Trafford Pubs
Dining and drinking in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford,
including Altrincham, Stretford, Sale, Hale Barns, Urmston, Hale and Flixton

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• The Bird I' th' Hand
  Flixton Road, Flixton, Trafford. Tel : 0161-748 2014
  Part of the Greenhalls Pub Division's "Ale 'n' Hearty" restaurant pubs, though there is a simple public bar. A wide selection of pub food permanently on menu, with daily blackboard specials. Pies, Chicken dishes, "International" dishes, grills, steaks, etc. plus Vegetarian specialities, desserts, Sunday Lunch Roasts at about £4.00 basic, jugs of house wine. Children welcome.
  
  
• The Bishop's Blaze
  (JD Wetherspoon) Chester Road, Stretford M32 0SF .
  Tel: 0161-873 8845.
  Real Ales, Wireless Internet Connection, part of the Wetherspoon Pub Chain. Inexpensive food and drink - very busy with Manchester United supporters on match days. Usually about five ales on draught including Boddies, Spitfire, Pedigree and other guest ales.

The Old Cock Hotel, Stretford

The Urmston

The Bird I' th' Hand, Flixton

• The Old Cock Hotel
  Chester Road, Stretford, Trafford. Tel : 0161-865 1565.
  Large pub just off the M60 Motorway on the main Stretford-Altrincham Road. Malt Shovel 68 Stamford Street, Altrincham. 0161-928 2053 Opening Mon-Sat 11.30am-11pm; Sun 12noon-10.30pm. Beers include Samuel Smiths Dark Mild. Real ale, good food and jazz music make this a great pub in a listed building. Jazz is on Wed-Sat and caters for traditional fans and modern jazz fans.
  
  
• Railway Inn
  153 Manchester Road, Broadheath, Trafford.
  Tel : 0161-941-3383
  Open every day from 12.00noon to 3.00pm and 7pm-11pm. Beers offered include Holts Bitter and Mild as well as Boddingtons Bitter. Standing on a retail park, this well maintained and preserved old pub seems to belong to another age, complete with real fires, real ale and home-made food. Great traditional old pub atmosphere.
  
  
• The Old Packet House
  Navigation Road, Broadheath, Trafford.
  Tel : 0161-929 1331
  Opening Hours : Mon-Sat 11am-11pm; Sun 12noon-10.30pm. Beers include Websters Bitter, Boddingtons Bitter, Wilsons Bitter. A canalside pub squashed between the Bridgewater Canal and the A56. It serves large portions of high quality food and beers.
  
  
• The Railway
  Ashley Road, Hale, Trafford. Tel : 0161-941 5367
  Open from Mon-Sat 11am-11pm; Sun 12noon-10.30pm. Robinsons Hatters Mild, Best Bitter, Old Stockport Bitter, Old Tom (winter); Hartleys XB. A fairly down to earth pub in a high class area, supposedly haunted by a former landlady, one Mary Holt, whose presence is sensed by the smell of Lavender water.
  
  
• The Brook
  Brooklands Station Approach, Sale, Trafford.
  Tel: 0161-973 7773.
  Open Mon-Sat from 12 noon - 11.00pm and Sunday from 12 noon till 10.30pm. J.W. Lees beers available here. Another converted railway station property (this time the old Stationmaster's House), still directly connected to Metrolink Station. Small with just two bars, it is the favourite haunt of the local Rugby Union Football Team. Lunchtime food available from Mon-Sat and evening meals on Sundays. Live music every Saturday and a DJ on Sunday evenings.
  
  
• Swan with Two Nicks
  Little Bollington, Nr Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Trafford. Tel: 0161-928 2914.
  Open Mon-Sat 11.00am -11.00pm and Sunday from 12 noon till 10.30pm. Beers on offer include Boddingtons, Old Speckled Hen and Timothy Taylor's Landlord. Owing to its immediate proximity to Dunham Massey and the Cheshire countryside, this is a popular pub with summer trippers and visitors, especially since it offers virtually full restaurant facilities for families, with good food at a reasonable price. There is also a good selection of wines. A typical Cheshire country pub, white walls, oak beams, wall-hung brasses and copper kettles.
  
  
• King's Ransom
  Britannia Road, Sale. Tel : 0161-969 6006
  Opening : Mon-Sat 11.30am-11pm; Sun 12noon-10.30pm. Beers on offer : Boddingtons Bitter; Courage Directors; Robinsons Hatters Mild as well as several guest beers. A cleverly designed recently-built attractive pub, pretending to be mid-Victorian, it concentrates on good pub food, well kept beers and wines, and an extensive selection of single malt whiskeys. Food available between 12 noon and 8.00pm Summer drinking overlooking the Bridgewater Canal can be most pleasant here.
  
  
• Axe and Cleaver
  School Lane, Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Trafford.
  Tel: 0161-928 3391.
  Open Mon-Sat from 11.00am - 11.00pm and Sunday from noon till 10.30pm. Beers on offer include Theakstons, Courage Directors, Ruddles County and other guest ales. This is as much a restaurant as a pub, and with the excellent ales and food on offer it can get very busy at weekends and holiday times - best to book a table in advance.
  
  
• The Orange Tree
  Old Market Place, Altrincham. Tel: 0161-928 2600.
  Open Mon-Sat 11.45am - 11.00pm and on Sunday from noon until 10.30pm. Beers on sale include Wilsons Bitter, Marston's Pedigree, and Orange Tree Beer as well as guest ales. Best selection beers in Altrincham, and good quality food served until 9.00pm most days.
  
  
  
  
• Navigation Hotel
  Manchester Road, Altrincham WA14 4PY. Tel: 0161-926 7941.
  
  
• Rope & Anchor
  Paddock Lane, Altrincham WA14 5RP. Tel: 0161-927 7901.
  
  
• The Stamford Arms
  The Firs, Bowdon, Cheshire WA14 2TF. Tel: 0161-928 1536.
  
  
• Stonemasons Arms
  365 Stockport Road, Timperley WA15 7UR. Tel: 0161-980 4498.
  
  
• The Bull's Head
  Wicker Lane, Hale Barns WA15 0HG. Tel: 0161-980 3050.
  
  
• Malt Shovel
  68 Stamford Street, Altrincham. Tel: 0161-928 2053
  Real ales include Samuel Smiths Dark Mild
  Traditional and Modern Jazz on Wed-Sat nights.