36 Princes Street
Stockport
SK1 1RY
0161 480 2185
geoff.troughton@outlook.com
Traditional Town Pub, 3* Heritage Pub
The Swan with Two Necks is a proper traditional pub in the centre of Stockport with consistently good ale. It was built in 1926 by Robinson’s Brewery in a mock tudor style and has kept most of its original interior features and fittings.
The front door leads to a corridor which opens out into a northern style drinking lobby with wood panelled walls. The room first left is the Vault, also with panelled walls, a piano in the corner and a maroon leather sofa and armchair. The second room on the left after the lobby is the smoke room, again wood panelled and with fixed upholstered seating with bell pushes on three sides. The rear room was added in the 1960s and has red velour fixed seating and a Victorian style fireplace.
At the end the corridor is a stained glass window showing a swan with two necks and there is a similar window at the front of the pub. Outside is a nice walled beer garden with an awning.
Cask beers are from Robinsons and include Unicorn Bitter, Dizzy Blonde and, in winter, Old Tom. Keg ales are Pitch Stout and Hopnik IPA and lagers are from Coors and Moretti. In warmer months there is live music in the garden.
The pub name sadly doesn’t come from some mysterious or mythical creature. Apparently a swan with two nicks in the beak on the Thames belong to the Worshipful Company of Vinters. Swans with one nick belong to the Worshipful Company of Dyers and all other swans (with no nick) belong to the King.
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