‘Award winning’ pub say they gave it their ‘best shot’ in heartbreaking closure as locals decry ‘bitter loss’ to village

A BELOVED award-winning pub has revealed it volition adjacent its doors for the last clip contempt giving it their "best shot".

The distressed owners of the Nag's Head successful Haughton, Cheshire, released a heartfelt connection announcing its imperishable closure and told punters: "We volition miss you."

Drinkers and locals expressed their sadness astatine losing specified a peculiar pub - and were peculiarly atrocious to spot its celebrated pies go.

One wrote: "Sorry to perceive that guys. I had the champion steak pastry astatine Nags Head! Such a loss."

Another bemoaned the pugnacious conditions that ran the pub into the ground.

They wrote: "Recent Government policies volition descend much businesses than we realise. It's truthful abbreviated sighted it's incredible. So atrocious you've had to adjacent the doors and a beauteous place."

The Nag's Head landlords said they were forced to upwind down the cognition owed to the "current economical woes fuelled by authorities policy".

The pub, adjacent Tarporley, had been revived by the owners of Altrincham Market and Mackie Mayor successful 2022 aft initially closing connected New Year's Eve successful 2019.

The business was marked for improvement into residential properties but rescued and restored to its erstwhile glory.

But present each that hard enactment is being mislaid arsenic the pub erstwhile again closes down amid a "perfect storm" of economical pressures.

The owners' Instagram station read: "We're sorry. We gave it our champion changeable but, sadly, we person to denote the closure of the Nag's Head."

They reflected connected their efforts to alteration the pub into a vibrant pillar of the community, but adjacent the champion volition successful the satellite was incapable to conflict the existent economical challenges.

The owners outlined the concern that had squeezed them retired of business.

They said: "The past authorities dealt our manufacture cruel blows, the existent authorities person unrepentantly beaten the nails into our coffin erstwhile we tin slightest spend it - nationalist insurance hikes for employers, further increases successful the minimum wage - totalling 37% implicit the past 3 years, the simplification of concern rates alleviation - up by 35%.

"Add to that inherited involvement rates - 300% up, inferior costs - 300% up, outgo of ingredients 200% up - you don't person to beryllium a maths genius to enactment it out.

"At the different extremity we've had the continued interaction of the cost of living connected people's pockets which prioritises necessity implicit desire.

"Put it each unneurotic and it's the cleanable storm."

Reflecting connected the difficulties of maturation successful specified an environment, they added: "How tin anyone perchance turn and put arsenic the authorities expects (as we person done continually for the past decade) successful this climate?

"It affects america and everyone successful our industry."

In a invited update, the owners assured their loyal customers that their nutrient halls successful Altrincham, Manchester, and Macclesfield would proceed to operate, saying.

They said: "If you miss us, you tin find our psyche and our tone there. For now, it's goodbye from the Nag's Head."

The Sun has reported on different Cheshire pub owned by a celebrated mates has closed for good.

Boyzone's Shane Lynch and his Real Housewives of Cheshire star woman Sheena person closed their pub's doors for the past time.

The D13 Irish barroom successful Knutsford, Cheshire closed aft it was repossessed by the landlord.

No mentation has been fixed arsenic to wherefore the pub has closed.

Named aft Shane's Dublin postcode D13, the pub archetypal welcomed boozers successful April 2021.

After conscionable 3 years of business, it closed down for bully connected December 6, 2024.

Elsewhere, the landlords of the Lion pub, adjacent Great Yarmouth seafront, announced they were readying to discontinue with the pub up for sale.