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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA1,realale,Cheshire,England,UK,the,bright,sunny,pub,ales,town,centre,gem,demolished,Higher Angel,brick,building,outside,door,front,traditional,boozer,boozers,bench,benches,bunting,Victorian,history,historic,heritage,community,tradition,brewing,brewer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RX184N - The Lower Angel “ A Gem of a Warrington Pub
Step into The Lower Angel, and immediately you know you're in a ˜real' pub. This charming and unspoilt building on Buttermarket Street is as traditional as it gets. The curious name stems from the now-demolished Higher Angel that stood next door.
It's an often-heard complaint that real pubs are no longer. In a world where the big chains dominate, it's a joy to find a gem like this. It's got it all: a friendly bunch of regulars, excellent bar staff, and a fine selection of beers.
For a real ale drinker like myself, this is the ideal place to enjoy a few pints on a Friday afternoon. The layout is a welcome and familiar vault and lounge set-up, which hasn't changed in decades. A bar in the middle “ complete with bar stools, a rarity in the major chains “ is exactly as I imagine it would have been when built.
Comfortable and Welcoming
The clientele is regular, local people enjoying a chat and a pint, yet the atmosphere is friendly, and I feel welcome. This isn't always the case in pubs of this type, but The Lower Angel is somewhere I could happily return to regularly.
I took a seat at the bar and was immediately acknowledged by the man on the next stool and the attentive barman. Liverpool Brewing Company supplies most of the real ales on offer here, so I tried the ˜Cascade,' which proved to be a good choice. A pale ale of 3.8%, it's a perfect afternoon session ale.
Dogs are welcome in the bar, and there were a couple lying asleep under one of the tables, and there is a sheltered beer garden. Pleasing for me was the low level of background music. Too often, it's at a higher volume, and it's difficult to initiate a conversation.
The friendly local on my left broke the ice with the usual ˜not seen you in here before' comment. We chatted for a while, as you do in a genuine pub setting, and he told me about the history of the memorabilia that is part of the décor. You don't get that in your bigger, city centre chain pubs.
27 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7JH3T - The Pittville Pump Room was the last and largest of the spa buildings to be built in Cheltenham.
The benefits of Cheltenham's mineral waters had been recognised since 1716, but not until after the arrival of Henry Skillicorne in 1738 did serious exploitation of their potential as an attraction begin. After the visit to Cheltenham in 1788 of King George III, the town became increasingly fashionable, and wells were opened up at several points round the town. Pittville, the vision of Joseph Pitt, was a planned 'new town' development of the 1820s, in which the centre-piece was (and remains) a pump-room where the waters of one of the more northerly wells could be taken.
The Pump
The Pump Room was built by the architect John Forbes between 1825 and 1830. It is a Grade I listed building standing at the northern end of Pittville Lawn with landscaped grounds running down to a lake. The building contains the original Pump, made of marble and scagliola, to which the waters are today fed by electric pumping.
The building has a colonnade of Ionic columns
the interior houses a ballroom on its ground floor. Further Ionic columns support a gallery under a dome from which music might be played
on upper floors there were a billiard room, library and reading room. Above the colonnade are three statues, by Lucius Gahagen, erected in 1827, of the goddess Hygieia, Aesculapius and Hippocrates.
The Pump Room and its grounds were managed during the 19th century by a succession of lessees, who offered the typical fare of pleasure gardens including menageries, exhibitions and balloon ascents. However the concession did not prove lucrative. Eventually Pitt himself went bankrupt and in 1890 the Room and the grounds passed into the ownership of the town council.
They are now part of The Cheltenham Trust, a charity which also manages the Cheltenham Town Hall, the Wilson Art Gallery & Museum, the Prince of Wales Stadium and Leisure @ - plus the town's Tourist Information Centre
East Approach Drive, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England,UK, GL52 3JE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7JH47 - The Pittville Pump Room was the last and largest of the spa buildings to be built in Cheltenham.
The benefits of Cheltenham's mineral waters had been recognised since 1716, but not until after the arrival of Henry Skillicorne in 1738 did serious exploitation of their potential as an attraction begin. After the visit to Cheltenham in 1788 of King George III, the town became increasingly fashionable, and wells were opened up at several points round the town. Pittville, the vision of Joseph Pitt, was a planned 'new town' development of the 1820s, in which the centre-piece was (and remains) a pump-room where the waters of one of the more northerly wells could be taken.
The Pump
The Pump Room was built by the architect John Forbes between 1825 and 1830. It is a Grade I listed building standing at the northern end of Pittville Lawn with landscaped grounds running down to a lake. The building contains the original Pump, made of marble and scagliola, to which the waters are today fed by electric pumping.
The building has a colonnade of Ionic columns
the interior houses a ballroom on its ground floor. Further Ionic columns support a gallery under a dome from which music might be played
on upper floors there were a billiard room, library and reading room. Above the colonnade are three statues, by Lucius Gahagen, erected in 1827, of the goddess Hygieia, Aesculapius and Hippocrates.
The Pump Room and its grounds were managed during the 19th century by a succession of lessees, who offered the typical fare of pleasure gardens including menageries, exhibitions and balloon ascents. However the concession did not prove lucrative. Eventually Pitt himself went bankrupt and in 1890 the Room and the grounds passed into the ownership of the town council.
They are now part of The Cheltenham Trust, a charity which also manages the Cheltenham Town Hall, the Wilson Art Gallery & Museum, the Prince of Wales Stadium and Leisure @ - plus the town's Tourist Information Centre
East Approach Drive, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England,UK, GL52 3JE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDXH6 - Robin Hood's Bay is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It is 6 miles (10 km) south of Whitby and 15 miles (24 km) north of Scarborough on the Yorkshire Coast.
It is an ancient chapelry of Fylingdales in the wapentake of Whitby Strand. It is on the Cleveland Way national trail and also the end point of Wainwright's Coast to Coast route.
The origin of the name is uncertain, and it is doubtful that Robin Hood was ever in the vicinity of the village. It is attested to in the early sixteenth century as Robyn Hoodis Baye in 1544. The English ballad The Noble Fisherman tells a story of Robin Hood visiting Scarborough, taking a job as a fisherman, defeating French pirates with his archery skills, and using half the looted treasure to build a home for the poor. However, the ballad is only attested to in the 17th century at the earliest. It is considered more likely to be a work original to the 17th century rather than an older medieval popular legend passed down, and very unlikely to be based on any historical incident. However, it is possible the author knew of Robin Hood's Bay, and sought to tie the story they wrote to the Scarborough area to explain and justify the name
The village, which consists of a maze of tiny streets, has a tradition of smuggling, and there is reputed to be a network of subterranean passageways linking the houses. During the late 18th century smuggling was rife on the Yorkshire coast. Vessels from the continent brought contraband which was distributed by contacts on land and the operations were financed by syndicates who made profits without the risks taken by the seamen and the villagers. Tea, gin, rum, brandy and tobacco were among the contraband smuggled into Yorkshire from the Netherlands and France to avoid the duty.
In 1773 two excise cutters, the Mermaid and the Eagle, were outgunned and chased out of the bay by three smuggling vessels, a schooner and two shallops.
Robin Hood's Bay Rd, Robin Hood's Bay, Whitby, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4SE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBN2J - Peveril of the Peak, one of Manchester's best-known historic pubs, photographed with its distinctive green and yellow glazed-tile frontage, decorative doorway, hanging baskets and traditional upper-storey windows. Standing on Great Bridgewater Street in the city centre, the pub is a well-loved local institution and a strong visual example of surviving Victorian pub architecture in north west England. The name is widely said to derive either from the old stagecoach route from Luton over the Peak District or from Sir Walter Scott's 1823 novel Peveril of the Peak, his longest novel.
The image has clear editorial relevance in the context of Andy Burnham's July 2026 announcement of a 20 percent cut in business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues. For traditional and historic pubs such as this, any reduction in fixed property-based overheads can help ease financial pressure, improve short-term cash flow and free up money for wages, energy bills, repairs, routine maintenance and investment in the building itself. In heritage pubs, that may also support the upkeep of period tiling, woodwork, glazing and other original features that are costly to preserve.
In north west England, where many town and city pubs remain important social, cultural and community assets, such relief could help reduce the risk of closure for some venues operating on tight margins. It may be especially valuable where pubs also depend on evening trade, tourism, music, events and passing city-centre footfall. However, rates relief alone will not solve every problem facing the sector. Rising staffing costs, utilities, insurance, supply costs, changing drinking habits and wider economic pressures still threaten the viability of many traditional pubs.
Photograph therefore works well as an editorial illustration for stories about hospitality support, business-rates reform, pub closures, heritage preservation, nightlife, community venues and the wider struggle to sustain Britain's historic pubs.
127 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 5JQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBN3G - A Manchester pub and institution, named after either the stagecoach from Luton, that went over the Peak District, or after the Novel.
Peveril of the Peak (1823) is the longest novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with Ivanhoe, Woodstock and Kenilworth, this is one of Scott's English novels, with the main action taking place around 1678.
127 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 5JQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBN4A - A Manchester pub and institution, named after either the stagecoach from Luton, that went over the Peak District, or after the Novel.
Peveril of the Peak (1823) is the longest novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with Ivanhoe, Woodstock and Kenilworth, this is one of Scott's English novels, with the main action taking place around 1678.
127 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 5JQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8DB - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
Pollard and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England series, state that it is the most richly decorated of Liverpool's Victorian public houses, and that it is of exceptional quality in national terms. The Grade II* listing means that it is included among particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Pye describes it as one of Liverpool's architectural gems
Hope st, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L7 7EE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8DK - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
Pollard and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England series, state that it is the most richly decorated of Liverpool's Victorian public houses, and that it is of exceptional quality in national terms. The Grade II* listing means that it is included among particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Pye describes it as one of Liverpool's architectural gems
Hope st, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L7 7EE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8DR - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
Pollard and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England series, state that it is the most richly decorated of Liverpool's Victorian public houses, and that it is of exceptional quality in national terms. The Grade II* listing means that it is included among particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Pye describes it as one of Liverpool's architectural gems
Hope st, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L7 7EE
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Keywords: GB,great,britain,hope,st,street,tourist,trail,tourism,famous,pubs,bars,pub,bar,artdeco,art,deco,victorian,Cain,Cains,Tetley,GB,Great,Britain,British,CAMRA,real,ale,The,Phil,grade,2,gradeii,listed,building,exuberant,free,style,of,architecture,in,Gold,Liverpool,maritime,England,UK,blue,heritage,plaque,gotonysmith,Art,Nouveau,hardman,st,street,most,richly,decorated,of,Liverpools,Victorian,public,houses,Gem,gems,Pollard,and,Pevsner,in the Buildings of England series,state,that,it,is,the,most,richly,decorated,of,Liverpools,Victorian,public,houses,and that,.,The,Grade,II*,listing,means,that,it,is,included,among,. Pye describes it as one of Liverpools architectural gems,heritage,Liverpools,scouse,Merseyside,L7 7EE,L77EE,bar,bars,boozer,bar,bars,boozer,pub,pubs,bars,bar,hotpixuk,@hotpixuk,@hotpixuk,Phillharmonic,Philharmonic pub liverpool pub,Liverpool Pubs,pubs,bars,bar,history,historic,it is of exceptional quality in national terms,particularly important buildings of more than special interest,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Liverpool Pub,Liverpool Pubs,Liverpool Pub,Liverpool Pubs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8E0 - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
Pollard and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England series, state that it is the most richly decorated of Liverpool's Victorian public houses, and that it is of exceptional quality in national terms. The Grade II* listing means that it is included among particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Pye describes it as one of Liverpool's architectural gems
Hope st, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK L7 7EE
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Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Keywords: NW,North,West,classic,history,historic,Cheshire,West,and,CWAC,east,tourist,tourism,council,local,authority,gem,gems,shot,nightshot,Eastgate,Clock,which,is,said,to,be,the,most,photographed,clock,in,England,after,Big,Ben,Chester,City,Night,at,Dusk,England,UK,Deva,Roman,gate,Gotonysmith Chester is a city in Cheshire,England. Lying on the River Dee,close to the border with Wales,it is home to 120,622 inhabitants,and,is,the,largest,and,most,populous,settlement,of,the,wider,unitary,authority,area,of,Cheshire,West,and,Chester,which had a population of 328,100,according,to,the,2001,Census.,Chester,was,granted,city,status,in,1541.,Chester,was,founded,as,a,or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix in,Eastgate,Northgate,Watergate and Bridge,follow routes laid out at this time ""“ almost 2,000,years,ago.,One,of,the,three,main,Roman,army,bases,Deva,later,became,a,major,settlement,in,the,Roman,province,of,Britannia.,After,the,Romans,left,in,the,5th,century,the Saxons fortified the town,castrum,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYF19 - Eastgate and Eastgate Clock in Chester, Cheshire, England, stand on the site of the original entrance to the Roman fortress of Deva Victrix. It is a prominent landmark in the city of Chester and is said to be the most photographed clock in England after Big Ben.
The original gate was guarded by a timber tower which was replaced by a stone tower in the 2nd century, and this in turn was replaced probably in the 14th century. The present gateway dates from 1768 and is a three-arched sandstone structure which carries the walkway forming part of Chester city walls. In 1899 a clock was added to the top of the gateway to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria two years earlier. It is carried on openwork iron pylons, has a clock face on all four sides, and a copper ogee cupola. The clock was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas. The whole structure, gateway and clock, was listed by English Heritage on 28 July 1955 as a Grade I listed building
City of Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: NW,North,West,classic,history,historic,Cheshire,West,and,CWAC,east,tourist,tourism,council,local,authority,gem,gems,shot,nightshot,Eastgate,Clock,which,is,said,to,be,the,most,photographed,clock,in,England,after,Big,Ben,Chester,City,Night,at,Dusk,England,UK,Deva,Roman,victorian,victoria,Gotonysmith Chester is a city in Cheshire,England. Lying on the River Dee,close to the border with Wales,it is home to 120,622 inhabitants,and,is,the,largest,and,most,populous,settlement,of,the,wider,unitary,authority,area,of,Cheshire,West,and,Chester,which had a population of 328,100,according,to,the,2001,Census.,Chester,was,granted,city,status,in,1541.,Chester,was,founded,as,a,or,Roman,fort,with,the,name,Deva,Victrix,in,the,year,79,by,the,Roman,Legio,II,Adiutrix,during,the,reign,of,the,Emperor,Vespasian.,Chesters,four,main,roads,Eastgate,Northgate,Watergate and Bridge,follow routes laid out at this time ""“ almost 2,000,years,ago.,One,of,the,three,main,Roman,army,bases,Deva,later,became,a,major,settlement,in,the,Roman,province,of,Britannia.,castrum,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYG15 - Eastgate and Eastgate Clock in Chester, Cheshire, England, stand on the site of the original entrance to the Roman fortress of Deva Victrix. It is a prominent landmark in the city of Chester and is said to be the most photographed clock in England after Big Ben.
The original gate was guarded by a timber tower which was replaced by a stone tower in the 2nd century, and this in turn was replaced probably in the 14th century. The present gateway dates from 1768 and is a three-arched sandstone structure which carries the walkway forming part of Chester city walls. In 1899 a clock was added to the top of the gateway to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria two years earlier. It is carried on openwork iron pylons, has a clock face on all four sides, and a copper ogee cupola. The clock was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas. The whole structure, gateway and clock, was listed by English Heritage on 28 July 1955 as a Grade I listed building
City of Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0ME4 - Red Rusty Vintage SM & BP (Shell Mex and British Petroleum) farm petrol container
Northwich, Cheshire
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Keywords: NW,North,West,classic,history,historic,Cheshire,West,and,CWAC,east,tourist,tourism,council,local,authority,gem,gems,shot,nightshot,Eastgate,Clock,which,is,said,to,be,the,most,photographed,clock,in,England,after,Big,Ben,Chester,City,Night,at,Dusk,England,UK,Deva,Roman,east,Gate,Buy Pictures of,Gotonysmith Chester is a city in Cheshire,England. Lying on the River Dee,close to the border with Wales,it is home to 120,622 inhabitants,and,is,the,largest,and,most,populous,settlement,of,the,wider,unitary,authority,area,of,Cheshire,West,and,Chester,which had a population of 328,100,according,to,the,2001,Census.,Chester,was,granted,city,status,in,1541.,Chester,was,founded,as,a,or,Roman,fort,with,the,name,Deva,Victrix,in,the,year,79,by,the,Roman,Legio,II,Adiutrix,during,the,reign,of,the,Emperor,Vespasian.,Chesters,four,main,roads,Eastgate,Northgate,Watergate and Bridge,follow routes laid out at this time ""“ almost 2,000,years,ago.,One,of,the,three,main,Roman,army,bases,Deva,later,became,a,major,settlement,in,the,Roman,province,of,Britannia.,After,the,Romans,left,in,the,5th,century,the Saxons fortified the town,castrum
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYF8B - Eastgate and Eastgate Clock in Chester, Cheshire, England, stand on the site of the original entrance to the Roman fortress of Deva Victrix. It is a prominent landmark in the city of Chester and is said to be the most photographed clock in England after Big Ben.
The original gate was guarded by a timber tower which was replaced by a stone tower in the 2nd century, and this in turn was replaced probably in the 14th century. The present gateway dates from 1768 and is a three-arched sandstone structure which carries the walkway forming part of Chester city walls. In 1899 a clock was added to the top of the gateway to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria two years earlier. It is carried on openwork iron pylons, has a clock face on all four sides, and a copper ogee cupola. The clock was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas. The whole structure, gateway and clock, was listed by English Heritage on 28 July 1955 as a Grade I listed building
City of Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7JH3Y - The Pittville Pump Room was the last and largest of the spa buildings to be built in Cheltenham.
The benefits of Cheltenham's mineral waters had been recognised since 1716, but not until after the arrival of Henry Skillicorne in 1738 did serious exploitation of their potential as an attraction begin. After the visit to Cheltenham in 1788 of King George III, the town became increasingly fashionable, and wells were opened up at several points round the town. Pittville, the vision of Joseph Pitt, was a planned 'new town' development of the 1820s, in which the centre-piece was (and remains) a pump-room where the waters of one of the more northerly wells could be taken.
The Pump
The Pump Room was built by the architect John Forbes between 1825 and 1830. It is a Grade I listed building standing at the northern end of Pittville Lawn with landscaped grounds running down to a lake. The building contains the original Pump, made of marble and scagliola, to which the waters are today fed by electric pumping.
The building has a colonnade of Ionic columns
the interior houses a ballroom on its ground floor. Further Ionic columns support a gallery under a dome from which music might be played
on upper floors there were a billiard room, library and reading room. Above the colonnade are three statues, by Lucius Gahagen, erected in 1827, of the goddess Hygieia, Aesculapius and Hippocrates.
The Pump Room and its grounds were managed during the 19th century by a succession of lessees, who offered the typical fare of pleasure gardens including menageries, exhibitions and balloon ascents. However the concession did not prove lucrative. Eventually Pitt himself went bankrupt and in 1890 the Room and the grounds passed into the ownership of the town council.
They are now part of The Cheltenham Trust, a charity which also manages the Cheltenham Town Hall, the Wilson Art Gallery & Museum, the Prince of Wales Stadium and Leisure @ - plus the town's Tourist Information Centre
East Approach Drive, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England,UK, GL52 3JE
