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Submitted on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
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The Vale Cottage, Gorton, Manchester
Gorton
Manchester
M18 8UE
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Reviews of The Vale Cottage (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Steve C left this review about The Vale Cottage
The Vale Cottage has the feel of an out-in-the-sticks country pub, but it’s a minute walk up a muddy path from the busy A57. This isn’t somewhere I would have stumbled across if I hadn’t been looking for it. The restrictive winter opening times are displayed in the entrance, best to check before visiting. I was lucky as my visit was just after the doors opened on a recent Tuesday evening. Current winter times are Mon/Wed/Thu: 12:00-16:00; Tue: 12:00-16:00 & 19:00-23:00; Fri-Sun: all day.
The entrance leads to a small tartan carpeted seating area and to the left a couple of steps lead up to the bar area where a table sits in front of a front window. The bar counter up the left faces a log fireplace and more seating is found at the rear. The bar counter wraps around to the left where it faces a narrow corridor with some ledge seating. Standard keg was available alongside three hand pumps. TT Boltmaker was off, but their Landlord was available alongside Bridge Beers Brewery’s Dark Ruby Mild. The service was friendly. This place is worth a look if passing.
On 9th May 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 5281 recommendations about 5249 pubs]
Will Larter left this review about The Vale Cottage
An isolated pub amongst muddy footpaths and scrubby trees. If it's too wet to walk through from the A57 Hyde Road, there are longer routes through back streets. It felt worthwhile to have found it, a nice little multiroomed pub with a bit of a time warp feel to it. Three hand pumps, with beers at the time of my visit as depicted in photos (which I've only just got around to uploading). My half of Moorhouses Straw Dog was nothing to write home about (NBSS 2.5). Opening times are a bit different from those given by ROB Camra in his 2015 review (below) - probably a good idea to check Facebook if planning a visit.
I went from here to the nearby Plough on the main road, where they had no real ale. According to one of the regulars I got chatting to there, the Cottage is "packed out" on Saturdays, with everyone drinking real ale.
Date of visit: 7th October 2022
On 16th August 2023
- rating: 6
[User has posted 3765 recommendations about 3498 pubs]
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ROB Camra left this review about The Vale Cottage
Beware of the old fashioned opening times. I called just after 5 expecting it to be open. They open 12 - 4 then 7 - 11 through the week and 12 - 4 7 - 11:30 on Friday.
On 31st October 2015
- no rating submitted
[User has posted 3225 recommendations about 3136 pubs]
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Pub Details
Pub details supplied by members of this site to the best of their knowledge. Please check with pub directly before making a special trip.
- Accommodation : No last updated 18 October 2015 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 18 October 2015 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 18 October 2015 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 18 October 2015 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : Yes last updated 18 October 2015 by ROB Camra
- Function Room : No last updated 18 October 2015 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes - Lunch Tue-Fri & Sun; Eve Tue-Thu - last updated 27 March 2019 by Alan Hurdle
- Live Music : No last updated 18 October 2015 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 18 October 2015 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 18 October 2015 by ROB Camra
- Quiz Night : Yes - Tuesday & Thursday - last updated 18 October 2015 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 18 October 2015 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 18 October 2015 by ROB Camra
