The Cheshire Cheese

You'll find this right in the thick of Buxton's High Street, and it's exactly the kind of place that keeps a town ticking. The Cheshire Cheese isn't trying to be anything it isn't—it's a proper boozer with the kind of atmosphere that gets better as the evening goes on. Real ales from Titanic Brewery (they're a solid Staffordshire outfit) flow regularly, and the food hits that sweet spot between decent and unpretentious. It's where locals actually drink, not somewhere you stumble into ironically.