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Swan with Two Necks, Stockport
Stockport
SK1 1RY
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Swan With Two Necks
Stockpot has some fine pubs, so if you're looking to see another splendid interior from the Camra Inventory, you can't miss this one out. Robinsons Unicorn was my choice here.
On 24th April 2014
- rating: 9
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Harry hall left this review about Swan With Two Necks
As Peter Rydings has already said, this is a fantastic pub with well kept beer and a great food offering, and i too noticed a build up of dirt, my visit was the 12th of Feb.I asked if there had been a change in tenant or landlord, and was told by a member of staff that it was the same landlord/landlady as it has been for 6yrs now. I did also ask why it seemed dirtier than on my previous visits and was told that the landlord and landlady had been making many improvements from a brand new kitchen installation to new fire alarm and rear court yard also i was told that the front of the pub has undergone a face lift, as it was newly decorated and they had removed the opaque georgian wired glass windows and replaced them with normal plane glass windows. I must admit at that moment i felt very stupid, but i am very pleased to see many improvements to such a great pub. look forward to seeing more improvements on my next visit.
On 4th March 2014
- rating: 9
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Peter Rydings left this review about Swan With Two Necks
Yes a very nice pub i make a point of calling in every time i go to stockport.
Yes called in again on the 14th of March just like before had a good pint of robbie's will call back
Yes called in again on the 6th of Feb sorry this pub as got very dirty whats gone wrong with the place
On 7th February 2014
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John Bonser left this review about Swan With Two Necks
In the heart of Stockport’s pedestrianised shopping centre is The Swan with Two Necks, a pub with a narrow frontage that is larger inside than it looks from across the road. Noticeable up on high is a typical black and white mock Tudor gabled frontage.
Inside the pub, a long wood panelled corridor runs down the right hand side of the pub and quickly widens to form a drinking lobby, but with seats and tables against the wall. There’s 3 rooms in total on the left of the corridor.
The first bar on the left at the front of the pub is effectively the public bar. This is a small room, traditionally furnished, with an oak panelled angled screen separating this room from the lobby. Over the fireplace, we see a large Manchester and Stockport Pub Crawl Map. The short narrative description of this pub is “last refurbished in the 1920’s”.
Further down the corridor, past the lobby servery, is probably the best room in the pub – a cosy, comfortable and characterful oak panelled Smoke Room ( room 3 ) which features fixed seating and bell pushes. The splendid oak panelled walls are decorated with copper plates and horse brasses, giving off something of a country pub feel. Note also the attractive moulded cornicing at the junction of the wall and ceiling and an unusual rectangular lantern, which provides light. The local CAMRA Pub Guide – “Viaducts and Vaults 3 “ – describes this room as a “strong contender for the finest pub room in Stockport”.
Further down the corridor is another room which seems to be used as a family / dining room. At the end of the corridor is a splendid stained glass panel depicting the eponymous swan with two necks.
There’s a small smokers yard at the back with the outside toilets.
For its unspoilt and unaltered interior, the pub is listed in CAMRA’s National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
On my recent midweek lunchtime visit, the pub was quite busy with a good mixture of shoppers and locals. Notably, it’s the only pub in this long street, Princes Street, and one might therefore expect it to have something of a transient, impersonal feel. Yet it evidently has a good loyal regular trade with most customers known by name to the friendly and likeable youngish Northern couple who evidently run the show.
It’s a Robinsons pub which was serving Dark Hatter, Unicorn and, perhaps surprisingly, the legendary Old Tom. The Dark Hatter - £ 2.60p – was an enjoyable pint and I decided to push the boat out with a half of Old Tom ( ABV – 8.5% , £ 2.60p ), which was drunk in a suitably slow and responsible manner. The pub is listed in the 2012 CAMRA Good Beer Guide.
This is a welcoming and likeable pub and, despite the attractions of The Crown Inn, I’d definitely like to do this one again. Finally, do note that, according to the Good Beer Guide, the pub closes early each evening, except for Friday and Saturday
On 13th April 2012
- rating: 8
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Clive Thompson left this review about Swan With Two Necks
Small fronted Robinsons pub in a shopping street with a few tables outside. There’s a small front bar, a corridor drinking area and two rear rooms. An array of pumps clips but just Unicorn, Hatters and dark hatter on. Copies of local CAMRA newsletters were available.
On 28th March 2010
- rating: 6
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train man left this review about Swan With Two Necks
Odd layout with a pleasant wood-panelled snug to the front left, the longer side of the central bar then serves something of a corridor, albeit with a couple of tables opposite. Further on to two unremarkable rear rooms, one of which has the feel of your gran's parlour. The gents loo is across the back yard, & this was the first time I noticed they have a few tables with seating outside. Surprisingly busy at 12:30 on my last visit; a sign declared that anyone seeming to have had too many would not be served further – maybe that’s why the locals start in here!
Don't worry about the England flag decorating the pub in the first photo; it's not the sort of place to attract our finest hoolies.
On 15th March 2010
- rating: 7
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Alan Winfield left this review about Swan With Two Necks
The Swan with two Necks is a smallish Robinsons tied house,i had a drink of Robinsons bitter which was very nice.
Pub visited 18 march 1989.
Photo taken 13 October 2007.
On 18th March 1989
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