If you need to arrange home delivery – address is Water’s Edge, Reacliffe Road, Rudyard, ST13 8RS. Near to the sailing club NOT OFF LAKE ROAD!!

There are loads of places to go, just ask Mark or book a meal in at Water’s Edge
Rudyard Hotel **

Tel 01538 306208

Carvery-type meals are good but bar meals are fair. Chips and beef sandwiches are good**

Walk time 15 mins. Boat time 15 mins. A bit old-fashioned inside. Busy in summer at weekends due to weddings but otherwise a quiet place.

The Engine Room Leek **

This was Leek’s old fire station in the Market Square. Cheap food and loads of offers. Good for SKY football with loads and loads of screens and seating. 2 meals for a tenner with a drink. Food is just OK.

The Red Lion (Next door to Engine Room)

This has live music and dancing and bar meals.

The Three Horseshoes ***

Blackshaw Moor (15 minutes away by car on the Buxton Road. Go past the Co-op in Leek and head towards Buxton. After about 5-10 minutes you will see the Three Horseshoes on your left on the main Buxton road. Telephone 01538 300296. Good food. Good carvery. Worth going and good for families. You can visit the Roaches afterwards (Leek’s own Rockies) and see the ‘Winking Man’ – a face seen in a rock formation that winks at you as you drive by.

The Three Horseshoes has bands and music and comedy nights. It is a big place but cosy. There is also a hotel there too.

Primo Piano Italian Restaurant ***

Leek, Sheepmarket Street (off St Edward’s Street). 01538 398289. Pizzas e.t.c. Been a few times. Quite good. Sometimes very quiet. Good menu choice. Easy to find and park free on St Edward’s Street.

Shapla ***

Indian Food. St Edward’s Street, Leek. 01538 398763. Never had a bad meal there. Good service, clean. Nice place, easy to park. They do takeaways also. Quite busy at weekends.

Laurel Inn Chinese Restaurant***

Never had a bad meal there. Good service, clean. Nice place, easy to park. They do takeaways also. Quite busy at weekends. 01538 388185. This is in the Smithfield Centre opposite the monument in Leek. It is just around the corner from Lloyds Bank and the florist called ‘Possibilities’. You can park on Haywood Street by Barclays Bank and cross at the traffic lights or park on Derby Street.

The Boat Inn Cheddleton ***

Basford Bridge Lane. ST13 7EQ. Hard to find, good place to go. 01538 360683. Good place to visit. Busy little place on the canalside. It has had the same landlord for years. Good Sunday lunches. Good in Summer and Winter. It is also next to the Cheddleton Steam Railway which is a bonus. The steam railway goes on a fantastic trip towards Alton Towers. Good beer . 15 minutes by car on the Cheddleton Road (5 mins out of Leek past the Britannia Building Society headquarters)

The Holly Bush Denford ***

01538 371819

Ideal place for walking dogs along the canal and aquaduct. Open fires, good beer, same landlord for a long time. Very busy on bank holidays – best avoided. A good night pub with barges outside. Better food at night than in the day as the chef works at night. Basic menu in the day. Hard to find but worth it. 10 minutes in a car. You need to get onto the Leek to Stoke road. Go past Morrisons in Leek out of town towards Stoke-on-Trent. Go up the hill past three speed cameras. Go past the Wheel pub (another good pub with great food). Drive for a couple of minutes then turn left and head towards Denford. Head down to the canal. Loads of parking. You can take your dog inside. Your can shorten the trip to the Hollybush by avoiding Leek and going up Dunwood Lane and then turn left onto ‘Devil’s Lane’. Go to the end of Devil’s Lane and turn left onto School Lane. You will come out at a crossroads opposite the Wheel pub. Turn right and drive for 2 mins then turn Left towards Denford. The pub is at the bottom of the bank over a bridge over the canal. Nice old English pub.

The Yew Tree in Cauldon Lowe –the Oldest pub in the Moorlands ****

This is near to Waterhouses which is on the road to Ashbourne. If you are into real ale, real pubs and antiques this is for you. They don’t do any food apart from pork pies and crisps. It has won pub of the year many times. It is like Steptoe’s and Son inside. Piano, darts, skittles and loads of ___________. You need to go with loads of 2 pences to find out what is there! It is tricky to find but well worth it.

The Ramblers Retreat ****

This is near to Alton Towers. It is a fine place to recharge your batteries after a visit to Alton Towers. Great Sunday lunches. 01538 702730. Alton Road, Alton, ST10 4BU. Great cakes and teas. Set in woodland near a river.

Raymondo’s ****

Russell Street Leek 01538 381190

70’s timewarp place, but great food and steaks. Good parking outside. The same owner/chef for many years. I have not been for a while, but I have always had good food there.

The Wheel Inn ***

01538 385012

Traditional pub food. Stokies travel to the wheel from Stoke-on-Trent. Good pies, roasts e.t.c. Easy to find and open all day. 5 minutes away from Morrison’s heading up to bank on the road towards Stoke.

The Black Horse ***

Endon

Good pub, good food. Good service. Good prices. This is by the petrol station in Endon on the right as you drive from Rudyard to Stoke (via Dunwood Lane).

The Plough at Endon **

This is just up the road from the Black Horse and is on the same side of the road. £5-£7 per person carvery. I only go when I am really hungry and can’t be bothered to cook as it is cheap and you can help yourself to as much veg as you like.

Stafford Arms, Bagnall **

Nice village pub, food ok.

For any further details phone Mark on 01538 306071 or 07979 960852