A PLAQUE will be unveiled at a pub that has been going for more than 200 years.

The Crown Hotel in Chorley New Road, Horwich, will be presented with a Civic Plaque tomorrow.

The town mayor and mayoress will unveil the award that has been awarded to mark the pub’s 231-year tenure in the town.

Cllr Jim Bullock, Horwich Town Mayor, said: “It’s one of a series of plaques which are being put up around the town.

“It basically records various historic buildings and The Crown has been selected because it has been here for a very long time.

“It has been here for many, many years. It has been redesigned since then but it is part of the history of Horwich.”

The pub is the latest addition to the existing 15 buildings that have been acknowledged with the civic award.

The green display bears the town council’s coat of arms.

The original Crown Hotel was created in 1786 and it is believed to have been a staging post on Turnpike Road.

It was rebuilt in 1886 with the arrival of the Railway Works.

And it has been featured in the Good Beer Guide for 16 years consecutively.

Cllr Bullock will be unveiling the plaque in a ceremony at around 10.30am.

More information on which buildings have been awarded plaques can be found at horwich.gov.uk