The Cat & Fiddle, Macclesfield

Famous inn at the summit of the Buxton to Macclesfield Road, now run by the local Forest Gin distillery (down the hill in the fabulously named hamlet of Bottom of the Oven). Very gentrified inside, and mostly operating as a restaurant, but there is a comfortable lounge area in front of the bar counter, the other side of which is the coffee and bottle shop. Robinson's Unicorn (£3.80) available on the sole handpump, with three of the brewery's other beers on the keg taps. Well worth a stop, as much for the location at 515 metres above sea level as the pub itself.

Official site of The Cat & Fiddle - theforestdistillery.com

Official site of The Cat & Fiddle - theforestdistillery.com