Pubs in Stockport
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Railway
1 Avenue Street, Portwood, Stockport SK1 2BZ
This multi CAMRA-award winning pub is situated opposite the Peel Centre. It looks ordinary from the outside, but once inside it quickly becomes apparent this is a far from ordinary pub. A warm welcome awaits both the regular and the stranger from the friendly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff. A single L-shaped bar serves a large lounge area. Seven permanent cask ales are complemented by three guests (always including a mild) plus a vast choice of foreign beers are waiting to be sampled. A very pleasant sun-trap of a beer garden is to the side of the pub, its walls providing a degree of privacy from the main road. Local CAMRA Pub of the Year 2007 and also Cider Pub of the Year multiple times. History: Originally called the Railway, it went through various incarnations (Byrons, Cheekies), before reverting to its original name when rescued by the Porter Brewing Company. The Railway in the name was the Cheshire Lines Committee, whose former tracks are buried beneath the nearby M60. Leaving after an always-enjoyable session you'll swear that you hear the sound of a passing train rather than the traffic noise!
Railway
74-76 Wellington Road North, Heaton Norris, Stockport SK4 1HF
Two smart front rooms, tidily decorated. One with a feature fireplace, and photos of old Stockport, the other is more contemporary in feel with a raised stage area. A games room occupies the rear with pool table and even a leather sofa to recline in. An upstairs function room is available. Entertainment features open mic nights on Fridays, jazz on Sundays and Tuesdays, and the odd live band playing (Rockabilly on the last Saturday in the month) while the games room to the rear features darts (numerous teams are based here) and pool. Another successful conversion to cask ale as a result of a local CAMRA campaign. This former branch Pub of the Year for 2010 occasionally serves a guest ale (often sourced from local microbreweries rarely seen in other local pubs) alongside the permanent Holt's bitter.
Red Bull
14 Middle Hillgate, Stockport SK1 3AY
This imposing pub with its white exterior and well-worn front steps has long been locally popular besides being a favourite on the ‘Hillgate Stagger’. It had a substantial refurbishment in 2008 when the outside toilets became a thing of the past. It is still a genuine pub but it has made a few concessions to twenty-first century trends. There has been an extension on the left side into the adjacent building to allow a more significant eating area. The pub has six different areas including the space in front of the facing long bar and some areas have signs such as ‘The Snug’ and ‘The Old Cottage’. There is plenty of seating of various kinds and pictures of old Stockport and rural scenes adorn the walls with a TV screen to the right of the bar. The two standard Robinson's beers are usually supplemented by the seasonal ale of the time. For sustenance full menus are provided (lunch and evening) plus daily specials at competitive prices. The Red Bull certainly aims to maintain its flagship operation within the Robinson's Estate.
Royal Oak
124 Castle Street, Edgeley, Stockport SK3 9AL
Very popular corner house at the top of Edgeley's shopping street. For a long time it was a solid community local with reliable Holts Bitter on the pumps and a major food operation. then followed some years of uncertain stewardship which was a recipe for instability in how the pub performed. Then in late 2017 it was taken on by a couple who had already performed a rescue operation on their other pub, the Jolly Hatters in Haughton Green. Manager Jon Ogden has some 20-plus years experience in the trade and who some drinkers may remember from his time at the Crown, Heaton Lane, and other local pubs. After much-needed work on the kitchen, regular food will be re-introduced. Currently, Thursday curry nights where £2 will buy you a bowlful. The introduction of food may also see the reinstatement of 9am opening, which seems popular with the Castle Street pubs. Two football teams are based at the Royal Oak, they are looking for darts and pool teams to play out of the pub too. They have live sport on TV while a DJ and karaoke will entertain you from 7pm from Friday to Sunday. Real fires and roast chestnuts will feature in the winter months. Match days can see the place rammed, so it's worth knowing when the Hatters are playing at home.
Sir Robert Peel
83 Castle Street, Edgeley, Stockport SK3 9AR
This can be a busy pub on match days when Stockport County FC are at home. Large house that is popular with the lunchtime trade. A vault area complete with pool table and dart board is to the left as you enter. A central wall in the middle of the building divides the former two-room layout with the bar being over to the right wall of the main room. Wood flooring abounds and modern lighting is in place. Feature fish tank. Large back yard for outdoor drinking. A brief trial of real ale took place in late 2015, but regretably sales did not justify its retention so it was dropped from sale in May 2016. Under the same licensee holding as the nearby Prince Albert. History: 1896 acquired with Joseph Worrall's Brewery, it became a Wilsons Brewery house, then into the 1990s it traded under the Greenalls banner.
Star & Garter
61 Higher Hillgate, Stockport SK1 3HD
This is what some might call a 'proper boozer' with a friendly landlady and an equally friendly but lively set of customers. Opened-out but with clearly separate areas within the bar. The room on the right contains a pool table. At the rear is a separate vault. Around the walls and across the ceiling are England flags and bunting (football rather than politics being the driving force here). The pub has a gents and ladies darts team. They also have an occasional poker night. Lunches 12-2 Th-Fr. There was a threat that upon the current licensee's retirement in 2018, the pub would close for all time. Robinson's have had a change of heart in mid-2019, and have invested in the premises by refurbishing the exterior.
Se7en
25 St Petersgate, Stockport SK1 1EB
Re-opened as Se7en, a bar and restaurant on 31/5/19 after a nine year hiatus as a restaurant - Da Vinci's. Stylish, and modern interior. History: Closed 20/9/10; converted 30/10/10 to Da Vinci's Coffee House & Eatery. Prior to that it was a Greenalls house, the Stockport Arms that dabbled with cask ale for a time, but latterly it majored on karaoke and keg ale. Two-roomer with a central bar, and a music area to the rear.
Sun & Castle
54 Middle Hillgate, Stockport SK1 3EH
A good example of Holt’s traditional style of decor. A long vault, a large lounge and snug, an attractive bar, excellent use of dark wood and mirrors both on the walls and around the bar. A very clean and well upholstered house. Although there are two entrances, the pool room cum vault can now only be accessed from the corridor leading to the gents toilet. Sing-alongs are popular at weekends. Holts haven’t always owned the Sun & Castle, for many years it was a Tetley pub, and for a lot of those sold no cask beer. Holts are also responsible for replacing most of the original inter-war fittings with a mock Victorian interior and for once this really seems to fit the bill with pride of place going to a spectacular 1890s bar back. So what you have now is a warm interior with lots of dark wood plus red, brown and cream fixtures and fittings adding up to a classic “traditional pub” feel. To the right is a cosy lounge and behind that bigger rambling room complete with a small stage. To the left is a spacious and well used vault. Run by landlady, Ronnie and her husband Harry have been here on and off since 2000. She retired in 2012 but was tempted back for six weeks – and is still there! She has been in the trade for over 30 years and seems to have spent most of those on Hillgate as before coming to the Sun & Castle she had lengthy spells at the nearby, now closed Golden Lion, and Pack Horse. Harry looks after the cellar – the cask beers are Holts Bitter and the current seasonal – to such good effect that he’s entered in this year’s Best Kept Cellar competition being run by Holts. There’s no food here but plenty of entertainment. There’s the Karaoke League on Mondays (in which the pub has been very successful) and karaoke also features on Friday and Saturday. Darts are in the vault on Monday and Tuesday.
Swan with Two Necks
36 Princes Street, Stockport SK1 1RY
Narrow-fronted with a mock-Tudor facade. Mercifully saved from a failed shopping scheme then rejuvenated in late 2008 by a young couple with ideas and obvious vigour. Impressively panelled throughout in light oak to a familiar Robinsons house-style, with labelled doors to match. From the front door there is a vault; then the bustling bar-corridor; a cosy, button-back seating snug with a feature sky-light; and at the rear a further small lounge-cum-diner. Outside is a compact, walled drinking area. Following some external refurbishment works in 2018 the outside rear areas including boundary wall, railings, and gate were all improved to provide an enclosed beer garden with a large awning. The former outside toilets were also improved and incorporated in the main structure at that time. All of this backed up by quality food served 12-3 Mon-Sat. Cider is Westons Old Rosie.
Three Shires (Wine Bar)
Great Underbank, Stockport SK1 1NB
A two-minute walk from the shopping precinct, this black and white building dating from c1580 (see blue plaque) is still called a wine bar. At one point it had four ever-changing guest beers from smaller and micro breweries, usually including one from Copper Dragon, but now after a period of closure, and under the ownership of Huffy's those cask beers are no more. A wide selected of freshly prepared food is available lunchtimes and evenings.
Town Hall Tavern
95 Wellington Road South, Stockport SK1 3SL
Formerly the New Inn. A long-time keg pub, set on two levels.
Waterloo
Waterloo Road, Stockport SK1 3BD
Closed 5/8/2016, stripped of signage and boarded up - future uncertain, although owner's Robinsons are known to mothball pubs until better economic times come around. Situated just off Middle Hillgate near Strawberry Studios (where artists such as Joy Division, Neil Sedaka, The Smiths, Stone Roses and Paul McCartney all recorded there) and opposite the site of the 1967 Hopes Carr air disaster (site is marked by blue plaque and memorial stone). It has a well furnished lounge which contains the bar, a vault, games room and snug. The pub is well supported by a dedicated clientele of imbibers and has a friendly, welcoming atmosphere. Lunches available 12-2.30 Tue-Fri.