Ups and Downs: Marple

Welcome

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, 14 May 2024

The Railway, Marple

The Railway

223 Stockport Road, Rose Hill, Marple SK6 6EN

0161 427 2146

This was the pub in Marple that I left out when I did the pubs there a few years ago. It is a little way out of the town centre next to Marple Rose Hill train station. This is the last station left of the line that used to run from Marple to Macclesfield and which is now a 10 mile footpath, cycle path and bridle path that runs between the two towns called the Middlewood Way.

Ambience - 3

Relaxed

decor - 3

brown and cream colour scheme, comfortable seating. Seats on the balcony at the back.

Service - 4

Friendly

Real ale - 3

It's a Robinsons pub. When I visited it had Citra and Dizy Blonde pale ale and Wizzard bitter.

Features - 5

Serves food between 12 and 2

dog friendly

TV sport

Regular quiz, karaoke and other events

Right next to the Middlewood Way

Toilets - 3

Dryer didn't work

Score 20 out of 30

Tuesday, 2 May 2023

The Navigation, Marple

The Navigation

9 Stockport Road

Marple SK6 6BD

TEL: 0161 427 3817

There has been a pub on the site, next to the Peak Forest canal, since 1790. The current pub is spacious with an open plan bar, tap room with white walls and a stone floor to the side of it, two lounges in tasteful cream and grey on the opposite side of the ground floor. Mainly a locals' pub but friendly.

ambience - 3

decor - 3

tap room is a bit dingy

service - 4

real ale - 2

features - 3

disco

karaoke

dog friendly

toilet - 3

Score 18 out of 30

Samuel Oldknow, Marple

Samuel Oldknow

22 Market Street

Marple SK6 7AD

TEL: 0161 425 9530

A micropub with a few real ales, not completely open plan, it has a couple of booths inside which make it feel a bit cramped but there is a snug downstairs.

ambience - 4

decor - 3

service - 4

real ales - 6

features - 1

bar snacks (pie and pickle)

toilets - 4

Score 22 out of 30

The Bull's Head, Marple

The Bulls Head

23 Market Street

Marple SK6 7AA

TEL: 0161 465 9503

ambience - 1

Frosty. There is a 'wait to be seated' sign at the front door and you need staff permission to cross the threshold.

decor - 3

service - 2

Nice to regulars, distant to newcomers

ale - 1

Robinsons

features - 2

beer garden

bar snacks

toilets - 3

Score 12 out of 30