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Poacher’s Inn

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Poachers

Right on the boundary of Bollington and Rainow, this handsome stone building, adorned in summer with luxuriant window boxes and hanging baskets, houses a friendly and cosy award winning country pub. The staff are chatty and cheerful. One of only two free houses in Bollington and with a regular entry in the Good Beer Guide. Frequent winners of CAMRA awards! Arguably Bollington’s most popular pub.

Monthly Quiz night (always last Sunday in the month, 8.30pm, but also often an additional charity quiz night on the second Sunday, 8.30pm). Rob & Helen were deservedly recognised by Bollington Town Council for their exceptional charity fund raising over very many years.

Address: 95 Ingersley Road, Bollington, Macclesfield, SK10 5RE
Contact: 01625-572086 | website | Facebook 
Hosts: Rob & Helen Ellwood
Open hours: Monday: 5.30 – 11.00
Tuesday –
Friday: 12.00 – 2.00, 5.30 – 11.00
Saturday: 12.00 – 12.00 

Sunday: 12.00 – 11.00 
Food is served at every session on Tuesday to Sunday. On Mondays customers are invited to bring in their own food or a takeaway (the Viceroy is almost opposite) and plates and cutlery will be provided!
Wednesday evening is Pie Night when your pint is included in the price of the pie! (Booking advised as this is a very popular evening!)
Brews:

The Poachers usually carries an ale from Storm Brewery, with two or three additional guest cask ales selected from across the country. Awarded Cask Marque status. Boddingtons is available on gas, together with a variety of lagers, with ciders and Guinness completing the line up on the bar. On the back bar there is a spectacular selection of both malt whisky and gin!

There is also an outstanding selection of continental and eastern European bottled lagers available – have a look in the fridge! For the wine drinkers they have a competent range.

Food:

One of the most popular tables in town. Everything cooked on the premises. Crisp fresh vegetables, and locally sourced meats, home made burgers. Bar snacks are copious and always freshly prepared.

Wednesday evening is Pie Night! Enjoy a wedge out of a big pie, very popular – booking recommended!

Book for peak periods. Regular special events featuring favourite menus and dishes – Thai evening, Indian evening, etc. See their website for further details on all of these.

Other facilities:

Pleasant rear garden, access through the bar with a shelter. Barbecues in summer, weather permitting. Car park across the lane at side of pub. 

WiFi internet access available to customers.

Finding it: At the north east end of town, from the bus turn round outside the Turners, go up Ingersley Road; The Poachers is at the end on the right.

History

Originally called ‘The Masons Arms’, the landlord and landlady after the first world war were Eliza Leigh and Albert Swindells. The Inn is on the boundary between Bollington and Rainow. A Boundary stone can be seen in the wall opposite the pub. The Inn was created by merging a few cottages together over the years.

Later named ‘The Masonic Arms’.

And finally ‘The Poachers Inn’ which has been owned and run by Rob & Helen Ellwood since July 2000.