PUB chain Wetherspoon’s is launching a real-ale festival this spring and we have a full list of the Lancashire pubs that are taking part.

The 12-day real ale festival kicks off today (30 March) and will last until Sunday 10 April, with four East Lancashire pubs and more than a dozen more across the county taking part.

During the event, 25 real ales, including three from overseas brewers, will be available at the pubs.

The overseas brewers are from Australia, USA and Italy, and there are also beers from Orkney and Jersey.

Among the festival collection are vegan ales (also suitable for vegetarians), as well as gluten-free beers.

A number of the beers will also be available in the pubs for the first time, including some brewed especially for the festival.

As well as featuring a range of different malt and hop varieties from around the world, there are also beers that include cherries, spices and rye in their ingredients.

The beers will be priced at just £2.10 a pint.

The festival line-up includes Rooster's Tenderfoot, Sambrook's Tomahawk, Orkney Dragonhead, Terrapin Jazz (USA), Vale Jekyll and Hyde, Birrificio Foglie D'Erba Hot Night at the Village (Italy), Bateman's Beast from the East, JW Lees Malt Crush and Young Henrys Real Ale (Australia).

Manager of Blackburn’s Wetherspoons pub, The Postal Order, said: “The festival is a great celebration of real ale.

"It will allow us to showcase a selection of superb beers over a 12-day period, at great value for money prices."

Customers will be able to sample three one-third of a pint beers for the price of a pint.

Tasting notes on all of the beers will be available in the pub as well as on the Wetherspoon app.

Here is a full list of the Lancashire Wetherspoons taking part in the event:

  • The Commercial Hotel in Church Street, Accrington
  • The Postal Order, Darwen Street, Blackburn
  • The Old Chapel, Railway Road, Darwen
  • The Boot Inn, St James’ Street, Burnley
  • The Court Leet, Wheatsheaf Walk, Ormskirk
  • The Sir Richard Owen, Spring Garden Street, Lancaster
  • The Greyfriar, Friargate, Preston
  • The Twelve Tellers, Church Street, Preston
  • The Leyland Lion, Hough Lane, Leyland
  • Sir Henry Tate, New Market Street, Chorley
  • The Albert and The Lion, Bank Hey Street, Blackpool
  • The Layton Rakes , Market Street, Blackpool
  • The Velvet Coaster, New South Promenade, Blackpool
  • The Eric Bartholomew, Euston Road, Morecambe
  • The Trawl Boat Inn, Wood Street, Lytham St Anne’s
  • The Railway Hotel, Station Road, Lytham St Anne’s
  • The Thomas Drummond, London Street, Fleetwood
  • The Poulton Elk, Hardhorn Road, Poulton-le-Fylde
  • The Jolly Tars, Victoria Road West, Cleveleys