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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.
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 walks can
be found here and you can use our free wireless internet to stay in touch. Real fires in winter add to the warm welcome.
We have it on good authority that beer is good for you,
we’ve had hundreds of different cask ales and our own local Welsh
brewed Blue Bell Bitter is always on with its stablemate Dark Blue, other regularly changing real ales, ciders and
perrys. You will find us
in the Good Pub, Cider & 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, a large range of soft drinks, FairTrade tea, coffee 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.
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!
We had to reinforce his Bass to hold him upright like that!
Mad Ed's Hot Five
The full ensemble outside the Blue (Carol's the one on the left)
Mad Ed's Hot Christmas Four!
with the surprisingly lovely Al Tunstall on piano!
Mad Ed's Hot Five
butchering another one :)
Mad Ed's Hot Five
Happy 1st birthday tooo yoouuu!
Mad Ed's Hot Five
2nd birthday and aging well!
Mad Ed's Hot Five
OK, call it inflation! Is that John on Pocket Trumpet?
ModJango in action...
Our very own Roy and son Paul Gregory in action as ModJango
Mad Ed's Hot Five
Tom where's me shirt Jones on Trumpet!
Mad Ed in Elfin form on the Welsh Highland Railway
we said he was mad!
Mad Ed's hot Five are in full force most weeks with double bassist Mad EdLloyd-Hughes leading a stunning line-up of Roy Django Gregory(Modjango) on guitar & banjo, Stan BananasWilliams (YouTube) on trumpet & flugelhorn, Tom the DocRippeth on trombone & wagnerian horns and Carol Hornekeeping 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.
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?
Mike Flaherty performs a great mix of his own songs as well as many versions of both modern and classic songs on the 4th Thursday each month
playing guitar, bass, keyboards and singing ohh so mellow at the same time as imbibing the odd pint! You can still have a conversation without shouting and enjoy some lovely music.Next one Thursday 25th Mar.
Go on, have a listen...
Mike has an eclectic musical past... He studied double bass at University, has been signed to a major label, played gigs all over the UK, been a backing singer for Suggs, and even made a few TV appearances. Recently, he’s just had a cover version of an Eels song included on a tribute album. But mostly these days he’d rather play in the Blue with a pint of real ale by his side!
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.
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 and then after that we'll be supporting the RNLI.
The quiz comprises several rounds of general knowledge interspersed with a bit of fun guessing with our novelty quiz a picture quiz and a few dingbats or rebus quizzes. 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 thought we would join in the fun and spread the message from this side of the world with another lovely night and lots of atmosphere among the candles!
For the fourth year running (we took part with Sydney, Australia in 2007, 2008 and the UK caught up in 2009 - check out the video above) we're planning an evening together by candlelight
enjoying ourselves over a glass or two of our wonderful real ales,
ciders and fine wines. We'll be doing it again this year where you'll be very welcome to bring a candle,
candelabra or any similar and safe form of light that doesn't need to
be plugged in or recharged.
At 8:30pm on Saturday 27th March 2010 everyone is invited to turn off their lights for just one hour - Earth Hour - to show that it's possible to take action on global warming. We joined them in previous years with great success and now we are repeating the effort again, why don't you come and join us?
It's a simple action that can make the world of difference if everyone takes part, and it sends a powerful message that we care about the future of the planet.
But we need your to help make it happen. By coming down to the Blue Bell Inn, you'll be contributing twice over as we'll have our lights out as well as you. (maths was never our strong point)
Oh yes, don't worry about our beers, ciders and wines as they don't use electricity to get them into the glass!
Watch the video above, press Read More below and then click here for more information. Learn how to light write here !
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...
Trad Jazz every Sunday with...
March 14, 2010 (3:00 pm - 6:00 pm)
(Music) If you like great music lots of laughter and plenty of foot tapping fun, Mad Ed's Hot Five plays here every Sunday afternoon.
Check out this link for more information.
Join us with this 1st year Deeside College lead weekly Welsh language course.
The Welsh classes this term have been very successful and so we will be offering a continuation in January. We can take new students who have prior knowledge, but I...
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...
Conversational Welsh with M...
March 18, 2010 (7:00 pm - 8:30 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.
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). Opening Hours.
Advance bookings taken for food / drink outside of these hours.
Coaches welcome by appointment. - We take most major credit and debit cards.
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. 
many versions of both modern and classic songs on the 4th Thursday each month
He studied double bass at University, has been signed to a major label, played gigs all over the UK, been a backing singer for Suggs, and even made a few TV appearances. Recently, he’s just had a cover version of an Eels song included on a tribute album. But mostly these days he’d rather play in the Blue with a pint of real ale by his side!
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 and then after that we'll be supporting the RNLI.
The quiz comprises several rounds of general knowledge interspersed with a bit of fun guessing with our novelty quiz a picture quiz and a few dingbats or 
and a good time is had by all.
(maths was never our strong point)
