Blues band The Section playing live at the Golden Lion 29th November

Wagtail playing live 15th November

Sam Dale Playing Live 8th November

November gigs

Real Ales W/C Sunday 28th September

At the Golden Lion you'll always find two house beers and five guest.

At present we have:-

Theakston Best Bitter 3.8%
Caledonian Deuchars 3.8%
Everards Equinox 4.2%
Batemans Combined Harvest 4.4%
Butcombe Gold 4.4%
Dr Okells IPA 4.5%
Joseph Holt Pioneer 5.0%

The Golden Lion was voted Lunesdale CAMRA Autumn Pub of the season in 2007.

Lunesdale CAMRA Chairman Cliff Laine stated. "the Lion has the atmosphere of a real local, and when it comes to excellent beers, drinkers are spoilt for choice."

We are also listed in the Good Beer Guide 2008 - We listen to what our customers tell us and have had good feedback on the guest beers, which we change on a weekly basis.

History of the golden lion

Sometimes referred to by its nickname The Whittle, (after the old Whittle Springs Brewery) this is a 300-year-old pub, founded in 1612. Lancaster's Golden Lion pub, is where the condemned were allowed a final drink before being hanged, the spirit of a nun who used to comfort them on their way to the gallows is said to walk the premises still.

One of the most famous trials held at the Castle was that of the Pendle Witches in 1612. In the reign of James I there was a great fear of witches and many women who seemed a little out of the ordinary were rounded up and accused. In Lancashire, a group of women who lived in an area around Pendle Hill were tried, condemned and hanged at Lancaster for practising witchcraft.A plaque on the outside of the pub lists the names of the executed witches.

Rockit88 play live at the Golden Lion 25th October