WE shine the spotlight on local venues in East Lancashire in the ‘Pub of the Week’ feature.

This time, we have headed to Burnley to find out more about The Coal Yard.

Declan McKavett chats to us to tell us about their reasons for their success since taking over.

Name of the pub

The Coal Yard

Address of the pub:

7 Coal Street

Landlord/landlady name:

Declan McKavett

How long have you been the landlord/landlady for?

11 months

Bar staff and their names:

Polly Bell (Supervisor), Oskar Schultz (bar staff), Hollie Collins (bar staff), Megan Stott (bar staff), Charlotte Broxton (bar staff)

Give us some history about the pub

The Coal Yard used to be known as BB11 one of the most popular night life venues in town at the time. It hosted a very popular quiz on a Thursday night which the Coal Yard still hosts to this day and it is what many call the best quiz in Burnley! Since the becoming The Coal Yard the venue has become one of the best sports and daytime bars in town with 17 amazing screens to watch all live sport on.

Is food served? Is so what’s on the menu?

No

Lancashire Telegraph:

Is there a beer garden

Yes we have a brilliant beer garden at the front of our venue.

Do you have any darts/snooker/pool teams?

Monday night pool team

Most popular drink served is:

Vodka energy pitcher

Most memorable moment at the pub

My first Burnley home game, such an incredible atmosphere all day!

Do you have an entertainment line-up?

Monday afternoon karaoke at 2pm, Thursday night quiz at 8pm, Friday night karaoke at 6pm, Saturday night DJ at 9pm

The best thing about running a pub is

Meeting so many amazing customers, getting close to them and providing them with the best day or night out that we can!

The perfect hangover cure is...

Being in the Coal Yard at 11am

n Do you know of any East Lancashire pubs that deserve to be considered as our Pub of the Week, email robert.kelly@nqnw.co.uk