If you live in or around Bolton you'd have heard of the Last Drop Village.

It's somewhere I'd heard mentioned quite frequently over the years - mostly people attending weddings there - but I'd never actually been.

It's not officially a village in local authority terms and it's pretty hidden away, tucked behind a typical housing estate in Bromley Cross, near Turton.

A collection of old farmhouses and farm buildings were restored in the 1960s and transformed into what is now a pub, restaurant, bistro, craft shops, hotel and conference centre.

Deciding to call in at the Drop Inn on a dark Wednesday evening in February, stepping inside the village felt like entering........

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