Eagle + Child, Ramsbottom, Lancashire: hotel review

This nattily revamped pub has a new look and an excellent new chef – a welcome addition to this handsome town’s already thriving food sceneA historic Pennine mill town of stone cottages, cobbled alleys and imposing Victorian architecture, Ramsbottom can feel pretty remote from 21st-century life. At weekends, you can arrive from nearby Bury by steam train on the East Lancashire Railway, perhaps to attend the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships (September 10). Later, as this is