A once attractive pub on the eastern fringe of the city centre that looks to be of a variety of different ages.
The Crown
A former Boddington’s pub spectacularly situated in the shadow of Stockport’s famous viaduct, that for many years was very successful as a multi-beer free house. It closed during the second lockdown, but hopefully there should be a good chance of it eventually reopening again.
The Railway Hotel
A substantial red-brick pub still bearing vestiges of Greenall’s livery, in an out-of-the-way location on the north-west side of the town opposite a long-closed station.
The Black Horse
The StreetView image from 2009 shows an attractive small end-terrace Marston’s pub, which sadly has now been converted for residential use, although still retaining the embossed sign panel on the front wall to show its origins.
The Commercial
A free-standing pub in an area on the south side of the city currently undergoing redevelopment. The trendy lettering obviously wasn’t enough to save it. It was owned for a number of years by former Leeds United football Peter Lorimer, who sadly died recently.
The Fountain
A small street-corner pub in the Digbeth area of the city, still bearing M&B livery. It closed during the Covid lockdown and is now undergoing conversion to flats.
The Kingsway Hotel
An impressive pub built in 1938 by the Rochdale & Manor Brewery that was later taken over by Samuel Smith – the rocks blocking the entrance are a trademark of that firm. It features on CAMRA’s National Inventory. It had actually closed before the 2020 lockdown.
The Wellington Arms
This small street-corner pub on the west side of the town closed in the middle of 2019 and has now been converted to flats.
The Talbot Head
A substantial former hotel on the main street of this well-pubbed riverside town, where the boarding-up has been enhanced by paintings of rural scenes.
The Railway Inn
A utilitarian flat-roofed pub in the Hunslet area on the south-east side of the city. Some of the detailing suggests a 1930s origin, but the surrounding housing is post-war. It has since been converted for residential use, but the Whitbread inn sign has been retained.
The Coopers Arms
Not the well-known historic Coopers Tavern, this is an imposing late-Victorian street-corner pub on the south-west side of the town. It was sold off by Marston’s a few years ago but carried on for a while as a free house; permission is now being south to turn it into a community centre.
The Bullock Smithy
A four-square pub on a busy road junction, originally called the Bull’s Head. Bullock Smithy was the former name of Hazel Grove, which was changed in the 19th century for reasons of decorum. In recent years it was very much given over to dining, and did not reopen after the first lockdown in 2020.
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