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Listed Status: II
7 Lime StreetTel: (0151) 709 6825
Website http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-north-western
Real Ale: Yes
Lunchtime Meals: Yes
Evening Meals: Yes
Station: Yes
Nearby Station: Liverpool Lime Street
Bus: Yes
View on: Whatpub
This was originally the luxurious North Western Hotel with 330 rooms, opened in 1871 and built to serve Lime Street station. Its impressive architecture is now Grade II listed. It closed in the 1930s and remained empty until 1996, when upper floors became halls of residence and the ground floor a pub. Wetherspoon’s reopened in 2015 after a major refurbishment which retains the grandeur of the original building, including much wood panelling. The high quality work is complemented with plaques, posters, old photographs and railway memorabilia. There are real ales and meals.