Villagers Buy 126-Year-Old Local Pub After Snapping up Library, Post Office, and Shop to Save Them From Closure

Inside the unique Lancashire village that was saved by locals

Trawden, Lancashire is a unique village where locals have volunteered their time to help run it, including saving their pub, The Trawden Arms.

Villagers buy 126-year-old local pub after snapping up library, post office, and shop to save them from closure

Village pub's new landlord wants to hold on to its 'traditional' feel

Brian worked as an NHS nurse for over 30 years but is now taking on a new challenge as a publican

The Pub Landlord is back at Parr Hall

The Pub Landlord is returning to Warrington’s Parr Hall with more bar room wisdom and a barrel full of laughs as part of his new tour next year. Al Murray will bring All You Need Is Guv to Parr Hall on Friday, 24 April, 2026, where he’ll transform the historic venue into his own pub lock-in. More ‘common sense hot-takes’ over frothy pints are promised – offering a ‘much-needed truth tonic for these whacked out and troubled times’ we’ve found our…