The Rising Sun, Middleton-by-Wirksworth

Now the story of this pub will be forever linked with Beer Fiend's quest for the pork pie. We visited on a busy evening - strangely screened quiz going on at one end, football on the big screen at the other and plenty of folk dotted around, drawn in by the meat raffle that had just taken place. Perhaps the landlady still had meat in mind when she offered to get some pork pies in for our next visit.. and, sure enough, a follow-up visit yielded the promised fare, small but nicely pink and not over-stuffed with horse-hoof jelly. The beer I forget but probably OK. Maybe other members have better memories..? The landlord (generally happier than he looks in the picture above) has been in recent dispute with Punch Taverns over a hike in his rent. Maybe we need to go back soon, before the pies go off..