Best Cafe in Ramsbottom
 

I'm off to Ramsbottom tomorrow to visit a shop and want to get a nice coffee and cake while we are there. Can anyone recommend a good cafe?

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there's the chocolate shop cafe at the traffic lights,but personally i just go to the chip shop with sit down cafe on the road to train station.

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is it any good that chippy spig? we go occasionally, but have only sat outside the pub at the top of the road.

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wrote that twice

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yea its a good chippy cashy,only been rammy on sundays and its open sundays !! till 2
not to expensive to sit down either :D

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He was asking about the chippy.. not yer sex life! :D

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There are a few cafes along the main street, all of them look to do good business, alas I cannot vouch for their wares......I have only noticed them as we pass by on the bus to Bury

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Best one so far for me was the Cultured Bean on Bridge Street.

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what time is the last bus back from bury ? thought about going on the bus one saturday but presumed the bus back might be too early i.e. before teatime

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well it is rams bottom / sheeps arse ;)

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:D..aye ..and if yer like me you clean yer wellies

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Jokes aside I've heard it is a good chippy and reasonable price.. bread and a cuppa included.

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It is a good chippy, I always enjoy my dinner there when I go over to Ramsbottom.

The little cafe just a bit further up the hill has very limited seating but does a decent meal, I have poached egg on toast there and she always does it to my liking.

I only ate once in the pub on the corner near the station and won't be going back.

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is Ramsbottom an actual place ? , thought it was only a bus stop somewhere before Strangways on the Ribble X13/23 from Gods country 'Hyndburn/Arrod /Accrington' to Manchester .
remember meeting lots lasses from Bacup on the Blackpool/St,Annes Sand-dunes but never ever remember if I met a lass from Ramsbottom anywhere ever :confused: :confused:

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If you have time Fra -may i suggest you pop into the local art gallery there. My Aunt, Diane Chaffer -who lives in Accy- has an exhibition on at the moment of her paintings of Abruzzo and Tuscany, worth having a look!

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Ya its a real place SJ better known in this area as Tups arse:D

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is it a town /village /or UDC ....... seem to remember some s#it hole place in the valley with a big sign saying "Fustian works " not sure where I was coming from or going to ;) :confused: :confused:

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That chippy is a good chippy, and my niece works there too, I lived in Rammy (tups arse, well done Jaysay for getting that right) for 27 years, the chippy on the main road near the bus stop is also good and has seating through the back, there are a few eating places and most of them good, the best pub food will probably still be the Duckworth arms or the fishermans retreat, both up at shuttleworth which would be a short taxi trip from the centre, I can assure you most of you would not want to walk up Peel Brow! :d
It is said that the name Ramsbottom is the reason there are no people there who worship rama, don't know how true that is, but I do know that there are few foreigners and that helps keep the property prices extortionate!

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It is a Town, with several Villages, Stubbins, Strongstry, Edenfield, Shuttleworth, Chatterton, Holcolmbe and Summerseat to name a few.

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It had it's own railway station, bus fleet etc
"Ramsbottom is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on the course of the River Irwell, in the West Pennine Moors. Historically within Lancashire, it is located 3.9 miles (6.3 km) north-northwest of Bury, and 12 miles (19 km) north-northwest of Manchester. At the time of the 2001 census Ramsbottom had a population of 14,635."
The name Ramsbottom is believed to derive from the Old English words ramm and botm, meaning "valley of the ram". Ramsbottom is described as a "thriving market town in spectacular surroundings". Its Victorian architecture, Pennine landscape, its industrial heritage and the heritage East Lancashire Railway station contribute to cultural tourism in the town."
Wikipedia

If we go during the week I get my chippy from "The Village Chippy" in Stubbins

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It has a music festival too
Ramsbottom Festival 2011

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I think it leaves Bury at 4.30 pm.....and it is about 20 minutes to Rammy(roughly).......but it perhaps would be worthwhile looking at the timetables.

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Ramsbottom is a lovely place.
The main street has a number of thriving independent shops.
It is set in some beautiful countryside and has lots of interesting things happening.
They have the railway.....with the much loved steam trains puffing up and down the line.
They have 1940's weekends, A Music Festival(which MargaretR has mentioned)....Guy Garvey the lead singer in Elbow is originally from Stubbins.

The place feels vibrant and alive...which is something that Accrington could aim for.

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and this is where they played their very first "gig" was "The Railway" then "The Corner Pin" had a walk past yesterday
Didn't Agyness Deyn work in the chippy ?

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Yes she did wadey...but she went by a different name then...which I have quite forgotten now...it will come back to me in the night.
My sister lived in Ramsbottom before emigrating to Oz...she tells me that she heard Guy Garvey sing in one of the pubs a lot of years ago(she has been in Oz 9 years)......didn't much care for him then, but strangely, likes him now.

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Laura Hollins

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Thanks Wadey....the question has been buzzing round my brain all night........I couldn't get a handle on it......my sisters girl is just a couple of years younger that her and always wanted to be her.

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After reading this post I decided to go to the Fishermans Retreat yesterday, was very good, not cheap, on that point the desserts were excellent but I wouldnt say they were worth it for the portion size.

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Nice spot and a lovely walk

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The Railway in Stubbins was changed to the Corner Pin (not to be confused with the Railway in Ramsbottom), Jimmy Cunliffe (the landlord who changed it) changed the name because all the locals called it 'the corner pin', something to do with it being situated on the corner of Pin Meadow, Jimmy Cunliffe even became know as Jimmy Pin, he also started the World Black Pudding throwing championships which has featured on sky sports and is now held every September at the Royal Oak on Bridge Street, Ramsbottom.
The Village Chippy in Stubbins used to be a small brick building about the size of a decent garage, a lady called Mary had it for many years, then a builder bought it, built the building you see now around the original, and demolished the original.

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The landlord of the Masons in Walsden took over the Railway at Subbins many years ago but got bashed about a bit one night by the local hooligans. He moved out and took a pub in Bury.
Ramsbotton is a busy place nowadays with the East Lancs railway drawing the crowds in, as you can see by the photo.


I had my dinner today in the chippy and as usual enjoyed it.

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whats all this elbow stuff all of a sudden? Now everyone has heard of Guy Garvey !! ..ive met him twice.ive Followed elbow for a decade..now they too big for me thanks .Elbows 'cast of thousands' album has the names on the album titles of people who saw them at glastonbury 2007.. my names on that cover ' TWICE ' only name on it twice as well...Ive told guy or 'sloopy chin' garvey this.He's names only on it once !! ,as singer. mines on it twice !!
Old 'Sloopy chin' is a top top bloke though and also produces bands like 'i am kloot' etc from elbows owned blueprint studio :)

i thank you ha

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I had never heard of Elbow until earlier this year.......I happened on them by accident.
So while they might have been known to you for a decade, there are others like me who have only just discovered them.
My sister and her husband were going to pubs where they played over a decade ago...they(my sis and her old man) lived in Rammy then........Now they are in Oz...I happened to mention Guy Garvey and was shocked to hear that she knew of them all that time ago....didn't rave about them, just liked some of the pubs they played in.

Consider yourself lucky! :)

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Thanks Derek

"The Village Chippy" 252 Bolton Road North, Stubbins, Ramsbottom, BL0 0NG | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

"The Village Chippy" 252 Bolton Road North, Stubbins, Ramsbottom, BL0 0NG | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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"Taylors" (Fish & Chip Shop) 30 Bridge Street, Ramsbottom, Bury