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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 Pride of the Peaks, New Mills

 


The Pride of the Peaks, 59 Market Street, New Mills, High Peak SK52 4AA
01663 745243

Built in 1865, originally named the Railway Hotel. 

ambience - 3
Pleasantly buzzy

decor - 1
Walls in cosy if drab shades of brown contrasted with fussy crystal light holders and big ornate silver framed mirrors. Not your typical pub decor. Would suit a Las Vegas casino more than a high street pub.

service - 5
very fast and very friendly

ales - 3

features - 5
food
DJ and music
child friendly
dog friendly
beer yard at the back with a pod (outbuilding) available for private booking

toilets - 4


Score 21 out of 30

disabled access - front entrance level with pavement*

*I'm starting to report on disabled access in pubs because a buddy and I now have mobility issues, so I've become more disability aware. But I'm offering it for information without adding it to the scores, because some pub buildings are so designed that it is not possible to adapt them or put in disabled loos without major structural alterations. The fact that pub builders of yore took no account of disabled access is not the fault of the current proprietors!

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