UPDATE 30 JANUARY 2022 - The pub part of the building had not happened since the last update in March 2021, and no building work had been started. However, police discovered a cannabis factory on 17 January 2021 in the building and then sadly much of the building was destroyed by a fire on 21 January 2022. Future of the buidling is now uncertain.

UPDATE 1 MARCH 2021 - Building now bought by a property developer (Daneers Investments Ltd who paid circa £220k) who plan to turn the old hotel and back part into luxury apartments. The pub will remain and a new licencee is in talks. Hoping to reopen later in 2021.

UPDATE - Liceencees of 11 years decided to move out during the Covid19 Pandemic. Building now up for sale by the Pub Company. Local PPPG group looking to get a ACV on the building due to historical importance.

The Leopard was once known as the 'Savoy of the Midlands' and records of its existence as a public house date back to 1765 when Josiah Wedgwood and James Brindley famously met there to discuss the opening of the Trent and Mersey Canal. Regular Ghost Hunts are held in The Leopard, and the upstairs corridors are said to be haunted.