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The Cat and Fiddle Inn is a former public house in the English Peak District, close to the border between Cheshire and Derbyshire. It sits on the A537 road from Macclesfield to Buxton, which runs across a high and remote area of moorland. A section of the road is known as the " Cat and Fiddle Road" after the inn. The building is some 1,689 feet (515 m) above sea level, and it was the second-highest public house in Britain before it closed in 2015 (the Tan Hill Inn in Yorkshire was slightly higher). [1] In 2020, it reopened as a distillery, shop and bar.
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The Cat and Fiddle first opened in 1813. [1] It was for many years the final checkpoint of the Four Inns Walk, an annual fell race organised by the Scout Association. Its future as a pub was cast into doubt after it was shuttered by Robinsons Brewery in 2015. [2] [3] It remained empty until 2019, when the Forest Distillery took out a long-term lease on the property. [4] A crowdfunding appeal raised over £50,000 towards the restoration of the building, [1] and it reopened in the summer of 2020 as a shop selling Forest Distillery products. Gin and whisky are also now distilled on site. [5]
- ^ a b c "Historic pub to be 'Britain's highest whisky distillery'". BBC News. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Roper, Danielle (12 January 2016). "Mystery surrounds closure of England's second highest pub". Macclesfield Express. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ Greer, Stuart (30 September 2016). "The iconic Cat and Fiddle pub to reopen". Macclesfield Express. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Dodds, Jonathan (21 October 2019). "Whisky distillery planned for historic Peak District inn". Buxton Advertiser. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ Greensmith, Alex (5 August 2022). "UP CLOSE: The Macclesfield family behind gin and whisky brand Forest Distillery". Macclesfield Nub News. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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