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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.
(ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT)

Monday, 13 April 2026

The Boar's Head, Poynton

 


The Boar's Head
2 Shrigley Road North, near Poynton, Stockport SK12 1TE
TEL: 01625 409853


There has been a pub on this site for centuries but the current building, which replaced an older one, was built in 1906. In the mid-nineteenth century the local coal mine owner disapproved of the amount of drinking his employees did and had a Temperance Inn built right next door to it. The Temperance Inn is still there though it got a licence to serve alcohol in 1996. I may get a photo of it on a return visit. (I do intend to make a return visit as this area has nice walking routes and is also on the Middlewood Way, which goes from Marple to Macclesfield. I'll get a picture of the Boar's Head too. I didn't have my camera with me on this visit.)

decor - 5
posh, browns and greens, comfortable seating and little vases of flowers on the tables.

ambience - 4
friendly, relaxed

real ale - 1
Though it has up to three guest ales. Two of them were not available on my visit.

service - 3
A bit inattentive, even though the pub wasn't busy at the time.

features - 5
serves food
Welcomes 'walkers, muddy boots and dogs'
dog friendly
darts
quiz night once a week

toilets - 4

Score 22 out of 30



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