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Lamp Hotel, Stockport (Big Lamp)

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Operator: Independent
64 Middle Hillgate, Stockport, SK1 3EH (View on Google Map)

This Pub is Permanently Closed

Converted 1/1/2008 to housing. Closed c.1/6/2007. Planning Application DC/025891 | Change of use to five studio flats & one 1- bed flat. Granted 4/5/2207.

History: Originally the Pack Horse, a popular and spacious Chesters house. It sold Flowers IPA, and Boddingtons Bitter as the Pack Horse in the mid-1990s. Various conversions to restaurant-use were tried after it closed, but without success.

Historic Interest

Formerly a Chesters house, the Pack Horse. Became the Lamp Hotel in the early 2000s. Pre 1982, it was know as the Higher Pack Horse. In 1982 it underwent a total refurbishment and was renamed the Big Lamp, offering a more modern experience with a successful lunchtime food offering. The Big Lamp was a name that had been a nickname for the pub many years before, as the pub had a large Lamp hanging above the entrance door, and as the story goes, mother's used to send their children to get their father's out of the pub, the one with the big Lamp! It remained as the Big Lamp until the late 1980s/early 1990s.

Information for this venue is provided by the Stockport & South Manchester Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Big Lamp; Higher Pack Horse; Pack Horse
Local Authority
Stockport District (B)
Last updated
Last surveyed
08/01/2025
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
MAS/4294
Asset of Community Value
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