Old Tom Trail

27th October 2025

Written by Holly Richardson

It’s the time of year where Old Tom is back on our bars. You’ll see the 8.5% strong ale cropping up across many of our pubs between November and January.

As one of our most popular and legendary beers, we know how much of a pilgrimage it is to head to the pub for a half when you can. To make things ever so tempting, we’ve created a trail in our hometown of Stockport pubs, so you have stop off in to indulge yourself.

Now, of course, we’re all about responsible drinking, so seven pubs may be a bit of a stretch to get round in a day. But, we’ll plan the route between each of them, and you can decide how you want to go about the tour.

A great leg stretch:

By foot, you can expect the entire route to take you about 1 hour 20 minutes and you’ll cover a healthy 3.3 miles. Option to exchange the park run this week?

A good leg stretch:

If you fancy the walk out, but feel it’s a little on the challenging side, omitting The Alexandra would take the walk down to 2.1 miles and approx. 45 minutes heading downhill all the way.

Follow the Old Tom Trail through Stockport...