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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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Monday, 31 August 2026

The Midland, Marple Bridge

 

The Midland
26 Brabyns Brow, Marple Bridge SK6 5DT
0161 427 2370

This is really an upmarket restaurant rather than a pub but there is space for people who want to drop in for just a drink. It started life as a hotel about 1870, just five years after the railway line through Marple, running from Manchester Piccadilly through Hyde to New Mills, was completed. I surmise it was built to cater for railway passengers. It was newly refurbed in spring 2026.

Decor - 4
Comfortable seating with furnishings and walls in a variety of colours. It doesn't look so impressive from the outside at the front but the inside is rather lovely.

Ambience - 3
Swish

Service - 5
Faultless

Real ale - 2

Features - 3
serves food, and has a pleasant outdoor dining area next to the river Goyt.
child friendly
dog friendly (pooches allowed in one room)

Toilets - 4

Score 21 out of 30

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