Waters Green Tavern, Macclesfield

Located somewhat on its own near the station, following clearance for redevelopment, this is an unexpected pleasure. The mock-Tudor facade encompasses an alehouse-style interior with plain furniture and limited decoration. On the beer front, I found five real ales available from the eight handpumps, with a good range of styles from smaller breweries, and I went for the Caskade from the local Whim Ales (£3.60).

Good Beer Guide 2019 Entry. Very traditional pub - multi-roomed, with separate Pool table. Plenty of Cask choice - all with little jam jars so you could get a feel. Barnsley Bitter in good condition. Visit Blogged: http://bit.ly/2U9fMNa

A very neat ale house, very popular with the locals. The place was really buzzing on our Sunday afternoon visit. The bar is to your left as you enter and there's a small area just past the bar where cards and doms were being played. There's another seating area to the right along with a pool table. Lots of B & W pictures on the walls and a fine selection of ales on the bar including a real cider. Both the beers we tried were in very good condition. We'll definitely call in this one again.

An excellent pub. Serves 7 real ales. An L-shaped room with a pool room to the rear as you walk in. A beer yard is out back where you can admire the managers car.

As described below this is an old school pub with the emphasis on beer choice and quality. I paid two visits here, once just before Saturday afternoon closing time of 16:00 and again when they re-opened at 19:00. Inside it is a carpeted open plan room with the bar on the left as you enter. On this were seven hand pumps with one unused and a cider leaving Dark Star Hophead, Osset Pridewood Progress, Deep Vale DV8 Stout, Acorn Barnsley Bitter and Kelham Island Pale Rider. I went for the Hophead (£3.00), the DV8 Stout (£3.10) and the Pale Rider which I think was around £3.50. All were in excellent condition and the Hophead was outstanding, far better than the pint of it I had last summer in their Partridge brewery tap. My biggest gripe with this place is that it stops serving at 15:00 weekdays opening again at 17:00 and 16:00 weekends opening at 19:00. I really don't see the point of that at all especially on a Friday and Saturday. It's still well worth a visit (if it's open).