For the latest Stockport news sign up to the MyStockport newsletter here An award-winning pub and microbrewery in Stockport has announced its closure, following more than a year of lockdowns and restrictions.
The Hope in Stockport, which is also home to the Fool Hardy Ales brewery, said in a statement that it was time to 'move onto pastures new' and that the pub and brewery will be going up for sale.
The Heaton Norris pub was first opened in 2012 by brewer Martin Wood, who hit headlines nationally last year after being struck by lightning twice. Read more : Stockport locals overjoyed as the nightclub in a barn at Bredbury Hall announces return The pub's regular customers and fellow brewers have all voiced their support to the business,