Sunday Roast in Bury: Where to Book, Checked October 2026

For a Sunday roast in Bury, most people head out of the town centre to the Eagle & Child and Holcombe Tap in Ramsbottom, which belong to the same owners; the Hamers Arms at Summerseat; or the Pack Horse on the old Roman road at Affetside. For the lowest prices, the Joseph Holt pubs in Bury, Prestwich and Whitefield list roasts from £13.45. Every entry checked against the pub’s own website on 25 October 2026.

We have not eaten at these pubs for this guide, and nothing here is a review. Each entry gives what the pub publishes: its roasts and their prices where it lists them, the hours its kitchen serves on a Sunday, and how to book. We have added the Food Standards Agency hygiene rating for each one, and every pub here holds the top rating of 5. Menus change with the seasons, so treat prices as a guide and check before you go.

Ramsbottom, Holcombe Brook and Summerseat

The Eagle & Child, Ramsbottom

A Thwaites pub with rooms on Whalley Road that was named Great British Pub of the Year at the 2017 Morning Advertiser awards. Its current menu has a Sunday lunch section, “only available on Sundays”: striploin of beef £24, a small striploin £19.50, chicken supreme £24 and a cauliflower steak for vegetarians at £24, all with roast potatoes, crushed root vegetables, French beans, Yorkshire pudding and gravy. Extras include pigs in blankets at £7.50 and roasted cauliflower cheese at £6.50, and there is a weekly special. Food is served until 7pm on Sundays, and dogs are welcome in the bar and garden. Book on 01706 824477 or online. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 13 November 2025). 3 Whalley Road, BL0 0DL. Our listing.

Holcombe Tap, Ramsbottom

The Eagle & Child’s sister pub, on Bolton Road West, runs its Sunday lunch differently: the Sunday menu sells the meat and the trimmings separately. Each meat comes with gravy and a Yorkshire pudding: 28-day dry-aged roast striploin of beef £12, a 5oz bavette steak £14.50, and garlic and thyme roast chicken at £14 for a half or £26 for a whole bird. Roast potatoes are then £3.50, buttered greens and maple and orange roast carrots £3 each, cauliflower cheese from £6, and unlimited gravy £3. There are filled Yorkshire puddings from £9 too. The menu says an optional 10% service charge is added to the bill. Book on 01706 821184 or online. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 7 February 2025). 13 Bolton Road West, BL0 9NA.

The Hamers Arms, Summerseat

A gastropub near Summerseat station on the East Lancashire Railway, renamed in 1848 after Richard Hamer, who bought the Summerseat mills, and reopened after a refurbishment in 2022. Its menu serves the Sunday roast from noon to 6.30pm: roast sirloin of beef £19.95, roast chicken breast with stuffing £18.95, and a mushroom and Camembert wellington for vegetarians, with veggie gravy, also £18.95. All three come with roast potatoes, carrot and swede, buttered greens, cauliflower cheese and a Yorkshire pudding. A children’s roast of beef or chicken is £10.95. Book on 01204 880175. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 3 July 2025). 23 Higher Summerseat, BL0 9UG.

Tottington, Hawkshaw and Affetside

The Red Lion, Hawkshaw

A country pub with hotel rooms on the road between Ramsbottom and Hawkshaw. Its website says that “every Sunday, we’re serving up proper roasts with all the trimmings, bottomless gravy and unlimited Yorkshire puddings”. It does not list Sunday prices online, so ask when you book. The pub opens noon to 10pm on Sundays, with food from noon to 7.30pm. Book on 01204 856600 or online. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 29 January 2025). 81 Ramsbottom Road, Hawkshaw, BL8 4JS. Our listing.

The Pack Horse, Affetside

A Hydes pub on Watling Street, the Roman road between Manchester and Ribchester. CAMRA’s listing, surveyed in February 2026, dates it to the 16th or 17th century and says most rooms have wood-burning stoves, with a restaurant at the back and views all round from its spot between Bury and Bolton. The pub’s own what’s on page describes a Sunday lunch platter “perfect for two sharing”: 12-hour roast beef, crispy belly pork, roast chicken, turkey, stuffing, pigs in blankets, mash, roast potatoes, vegetables and a bottomless jug of gravy. We could not find a current price online. CAMRA lists food from noon to 9pm every day. Call 01204 884584. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 8 October 2024). 52 Watling Street, BL8 3QW. Our listing.

The Old Dungeon Inn, Tottington

A Thwaites pub rebuilt in 1904 for the Bury Brewery Company, which CAMRA lists for its Pilkington’s glazed tiles and the front snug with a painted frieze of local scenes. CAMRA’s listing, updated on 9 October 2026, says the pub reopened under a new publican and serves traditional Sunday roasts from noon to 5pm, ordered through its Facebook page or website, alongside hot pies and pasties during the week. We could not find a Sunday menu with prices. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 20 October 2023). 9 Turton Road, BL8 4AW.

Bury, Prestwich and Whitefield

The Blue Bell, Manchester Road

A large Joseph Holt pub south of the town centre with a dining area, a lounge and a traditional vault. Holts says the menu runs to “a traditional roast on Sunday”, and its winter main menu prices it: topside of beef £15.45, half a roast chicken £15.25, honey roast gammon £14.95 and a chestnut and seed roast for vegetarians at £14.95, each with roast potatoes, broccoli, roast carrots, hispi cabbage, carrot and swede mash, a Yorkshire pudding and gravy. Children’s roasts are £8.25 to £8.75. The pub’s page lists it as child and dog friendly with disabled access, and food until 8pm on Sundays. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 22 September 2026). 840 Manchester Road, BL9 8DW.

The Friendship Inn, Prestwich

A Joseph Holt food pub on Scholes Lane, which the brewery describes as family friendly, with a snug, a lounge, a wood-panelled bar with hatched serving points, and a large beer garden with a covered area at the back. It works from the same Holts winter menu as the Blue Bell, so the Sunday roasts are the same: topside of beef £15.45, half a chicken £15.25, gammon £14.95 and the chestnut and seed roast £14.95. Holts lists it as dog and child friendly with disabled access. It opens at 10am every day, with food until 8pm. Call 0161 773 2645. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 9 December 2024). Scholes Lane, M25 0PD. Our listing.

The Eagle & Child, Whitefield

A Joseph Holt pub on Higher Lane with a bowling green behind it, and the cheapest complete roast in this guide. Its own menu lists an adult’s traditional Sunday roast at £13.45 and a children’s at £7.25, both with roast potatoes, broccoli, roast carrots, hispi cabbage, carrot and swede mash, a homemade Yorkshire pudding and gravy, plus three pigs in blankets for £2.50. Holts lists the pub as child and dog friendly with step-free access, and serves food from noon to 8pm every day. Call 0161 796 3583. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 4 December 2024). Higher Lane, M45 7EY. Our listing.

Not in this guide

The Fisherman’s Retreat, the restaurant and whisky bar in Twine Valley above Ramsbottom, says on its own website that it is now closed. The Hearth of the Ram on Peel Brow no longer has a working website, and the hygiene register lists a business called The Ram at 13 Peel Brow awaiting its first inspection; we will add it once there is a menu to check.

How we chose

These are the pubs people search for when they want a Sunday roast in Bury, picked on the record rather than on taste: published Sunday menus we could read, awards, CAMRA’s listings, how long a pub has traded, and its food hygiene rating. We left out places whose Sunday food we could not confirm from the pub, its brewery or CAMRA. Prices come from the pub’s own menu on 25 October 2026. Run a pub that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@theburypost.co.uk.

For more, see our guide to Bury pubs, Bury cafes, things to do in Bury, what’s on this month and the Bury business directory.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I get a cheap Sunday roast in Bury?

The Joseph Holt pubs publish the lowest prices. The Eagle & Child on Higher Lane, Whitefield, lists its traditional Sunday roast at £13.45, and the Blue Bell on Manchester Road and the Friendship Inn in Prestwich list roasts from £14.95 for gammon or the chestnut and seed roast to £15.45 for topside of beef. Holcombe Tap in Ramsbottom sells its roast meats from £12 with sides priced separately.

Which Bury pubs serve Sunday roasts into the evening?

The Pack Horse at Affetside lists food until 9pm on Sundays on its CAMRA entry, and the Blue Bell, the Friendship Inn and the Eagle & Child in Whitefield serve food until 8pm. The Red Lion at Hawkshaw stops at 7.30pm, the Eagle & Child in Ramsbottom at 7pm, the Hamers Arms at 6.30pm and the Old Dungeon Inn in Tottington at 5pm.

Do any Bury pubs do bottomless gravy with a Sunday roast?

Yes. The Red Lion at Hawkshaw advertises bottomless gravy and unlimited Yorkshire puddings with its Sunday roasts, Holcombe Tap in Ramsbottom sells unlimited gravy for £3, and the Pack Horse at Affetside says its sharing platter for two comes with a bottomless jug of gravy.