The Admiral Nelson has a bit of a chequered history, the building
itself dates back to 1730 and pre dates the canal. It was originally a
farm building and cows were milked where the restaurant is today and a
green grocer’s shop which opened onto the lock side was where we have
our skittles room now.
Leslie Morton of Fellows, Morton and Clayton used the pub as offices
in the twilight days of canal carrying and it is said to be haunted by a
figure in black that walks through the walls to the adjoining cottage
(we are yet to see him).
In the not so distant past the canal side pub has opened and closed
its doors many times and was known to the village as unreliable. We
being a family of 5 first set our sights on The Admiral Nelson in late
2011 and when we took on the pub we were 100% passionate about turning
the historical canal side Public House into a success. This is still
very much how we feel today.
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