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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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Tuesday 3 May 2022

The George, Hayfield, High Peak

 


The George, 14 Church Street, Hayfield, High Peak SK22 2JE
01663 743691

This 16th century pub was once thought to be the second oldest in the village, but the Bull's Head which was reckoned to date from 1386 was closed in 2012 and turned into a private dwelling. 

Hayfield is the village that the mass trespassers walked through in 1932 on their way to Kinder Scout.

decor - 4
The front part of the pub has your typical 16th century low ceiling and I'm guessing this was the extent of the original pub. It has a spacious modern-looking dining room at the back and equally spacious side room with an iron fire range and coloured glass windows with scenes of British imperial conquests of yore. Tasteful cream walls with bare wooden beams.

ambience - 4
I would have given it 5 but for the piped music.

service - 3
courteous but a bit distant

ales - 4
plus one farmhouse cider

features - 5
serves food. Its website shows an extensive menu.
Accommodation
papers and magazines
TV screen
Location, in the heart of the Peak District with excellent walking country nearby

toilets - 4

Score 24 out of 30

disabled access - ground floor toilet and level entrance at the back. A few steps at the front.



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