TWO pubs in Burnley will be celebrating the life and poetry of the Scottish poet Robert Burns by hosting Burns’ Week.

It will run from Saturday 20 to Saturday 27 January inclusive, with Burns’ Night on Thursday January 25.

To mark the occasion the pubs will be serving two special meals; Scottish haggis, neeps and tatties, as well as Highland Burger (6oz burger, haggis, whisky sauce, chips and six beer-battered onion rings).

Customers at The Brun Lea in Manchester Road and The Boot Inn in St. James’ Street, will also be able to enjoy a guest ale, Robert Burns Brown Ale (4.2% ABV), from Scotland’s oldest working brewery, Belhaven Brewery, which has been brewing in Dunbar since 1719.

The beer is described as ‘a mild dark-coloured beer with rich sweet tones of Scottish toffee and a subtly malty aftertaste’ – warm reekin’ rich. It will be on sale from £2.09 to £2.15 a pint.

The haggis meal will cost £5.79 with a choice of soft drink and £6.79 with a choice of an alcoholic drink.

The Highland Burger meal will cost £6.40 with a choice of soft drink and £7.40 with a choice of an alcoholic drink.

The Brun Lee manager, Victoria Barnes-Churm, said: “Burns’ Week is always great fun and our customers enjoy the fact that we celebrate for a week rather than just one day.”

Wetherspoon pubs across the UK will be celebrating the event.

On or around January 25, Burns Night is annually celebrated in Scotland.

Born on January 25, 1759, it commemorates Roberts Burns' life.

His best known work is Auld Lang Syne and the day celebrates Burns' contribution to Scottish culture.