{"id":226,"date":"2017-04-04T10:32:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T10:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2025-11-03T20:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:50:10","slug":"windmill-inn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=226","title":{"rendered":"Windmill Inn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SatNav &#8211; SatNav &#8211; OS: SJ924788, Postcode: SK10 5SJ, <a href=\"https:\/\/what3words.com\/trophy.backfired.flicks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\/\/\/trophy.backfired.flicks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/windmill_bar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15747 size-medium\" title=\"Great beer selection on the bar!\" src=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/windmill_bar-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/windmill_bar-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/windmill_bar.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This old country pub has changed a great deal over the 45 years I have known it and each refurbishment brings with it a new style fitted into the old building. It is a very pleasant pub and most enjoyable restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>The lounge is easy to relax in with sofas and soft chairs, there is a bar and the restaurant area is furnished with stout spotlessly clean wooden tables and chairs bistro style on a stone tiled floor.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 502px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 27px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.7748%; height: 27px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Address:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80.3256%; height: 27px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Holehouse Lane, <a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=2440\">Whiteley Green<\/a>, Macclesfield, SK10 5SJ<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 27px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.7748%; height: 27px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80.3256%; height: 27px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"tel:01625574222\">01625-574222<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:mail@thewindmill.info\">email<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/thewindmill.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14472\" src=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/external.png\" title=\"Going to an external website!\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\"> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thewindmill.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14472\" src=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/external.png\" title=\"Going to an external website!\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 27px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.7748%; vertical-align: top; height: 27px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Host:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80.3256%; vertical-align: top; height: 27px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Pete, Jane &amp; The Windmill Team<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 17.7748%; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Open hours:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80.3256%; vertical-align: top;\">Please check their <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thewindmill.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14472\" src=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/external.png\" title=\"Going to an external website!\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\"><\/span> for opening days and times.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 54px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.7748%; height: 33px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Brews:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80.3256%; height: 33px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Tetley&#8217;s, Timothy Taylor&#8217;s, Black Sheep and a guest beer which was Speckled Hen on my last visit.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 163px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.7748%; height: 134px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Food:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80.3256%; height: 134px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Bar food; Restaurant &#8211; High quality food, preparation and presentation. The quality ensures that it is value for money. They are clearly aiming well above the standard of the usual pub restaurant and certainly achieving it. My wife &amp; I have been many times for lunch and dinner and it is invariably very good. The standard of service is first rate with young staff who actually know what they are doing. Very highly recommended. Book for peak periods.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 81px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.7748%; height: 50px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Other facilities:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80.3256%; height: 50px; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Beer garden beside the car park. Patio tables and chairs on the roadside are actually a very pleasant place to watch the lowering sun on a warm summer evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">They frequently have entertainment at weekends &#8211; details on the <a href=\"http:\/\/thewindmill.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14472\" src=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/external.png\" title=\"Going to an external website!\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 211px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.7748%; height: 150px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Finding it:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80.3256%; height: 150px; vertical-align: top;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">From the main road through Bollington, turn down Adlington Road (next to the Dog &amp; Partridge), after about \u00be mile take 1st left. The Windmill is half a mile on the left. From the A523 Macclesfield \/ Poynton road, turn up Holehouse Lane which is between the traffic lights at Bonis Hall Lane and the railway over-bridge; after about 1 mile the Windmill is on the right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">200m downhill from the <a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=4136\">Macclesfield Canal<\/a> at bridge 25.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2384.0430216303557!2d-2.1168509841630656!3d53.30667577997073!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x487a4bc0a39ccf8f%3A0xa2c56f0618cfcc1f!2sThe+Windmill!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1491381997532\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SatNav &#8211; SatNav &#8211; OS: SJ924788, Postcode: SK10 5SJ, \/\/\/trophy.backfired.flicks This old country pub has changed a great deal over the 45 years I have known it and each refurbishment brings with it a new style fitted into the old building. It is a very pleasant pub and most enjoyable restaurant. 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