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If you love the British pub, you will like this blog. Here I will review the pubs I drop into in my wanderings around my home region - urban, rural, posh, homely, fun pubs, restaurant pubs, and local backstreet pubs. I hope to encourage people to appreciate them.
I will score each pub out of five points each (30 points maximum) on its ambience, decor, service, whether it serves real ales, state of the toilets (but I can't vouch for the state of the gents because I don't use them!) and what extras it has - games, beer garden, newspapers, serves food, karaoke, quizzes, live music.
If after reading one of my reviews you decide to check out a pub, I hope you enjoy the experience. But bear in mind that I have only visited some of them once, and pubs and pub managers change. If the review needs updating, please leave a comment.
Ups and downs? Well, people drink when they're down. And they drink to celebrate, when they're feeling 'up'. Besides that, this is hill country. It's full of ups and downs.
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Saturday, 25 August 2018

The Hopwood Arms, Middleton, Manchester





The Hopwood Arms
753 Rochdale Road, Middleton, Manchester M24 2RA
01706 359807

This is not a traditional canalside pub, by which I mean, one built at the same time as its canal to serve the canal workers. It dates only from the 1930s. But it backs onto the Rochdale canal on the edge of Middleton and is in a nice, semi rural location.

Ambience - 4
Decor - 4
It has a spacious open plan bar area and a beer garden with comfortable seating and canopies at the front.

Real Ale - 2

Service - 4
Prompt and friendly

Features - 4
child friendly
Serves food
hosts meetings of the mini owners club
children's play area

Toilets - 4

Score 22 out of 30
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