A prominent landmark at the A34/A51 junction just north of Stone, this pub is actually situated within the roundabout. In recent years it has concentrated mostly on the dining trade.
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The Red House
A substantial free-standing pub right in the centre of this former mining town.
The Triangle
An imposing three-storey stone-built pub with Venetian windows on the main A58 between Ripponden and Sowerby Bridge. Currently reported as being tied up in planning appeals due to the owners wanting to demolish the listed cottage at the rear as part of redevelopment.
The Cocked Hat
The Cocked Hat, Stockport, Cheshire
Standing opposite the Parish Church on Stockport Market Place, this mock-Tudor pub was formerly a Tetley’s house called the Pack Horse.
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The Sumpter Horse
A large free-standing pub on a main road, whose frontage looks to date from the 1950s, but may originally be older. It is scheduled to be demolished for a new road scheme. A sumpter is an archaic name for a pack horse.
The Britannia
A small street-corner pub that looks to be in Greenall’s livery, on the south side of the town centre.
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The Rising Sun
Prominently situated on the A5 roundabout to the north of the town, this pub seems to have been left to moulder for many years.
The Tollgate
A short-lived modern estate pub, formerly owned by Brains Brewery, on the south side of the town. Planning permission is now being requested to build seven houses on the site.
The Saracen’s Head
A substantial stone-built street-corner pub close to the centre of this former mining town.
The Bee Hotel
A substantial pub-cum-hotel with an unusual name, owned by Greater Manchester family brewers J. W. Lees, in the centre of this small North Wales market town, which was once notorious as a traffic bottleneck on the A55.
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The Bull
A modern pub, formerly owned by Home Brewery of Nottingham, on the east bank of the River Welland close to the town centre.
The Shakespeare
A substantial free-standing Victorian pub dominating a road junction on the east side of the town centre.
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