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The Road to Wigan Beer
Ghostly tales, famous royal visitors and
sporting glory are all intertwined into Wigan Borough’s public house
heritage. This October food and drink lovers will have the chance to
enjoy a taste of history on the ‘The Road to Wigan Beer’.
The first ever Wigan Food and Drink Festival is organised by Wigan
Leisure and Culture Trust as part of the Manchester Food and Drink
Festival. In association with Wigan CAMRA the festival is celebrating
the rich character and real ales that are synonymous with the borough’s
pubs.
Visitors to the festival’s twenty featured pubs will have the chance to
enjoy special events, sample a selection of real ales, and will have a
unique opportunity to vote for the borough’s own champion brew.
Tourism Development Manager for the Trust Keith Bergman, said: “Every
pub we have chosen has its own story to tell and its own special
atmosphere. With the help of CAMRA we have selected an excellent list of
pubs where visitors can sample fine real ales and a warm Wigan welcome.
Each pub has also selected a special ale for the festival. The Road to
Wigan Beer perfectly combines the traditions of northern hospitality
with great beer.”
Highlights of The Road to Wigan Beer include:
• The Anvil, Wigan – Premiership Pub of the Year 2006/07 and the brewery
tap for Allgates Micro Brewery.
• Boar’s Head, Standish – The second oldest pub in England has been
serving brews since 1271.
• The Pendle Witch, Atherton – named after a folk story about the death
of six local women put to death for witchcraft and ‘turning the ale
sour’.
• The Royal Oak, Wigan – a 17th Century listed building and the brewery
tap for the Mayflower Brewery.
• The Thomas Burke, Leigh – formerly the home of the Hippodrome Theatre
and named after famous local opera singer Thomas Burke.
The other featured pubs are: The Bowling Green - Wigan; The Bulls Head -
Goose Green; The Colliers - Wigan; The Cross Keys – Stubshaw Cross; The
Crown at Worthington – Standish; The Delph – Tontine; The Edington –
Hindley; The Oak Tree Root – Howe Bridge; The Old Dog – Upholland; The
Robin Hood – Orrell; The Ross Arms – Astley; The Sir Thomas Gerrard –
Ashton; The Tudor House – Wigan; The Victoria – Haigh; and The White
Crow – Standish.
In addition, The Crown at Worthington will host a mini ‘Tour of Britain’
Beer Festival from Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th October and on Tuesday
9th, Allgates Brewery are offering a one-off chance to tour the brewery
and sample their fine beers for just £10 per person.
Wigan Borough’s Food and Drink Festival, sponsored by TESCO, runs from
Friday 5th to Monday 15th October at venues across Wigan Borough.
Voting forms for the festival’s champion brew are included in the 2007
festival programme available from Wigan Tourist Information Centre,
Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust outlets and the partner restaurants. For
more information, contact Wigan Tourist Information Centre 01942 825677,
or visit
www.visitwigan.com/foodfest or
www.foodanddrinkfestival.com
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NOTES TO EDITORS: For further information on this press release please
contact Chris Dunbar, Media and Public Relations Manager, on 01942
486937 or at
c.dunbar@wlct.org
Alternatively contact Phil Green, Public Relations Officer, Wigan
Council on 01942 837369 or Keith Bergman, Tourism Development Manager on
01942 486951.
Sponsors and supporters: The Wigan Food and Drink Festival (part of the
Manchester Food and Drink Festival) is organised by Wigan Leisure and
Culture Trust. The Trust would like to thank the following sponsors for
their support: TESCO, Wigan Council, Allgates Brewery, Wigan CAMRA,
Wigan Market and Fiswal.
Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust: Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust is a
charitable trust working on behalf of Wigan Council to manage and
support leisure and cultural facilities, initiatives and events for over
300,000 residents in the Wigan Borough. See
www.wlct.org
Getting Wigan Active: Getting Wigan Active is Wigan Leisure and Culture
Trust’s vision to help people across the Wigan Borough to become more
physically, mentally and creatively active. It also aims to increase
community activity and to encourage good citizenship.
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