The Rising Sun, Stockport

A traditional looking roadhouse from the outside. Inside it's been opened out into one huge room with a small area to the left with a pool table and dartboard, there's also a quiz machine which wasn't working on my visit. Loads of b & w pictures of the area all around the walls. There's a For Lease sign on the outside along with a sign that says Under New Management, so who knows what the situation here is. There's a large beer patio at the front allowing you to be choked by all the exhaust fumes from the very busy junction. There are 4 handpump dispensing the very boring selection of Wainwright, Trooper & Bombardier, with one unclipped. The Wainwright was just about OK. It's not worth the walk down from the railway station I'm afraid.

One of the better pubs but it is on the far end of Hazel Groves main road. There were 2 real ales on on this visit.

The Rising Sun was a Wilsons tied house but signed as a chef & brewer pub. This pub is at the southern end of Hazel Grove it has a black and white part mock tudor front and it was quite smart inside. I had a drink of Wilsons Bitter this was ok. Pub visited 9 March 1989.