specials, and bring the family on a Sunday for a traditional roast dinner with all the trimmings.

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Book A Table

On the day online booking deadlines: 11.00 for lunch and 16.30 for dinner. After these times, please phone us on 0161 241 8570 and we’ll do our very best to fit you in.

Home baked ham & eggs
  • 5.50
Bucket of breaded chicken pieces with ketchup
  • 5.50
Cheesy pizza baguette
  • 5.50
Grilled beef burger with Cheddar melt
  • 5.50
Battered fish goujons
  • 5.50
Grilled pork sausages
  • 5.50
All served with skinny fries or mashed potatoes & baked beans or garden peas. Upgrade to sweet potato fries for 1.00
Cheese salad with crunchy apple, celery sticks & mixed leaves
  • 3.95
All children’s main meals come with two scoops of complimentary ice cream for dessert

Choose from vanilla, chocolate or strawberry

BREAKFAST
Sausage and bacon butties with HP sauce or ketchup (Vegetarian sausage available)
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SOUP & SANDWICHES
Today's freshly prepared homemade soup with thick cut chips & a selection of sandwiches served with tea & coffee
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HOT & COLD BUFFET

Choose 2 from the following options. Served with Thick cut chips, coleslaw & dressed salad leaves

Homemade beef lasagne
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JW Lees beer battered fish, chips & mushy peas
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Vegetarian lasagne (v)
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Butchers board:

Selection of cold roast meat & pâté with pickles

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Lancashire hotpot & pickles
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Chicken curry, rice & condiments
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Meat & potato pie with red cabbage
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Cheese & onion pie (v)
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Sausage, mash & onion gravy
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Chilli con carne with rice
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LIGHT LUNCH
Selection of sandwiches with dressed salad leaves: (roast beef, home baked ham, egg mayonnaise (v), crumbly Lancashire cheese & chutney (v), tuna & sweetcorn mayonnaise)
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Sausage rolls & HP sauce
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Mini potato skins filled with bacon and Cheddar rarebit
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Sundried tomato quiche (v)
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Sage roasted chicken drumsticks with stuffing
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PICK & MIX

Seasonal salads, coleslaw, garlic bread & thick cut chips with a pick & mix of 4 or 5 of the following nibbles:

Sausage rolls & HP sauce
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Chicken tandoori bites with mint yoghurt
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JW Lees ale battered fish goujons
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Mini potato skins filled with bacon and Cheddar rarebit
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Quiche Lorraine
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Selection of samosas
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Crispy crumb garlic mushrooms & aioli (v)
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Baked goat’s cheese crumpets (v)
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Sun blush tomato & basil quiche (v)
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Beetroot falafel & chilli jam (v)
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Hot & spicy breaded prawns & Marie Rose dip
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Pork pie & piccalilli
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LUNCH BUFFET
Selection of sandwiches: (smoked salmon & cucumber, prawns & Marie Rose sauce, roast chicken, roast beef, home baked ham, crumbly Lancashire cheese & chutney (v), egg mayonnaise & watercress (v), tuna & sweetcorn mayonnaise)
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Chipolatas in honey & mustard glaze
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Brie & sun blush tomato quiche (v)
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Sage roasted chicken drumsticks with stuffing
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JW Lees beer battered fish goujons & tartar sauce
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AFTERNOON TEA
Simple sandwiches: (roast beef, home baked ham, egg mayonnaise & watercress (v), crumbly Lancashire cheese & chutney (v), tuna & sweetcorn mayonnaise)
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Baked scones with preserves & clotted cream
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PUDDINGS

Choose 2 from the following:

Fresh fruit platter
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Chocolate fudge cake
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Sticky toffee pudding & toffee sauce
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Vanilla cheesecake
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Hot apple pie & custard
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Seasonal fruit crumble & custard
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EVENTS & PARTY PRICES
BREAKFAST: £4.25 per guest
HOT & COLD BUFFET: £12.50 per guest
LIGHT LUNCH: £9.00 per guest
PICK & MIX: 4 or 5 nibbles £7.50 / £9.50 per guest
LUNCH BUFFET: £12.50
AFTERNOON TEA: £10.00 per guest
PUDDINGS: £5.00 per guest

Add tea & freshly ground coffee to any buffet for only £1.50 per guest

STARTERS & SNACKS
Olives & houmous

with warm organic breads, balsamic, olive oil & butter (V)

  • 4.95
Freshly prepared homemade soup

with warm bread & butter (V/GFA)

  • 4.95
A jar of chicken liver pâté

with tomato chutney & toast

  • 5.75
Classic prawn cocktail

with Marie Rose sauce, brown bread & butter and a lemon wedge (GFA)

  • 5.95
Freshly baked sausage roll

with HP sauce

  • 3.95
Salt & pepper squid

with chilli dipping sauce & grilled lime

  • 5.95
Griddled harissa chicken skewers

with sour cream & chive dip

  • 5.45
Our famous messy chips

with BBQ pulled beef brisket & topped with three cheese melt (GFA)

  • 3.75/5.95
Creamy button mushroom & Stilton bake

with herb crumb (V/GFA)

  • 4.95
SHARERS
Box baked Camembert

with apple, celery, walnuts & rosemary bread (V/GFA)

  • 10.95
John Willie's Picnic Board

Selection of cured meats with olives, houmous, sausage roll, rosemary flat bread & butter

  • 11.95
Drayman's Board

Griddled harissa chicken skewers, salt & pepper squid & messy chips with sour cream & chive dip and chilli relish

  • 9.95
PUB CLASSICS
John Willie’s beer-battered fish & chips

with mushy peas & tartar sauce (GFA)

  • 9.25/11.95
Northern upgrade

Add curry sauce, bread & butter

  • 1.00
Deep fried halloumi

in crispy batter with thick cut chips, mushy peas & tartar sauce (V/GFA)

  • 11.25
Slow roast pork belly

with crispy crackling, creamy mashed potato, buttered seasonal greens, apple compote & cider gravy

  • 14.45
Scampi in a basket

Wholetail scampi with thick cut chips, garden peas, lemon wedge & tartar sauce

  • 11.75
Sizzling Chicken Tikka Masala

with rice or chips, or half & half, served with naan bread & mango chutney (GFA)

  • 11.75
Chicken in a basket

Red Tractor farm-assured half roast chicken with skinny fries, homemade coleslaw & BBQ sauce (GFA)

  • 11.75
Baked smoked haddock fillet

with spinach, creamy mashed potato, soft poached egg & cheese sauce (GFA)

  • 11.45
Aromatic Thai vegetable curry

with a creamy coconut sauce, served with rice & chilli jam (VG)

  • 10.45
Grilled minted lamb rump

with sautéed potatoes, buttered seasonal greens & rosemary gravy

  • 13.95
Grilled 8oz Sirloin steak

served with thick cut chips or buttered jacket potato, grilled mushroom & tomato (GFA)

  • 15.95
10oz gammon steak

served with a fried egg or pineapple, thick cut chips or buttered jacket potato, grilled mushroom & tomato (GFA)

  • 12.95
A bit on the side

Surf your turf... Peeled prawns in garlic
& herb butter (GFA) 3.95
Homemade JW Lees beer battered onion rings 2.75
Creamy peppercorn sauce 1.50
Upgrade your fries to sweet potato fries (GFA) 1.00

PASTA & SALADS
Seasonal garden salad

New potatoes, garden peas, avocado, radish, cherry tomatoes, soft boiled egg & mixed green leaves. With your choice of house salad dressing: Olive oil & balsamic, Caesar dressing, honey & mustard or blue cheese dressing (V/GFA)
Add one of the following:

  • 8.25