Christmas Day lunch around Macclesfield costs £57.95 to £109.95 a head at 12 pubs and hotels. 2026 prices, children's rates, deposits and booking rules.

For Christmas Day around Macclesfield, most people land on the Butley Ash on London Road (£78), the Flower Pot on Congleton Road (£95) and the Brocklehurst Arms in Tytherington, which at £57.95 is the lowest Christmas Day price we found. Stanneylands in Wilmslow is the highest at £109.95. Every entry was checked against the venue’s own site on 2 November 2026.

We have not eaten at any of these for this guide, and nothing here is a review. Each entry gives the price on the venue’s own 2026 Christmas Day menu, what it includes, what it says about deposits and booking, and its Food Standards Agency (FSA) hygiene rating from Cheshire East Council’s inspections. All 12 are rated 5, the top score. Prices are per person and leave out any service charge unless we say so. Christmas Day 2026 is a Friday.

Macclesfield, Tytherington and Henbury

1. The Brocklehurst Arms, Tytherington

The Brocklehurst Arms is a Greene King pub on Manchester Road at the north end of town, with its own car park. Its Christmas Day menu, marked “only available on the 25th December 2026”, is three courses for £57.95.

The mains are a hand-carved turkey dinner with stuffing, Yorkshire pudding and a pig in blanket, a salmon and prawn Wellington, or a Cheddar, Double Gloucester and leek pie, and the meal ends with a mince pie and tea or coffee. The children’s menu is £27.95 for three courses.

Price Christmas Day 3 courses £57.95; children £27.95
Booking £10 deposit a head, adults and children
Call 01625 423688
Address 40 Manchester Road, Tytherington, Macclesfield, SK10 2HA
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 9 October 2025
Website greeneking.co.uk/pubs/cheshire/brocklehurst-arms/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for lowest price here, children's menu, car park

2. The Flower Pot, Congleton Road

The Flower Pot is a Robinsons pub at 1 Congleton Road, on the south side of the town centre. Its Christmas page links a Christmas Day menu at £95 for adults and £47.50 for children, with pre-order essential.

Starters include a ham hock terrine and a baked Camembert; the mains are roast turkey and baked ham with goose fat potatoes and chestnut stuffing, fillet steak, duo of duck, pan-seared salmon or a vegan pithivier. Before Christmas its Christmas Fayre menu runs from 27 November at £29.50 for two courses or £36.95 for three.

Price Christmas Day 3 courses £95, children £47.50; Christmas Fayre 2 courses £29.50, 3 courses £36.95 (from 27 November)
Booking pre-order essential; book by phone or through the pub's site
Call 01625 423879
Address 1 Congleton Road, Macclesfield, SK11 7UF
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 20 November 2025
Website theflowerpot.pub/christmas
Good for walk from the town centre, fillet steak option, vegan main

3. The Blacksmiths Arms, Henbury

The Blacksmiths Arms is a Chef and Brewer pub on Chelford Road at Henbury, west of the town. Its Christmas Day page offers three courses for £86, and the children’s menu is £37.

The Chef and Brewer Christmas Day menu runs to a hot smoked salmon and prawn cocktail or minestrone to start, then hand-carved roast turkey, slow-cooked beef cheeks, a duo of seafood, glazed lamb rump or a squash and sweet potato tart. A booking is not confirmed until every menu choice and the deposit are in.

Price Christmas Day 3 courses £86; children £37
Booking deposit £10 per adult, £5 per child; pre-order required
Call 01625 424312
Address Chelford Road, Henbury, Macclesfield, SK11 9PG
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 20 November 2025
Website chefandbrewer.com/pubs/cheshire/blacksmiths-arms/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for west of town, lamb and beef options, children's menu

Prestbury and Adlington

4. The Butley Ash, Butley

The Butley Ash is a Chef and Brewer pub on the A523 London Road at Butley, just outside Prestbury. Its Christmas Day 2026 page puts three courses at £78, which is £8 less than the other Chef and Brewer pubs on this list, and the children’s three courses at £32.

The menu is the brand’s Christmas Day menu, with roast turkey, beef cheeks, seafood, lamb or a vegetarian tart as the main. Menu choices and the deposit have to be in before the table is confirmed.

Price Christmas Day 3 courses £78; children £32
Booking deposit £10 per adult, £5 per child; pre-order required
Call 01625 824930
Address London Road, Butley, Macclesfield, SK10 4EA
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 12 July 2024
Website chefandbrewer.com/pubs/cheshire/butley-ash/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for near Prestbury, children's menu, on the A523

5. Toby Carvery, Adlington

Toby Carvery Macclesfield is on London Road at Adlington, north of Prestbury; Toby lists it as the Legh Arms. Its Christmas Day menu page for 2026 gives the price as £72.99, with the carvery at the centre and festive starters before it.

The page says you may be asked for a deposit when you book. In the run-up to Christmas the festive menu starts at £15.99 Monday to Friday, £17.99 on Saturdays and £20.99 on Sundays, the cheapest festive meal on this list.

Price Christmas Day £72.99; festive menu from £15.99 Monday to Friday, £17.99 Saturday, £20.99 Sunday
Booking online; a deposit may be required at booking
Call 01625 829211
Address London Road, Adlington, Macclesfield, SK10 4NA
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 25 June 2025
Website tobycarvery.co.uk/restaurants/north-west/legharmsmacclesfield/menus/christmasdaymenu
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Good for carvery, cheapest festive menu, families

Alderley Edge, Wilmslow and Handforth

6. The De Trafford Arms, Alderley Edge

The De Trafford Arms is a Chef and Brewer pub on Congleton Road in Alderley Edge village, and it opens for breakfast from 7am on weekdays. Its Christmas Day page offers three courses for £86, with the children’s menu at £37.

The menu is the same Chef and Brewer Christmas Day spread of turkey, beef cheeks, seafood, lamb or a vegetarian tart, finished with Christmas pudding or British cheeses.

Price Christmas Day 3 courses £86; children £37
Booking deposit £10 per adult, £5 per child; pre-order required
Call 01625 583881
Address 2 Congleton Road, Alderley Edge, SK9 7AA
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 10 July 2025
Website chefandbrewer.com/pubs/cheshire/de-trafford-arms/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for village centre, breakfast from 7am, children's menu

7. The Bulls Head, Handforth

The Bulls Head is a Chef and Brewer pub on Wilmslow Road in Handforth, which the brand lists under Wilmslow. Its Christmas Day page offers three courses for £86 and children’s three courses for £37, from the same Chef and Brewer Christmas Day menu as the Blacksmiths Arms and the De Trafford Arms.

Menu choices and the deposit confirm the booking.

Price Christmas Day 3 courses £86; children £37
Booking deposit £10 per adult, £5 per child; pre-order required
Call 01625 535544
Address 30 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, SK9 3EW
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 10 June 2025
Website chefandbrewer.com/pubs/cheshire/bulls-head/christmas/christmas-day
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Good for Handforth, children's menu

8. The Honey Bee, Wilmslow

The Honey Bee is a Vintage Inns pub on Altrincham Road, west of Wilmslow town centre. Its Christmas Day menu is three courses for £87.95, and the children’s Christmas Day menu is £39.50.

The adult starters include baked scallops and a gin-cured smoked salmon; the mains include roast duck, pan-roasted monkfish, hand-carved turkey breast and a noisette of lamb. Its deposit page asks £10 a head on all Christmas Day tables, with full payment and the pre-order due by 8 December.

Price Christmas Day 3 courses £87.95; children £39.50; 10% discretionary service charge on tables of seven or more
Booking £10 deposit a head; full payment and pre-order by 8 December; deposits non-refundable within 14 days
Call 01625 526511
Address Altrincham Road, Wilmslow, SK9 4LT
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 21 September 2026
Website vintageinn.co.uk/restaurants/north-west/thehoneybeewilmslow/christmas-day-menu
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Good for fish and duck mains, children's menu, inspected this autumn

9. Stanneylands, Wilmslow

Stanneylands is a JW Lees hotel on Stanneylands Road, north of Wilmslow town centre. Its Christmas page links a 2026 Christmas Day menu at £109.95 for adults and £54.95 for children, the highest price on this list.

Starters include parsnip and apple soup and confit duck leg; mains are roast turkey breast with pigs in blankets, beef fillet medallions with a Malbec sauce, salmon with a cod and crab croquette, or a nut roast. The meal ends with coffee or tea and a warm mince pie.

Price Christmas Day 3 courses plus coffee and a mince pie £109.95; children £54.95
Booking £10 non-refundable deposit a head; full payment and pre-orders by 1 December
Call 01625 525225
Address Stanneylands Road, Wilmslow, SK9 4EY
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 28 November 2024
Website stanneylands.co.uk/christmas
Good for hotel, beef fillet option, children's portions

Poynton

10. The Farmers Arms, Poynton

The Farmers Arms is a Robinsons pub at 90 Park Lane in the centre of Poynton. Its Christmas page links a Christmas Day menu at £95 for adults and £47.50 for children, with pre-order essential and booking by phone.

The menu matches the Flower Pot’s: roast turkey and baked ham, fillet steak, duo of duck, salmon or a vegan pithivier, with cheese and biscuits as one of the desserts. Its Christmas Fayre menu starts on 28 November at £29.50 for two courses or £36.95 for three.

Price Christmas Day 3 courses £95, children £47.50; Christmas Fayre 2 courses £29.50, 3 courses £36.95 (from 28 November)
Booking call to book; pre-order essential
Call 01625 875858
Address 90 Park Lane, Poynton, SK12 1RE
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 3 October 2025
Website farmersarmspoynton.co.uk/christmas
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Good for Poynton centre, fillet steak option, vegan main

Knutsford and Mobberley

11. The Angel, Knutsford

The Angel is a Joseph Holt pub with rooms at 96 King Street, in Knutsford town centre, with en-suite rooms. Joseph Holt lists it among the pubs taking Christmas Day 2026 bookings, and the Christmas Day menu linked from the Angel’s page is £74.95 for adults and £37.45 for children aged 12 and under.

Mains are roast turkey or beef sirloin with Yorkshire pudding, a Cumberland pig in blanket and stuffing, pan-roasted sea bass with king prawns, or a vegan mushroom and lentil Wellington.

Price Christmas Day 3 courses £74.95; children (12 and under) £37.45
Booking £10 non-refundable deposit a head at booking; booking form with the menu
Call 01565 651165
Address 96 King Street, Knutsford, WA16 6HQ
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 28 August 2025
Website joseph-holt.com/pubs/angel-king-st
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Good for King Street, rooms upstairs, beef or turkey, vegan main

12. The Plough and Flail, Mobberley

The Plough and Flail is a JW Lees country pub on Paddock Hill Lane, in the lanes between Mobberley and Wilmslow. Its Christmas page links the JW Lees Christmas Day menu at £99.95 for adults and £49.95 for children: the same menu as Stanneylands, from parsnip and apple soup or smoked haddock and prawn rillette to turkey, beef fillet, salmon or nut roast, then coffee and a mince pie.

Weekday festive bookings from 23 November to 10 December get £5 off a head.

Price Christmas Day 3 courses plus coffee and a mince pie £99.95; children £49.95
Booking £10 non-refundable deposit a head; full payment and pre-orders by 1 December
Call 01565 873537
Address Paddock Hill Lane, Mobberley, WA16 7DB
Hygiene rating 5, Food Standards Agency, 19 March 2025
Website theploughandflail.co.uk/christmas
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Good for country pub, beef fillet option, £5 off early festive meals

Not on the list

Sutton Hall, the Brunning and Price pub at Sutton, lists Christmas Day as fully booked. Cottons Hotel in Knutsford publishes festive lunch (£34) and dinner (£43) prices but not its Christmas Day price. The Harrington Arms at Gawsworth and the King William in Wilmslow open for drinks on Christmas morning but list no Christmas Day dinner.

How we chose

These are the pubs and hotels around Macclesfield, Prestbury, Wilmslow, Poynton and Knutsford that had published a 2026 Christmas Day price by 2 November. Prices, menus and deposit rules come from each venue’s own website or the menu it links to; the hygiene ratings come from the Food Standards Agency, and we left out anywhere rated below 3. Chains are here because, for Christmas Day, they are much of what the area offers at a published price. Christmas Day tables go fast, so ring before you set your heart on one.

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More for December: Macclesfield Christmas markets, Christmas at Tatton Park, where to buy a Christmas tree, Christmas trains, what’s on in Macclesfield this month, things to do in Macclesfield and the Macclesfield business directory.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I have Christmas dinner in Macclesfield on Christmas Day 2026?

All 12 places on this list publish a Christmas Day 2026 price. In and around the town they are the Brocklehurst Arms in Tytherington (£57.95), Toby Carvery at Adlington (£72.99), the Butley Ash at Butley (£78), the Blacksmiths Arms at Henbury (£86) and the Flower Pot on Congleton Road (£95). Further out are the De Trafford Arms in Alderley Edge and the Bulls Head in Handforth (£86 each), the Honey Bee in Wilmslow (£87.95), Stanneylands in Wilmslow (£109.95), the Farmers Arms in Poynton (£95), the Angel in Knutsford (£74.95) and the Plough and Flail at Mobberley (£99.95).

How much is Christmas dinner for children near Macclesfield?

On Christmas Day the Brocklehurst Arms charges £27.95 for children, the Butley Ash £32, the De Trafford Arms, Bulls Head and Blacksmiths Arms £37, the Angel £37.45, the Honey Bee £39.50, the Flower Pot and the Farmers Arms £47.50, the Plough and Flail £49.95 and Stanneylands £54.95.

Do I have to pay a deposit for Christmas Day?

Yes, at every place here that states its terms. Most ask £10 a head when you book. The Honey Bee wants full payment and pre-orders by 8 December, and Stanneylands and the Plough and Flail by 1 December. Chef and Brewer pubs take £5 for each child.