Poachers Inn, Bollington

The Poachers is a pleasant, very friendly genuine free-house and flagship real ale community pub with fresh home-made food. Two of the five hand-pumps are reserved for Beartown’s Glacier and Macclesfield’s Storm Brewing’s Desert Storm. The three other guest beers support a wide variety of micro-brewery cask ales. One of the guests is always a dark beer, whilst diverse national and World bottled beers & cans ensure there is always a wide choice. Internally the pub offers a warm, relaxing and surprisingly quiet niche by the entrance door, where you can sit in comfortable lounge chairs and stare into the coal and wood open fire while enjoying a pint of real ale. In the centre, diners and drinkers mix affably around the bar, and a large table is often surrounded by members from one of the many local groups that use the pub as a meeting point (e.g. cycling, walking, investors club, beer festival meetings) or by an extended family celebrating a special event. Towards the bottom end sumptuous sofas and armchairs allow visitors to sit back, relax, gossip and appreciate their beer. Outside, a secluded beer garden is nestled to the rear of the pub providing a real sun trap on a lovely summer's evening. Positioned at the foot of Blaze Hill, on the very edge of the village as you enter from the Peak District National Park, just a couple of hundred yards up the hill, and with both the Gritstone Trail and the Middlewood Way passing nearby, The Poachers is very popular with walkers and their canine friends (cask ale for the walker is complemented by thirst-quenching bowls of water for the 4-legged companions and dog treats can be bought). The pub is closed on Mondays The Poachers is very much part of the local community. Food service is expected to resume at a future date.