Retail and Facilities
An outstanding feature of the village is the absence of a pub. When the land-owners sold off their land for house-building at the end of the 19th century, they stipulated that no public houses were to be built upon their land.
The original Towneley Arms Public House pre-dated the village, being built in 1835, to serve travellers and their horses on the turnpike road (now the A694) coming along the valley. In 1961 the Newcastle Breweries replaced the original with one of their better & quite well liked, but sadly not well enough loved, buildings. It was demolished in 2002 to make way for some dwellings.
Ale-house-wise, the close hamlet of Winlaton Mill has the historic Golden Lion pub,which is now called The Red Kite;nearby Winlaton has 10 pubs; over the river at Burnopfield are 6 pubs. However, in the village, there is the Vale of Derwent CIU Social Club : visitors need to sign-in to enter and enjoy the hospitality.
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