Railway, Mobberley

This is a comfortable and welcoming country pub, run by the same family since May 1988. It has an impressive vault with wood panelling and red leather banquette, a lounge with real fire and a separate dining room with log burner. There is a particularly varied array of ornaments adorning the walls, including framed railway buttons and badges, plus pictures and photographs, many of course with a railway theme, alongside plates, stone jars and bottles, horse brasses and books. The pub is yards from Mobberley Station making it a handy "waiting room" for travellers. Very much a community pub, with lots of sports teams including no fewer than nine bowling teams who use the green that was added in 1987. The sizable beer garden includes a children's play area and the proximity of Manchester Airport gives an impressive view of the aircraft arriving or departing. A golf society completes the games scene. A charity is nominated each year and events plus a pre loved book shelf raise almost a thousand pounds a year. Cheshire-brewed ales feature, with Dunham Massey typically providing Big Tree or Little Bollington. The guest pumps tend to rotate through local micros, with Wincle, Tatton and Storm being seen; plus, JW Lees Boddingtons has been a recurring feature as well. Home-made cooked meals are served daily, which are well regarded for being fully home-cooked on the premises from fresh ingredients. There is a baby changing facility, inside the ladies toilets, and there is level access throughout the pub, one the slight (4 cm) step at the entrance has been negotiated. There are multiple TVs throughout, usually showing sports.