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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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Thursday, 26 October 2023

The Cheshire LIne, Cheadle

 

The Cheshire Line
Manchester Road, Cheadle, SK8 2NZ


A nice restaurant pub in a country setting, even though it's little more than a mile from the urban centre of Cheadle. The building started life as a railway station in 1866; the railway line still runs only yards away. Traffic on the line was reduced to occcasional freight trains in the 1960s and the stattion was closed. The building was left derelict until the 1980s, when it was given a refurb and turned into a restaurant and pub, originally called The Station. It was owned first by Banks Brewery then by Chesters. Now it is a free house.

decor - 3
ambience - 3

service - 3
friendly, a little slow

features - 2
serves food. 
I'm not sure but it is probably child-friendly

It is next door to a garden centre which sells gifts and confectionery as well as plants and garden equipment. There is a car park between the pub and the garden centre, accessed via a U-turning driveway off the main road.
   

real ale - 5
It's a free house

toilets - 4

Score 19 out of 30




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