Wardleys was a pub on Wardley's Lane in the civil parish of Stalmine-with-Staynall, near the village of Hambleton, Lancashire. The building dated to the 18th century"Fire-damaged riverside pub to be demolished?" – The Garstang Courier, 30 January, 2012 and occupied a location, on the eastern banks of the River Wyre and beside Wardleys Creek,The Hidden Places of England – Peter Long (2004), p. 328 believed to have been used since Roman times.Wardleys Lane – FarrellHeyworth.co.uk
In the 1890s, during part of its life as a hotel,Hambleton, Wardley's Hotel c.1955 – Francis Frith it was owned by Thomas Houghton.Shire Horse Stud Book, volume 17 – Shire Horse Society (1896), p. 653 In the 1950s, R. F. Fyles was the proprietor.The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory (1958) It was also a farm during that era, and a fire destroyed its barn in December 1899; the hotel was not affected.The Mark Lane Express, Agricultural Journal (1899), p. 705
After the pub's closure in 2005,A History of Blackpool, the Fylde and South Wyre – Nick Moore (2018), p. 119 the building fell into disuse and dereliction, during which time it was used as a marijuana-growing location on its upper floors and a Chinese restaurant on the ground floor. It closed in late 2010 and burned down on 25 April 2011. It was then demolished,The Wardleys, Hambleton – ClosedPubs.co.uk and has now been replaced by a home, built by the last owner of the pub.
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A 19th-century view of the pub. C&S Ales was a brewery in Blackpool The River Wyre Ports, Skippool Creek and Wardleys – Poulton, Blackpool & the Fylde Coast – History of Lancs, John Ellis