Horse Shoe Inn, High Lane

01/09/2026

A little bit of a different and more serious post from us tonight.

Following a recent post and a conversation with Jamie and Reece from The Bull’s Head, we wanted to say something.

We in no way condone hateful or hurtful messages towards our local businesses, and more importantly, towards our friends and neighbours in the village.

It is incredibly sad to hear that Jamie and Reece have been receiving comments like this when they are new to High Lane, trying to do their jobs, build their business and add something great to our community.

When making comments online or inside a pub, please remember that this is somebody’s home and livelihood too.

We open our doors when we’re sick, when we’re sad and when we’re tired so that you have somewhere within the village to enjoy a pint or a meal with family, catch up with friends, celebrate the good times or simply escape from life for a little while.

That doesn’t mean we always get everything right. We don’t. And constructive criticism is important.

If you think there’s something we could be doing better, pop in and speak to us. Jamie and Reece, just like ourselves and the other brilliant businesses around High Lane, are always willing to listen and learn from genuine feedback.

But criticism and personal abuse are two very different things.

There’s a person reading what you write at the other end of that page.

And finally, we want to make our own position clear. If you think personally abusing, intimidating or sending hateful messages to the people running businesses within our village is acceptable, then that behaviour isn’t welcome at The Horse Shoe either.

Our village is incredibly lucky to still have independent pubs, shops and businesses on its doorstep. We should be supporting them, supporting each other and helping them succeed.

From everyone at The Horse Shoe — Jamie & Reece, keep doing what you’re doing. You’ve got our support. ❤️

Thank you for reading,
Callum & Jamie

26/08/2026

It’s International Dog Day! I couldn’t waste this opportunity to show you some of my favourite Horse Shoe pup pics from over the last 18 months…

Swipe to see some of the cutest pictures I’ve ever taken,

A reminder we are (good) dog-friendly! Bring your pups in for a pint and something from our Sir Woofchester menu!

And please feel free to pop your own pictures in the comments, additional recognition if these are taken within the pub!

21/08/2026

Finally… is it just me or did that break feel like forever?!

We’re back to normality at The Shoe — and we’re the only pub in the village showing live sport, with 4 TVs and 2 Sky boxes meaning we can have multiple games on at once. If there’s something you want to watch, just ask us behind the bar!

⚽️ Friday: Arsenal v Coventry – 8pm

⚽️ Saturday: Man United v Hull City – 12:30pm
🏎️ Dutch GP Qualifying – 3pm
⚽️ Brentford v Tottenham – 5:30pm
🎸 Adam Smikle LIVE – 8pm! A firm favourite here at The Shoe and always a cracking night.

Then Sunday… 🏎️ Dutch Grand Prix and ⚽️ Man City v Bournemouth, both from 2pm.

🍴 Food served Friday & Saturday 12–8pm

And if you’re joining us for the City game on Sunday, why not make an afternoon of it with one of our proper Sunday roasts? Food bookings advised — tables for drinks and the football are first come, first served.

Sport, live music, good food and a few pints. Back to normal! 🍻

17/08/2026

When all the staff need the same weekend off so you’ll take what you can get…😂🐶🍻

17/08/2026

I thought I’d use this Monday morning post to highlight another amazing local business, Sugar Tiers

Did you know we have a cake shed right on our doorstep here in High Lane?!

The lovely Jennifer at Sugar tiers brought all the staff some goodies to try out and, as you can probably imagine, they went down an absolute treat! My personal favourite was the Millionaires Shortbread and Charlotte’s was the White Chocolate & Raspberry Cake Pot 😋

You can find the Sugar Tiers Cake Shed at 82 Cromley Road, High Lane, SK6 8BU. It’s stocked with plenty of sweet treats and you can pay by contactless or cash right there in the shed.

What a great little gem to have in our village! I know where I’ll be heading next time I get a sweet tooth…

Thank you again, Jennifer ❤️

And as always, we want to keep showing off the brilliant independent businesses we have around High Lane and the surrounding areas — tag a local business below that you think we should highlight next! 👇

15/08/2026

We’ve got a cracking couple of days of live sport and music starting today:

3pm – Stockport County v Plymouth
County’s first away league game of the season and certainly a tough one – live on the TVs so we can all watch along!

3.45pm – Man United v AC Milan
United’s final friendly of pre-season against Amorim’s old side.

🎶 Then from 8pm tonight, Matt Papillon joins us for live music, bringing a bit of everything – pop, rock, country and Motown, from the 60s right through to today.

🍽️ Food served Friday & Saturday, 12–8pm.

Then tomorrow we’re back with Sunday dinners from 12–6pm – perfect for soaking up Saturday night – plus Man City v Arsenal in the Community Shield at 3pm.

Sunday bookings are definitely advised. We’ll always try our best with walk-ins, but we can’t promise a table if we’re busy.

See you over the weekend! 🍻

10/08/2026

Local business spotlight 🐾

Recently I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know the amazing Annette from The Dog Shop, High Lane. This little shop of goodies for our four-legged friends is an absolute treasure to the village!

Annette is always happy to have a chat about anything you need to know when it comes to caring for your pooch. Whether it’s dietary advice, finding the right treats or anything else, she’s always happy to try and help.

You’ll find her tucked away on Chocolate St Square, right next to Oli & Simon Dunn — so you can treat your pooch and your partner by grabbing some chocolate while you’re there!

We’re also really pleased to say that going forward, we’ll be getting our house dog treats directly from Annette and The Dog Shop, so even our four-legged customers can be sure they’re getting only the best when they visit us. 🐶

Thank you Annette — it’s been an absolute pleasure getting to know you and, more importantly, having a good old laugh with you!

We’d love to make our Local Business Spotlight a regular feature and show off some of the brilliant independent businesses we have around us. If you’re a local business and fancy working with us in some way, feel free to drop us a message or comment below.

And tag a local business you think we should spotlight next! 👇

08/08/2026

It looks a great day for it! Is there anything better than beer garden day drinking?👀

We will also be joined by Remembering Jordan Everett 2025 for some free pebble painting in the sun, it’s fun, therapeutic and it’s for an amazing cause❤️

See you all soon!

This Saturday we’re doing something a little different…

We’re officially launching our brand new menu later on this month, and we’d love you to come and taste some of the dishes we will be bringing onto it and give us some feedback.

We’ll be bringing around complimentary tasters throughout the afternoon so you can be among the first to try some of our new dishes. We’ve kept everything that makes our menu what it is, but with a bigger focus on fresh, homemade pub food, lighter options, less fried, more vegetarian and vegan choices, and a little less of the heavy stuff.

To make a day of it, we’ve got two brilliant local musicians joining us. James Carrol Jr. kicks things off at 1pm (always a favourite here at the Horse Shoe), before Oliver Vawdrey takes over from 3:30pm. If you’ve seen either of them before, you’ll know you’re in for a great afternoon.

If the sun’s out we’ll be making the most of the beer garden. If the weather has other ideas, we’ll simply move everything inside, although space will be a little more limited, so we’d recommend getting down early.

We can’t wait to share the new menu with you all. See you on Saturday! 🍻

06/08/2026

It’s always great to hear that we’re building exactly what we envisioned when we moved into the village. Great food that you can bring the family in for, whilst still remaining a top local boozer. Somewhere you can watch all the sport, enjoy a great pint, be welcomed by friendly staff and feel part of the community. That’s exactly what we’re aiming for every single day.

If you’ve visited us before (or visit us regularly!) and haven’t already, we’d really appreciate it if you could leave us a Google review. They help us massively by showing Google that we’re a pub worth recommending to others.

You can leave one here:
https://g.page/r/CdlBvBnTmcBLEAE/review

A massive thank you to all of our amazing locals and everyone who continues to support us. We genuinely couldn’t do it without you. ❤️