| Wardleys | |
| Former Names: | Wardleys Hotel |
| Alternate Names: | Wardleys Riverside Inn |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Building Type: | Public house |
| Address: | Wardley's Lane |
| Location Town: | Hambleton, Lancashire |
| Location Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.8787°N -2.9669°W |
| Completion Date: | 18th century |
| Closing Date: | 2005 |
| Floor Count: | 3 |
Wardleys was a pub on Wardley's Lane in the civil parish of Stalmine-with-Staynall, near the village of Hambleton, Lancashire. The building dated to the 18th century[1] and occupied a location, on the eastern banks of the River Wyre and beside Wardleys Creek,[2] believed to have been used since Roman times.[3]
In the 1890s, during part of its life as a hotel,[4] it was owned by Thomas Houghton.[5] In the 1950s, R. F. Fyles was the proprietor.[6] It was also a farm during that era, and a fire destroyed its barn in December 1899; the hotel was not affected.[7]
After the pub's closure in 2005,[8] the building fell into disuse and dereliction, during which time it was used as a marijuana-growing location on its upper floors and a Chinese restaurant on the ground floor.[1] It closed in late 2010 and burned down on 25 April 2011. It was then demolished,[9] and has now been replaced by a home,[3] built by the last owner of the pub.[1]
