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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 Packhorse, Hayfield, High Peak

 


The Packhorse
3-5 Market Street, Hayfield, High Peak SK22 2EP
01663 749126

Hayfield is the village the mass trespassers walked through on their way to KInder Scout in 1932, and the village held a commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the event on 8th April 2022.

The Packhorse is a restaurant pub near the church.

decor - 2
white ceiling, painted-over beams, ugly greenish-grey walls, few pictures or ornaments.

ambience - 3
Not unpleasant, despite the offputting choice of wall colour. Piped music, something I never like even when it's not loud. Mostly wooden seats with a few padded chairs and benches.

service - 5
fast and courteous

real ale - 3
features - 5
Food. I don't do food reviews but their website indicates they are proud of the quality of what's on the menu.
Weekly quiz night
child friendly
dog friendly - or so I surmise because they have a dog water bowl with fresh water placed inside the front door.
Location, in the heart of the Peak District with excellent walking country just yards from the front door

toilets - 3
Decent but the hand dryer has been fixed low above a wooden shelf and there is no space to get your hands under it to dry them.

Score 21 out of 30

disabled access - uneven cobbles at the front and a step up to the front door







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