Swan and Royal Hotel

 * Edit Jan 2011 - The Swan has re-opened again after a long period in which it was closed due to serious fire damage.

Situated bang in the middle of Clitheroe, the Swan & Royal is difficult to miss, and a typical old coaching inn. Rooms are available and the yard behind now full of small shops must have been stables in the past. It's famous for having both Winston Churchill and Ghandi stay there, which is really quite extraordinary when you know the size of the town.

It's a large building, with many of the original features. Large rooms too, with quieter ones near the front windows, a slightly more raucus one (at times) at the back near the bar. Beer is mainly by the Cumbrian brewery Jennings, and my usual 'Cumberland Ale' is found both on smoothflow or cask.

Food is decent enough - nothing particularly special, and service tends to be friendly. The Friday night disco is a bit dire, and my advice is to avoid it if you can hear music leaking out the doors!