What's your favourite pub in the UK?

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The Pennan Inn, in the village of Pennan in the North East of Scotland. The village nestling at the bottom of a cliff provided many of the settings for cult 80's film 'Local Hero' and the pub is one you never want to leave. Its pretty damn near perfect IMHO.

 

[Albumen]

My mate Andy Helm is co-founder and head brewer at Revolution. If you like proper beer and music then it's worth checking them out.Home - The Revolutions Brewing Company
They have a reciprocal distribution deal with Dark Star.

PG

Must. not. fall. in. love . . . .

 

[Arthur]

If I lived in Sheffield this place would be very dangerous!

Sheffield Tap

Fingers crossed United, Wednesday and Rotherham all come up............................or we go down.......what?

 

[jmsc]

Having spent the last two evenings in The Snowdrop, I can only speak up for the excellent knack that Dom and Tony have with pubs.

Really? I was there with a few friends recently and we all agreed that they has spoilt it.

It's more like a restaurant now than a pub!

 

[pasty]

What now seems like many moons ago when I was based at RAF Cranwell, we used to take regular trips to The George at Leadenham. Massive whiskey collection, and also my first ever experience of Theakstons Old Peculiar.

 

[Norman Potting]

Don't get out much these days to pubs. Wheatsheaf Jarvis Brook and Dripping Spring, Hastings are faves. Fond memories of the Queens Head at Icklesham and the Devonport Inn, Kingsand in Cornwall, right next to the beach.

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

The Yew Tree Inn ( Arlington )
Great food, good beer
Garden a tad small though

 

[Storer 68]

The Next One.


Is always better than The last One

 

[Arkwright]

The Pub With No Name (The White Horse), Colemore, Hampshire The Pub With No Name

Fantastic pub, with two brilliant Beer festivals the Longest Day and The Cider & Blues in September, if ever your in East Hampshire it's a MUST.

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

I am lucky to live within staggering distance of The Lord Nelson at Burnham Thorpe (see post#27 - good call!), home of 'Nelsons Blood' a concoction of dark rum and spices in honour of our greatest hero, who was a local lad.

I would recommend The Falkland Arms at Great Tew, Oxfordshire. I recall being taken there many years ago - approaching along several miles of unlit country lanes on a dark and misty winters night it seems like you have been transported hundreds of years back in time. having stopped the car and turned off the headlights nothing was visible. Then a few thatched cottages become discernable but with no obvious pub until you walk up the front path into what looks like a cottage, open the door then step down into this small candlelit bar area. As your eyes adjust to the low lighting you make out a few simple tables and chairs and warming a log fire. There is a tiny bar but they serve decent ales, a wicked selection of fruit wines, and sell a selection of snuff and clay pipes.......plus a mean home made pork pie. Nice beer garden at the rear. Not many concessions to the 21st, 20th or even 19th centuries.

Haven't been there for a couple years so apologies if it has changed - could be all pole dancing, bouncy castles and karaoke these days but I really hope it is preserved just how it was.....

 

[tubaman]

Mine would be the Square and Compass in Worth Matravers; there's nowhere quite like it.

The Square and Compass Pub Worth Matravers

Blimey, I wouldn't have thought that it was so popular apart from us local Purbeck boys. I was an extra when they filmed scenes for the BBC drama 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' in the pub many years ago.

 

[robinsonsgrin]

for views.... Devon hotels, Hotels in Devon, Dog Friendly Devon, Babbacombe Hotels | Cary Arms at babbacombe, torquay.
very gastro chic now... but the outside in the late spring / summer's evening cannot be beaten, although the hill down and back up is a killer - not for someone with no power in their car! used to sit with my local cider reading a book awaiting the arrival of the ex from the diving deep in the bay then saunter over to the car.
think i miss the views more than him!

 

[Garage_Doors]

Rock House Inn
Dulverton
Somerset.
Great place to drink and eat with a homely atomsphere and cheap sub £3 local pints.

 

[Norman Potting]

Blimey, I wouldn't have thought that it was so popular apart from us local Purbeck boys. I was an extra when they filmed scenes for the BBC drama 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' in the pub many years ago.

Never been to this pub but understand that it is legendary. It even got a mention on R2 last week during a Drivetime feature on the "Jurassic coast",the guy being interviewed name it as his favourite pub to visit after a hard day chasing fossils and gave it a good plug.

 

[brighton terra]

Blimey, I wouldn't have thought that it was so popular apart from us local Purbeck boys. I was an extra when they filmed scenes for the BBC drama 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' in the pub many years ago.

I am a 'local Purbeck boy'.....my family hail from Swanage!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Really? I was there with a few friends recently and we all agreed that they has spoilt it.

It's more like a restaurant now than a pub!

On this week's visits, most folk in there were just drinking - although, on the first occasion, we did have an excellent meal (upstairs) to celebrate the Teaboy's 30th and his sister's return from Liberia.