Charlie Westaway

Charles 'Charlie' Richard Westaway (born 10th March 1969, age 51)  is an original character in the Lit forum serial drama The Avenue, portrayed by Darren Day. He is the landlord of The Red Lion pub, which he runs alongside wife and landlady, Leyla Westaway. There they live with two of their three children: older teenagers Rory Westaway and Jess Westaway. Offscreen he has a much older stepdaughter, thirtysomething Carla Westaway, as well as parents-in-law Maggie Baker and Phil Baker. Charlie is one of the few original characters in this version of The Avenue who did not appear in the first version.

Charlie is a 'cheeky-chappie' with a silver tongue, but also 'a family man to the core'. However, he has a penchant for morally and legally dubious extracurricular activities, though normally with good intentions. It can be said of Charlie that he sometimes does the 'wrong' thing but for the 'right' reasons.