Battle of the Boars Head pub at Barton resumes over plans for flats and homes

Broughton

News and information about the village of Broughton which is just to the North of the city of Preston, Lancashire

A former pub on the A6 at Barton is to go have its fate decided by councillors once more. The troubled Boars Head in Garstang Road has been the subject […]

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