Red Bull, Congleton Road South,Church Lawton.
N 53° 05.522 W 002° 15.487
30U E 549681 N 5882765
A canal side pub in a semi rural location.
Waymark Code: WMVGN8
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/17/2017
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A Canal side pub with a large beer garden by the side of Lock 43 on the Trent and Mersey canal.
The hanging pub sign shows a picture of a red bull. The bull has always been a popular and readily recognisable symbol as a working animal and, in less enlightened times, as an animal of sport. It is linked with drovers’ roads indicating places for them to stop the night with their herds.
Some pubs with bull in their name also stem from a religious source because bull also comes from bulla, an ecclesiastical seal used by papist Rome, which Henry VIII took for his own use.
On an extract of William Yates 1775 Map of Staffordshire it shows the area marked "Red Bull" which is over the border in Cheshire.It also shows the major road running from Tunstall to Red Bull which was the 1762 turnpike road - now the A50. (
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The Red Bull situated alongside the Trent & Mersey canal on the Staffordshire/Cheshire border, 2 miles from the historic Little Moreton Hall and easily accessible by road from any direction. They are a family friendly pub which is popular with walkers, boaters, locals and passers-by.
They pride themselves on producing food of the highest quality, catering for all tastes with a varied selection of classic British dishes along with some contemporary favourites and a large selection of fish specials. They have restaurant seating for up to 55 indoors and 60 outdoors, weather permitting. The beer garden is located lockside with fantastic views along the canal. (
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