HistoryPOP QUIZ
(Posted on May 5, 2008)
The regular Monday night quiz will be replaced by The BIG BANK HOLIDAY POP QUIZ for one night only at the West Riding on the 5th May where you could win a meal for two at the West. Come along & enjoy the fun and impress your friends with your pop knowledge. MONDAY 5th MAY from 8pm onwards.Festival Brewers Announced
(Posted on April 17, 2008)
Festival Brewers
The Festival Brewers have now been announced with 30 different Breweries supplying 30 different brews - This is going to be the biggest and best beer festival we have ever hosted
For more details of the festival and the brewers click here
And the weather is going to be fantastic all weekend.
West Riding Stage
(Posted on March 25, 2008)
The Planners say yes to our stage
Thanks to everyone who helped us in achieving our objectives in gaining planning permission and lised building consent for our outdoor stage area, Planning and listed consent was granted to us on the 20th March and were hopefully going to make a start in the near future ready for our hectic schedule of Summer festivals
Once again thanks to all who contributed.
The Best Yet Again
(Posted on March 6, 2008)
Heavy Woollen CAMRA pub of the year for the 3rd consecutive year.
Congratulations to Lisa and all the hard working team at the West Riding. Their hard work has been rewarded with the anouncement that the West Riding has been voted Heavy Woollen pub of the year for the third consecutive year.
Well Done.
The West Riding Licensed Refreshment Rooms.
need we say any more?
West Riding Stage
(Posted on February 8, 2008)
The West Riding Stage is once again under threat, Seemingly we hav fallen foul of the Planning Laws by constructing our replacement canopy, Our first application was refused and our second was subsequently withdrawn after we recieved information that it was also set for refusal. We have been back to the drawing boards and taken advice from the planners and hopefully this time we get the go ahead for the stage.
We would ask that anyone who has a comment to make preferably supportive of the West Riding stage comment on the planning portal via the following link
the relevant planning numbers are
2008/62/90343/E2 WF13 1HF
2008/62/90344/E2 WF13 1HF
Proud sponsors of the Rams
(Posted on January 29, 2008)
We are proud to announce our continued sponsorship deal with the Dewsbury Rams For the 2008 season
Well Done the Cellar Bar
(Posted on January 20, 2008)
We would like to extend our congratulations to Rob and his team at the Cellar Batley for achieving their first prestigious award (Winter) Pub of the season as voted by the Heavy Woollen branch of C.A.M.R.A…Please note we shall be re doubling our efforts here at the West to ensure the spring pub of the season will be a keenly fought contest. Beware !
Lisa and the Team
West Riding
The Photos they didnt want you to see
(Posted on January 13, 2008)
The Photos the staff didn’t really want you to see form their Night out at the comedy club Jongleurs Leeds
If anyone else has any pictures or gossip or knows the whereabouts of any on face books or anywhere else or if you would like to send some anonymously then please e mail them in confidence to pictures@cbwr@btconnect.com
Beer Festival Thank You
(Posted on December 6, 2007)
A massive thank you to everyone who ventured out this weekend to our 2nd Winter Beer Festival.
It was a great success and we raised a massive £1201.38 for HCPT which the West Riding will top up to £1300.00
There wasn’t too much wasted beer and even with all the bad weather we were all cosy in the heated area outside.
Barry Scott and his ‘Bang’ made their first public appearance and I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot more of them!!
First beer to run off was Leeds Brewery’s Ale Mary (t-shirts available – check out our Google Shop for last minute crimbo presents!)
Justin Beardsman has won the £100 diary prize money. The Hamper prize is yet to be claimed winning ticket numbers PINK 86 – 90 if this is you please get in touch.
We’ll keep you posted about a Spring festival at the Cellar Bar!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cellar Bar Live Dates
(Posted on October 17, 2007)
Cellar Bar Live dates
check out the dates for the up and coming live music events at the Cellar Bar
click here to check out the live dates confirmed for the cellar Bar
New Steak Nights
(Posted on October 15, 2007)
West Riding Steak Night's
Thursday's 6 – 9pm
~6oz fillet steak £6.25 ~
8oz sirloin steak £5.95 ~
Tempaura battered vegetables £4.95
all served with chunky home-made chips, onion rings and grilled tomato pepper sauce, sauce diane & side salad £1.00
steaks are cooked to order, please be patient
booking is highly recommended .
enjoy
Mary's Final Feed
(Posted on July 25, 2007)
Last Tuesday, the 17th of July our beloved chef Mary hung up her apron strings and called time in the kitchen. For those in the know, Mary’s lunches have been legendary. The West has had countless excellent newspaper reviews thanks to the imagination and dedication shown by Mary over the last 13 years.
It was a great day and night with the kitchen selling out of food as both the beers and the tears flowed. Mike Field and all the staff were on hand to present Mary with her very own plaque to commemorate her service to the pub and all its customers.
We are assured that Mary will be spending her days from now walking her dog and cooking for her husband Ronald. Lets hope he’s got a big appetite – he’ll need it!
Although Mary will be surely missed we are delighted to announce that a suitable replacement has been appointed to continue the good work. Diane, a Dewsbury lass, has returned to the town after years spent running pubs of her own and she promises that the quality fayre we have become accustomed to will continue.
Diane’s Lunches are served Monday to Friday 12 – 3. Ale Day Breakfasts are served 10 – 4 each Saturday and Pie and Curry Night will continue as normal every Tuesday and Wednesday.
Beer Festival
(Posted on June 8, 2007)
Beer Festival - Thur 31st May to Sun 3rd June
(Posted on May 1, 2007)
The West Riding is proud to announce details of this summer's beer festival!
It will take place between Thursday the 31st of May and Sunday the 3rd of June and the theme will be Beer, Bangers n Blues.
Click on EVENTS for full details. Plus take a look at our poster/flyer here.
Awards!
(Posted on April 20, 2007)
NATIONAL PUB OF THE YEAR (RUNNER UP) 2006
YORKSHIRE PUB OF THE YEAR 2006
HEAVY WOOLLEN PUB OF THE YEAR 2005-2006
As voted by CAMRA
Thank you to everybody who has supported the West, making it one of the best pubs in the country!
National Top 4
(Posted on April 18, 2007)
We made it to the last 4 in the Nationals !!!
Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Cudlip from the Tom Cobley Tavern in Devon on winning this years award.
Taken from February's What's Brewing:
From the 16 regional winners the judges have drawn up a shortlist of four one of which will be crowned with CAMRA's ultimate pub accolade on 16 February.
The Final four are: Scottish Winner the Failford Inn, in South Ayrshire. From West Yorkshire is the West Riding Licensed Refreshment Rooms at Dewsbury Railway Station. The Dove Street Inn, Ipswich, Suffolk is the East Anglian winner and from Wessex comes from the Tom Cobley Tavern, Spreyton, Devon. CAMRA Pubs Director Bob Stukins said: "All four are shining examples of pubs run by people that are committed to their local community."
Dates for your Diary
(Posted on April 4, 2007)
Now that we have matters sorted out with our stage its full steam ahead with our preparations for our summer beer festivals.
our Beer-Jing ale-ympics will be held 29th May – 1st June.
We will have over 30 different beers on show plus live entertainment all weekend with live bands performing throughout. There will also be plenty of food and we have booked wall – wall sunshine throughout proceedings, so make a note in your diary.
As a pre cursor our sister pub the Cellar Bar in Batley will be holding its Wild & Mild Beer festival on the 1st – 3rd may. There will be over 10 beers on show and of course live music every day of the festival and loads of food to keep you going. Their last festival in October proved to be a massive success and was completely sold out well before the last days so note this one in your diary as one to visit early to avoid disappointment.Full Steam Ahead
(Posted on January 22, 2007)
A Class 5 Steam Engine passed through Dewsbury Staion on Saturday 20 January 2007 at 15.14.
A well attended crowd of enthusiasts gathered to watch and record the rare event.
Many thanks to Ley & Tiny and Ash Milnes for these wonderful images of the train.
Winter Beer Fest 2006
(Posted on December 3, 2006)
Thanks to all Beer Lovers, who travelled far and wide for the event, the West Riding's 1st Charity Winter Beer Festival was a huge success and will certainly be a annual festival.
Dewsbury based brewery, Anglo Dutch's latest brew - Sarah Barnes' Stark Raven Wild was the first beer to run off on Friday night and it's the first beer that has ever run off on the first night of a festival!! (Don't worry if you missed it at the weekend as there's another cask waiting to go on the bar as early as tomorrow and there'll be some over Christmas).
As well as the £800 raised from Brewery donations and Sponsors, £119 was collected in the charity boxes. The West Riding will make up the rest to £1000. A cheque will be presented to the Wakefield based Charity early next week.
West is a 'Flagsheep' Baar
(Posted on December 1, 2006)
Paul Theakston from Blacksheep Brewery presented us with a Certificate for becoming a 'Flagsheep' Baar!
Beer Fest 2006
(Posted on June 6, 2006)
This years Beer Festival (June 1/2/3/4 - 06) was an amazing event, with over 26 barrels of beer, great food and some spiffing entertainment enjoyed by regular and new visitors to the West.
Aptly named 'The World Sup 2006', the football themed Beer Festival took place just one week before the actual World Cup started in Germany.
Guests were invited to Judge all the Beers (in sample size glasses!) and vote for the Bear of The Festival.
The Red Lion Chardonale came out trumps and won the title of West Riding World Sup 2006 Winner.
The event ran from Thursday 1st June to Sunday 4th June, and saw a different style band play on the new stage each evening. Kirklees Music School Swing Band were the first to 'swing their thang' on Thursday evening, followed by super funk outfit, Fresh Funk Five. An Irish Session was held on Friday evening with Reel High providing traditional music. Things took a turn for the rock when The Pretty Machine played on Saturday evening, and the event was closed on Sunday afternoon with the legendary (at least in North Kirklees), and entertaining Eric The Viaduct.
Huge thanks go out to 16th Dewsbury Scouts who BBQ'd for us the whole weekend, and of course to everybody who made a trip down to the West that weekend.
Pub of the Year 2005
(Posted on April 2, 2006)
The West Riding Licenced Refreshment Rooms has been voted Pub of the Year 2005 by the Heavy Woollen branch of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale).
The Heavy Woollen District of CAMRA, includes pubs in Batley, Dewsbury, Cleckheaton, Mirfield, Birstall, Thornhill, Scholes, Liversedge, Heckmondwike and Ravensthorpe.
A presentation evening was held at the West on Thursday 30th March 2006, with appearences from the press and local CAMRA bodies. A buffet was put on by the fab Mary, and a good time had by all.
Be proud to be drinking in the Yorkshire PUB OF THE YEAR 2006 !!!
