Indie Beer Horwich

Number of pubs: 6

Walking Distance:  approx 1 mile

Suggested Start Point:  Bank Top Brewery Ale House BL6 6AD.  Bus stop outside the door.  125 between Bolton, Chorley and Preston

Note – The Brewery Bar is closed on Monday and Tuesday. Sparrows Bar is closed Monday-Wednesday.  The Brewery Bar is accessed only by stairs.

Bank Top Brewery Ale House, an immaculate award-winning tap for Bolton’s longest established brewery and Branch Pub of the Year 2024.  

B33R@33, Branch Pub of the Year 2025, a friendly micro with fabulous indie cask and keg beers.

Sparrows Rum Bar, two beers in this homely microbar which also has an unmatched range of rums!

JR’s Ale House is a popular microbar dispensing ales mostly from local brewers alongside convivial chat

The Crown, this landmark pub has beers from local micros alongside a selection from Manchester’s Joseph Holt’s brewery.

The Brewery Bar is the final stop, the home of Blackedge Brewery.  If you’re lucky you can watch the brewers in action through the viewing window before tasting the fruits of their labour in the upstairs bar.