# White Horse Hotel: Agent-Direct Score B (79.5%)

Site: https://whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-21 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
White Horse Hotel is mostly ready for agents.
Some AI assistants are turned away by White Horse Hotel's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk/events/book-your-celebrations-with-us/ (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +441204934481
- Address: 18 Hall St, BL8 3BD, Bury
- Hours, from whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk: Mon–Tue 15:00–23:00; Wed 16:00–23:00; Thu 14:00–23:00; Fri–Sat 14:00–00:00; Sun 15:00–23:00

## Nearby, also direct
Places near White Horse Hotel that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Cosalea Cafe Bars & Caterers (50 m): https://directindex.org/r/cosalea.co.uk
- Black Bull (1.4 km): https://directindex.org/r/blackbullbury.co.uk
- The Brown Cow (2.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/butcombe.com
- The Pack Horse (2.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/packhorseataffetside.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **No menu or price list found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they offer?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with the menu or price list and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+3.3 points) Requests as ClaudeBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# White Horse Hotel

> bar or pub in 18 Hall St, BL8 3BD, Bury, Manchester cafes and bars. Phone +441204934481.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk/events/book-your-celebrations-with-us/ (on the business's own site)

## Opening hours

Mo,Tu,Su 15:00-23:00; We 16:00-23:00; Th 14:00-23:00; Fr,Sa 14:00-24:00

## About

- Website: https://whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Structured data found (BarOrPub).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Manchester cafes and bars.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 92% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 86% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 30% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 20% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Cosalea Cafe Bars & Caterers (D, 47 m, https://directindex.org/r/cosalea.co.uk); The Little Leopard Coffee (F, 1180 m, https://directindex.org/r/wixsite.com); Thindigo (F, 1270 m, https://directindex.org/r/muheetindiantakeaway.co.uk); Black Bull (B, 1402 m, https://directindex.org/r/blackbullbury.co.uk); Kirklees Country Community Café and friendship hub (D, 1505 m, https://directindex.org/r/theenterprisecentre.co.uk); Duke William Ainsworth (F, 2007 m, https://directindex.org/r/dukewilliamainsworth.com); Cactus Sandwich Company (D, 2146 m, https://directindex.org/r/moonlightcake.com); The Brown Cow (A, 2503 m, https://directindex.org/r/butcombe.com); The Pack Horse (A, 2744 m, https://directindex.org/r/packhorseataffetside.co.uk); Trackside Bar (D, 2864 m, https://directindex.org/r/eastlancsrailway.org.uk).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Manchester cafes and bars and named 52 places. White Horse Hotel wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/manchester-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (24% A or B, 251601 sites); This site 79.5%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like White Horse Hotel in Manchester cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with WordPress in Manchester cafes and bars | 426 | 60% | 35% | 79.5% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Manchester cafes and bars: Goodtime Games (A 96.3%, https://directindex.org/r/goodtimegames.co.uk); Brown Cow (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/butcombe.com); Bulls Head Hale Barns (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/bullsheadhalebarns.pub); The Airport (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/airport.pub); The Brown Cow (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/butcombe.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for White Horse Hotel, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk
- Book: https://whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk/events/book-your-celebrations-with-us/ (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-21, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Mo,Tu,Su 15:00-23:00; We 16:00-23:00; Th 14:00-23:00; Fr,Sa 14:00-24:00 (closed now) (from whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk)
- Phone: +441204934481
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk/book

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 21.7 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: yes
- OAuth protected resource metadata: yes
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=whitehorsewalshaw.co.uk&force=1