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It's October which means it's our cider & perry festival - click here to see what's in the pipeline!
Come up to the top of Halkyn Mountain and join us as we drink in the atmosphere of the house of ale repute!
You are especially invited to join us at our Regional award presentation on Saturday 8th November at 2pm!
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Built in the mid 1700s at the crossroads of two old coaching routes, the Blue Bell Inn is purportedly named after a local privateer’s boat the Blue Bell. 
Legend has it that he was later caught and hanged for his piracy and is thought to be buried a few hundred yards away in the cemetery next to Halkyn Castle. How to find us.
We are an independent, family run, award winning freehouse, we've scooped three major prizes this year - Regional Pub of the Year [North Wales, Cheshire & Merseyside], Vale of Clwyd Branch CAMRA Pub of the Year and CAMRA Branch Cider Pub of the Year, we are also runner-up Flintshire Evening Leader Pub of the Year 2008. At 850 feet we are near the top of Halkyn Mountain with spectacular 70 mile views over the Dee & Mersey rivers, the distant Cumbrian mountains & Pennine hills.  With an extensive events list we are enjoyed by walkers, riders, cyclists, folk & jazz musicians, game players and locals alike. Our award winning walk can be downloaded from here and you can use our free wireless internet to stay in touch. Real fires in winter add to the warm welcome.
We’ve had hundreds of different cask ales to date and our own local Welsh brewed Blue Bell Bitter is always on along with other regularly changing real ales, ciders and perrys - we even make our own Rosie's Blue Bell Cider. You will find us in the Good Pub, Cider and Beer Guides and we have a Cask Marque for quality, in fact we are one of the highest scoring cask marque pubs in the UK! We also have a good selection of great wines from around the world, a large range of soft dinks, FairTrade tea’s, coffee’s and hot chocolate.
Our food is a mixture of locally sourced, home-made and traditional meals ranging from lighter bites to those that challenge the hungry.
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We have a champion and the final was played by two girls who between them knocked out all the opposition!
Who said it was a boys game? 56 conkers were entered (with a number of side contests being played) but Lana Edwards of Lixwm conkered the novice player Pam McIntee in a thrilling final leaving Lana with her unmarked 39er and Pam's pride and joy in bits on the deck! [Please email any pictures you have to us
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Why did we do it...
During another hilarious Friday teatime discussion the subject turned to school playground games and went something like this, [Him] "conkers," [Her] "sorry?" [Him] "Have you ever played conkers," [Her] "No I've never played conkers, but I've played tennis".
Clearly something was lacking in The Girl's education, especially as conkers have just been voted the greatest playground game. So here we were with our own, just for fun, conker championships to enlighten the inexperienced and raise funds for a worthy cause; the Halkyn Pensioners Christmas Party.
Click READ MORE for a risk assessment, a players video, our rules and here for an on-line practice session. We couldn't just leave it at conkers so we had hopscotch, skipping, jacks, and other games happening just for fun too.
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There's Trad Jazz here every Sunday at the Blue Bell Inn, Halkyn, with the mellow sounds of Mad Ed's Hot Five who bring a great mix of humour with superb musicianship. Don't miss them this week as they entertain both us and themselves with such verve and vigour that you'll get withdrawal symptoms if you miss them!
Mad Ed's hot Five are in full force most weeks with double bassist Mad Ed Lloyd-Hughes leading a stunning line-up of Roy Django Gregory (Modjango) on guitar & banjo, Stan Bananas Williams ( YouTube) on trumpet & flugelhorn, Tom the Doc Rippeth on trombone & wagnerian horns and Carol Horle keeping a sense of decorum with her georgous voice and clarinet. You'll see from the pictures that they are ably supported by a range of fantastic subs who give us a lovely and varing mix of sounds. More info from the Evening Leader .
All are welcome to enjoy the entertainment & our range of cask ales & real ciders and we hope you have fun joining in with Mad Ed's happy band of jazzers. Don't forget to look out for our new Jazz Links pages as they're growing all the time! We've joined myspace.com have you?
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Quiz Night every Wednesday at 8:30pm through the winter. You may recall that we don't charge for the quiz but we do ask for a donation to our favourite cause, this year it is to raise funds to support our Halkyn Pensioners Christmas Party to be held here in at the Blue Bell Inn in December.
  The quiz comprises several rounds of general knowledge interspersed with a bit of fun guessing with our novelty quiz where this week you will be trying to unravel town names. Winners receive a jug of beer (or something similar) and a good time is had by all.
Quiz night continues until April where we plan to restart ever our popular Wednesday evening walks.
Have you ever run a pub quiz? Would you be interested in running the Wednesday quiz at the Blue Bell Inn? If you are interested then let me know over the bar or
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We have acoustic music here on the last Thursday of the month amply hosted by the award winning Paul Reaney. Next one Thursday 30th October!
Paul’s acoustic and folk performances are proving very popular as they can leap from heart rending story songs to moments of complete daftness with a side order of cheeky Scouse wit. He would very much welcome your company to come and join him playing acoustic music. While there are no hard and fast rules here, the acoustic music at the Blue Bell Inn follows the style of Country, Bluegrass, Folk, Roots & Blues and of course floor singers are very welcome too. It's usually an informal session with occasional guests so bring your instruments, voices, or just your ears. Turn up and join in if you want to perform, songs, music, poetry, monologues, anything legal,  safe & entertaining. All welcome, any abilities. Click on Read More to find out more about Paul.
All are welcome to enjoy the entertainment & our cask ales and real ciders. We hope you have fun & join in, even if you can only manage the choruses! Check out our Folk Links for more information.
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- Tues Games Night - whist, b...
October 07, 2008 (5:00 pm)
(General) Jeannette's Games Night.
You can play games here most nights but tonight is the night to come and enjoy whilst, beetle, cards, board games (monopoly, scrabble, cluedo, mid life crisis and many others), dominoes, darts, dice, pool.
We're raising...
- Free Guided Walk - 2pm Thur...
October 09, 2008 (1:45 pm)
(Walks) Around 1.5 hours and 3-4 miles you will be able to take in the stunning 360 degree panoramic views of over 60 miles on a clear day. The walks vary in route from week to week finishing off at the Blue Bell Inn for a chat and refreshments.
This walk is...
- Conversational Welsh with M...
October 09, 2008 (7:00 pm)
(General) So you've been to classes, what next? Come and practice in a real environment and you will surprise yourself how much you have remembered. You can broaden your vocabulary and have a great evening out too.
- Acoustic Music Nights with ...
October 09, 2008 (9:00 pm)
(Music) Paul Reaney here on the last Thursday of the month! Check out here for more details.
- Friday night singalong with...
October 10, 2008 (8:45 pm)
(Music) Traditional singing night with Roger Hampson at the keyboards, every Friday night.
- Sat. Free Guided Walks - 10...
October 11, 2008 (10:15 am)
(Walks) Every week we do two 1.5 hour walks (a fast 4-5 mile and a slow 3-4 miles) with the exception of the third Saturday in the month when we have the option to do an additonal longer 3 hour 6-7 mile walk with Bob Mossop or the normal walk.
You will be able...
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Open from 5pm Monday to Friday and 12pm Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holidays.
Food: Saturday 12pm to 2:30pm and Sunday 12pm to 2pm (menu here).
Advance bookings taken for food / drink outside of these hours.
Coaches welcome by appointment. - We take most major credit and debit cards.
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