The New Gatehouse

Name: The New Gatehouse
Address: 217/221 Bolton Road, Kearsley, Bolton, BL4 8NG, Kearsley, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 7434 675389
Price range: £20

Kearsley, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Events Venue

Updated Oct 15, 2026

217/221 Bolton Road, Kearsley, Bolton, BL4 8NG

Kearsley, Greater Manchester

+44 7434 675389

Phone

thenewgatehousebolton.co.uk

Website

21+

Age Requirement

No dress-down policy in place

Dress Code

Hours

Tue10:00–16:00

Wed11:00–00:00

Thu10:00–16:00, 16:00–00:00

Fri12:00–01:00

Sat11:00–18:00, 19:00–01:00

Event Pricing

Couples£20 · Tue–Fri

Single woman£15 · Tue–Fri

Single man£15 · Tue–Fri

Who can attend

Individual rate covers women, T-Girls and men
Couples have a separate rate
All-male groups not admitted
Tuesday is T-Girl/Men only

Before you go

First visit: On entry you are shown around and given the rules. The club's advice for a first visit is to look around, sit and chat to others.; Source · checked Oct 2026 for First visit (opens in a new tab)
Who can attend: Adults 21 and over, with everybody welcome regardless of ethnicity or sexual orientation. All-male groups are not admitted.; Source · checked Oct 2026 for Who can attend (opens in a new tab)
ID: Guests may be asked to prove their age.; Source · checked Oct 2026 for ID (opens in a new tab)
Phones & photos: No recording or taking photos in social areas or open photo rooms; use a closed photo room or ask staff for consent.; Source · checked Oct 2026 for Phones & photos (opens in a new tab)
House rules: No means no. The club reserves the right to refuse admission for listed behaviors; discrimination or abuse results in removal and a ban.; Source · checked Oct 2026 for House rules (opens in a new tab)
Getting there: A small car park sits at the rear, with on-street parking on Stoneclough Road. Kearsley station is a 10 to 12 minute walk.; Source · checked Oct 2026 for Getting there (opens in a new tab)

Reviews

Rated 4.3 out of 5 on Google from 38 reviews.

Google(38)

What reviewers say

The New Gatehouse Bolton draws consistently positive remarks across its 38 Google reviews for its welcoming atmosphere and genuinely inclusive policy. Reviewers cite the gender-neutral, LGBTQ-affirming character of the club as a core draw, alongside the low-pressure environment, clean facilities, and a £15 entry price that covers access to play spaces, a free jukebox, and a pool table. Staff are singled out repeatedly for warmth — regular attendees name specific hosts as the reason they keep returning — and newcomers note being shown around on arrival, which eases first-visit nerves. Themed event nights run by outside promoters attract a loyal repeat crowd.

The most cited friction point concerns entry. One reviewer reported being turned away over a disputed dress-code call — told his t-shirt was dirty when he maintained it was not — and also noted that the staff member involved appeared intoxicated at the time. A separate earlier observer suggested dress standards on busier nights can fall short of what the venue's own code advertises, indicating enforcement runs inconsistently in both directions. These remain minority notes against a broadly positive record, but they point to dress-code administration as the clearest operational weakness.

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About

The New Gatehouse describes itself as a “Fully licensed events venue, available for private hire” and trades as GH Events from a former pub on Bolton Road in Kearsley, Bolton. It calls itself an “LGBTQ+ safe space” for guests aged 21 and over, with no membership fees, and runs a weekly program of themed days; Sundays are closed for private events, and the club says events may vary weekly depending on hosts and private hire bookings. The program includes T-Girls and Admirers days, a T-Girl and men only day, a Bi-day, a kink evening, Fetish Fridays and a hosted Saturday-evening social with food and music. The venue has a licensed bar, a free pool table and jukebox, social areas, and open and closed photo rooms. Entry is for adults 21 and over, and guests may be asked to prove their age. Women, T-Girls and men can attend individually, couples are also welcome, and all-male groups are not admitted. On arrival visitors are shown around and given the rules, and first-timers are advised to look around and chat. Its primary rule is “no means no”; recording or taking photos is not allowed in social areas or open photo rooms, and the club reserves the right to refuse admission for behaviors such as intoxication, illegal drugs and sex working, while discrimination or abuse results in removal and a ban. The club states there is no dress-down policy.