Crawl of Stockport Heritage Pubs

When - Friday 22nd September 8.30pm
Where - MEET AT THE SWAN WITH TWO NECKS 36, PRINCES ST SK1 1RY
Or you can join us at Queens Head (Turners Vaults) 12, Little Underbank SK1 1JT at 9.15pm and the Arden Arms 23, Millgate SK1 2LX at 10pm
Free to join – buy your own beer!

This pub crawl led by John Sutcliffe, a local architect and CAMRA member, takes in Stockport town centre’s three pubs which are listed on CAMRA’s register of historically important interiors. Starting at Robinsons Swan with Two Necks, with its multiple rooms and oak panelling, the crawl will then visit the Queens Head (Turners Vaults) on Little Underbank owned by Samuel Smiths. This very narrow pub shows how many small urban pubs must have looked a hundred years ago and features two sets of spirit cocks which used to dispense drink from the rooms above. The final destination is the Arden Arms, another fine Robinsons establishment. This 19th-century town centre pub has a well-preserved interior with simple wooden panelling, bench seating and quarry-tiled floors plus, in the lobby, a floor-to-ceiling curved, screened bar, still with its rising sashes. Three rooms open off this lobby whilst the fourth, known as ‘the Select’, offers a most unusual arrangement as it can only be accessed by passing through the bar, with permission from the staff. We’ll try!