News & Updates
OUR POOL TOURNAMENT WINNER
Our first annual Christmas Pool Knockout was fantastic!
Thank you to everyone who signed up to play, there were some great matches and shock early exits - which made it a really exciting tournament to watch
And, well done to our champion TIM CHRISTIAN!!
Entries for 2025 will begin in November
Who's going to be the next name engraved on our plaque?
DOBO SIGNING A HUGE HIT!
Clarets legend Martin Dobson was at The Royal Dyche December to launch his new autobiography 'DOBO'.
We were joined by plenty of Burnley fans, wanting to get their hands on a signed copy and listen to some of his incredible stories!
A wonderful afternoon, we look forward to welcoming Martin back again soon
POPPY APPEAL DONATION
Thank you to everyone who donated their spare change on Remembrance Sunday for the Poppy Appeal
Together we raised £247.66 which we rounded up to £250 and donated to the incredible charity!
Thank you once again
#LestWeForget
KR'S KOFFEE SPONSORSHIP
Huge shoutout to KR's Koffee for sponsoring our Sunday league team's training tops!
We are super excited about the new partnership and can't thank them enough for their support
UNCLE FESTER FOR THE WIN!
Our Halloween Takeover was a fantastic night
Thank you to everyone who came down and dressed up
Well done to Neil who scooped the bottle of spirit prize!
His Uncle Fester outfit had us all in stitches
It was an easy decision for our barman Matt to pick
We hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween
WEAR IT PINK FOR BREAST CANCER
It was great to see so many of you in pink for our first Breast Cancer Awareness event on Friday 19th October.
Thank you to everyone who took part in our raffle and donated, we managed to raise £184.10 for Breast Cancer Research!
Raffle prizes are available to collect all this week if you couldn't stick around for the draw, there is a list available at the bar to check your winning tickets.
Well done to Dougie who won the main raffle prize on the night, a limited addition bottle of Glenfiddich!
LITTLE LONGSIDE PROGRESS
Our latest project behind our container bar is finally taking shape!
The badge in the middle is the same one that sat in front of the home dugout at Turf Moor before the pitch was redone this summer
And the seats were taken from the Cricket Field stand when the safe standing area was developed
We cannot wait for the finished project in Summer 2025 #UTC
COFFEE MORNING SUCCESS
Huge thank you to everyone who donated and attended our Coffee and Cake morning in memory of the lovely Julie Watson
And thank you to everyone who joined in on the baking!
We had a great morning and pleased to announce £150 was raised
Thank you again!
FAN STORIES WITH BURNLEY FC
What a priviledge it was to appear in the lastest fan story with Burnley Football Club.
Sharing the match day experiences as a fan and a landlady!
Some great memories as a Clarets fan since taking over the pub in 2013 and long may the memories continue!
Watch the full video below:
"THE CLARET PALS"
Author of the new book "The Clarets Pals" paid a visit to our venue yesterday!
The crime/thriller actually mentions The Royal Dyche a number of times as well as a few other locations in and around Burnley.
Evan Baldock carried out a special book signing after the victory against Leeds United at Ellen Road - plenty of happy Clarets all round!
#UTC
COPA90 CAMPAIGN
What a pleasure it was to be one of the fans selected for Sky Sports Copa90 campaign.
The content included messages from various fans including celebrities such as West Ham fan Danny Dyer and Plymouth Argyle supporter Josh Widdicombe.
These were released across Sky Sports' and participating fans social media platforms over a 10 day period, spanning the start of the EFL and Premier League - also supported by the clubs themselves.
PROPER NATTER
We are proud to annouce the launch of our Mental Health awareness beer 'Proper Natter' through Reedley Hallows
An exlcusive for The Royal Dyche, rebranding our best seller Pendleside and teaming up with Six Connections!
The QR code on the beer will take you directly to our website which provides links and information on mental health. We want to encourage people to talk and what better way to do it than over a beer?
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL PRINFEST
Wow.. What a weekend!!!
Our 3-day music festival was incredible, we can't wait to see how much we have raised for Pendleside Hospice later this week.
Thank you to our team of staff, all the bands/act/DJ's and food caterers
£2663,85 raised for Pendleside Hospice - See you next year!
ORANGE IS THE NEW DYCHE
Our second collab with Batch Distillery has finally been released!
A juicy citrus gin available by measure or by the bottle
Ask at the bar for more details!
BBAW24 HIGHLY COMMENDED
Our team had a fabulous night at the Burnley Business Awards!
We were shortlisted for 'Small Business' and the 'Leisure, Toursim and Hospitality' category.
Not quite winners but we scooped the highly commended award for small business, which is an incredible achievement for our venue.
It was a great night at Crow Wood and superbly organised by the Burnley Brand team. Thank you for having us!
WINNER WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER
We are absolutely over the moon to announce we are the winners of the BII's Licensee of the Year Award for 2024
The most prestigeous award within the industry and over 300 applicants up and down the country applied for the award
It involved 5 months of hard work through application forms, judging visits, mystery shopper and judging day at Sky HQ
Still can't believe we came out on top, thank you to our fantastic team of staff and of course to all our customers for your support!
WE ARE FINALISTS!!
We are super delighted to announce we have made it through to the BII's Licensee of the Year Award 2024.
This is such an incredible achievement to make it this far!
What an overwhelming feeling to be putting Burnley on the map once again - the next stage is to head down to Sky HQ on Monday 17th June and present in front of 3 panels of judges.
It is then a quick turnaround to find out whether we have won the award at their summer event on 18th June.
Wish us luck!
SUMMER LOVIN'
Kopparberg 4 pint pitchers now available!
Yes the days are getting warmer and the nights are getting longer, a perfect time to release our new product
Ask at the bar for more details!
WE'RE A BURNLEY BONDHOLDER
We are proud to announce we have finally joined the Burnley Bondholders scheme. This is a private-sector led, private/public partnership dedicated to raising the prosperity and profile of the borough; an innovative and successful scheme which has been growing since 2009 and now has over 200 members.
THE BIG BURNLEY BREAKOUT
Huge thank you to everyone who donated to break our landlady out of Burnley police cells in aid of Burnley in the Community!
The initial target of £2000 was well and truly smashed, raising an incredible £3088 for such an amazing charity.
APRIL FOOLS!!!
Yes, we were up to our old tricks again this year for April Fools.
So if you didn't already know, unfortunately we are NOT expanding into a hotel. We teased followers across our socials with a fake email from 'Burnleh Council' and fake draft plans, but of course it was all just a joke!
We aren't planning to expand just yet, but after all the well wishes and support, who knows what the next few years will bring.
REFURB COMPLETION
Over the moon to reveal our finished project after our closure for the bar refurb.
Shout out to Tim Christian Building Services, Jay Harrison Joinery, GLK Plumbing and Showcase Flooring.
Very professional tradesman and would highly recommend!
2024 PUB AWARD WINNERS
Here is the list of your 2024 Pub Award winners!!
What another fantastic event, and 137 came into the pub to place your votes. Some very well deserved winners, congratulations to those who won and also to everyone who was nominated.
It's incredible to see how much love and support we have here at The Royal Dyche, see you again next year for our 2025 awards!
SUPER, SUPER GLEN!
It was an absolute pleasure for us to welcome former Clarets player Glen Little to The Royal Dyche after our 5-0 win against Sheffield United on 2nd December.
An evening with Glen was full of stories from his career and tales from his time at the club. The Burnley legend went on to answer the crowds questions before having photos with fans.
It was a fantastic evening, we cannot thank Glen enough and look forward to welcoming him back again soon!
Our bar staff Leann and manageress Kyah were thrilled to get a picture with him behind the bar, we will have to get him pulling pints next time.
MERCHAN'DYCHE
The countdown is on until you can finally get your hands on our official merchandise range!
Friday 1st December at 9am
Check out our 'Club Shop' page on our website for the full details on how to order and what's available.
NEW LOCAL BUSINESS LINK
We are super please to announced we have partnered up with RAIDY'S on all Burnley FC home games!
Raidy's are a local food business supplying the finest burgers in town to eat on the go.
There's nothing more satisfying to us than one local business supporting another, it's what we do in Burnley.
Make sure you check them out when they're at the side of the pub - you won't be disappointed.
WINNER WINNER
We are completely blown away after scooping the 'Best Pub to Watch Sport' at The Great British Pub Awards 2023.
The event was held on 19th September at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester and presented by Edith Bowman. We were up against venues from London, Leeds and Kent but managed to edge it with compliments heavily towards our Burnley FC themed venue. Thank you to our team of staff and all our customers for your support over this last decade!
CLARET & BLUE POOL TABLE
The new pool season for the Burnley Independent Pool League is underway and so we have a fresh luck for our new season.
Both our A and B teams are playing in the C Division this year and played each other on the opening game - with the game finishing as a draw!
Good luck to both our teams this season.
FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL TAKEOVER
Well the Premier League season has begun and our Clarets opened things up on Friday 11th August against Man City. Despite the 3-0 defeat we had a very special day with football legends Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher paying us a visit.
Sky Sports did some filming for the match build up and also interviewed our landlady Justine - what an experience!
£2155.72 RAISED AT PRINFEST 2023
A huge thank you to everyone who donated at our annual music festival this weekend. A whopping £2155.72 was raised for local charity Pendleside Hospice.
It was our 5th year of PrinFest which originall began under our old pub name The Princess Royal. A free music festival for our local community boasting over 30 local acts, bands and DJ's. A great day out with the best atmosphere, shout out to our team of hard working staff!
GREAT BRITISH PUB AWARD FINALISTS
We are pleased to announce we have been chosen as a Finalist in this years Great British Pub Awards for ‘Best Pub To Watch Sport’.
This is a really proud achievement for us again, competing with some of the biggest chains in the hospitality industry.
The awards are on 19th September where we will find out who the winners are, Wish us luck!
£54.82 RAISED FOR MIND CHARITY
Thank you to everyone who generously donated at our 4th July free BBQ, we raised £54.82 for Mind Charity!
Great to see so many of you out and supporting a great cause. Hope everyone enjoyed a free burger at Open Deck Night.
SPECIAL GUESTS PAY A VISIT
On Sunday 7th May we were blown away when NFL legend JJ Watt and his wife and USA soccer star Kealia Watt dropped in for a surprise visit!
The pair enjoyed a pint as well as a quick tour and some live music in the beer garden. Both have recently invested in the football club and were keen to get to know our local community. It was such a pleasure to have them!
SPECIAL GUEST DJ JORDAN NORTH
After the Burnley v Cardiff game on bank holiday Monday, our customers were treated to something very special.
Radio 1 DJ and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here runner-up Jordan North made an appearance! Not only did he visit for a pint he jumped on the decks and entertained the beer garden crowd.
The spontaneous DJ set went down a storm with our clientele and it was a great ending to our final game of the season, a Promotion Party we will never forget!
APRIL FOOLS PRANK
On Saturday 1st April we were up to our old tricks again, fooling so many of you with our photoshopped images of our new name and signage 'The Royal Kompany'.
Sadly for most this was untrue, ignore all the rumours people, we forever remain as The Royal Dyche!
2023 PUB AWARDS WINNERS
On Sunday 26th March we held our Pub Awards Event, a great evening with plenty of laughs and banter!
The red carpet was out, with prosecco on arrival and live music from Billy & the Biscuit Brothers.
A huge congratulations to all our nominees and of course our winners - Very well deserved!
Thank you to everyone who voted and attended the event, it's overwhelming how blessed we are with so much support and loyal customers.