Stone built and century's old dating back to the 1800's, a small family-run traditional Country Inn of unquestionable charm and character which usually boasts two or three log fires when the temperature calls, offering bed & breakfast for overnight stop or stay overs... Set 950 feet above sea level, the Pub in Wildboarclough is a Robinsons Hostelry and has a restaurant diner for dining out, with a choice of various menus from a la carte menu, vegetarian menu and their specials board menu with an appetising selection of pub food. Pub Lunches and Bar snacks are available for pub nosh, pub grub, pub lunch, quick bar snacks, nibbles, sunday dinner roasts, pub meals and good quality food. And being one the few Restaurants in Wildboarclough which is open every lunch time to eat lunches, luncheon or luncheons and evenings for dinner and is one of the few Pubs in Wildboarclough and the surroundings areas to enjoy a quiet drink... During the summer months the terraced beer garden is put to good use for refreshments and eating out where walkers can refresh their tired limbs... The Inn is CAMRA recommended and offers fine beers and ales together with a fair selection of wines at realistic prices... Accommodation in Wildboarclough includes en-suite, television and hot drink facilities with full English breakfast... The pub itself has separate television and pool rooms... Ideal for that weekend break where you can enjoy the stunning scenic views and leisurely walks which can be mapped out from the Inn library... On the Northern side of the Inn is a small function or reception room which is ideal for meetings, parties, christenings and club lunch halts... Some locals from the community throw the odd birthday party and family christenings parties in the pub itself... To the East of the Inn where you can see some wonderful views through Wildboarclough towards Macclesfield Forest and beyond to the Bottom of the Oven area.

Surrounded by countless small hamlets, villages and Parishes with its network of quaint Cheshire & Derbyshire County lanes abounded with countryside gems which can be found at random around the next corner.

It is within easy striking distance of the following interesting places - Blue John Mines, Manchester Airport, Alderley Edge Copper Mines, Jodrell Bank Observatory and Planatarium, Alton Towers, Buxton Museum, Peak Rail - Darley Dale, High Edge Raceway - Banger & Stock Car Racing, Churnet Valley Railway, Foxfield Steam Railway Society, Buxton Railway Preservation Society, Poynton Miniature Railway, Manifold Valley Railway Line - now converted into a cycleway track, Flagg Races, YHA Hostel and the TA Camp on leek Moors, Peter Wood Scout Camp, Crich Tramway Museum, Hack Green the Secret Nuclear Bunker, Rudyard Steam Railway Ltd, Wincle Trout Fisheries, Gregs Mill or Greggs Mill, Styal, Wilmslow, and many more places of interest.

Some famous countryside walks through the Derbyshire Dales include Axe Edge Moor, Goyt Valley, Goyts Bridge, Shining Tor, Shutlingsloe - The Matterhorn of the Peak District, Three Shires Head, Three Shires Bridge, The Dane Valley Way, The Gritstone Trail, Bosley Cloud, Bosley Minn, Blackclough, Berry Hill, Birchenough Hill, Butterton Moor, Cauldon Low, Cauldon Lowe, Cut Thorn Hill, Bottom of the Oven, Goyts Moss, Dove Dale, Edale, Grin Low, High Peak Trail, Jenkins Chapel, Lower Minnend, Middle Hills, Midshires Way, Millers Dale, High Edge, Hazel Barrow, Minn Hill, Macclesfield Forest, Forest Chapel, Monsal Head, Monsal Dale, Pheasants Clough, Shining Tor, Pennine Way, The Roaches, Swallowdale, White Nancy at Kerridge, Danebridge, Ilam Country Park - Ilam, Biddulph Moor, River Dane, Dane Valley, Goldsitch Moss and Cuckoo Rocks to name just a few.

Other local Hostelries, Public Houses, Hotels, Inns, Pubs, Restaurants and watering holes you can visit and dine are the Wild Boar Inn - Waterhouses, The Hanging Gate - Earl Sterndale, Ship Inn - Quarnford, Church House - Blackshaw Moor, Four Ways Motel - Upper Hulme, Travellers Rest - Macclesfield Forest, The Quiet Woman - Sutton, Cat & Fiddle - Morridge, St Dunstans - Cleulow Cross, The Winking Man - The highest night club in England - Bosley, Crewe and Harper Arms Hotel - Langley, The Leathers Smithy - Peak Forest, Crag Inn - Cauldon, Lamb Inn - Longnor, Royal Cottage - Langley, Three Horse Shoes - Wincle, Mermaid Inn - Sutton, The Butchers Arms - Goyts Moss, Kings Arms - Meerbrook, Sutton Hall - Reaps Moor, Queens Head - Congleton, Yew Tree Inn - Crowdecote, Ryles Arms - Leek, Three Horseshoes - Wildboarclough, Ye Old Rock Inn - Buxton, Lazy Trout - Whaley Bridge, Fourways Motel and many more to choose from.

Buxton famous for it's Spa Town name, hosts it's own Opera House, Micrarium, College, Country Park, Railway Society, Roman Baths, Music Festival, Pooles Cavern and it's own Classic & Vintage Car, Memorobilia and Automobilia Auctions organised by H&H Classic Auctions.

Local festivities include, Well Dressing, Tea Pot Parades, Tea Pot Galas, Rose Queens, Village Fetes, Hog Roasts, Wildboar, Village Carnival Queens, Fete, Gala and Parade etc.

Reservoirs and water ways in easy reach include Bosley reservoir, Lamaload Dam - Rainow, Trentabank Reservoir - Macclesfield Forest, Fernilee Reservior - Goyt Valley, Cheshire Canal Ring, River Bollin, River Dane, River Goyt, River Dean, Fanshaw Brook, Caldon Canal, Peak Forest Canal, Canal Basin in Whaley Bridge, Carsington Water - Wirksworth, Errwood Reservoir - Goyt Valley, Stanley Pool - Endon, Tittesworth Reservoir - Meerbrook, Harecastle Canal Tunnel - Kidsgrove, Anderton Boat Lift - Northwich, Ladybower Reservoir - Bamford, Martins Low Nature Reserve Bird Sanctuary, Knypersley Reservior - Biddulph, Martins Mere, Redes Mere - Siddington, Macclesfield Canal, Macclesfield Basin and Rudyard Reservoir - Rudyard.

Local Historical interests include Chatsworth House, Haddon Hall, Little Moreton Hall, Clough Hall, Cragg Hall, Errwood Hall, Gawsworth Hall, Gradbach Mill, Lyme Park, Tatton hall, Cheddleton Flint Mills, Hardwick Hall, Lyme Hall, Tissington Hall, Tatton Park, Luds Church and Solomons Temple.

Other famous Villages and Towns include Bakewell - famous for it's Bakewell Tarts & Puddings, Matlock, Ashbourne, Ashford on the Water, Baslow, Eyam - The Black Plague Village, Biddulph, Algreave, Winkle, Bollington, Rainow, King Sterndale, Crowdecote, Cheshires Golden Triangle, Chelmorton, Castleton, Mam Tor, Chapel en le Frith, Elkstone, Endon, Dove Holes, Grindon, Butterton - with the long Ford which runs through the village... Hartington - with the village duck pond, Cleulow Cross, Longnor, Flash Bar, Flash Head, Glossop, Glutton Bridge, Goldsitch Moss, Hardingsloe, Heathcote, High Needham, Higher Minnend, Hollinsclough, Kettleshulme, Knypersley Park, Royal Cottage, Pott Shrigley, Sparrowpit, Staffordshireway, Thorpe, Youlgreave, Warslow, Taddington, Tissington, Swythamley and Rowsley to name just a few.

Week end sports in the area include Motor Cycle Trials, Enduro, Flagg Races, Orienteering, Cross Country, Horse Trials, Canooing, Rock Climbing and Horse Riding...The Rose & Crown Inn is within a few miles of Macclesfield FC and Macc Town Football Club at the Moss Rose ground and Macclesfield Rugby Union Football Club and Macc RUFC at the Priory Park ground. Macclesfield is sometimes known locally as Silk Town and Congleton known as Bear town...Whether you are Touring, Camping, Roaming, Walking, Rambling, Hiking, Riding, Trout Fishing, Painting, Running, Driving, Cycling, Meandering, Hot Air Ballooning, Hang Gliding, Para Gliding, Fly Fishing, Coarse Fishing, Pot Holing, Cross Countrying, White Roading or Angling, the Peak Distict in Derbyshire is ideal for exploring the Pennine Way or just simply enjoying the breathtaking scenery....

Just a few of the local Parishes, Parish Councils, Villages & Towns bordering around the Rose & Crown Inn.
Cheshire - Ches.... Alderley Edge, Allostock, Bosley, Chelford, Cranage, Disley, Eaton, Gawsworth, Goostrey, Great Warford, Henbury, Holmes Chapel , Hulme Walfield, Somerford Booths, Kettleshulme, Langley, Lower Peover, Lower Withington, Macclesfield Forest, Marton, Mottram St Andrew, Nether Alderley, Over Alderley, Pott Shrigley, Prestbury, Rainow, Rushton, Siddington, Smallwood, Snelson, Somerford, Sutton,Swettenham and Wildboarclough.... Staffordshire - Staffs.... Alstonefield, Butterton, Ipstones, Leek and Lowe, Longnor, Meerbrook, Onecote, Quarnford, Rushton Spencer, Upper Hulme, Upper Elkstone, Thorncliffe, Waterhouses and Wetton.... Derbyshire - Derbys.... Dovedale, Dove Dale, Dove Holes, Earl Sterndale, Foolow, Flagg, Hartington, Millers Dale, Monyash, Peak Forest, Taddington, Tissington, Thorpe, Wardlow and Wormhill.

Organising an event and requiring quickie refreshment stops, we can provide you with a quick turn round using our Function Room....On the Rally of the Tests in 2003 the Classic Rallying Association used The Rose & Crown as a night Time Control Point and was manned by Don & Gill Barrow, this Control was just prior to the overnight halt in Buxton....