Great Pubs of England: Thirty-three of Britain's Best Hostelries from the Home Counties to the North: Thirty-three of England's Best Hostelries from the Home Counties to the North

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But all pubs share the same time-honoured purpose: to offer the warmest of welcomes, and to lift the spirits.

The Old Queens Head, Essex Road, Islington. Said to have been frequented by Vladimir Lenin during his time in the capital. [50] It is also said to be haunted by the ghosts of a woman and a girl, who appear on the first Sunday of each month. [44] Bid to save the Swan & Edgar, Marylebone's pint-sized pub, from being converted into a home". West End Extra. 4 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014 . Retrieved 5 December 2014. In the foreword, John Warland, who runs guided walking tours that 'explore London’s rich hostelry heritage', writes: 'Since time immemorial, the public house has offered a place of shelter, liquid refreshment, sustenance and occasional lodging. But it’s much more than the sum of these parts. It’s often the very heart of a community, raising funds for its patrons, providing ad-lib counselling services, and offering a sociable antidote to the prevalent plague of loneliness. The Pump House – History". the-pumphouse.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014 . Retrieved 4 December 2014. In 2010, what was then the Bevendean pub was closed by the police due to a series of antisocial incidents, leaving this housing estate close to the South Downs and Brighton University without its hub. Four years later it reopened as the Bevy, after locals bought it and carried out essential works (the vicar spent a day sanding). The result is a bright, airy, chilled-out and chatty pub that is more than just a place for a pint and something to eat (breakfasts are very popular). There’s a cafe, meeting space for clubs and organisations, quizzes and music nights. The whole project is an example of how an urban pub in an unfashionable area can be saved.a b Brandwood, Geoff (2013). Britain's best real heritage pubs. St. Albans: CAMRA. p.89. ISBN 978-1-85249-304-2. The Victoria also in the suburb of Clifton. Originally a part of the much larger historic Lido, the corner was sold off to create the pub at some time before 1879. [96] The pub building is grade II-listed and is owned and run by the Dawkins Brewery. [97] Sun in the Sands, believed to be a stopping point of Henry VIII when riding from Greenwich to Shooter's Hill with the Queen, Catherine of Aragon. [60]

The Falcon, Chester, The building originated as a house in about 1200 and was later extended to the south along Lower Bridge Street, with a great hall running parallel to the street. There is nothing that has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern,” wrote Samuel Johnson. Blanchard, Edward Litt L (1860). Bradshaw's guide through London and its environs. Corrected and revised. Oxford University. p.1891.The Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield, is the only pub to have won CAMRA's National Pub of the Year award twice in a row. [115] a b "Historic Pub Interiors: LONDON, GREATER – Highgate, London N6, Winchester". heritagepubs.org.uk . Retrieved 23 February 2015. Bristol pub of the week: Ye Shakespeare". bristolpost.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014 . Retrieved 4 December 2014. A 12-point stag taking flight by means of a pair of dainty ptarmigan wings is the sort of thing you might see as you wobble out of a remote Highland pub after a few drams too many. But that hybrid beast is the first sighting as you step into The Flying Stag at The Fife Arms hotel in Braemar. It would be difficult to exaggerate the sheer strangeness of this weird creature – a brilliantly executed artwork by James Prosek, suspended in front of the bar – or the feeling of delight to which it gives rise. The Fife Arms was, for me, the most exciting opening of last year, not so much a hotel as a wunderkammer with mattresses. Its owners, the Swiss gallerists Manuela and Iwan Wirth, have gone to great lengths to ensure that it remains a place for locals as well as high-rolling visitors, and in this respect The Flying Stag has an important role to play. I defy you not to be utterly charmed.’

Historic England. "King William and Naval Volunteer Public Houses (1292605)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 December 2014. If there’s one thing that most English people agree on, it’s the importance of pubs. But it’s no secret that over the last few years, such establishments have been closing in their droves thanks to everything from redevelopment to rent hikes, licensing struggles, the cost of living crisis, and more. Quite eager to experience The Fox and Pheasant, we arrived on the dot of midday. As the first ones in we got a good opportunity to take it all in. The owner, James Blunt – yes, the James Blunt says in the book that ‘his main job was to make this place beautiful’. Well, he succeeded. James and his team have done an amazing job, considering this seventeenth century coaching inn previously had a reputation for being insalubrious and know amongst locals as the Fox and Unpleasant. Our thoughts on The Fox and Pheasant The Dove, Hammersmith, once the haunt of Ernest Hemingway and Graham Greene, it also claims the smallest bar in Britain (according to the Guinness Book of Records), though not the smallest pub. [30] It also makes the disputed claim to be the oldest surviving Thames-side pub.The Glynne Arms aka The Siden Arms aka The Crooked House". sedgleymanor.com . Retrieved 15 December 2014. And of The White Horse Inn, aka Nellies, Husband writes: "This Yorkshire institution, in the stately county town of Beverley, was originally a seventeenth-century coaching inn – it still has a stable yard designed to accommodate seventy horses – and, over the centuries, it’s evolved into a warren of idiosyncratic rooms..." The best 100 cities on the planet ranked - and 'despite Brexit' it's London that's No.1, followed by Paris and New York. So where does YOUR favourite city come on the list? The Eagle and Child on St Giles' in Oxford owned by St John's College. Best known for having been frequented by The Inklings, a literary circle that included J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis; it is known locally as The Bird & Baby. [103]