THE ADAM AND EVE, COCK AND RABBIT, THE DOVE, THE EAGLE, THE EIGHT BELLS, EUSTON TAP, FOX & HOUNDS, THE GEORGE INN, THE GUN INN, HARWOOD ARMS, HAUNCH OF VENISON, THE JAMAICA WINE HOUSE, THE LEATHER BOTTLE, THE LONDONSunday, October APPRENTICE, 16, 2011 THE telegraph.co.uk/famousgrouse MILBURY’S, THE MURDERERS, THE PELTON ARMS, PROSPECT OF WHITBY, THE RED LION, THE RED LION, THE ROYAL STANDARD OF ENGLAND, THE SEKFORDE ARMS, THE SPORTSMAN, THE THATCHED TAVERN, THE TRAFFORD ARMS, YE OLDE MITRE, THE WHITE CROSS, THE BEAR INN, THE BELL INN, THE CROWN AT WELLS, THE DOLPHIN HOTEL,The THE Famous GAGGLE OF GEESE, Grouse THE GEORGE INN, THE NOBODY INN, THE PIPERS INN, THE RADNOR ARMS, THE TINNERS ARMS, TRENGILLY WARTHA INN, THE BEAR, THE BERKELEY ARMS, THE BOAT INN, THE DOLPHIN INN, THE DRY DOCK, THE EAGLE AND CHILD, THE FARMERS BOY INN, THE FLYING CHILDERS INN, THE RED LION, THE SNOOTY FOX, THE TURF TAVERN, YE OLDE TRIP TO JERUSALEM, BLACK BOY INN, THE GOLDEN CROSS, THE NEUADD ARMS HOTEL, THE 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BICKERTON POACHER, THE CHESHIRE CHEESE, THE FOOLS NOOK, THE GLOBE, THE GOLDEN BALL, OLD BLACK BULL, THE OLD CROWN, THE PHILHARMONIC DINING ROOMS, THE SHAKESPEARE, THE SHIP VICTORY, YE CRACKE, THE ABERDEEN ARMS, BACKSTAGE AT THE GREEN HOTEL, BORDER HOTEL, BOTHY RESTAURANT AND BAR, C’MON INN, THE DROVERS INN, THE FIDDICHSIDE INN, THE FOX AND HOUNDS, THE GLOBE INN, THE JIGGER INN, KINLOCH CASTLE, THE OLD FORGE, ÒRAN MÓR, THE OXFORD BAR, THE PAGEANT, POETS BAR AT THE KENMORE HOTEL, THE PRETORIA BAR, THE SHEEP HEID INN, SHIELDAIG BAR & COASTAL KITCHEN, TEUCHTERS BAR, BLAKES OF THE HOLLOW, THE CROWN LIQUOR SALOON, MURIEL’S, THE ADAM AND EVE, COCK AND RABBIT, THE DOVE, THE EAGLE, THE EIGHT BELLS, EUSTON TAP, FOX & HOUNDS, THE GEORGE INN, THE GUN INN, HARWOOD ARMS, HAUNCH OF VENISON, THE JAMAICADiscover WINE HOUSE, THE LEATHER BOTTLE, THE LONDON APPRENTICE, THE MILBURY’S, THE MURDERERS, THE PELTON ARMS, PROSPECT OF WHITBY, THE RED LION, THE RED LION, THE ROYAL STANDARD OF ENGLAND, THE SEKFORDE 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MILBURY’S, THE MURDERERS, THE PELTON ARMS, PROSPECT OF WHITBY, THE RED LION, THE RED LION, THE ROYAL STANDARD OF ENGLAND, THE SEKFORDE ARMS, THE SPORTSMAN, THE THATCHED TAVERN, THE TRAFFORD ARMS, YE OLDE MITRE, THE WHITE CROSS, THE BEAR INN, THE BELL INN, THE CROWN AT WELLS, THE DOLPHIN HOTEL, THE GAGGLE OF GEESE, THE GEORGE INN, THE NOBODY INN, THE PIPERS INN, THE RADNOR ARMS, THE TINNERS ARMS, TRENGILLY WARTHA INN, THE BEAR, THE BERKELEY ARMS, THE BOAT INN, THE DOLPHIN INN, THE DRY DOCK, THE EAGLE AND CHILD, THE FARMERS BOY INN, THE FLYING CHILDERS INN, THE RED LION, THE SNOOTY FOX, THE TURF TAVERN, YE OLDE TRIP TO JERUSALEM, BLACK BOY INN, THE GOLDEN CROSS, THE NEUADD ARMS HOTEL, THE PACKET HOTEL, THE ROYAL OAK HOTEL, YE OLDE BULL’S HEAD INN, YE OLDE MURENGER HOUSE, THE CARTS BOG INN, THE GEORGE AND DRAGON, THE KING’S ARMS, THE LORD CREWE ARMS HOTEL, THE PLOUGH INN, SAVILE ARMS, THE WHITE HOUSE, THE BICKERTON POACHER, THE CHESHIRE CHEESE, THE FOOLS NOOK, THE GLOBE, THE GOLDEN BALL, 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Following the success of last When you discover year’s quest to find the most 0JPOC famous pubs in the UK, "Pub, you’ll great British pubs. This collection of renowned find a unique and pubs is truly exceptional, and the result of a nationwide unusual place search to find places in which The Adam and Eve to drink. All of them stand out Norwich, Norfolk worth celebrating from the ordinary and deserve The oldest pub in Norwich, to be celebrated. The Adam and Eve was — and one you’ll In this special guide, The recorded as an alehouse Famous Grouse Famous Pubs, in 1249, and was frequented want to visit again you’ll find inns and hotels of by the stonemasons building all shapes and sizes, from the nearby Norwich towns, cities and all corners Cathedral. The monks who of the United Kingdom. And owned the building also like The Famous Grouse, gave its ale to their patients every one of them is famous at a charity hospital that for good reason. helped the poor. Some have gained a The ghost of Lord Sheffield dedicated following for their – killed by rebels nearby gourmet food or expertly during Kett’s Rebellion in crafted choice of drinks. 1549 – is reputed to still haunt Others fulfil perfectly the the building. Licencee Rita pub’s role as a community tells of a bell in the upper bar, hub, and have raised which rings when no one is thousands of pounds for there and stools which scrape worthy causes. the floor after closing time. Glance through the list This atmospheric pub, and you’ll discover the which is a frequent winner grandest people’s palaces in Norwich, also serves with dazzling architectural excellent food. and decorative flourishes, }Bishopgate, Norwich, Norfolk, alongside bars that are NR3 1RZ; 01603 667423; literally holes in the wall. www.adamandevenorwich.co.uk What’s more, a great number of these pubs warrant The Cock and Rabbit inclusion for their place in Great Missenden, Britain’s heritage. In this list, Buckinghamshire you’ll find public houses that Set in the idyllic hamlet have witnessed some of the of The Lee in the Chiltern most momentous episodes in Hills, The Cock and Rabbit our island’s history. has become known as This being Britain, there’s the pub frequented by no small measure of Barnaby and Troy in ITV’s eccentricity in our selection. Midsomer Murders. Look out Commissioning editor Julia Newcomb From the Haunch of Venison for a signed photograph of Art editor Sally Farr pub in Salisbury which them in the hallway. Contributing writers Rufus Purdy, exhibits a mummified hand The pub and adjoining Louise Renwick and Melissa Crowther from the 19th century to award-winning Italian Sub editors Chris Jones, Paul Carroll and Brett Lampitt the 500-year-old facade of restaurant, set in beautiful Main pub photography Andrew Martin, The Crown at Wells which was gardens, have been owned 01494 837540; poets, writers and comedians) }19 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, Andy Paradise, Alamy, Arwyn Roberts used as one of the locations and run for 26 years by www.graziemille.co.uk who have bought a drink London, W6 9TA; 020 8748 and Photolibrary in the hit comedy film Hot Italian Gianfranco Parola. or two while contemplating 9474; www.fullers.co.uk Fuzz featuring Simon Pegg The Piedmont-born chef The Dove life and the river. The public houses published in this in 2007. serves guests with home- Hammersmith, London A firm fixture of west The Eagle supplement have been nominated by Whatever the basis of their made Italian cuisine, James Thomson, the 18th- London pub life, the pub Cambridge, Cambridgeshire readers and reviewed by the Telegraph. While the Telegraph and The Famous fame, all of these pubs have including the popular century poet, was a regular holds a prime position on One of the oldest and largest Grouse have taken all reasonable steps been nominated by the people Pasta Graziemille – prepared and reputedly wrote the the Thames just before inns in Cambridge – dating to check their accuracy, neither the best able to judge their merit: using wild garlic picked from words to Rule, Britannia Hammersmith Bridge – back to the 15th century and Telegraph nor The Famous Grouse the customers who go back the surrounding woods. here. Above the fireplace a favourite place to watch built on land owned by takes responsibility for the views again and again. Here are }The Lee, Great Missenden, there’s a list of the famous the Oxford and Cambridge Corpus Christi College – The and claims they may contain. their nominations. Buckinghamshire, HP16 9LZ; personalities (musicians, Boat Race. Eagle is most famous for The Sunday Telegraph OCTOBER 16 2011 D3

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Poet James Thomson wrote the words to Rule, Britannia while in The Dove at Hammersmith From left: The Adam & Eve; the sign of Cambridge’s famed The Eagle pub; the bar of Euston Tap and the fine views from The Dove’s garden

Look out for the outline the beers are chosen for into the facade of the Fox & Hounds of a naked woman drawn their quality. stonework. Southampton, Hampshire in lipstick on the ceiling Set in one of the former The opposite gatehouse is Tucked away in the amusingly – said to have been the Victorian-built gatehouses currently under renovation named village of Hungerford landlord’s sister who to London’s Euston station and will open mid November Bottom, Bursledon, close “looked after” the airmen and one of the only as The Cider Tap – dedicated to the Hamble River, the and soldiers who frequented surviving parts of the entirely to cider. Fox & Hounds pub building The Eagle during the original railway station, }190 Euston Road, King’s Cross, dates back to the 16th century. war. Many ghosts, including the various destinations London, NW1 2EF; The charming old Lone Barn those of two airmen, are around the UK reached 020 3137 8837; restaurant, to the rear, said to haunt the premises. from Euston are engraved www.eustontap.com was moved from Winchester }Benet Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 3QN; 01223 505020; www.gkpubs.co.uk/ pubs-in-cambridge/eagle-pub

The Eight Bells Hatfield, Hertfordshire Built in 1226, this old family- run pub is remembered as the resort of fictional character Bill Sykes from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Dickens himself stayed here in 1838 and in Oliver Twist, Part 21 (1839), Chapter 48, The Flight of Sykes, the housebreaker and his dog travel through Islington, up Highgate Hill and down the other side, skirt Caen Wood, cross Hampstead Heath and arrive at evening at #

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people popping in for a pint — 0JPOC"JIO a consideration that allows the pub to keep its “local” vibe. brick by brick to its present }27 Walham Grove, Fulham, position in 1974. Roaring fires, London, SW6 1QR; 020 7386 candlelit tables, great food 1847; www.harwoodarms.com and four frequently changing guest ales attract locals, Haunch of Venison visitors to Southampton Salisbury, Wiltshire and those from further afield. This pub’s pewter bar-top is You can’t fault the setting and believed to be the last complete the surrounding countryside. example of its kind in England. }Hungerford, Bursledon, The very small “Horsebox” bar Southampton, Hampshire, SO31 8DE; is purported to have been used 02380 987218; www.chefandbrewer. by Churchill and Eisenhower com/pub-food/fox-hounds- during the planning of the southampton-bursledon D-Day landings. A mummified hand on The George Inn display was found in the pub in Southwark, London the 19th century and is said to A great historic pub owned by belong to a patron who was the National Trust, The George caught cheating at cards. His is the only surviving galleried ghost still haunts the bar, along London coaching inn. Charles with the wandering spirit of the Dickens visited The George – a Grey Lady, who moves items certificate of his life insurance around the pub and rattles is framed on the wall – and he doors while she searches referred to it in Little Dorrit. for her baby. William Shakespeare was also When the pub’s cellar housed reputedly a regular here. a brothel, a secret underground Alongside this history this passage to the local church was proper English pub has a great a popular entrance and exit. selection of ales and good }1 Minster Street, Salisbury, locally sourced food. Its patio Wiltshire, SP1 1TB; 01722 411313; is the perfect destination for www.haunchofvenison.uk.com a pint and some lunch after a wander along the Thames’ The Jamaica Wine House Southbank, or round nearby City, London Borough Market. Locals Tucked away at the end of describe the pub as a place medieval St Michael’s Alley to see the past and the future, in the City of London, the the old and the young. “Jampot”, as it’s known locally, }The George Inn Yard, 77 Borough was home to the first coffee High Street, Southwark, London, house in London in the 17th SE1 1NH; 020 7407 2056; century and is still a wonderful www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ main/ place for a post-work drink, w-georgeinn hidden away from the tourists walking down Cornhill just The Gun Inn a few yards away. Keyhaven, Hampshire During summer, workers A traditional inn dating back to from nearby offices spill out the 16th century, offering real into the alleyways and log fires, low beamed ceilings, adjoining courtyard and the cosy alcoves and a great setting place has the most wonderful for relaxing after a long winter buzz. Highlights are the walk by the shore. Within the original coffee ovens in the New Forest National Park and cellar bar, and a stone doorstep near to the quay at Keyhaven, it that’s virtually worn through is also an excellent stop before after more than 400 years’ use taking the ferry to Hurst Castle, by thirsty guests. The beers which was built by Henry VIII. and whiskies are great, the In summer, The Gun’s architecture superb, the staff gardens are a great spot to wonderful. A lovely place to sip enjoy a ploughman’s, while a wee dram of Scotland’s finest. inside the family rooms are full }St Michael’s Alley, Cornhill, London, of interesting antiquities. EC3V 9DS; 020 7929 6972; Boasting more than 240 malt www.jamaicawinehouse.co.uk whiskies, it’s a great place to select your favourite dram. The The Leather Bottle hosts are welcoming and also Cobham, Kent dog-friendly. Literary fans will be interested to stop if you’re out for a walk The Milbury’s Awards, The Gardeners Arms — }Keyhaven Road, Keyhaven, to know that patron Charles or biking along the Thames. Beauworth, Hampshire or “The Murderers” as it has Hampshire, SO41 0TP; Dickens mentions the pub in Licensed as a pub since Aside from its infamous home- been known since 1895 — 01590 642391; www.theguninn.co.uk The Pickwick Papers, which he 1731, punters from days gone made pies, this 400-year-old gained its gruesome nickname wrote here, and was a frequent The Prospect by are said to have included oak-beamed pub is well known after a former landlady’s Harwood Arms guest in room six. The pub is Henry VIII, Charles I, Charles for its 300ft well and the daughter Millie was murdered Fulham, London filled with original Dickens of Whitby was II, Lady Jane Grey and Oliver surprising presence of a giant by her estranged husband, The first and only pub in books, and other framed Cromwell. There’s a (now 20ft wooden wheel inside the Frank Miles. According to London with a Michelin star, memorabilia cover the walls. once nick- blocked off) tunnel linking pub that was once used for publican Philip Cutter, who the Harwood Arms is renowned Nearby Rochester, which All Saint’s Church with the drawing water up the well. has been researching the pub’s for offering delicious dishes inspired many of Dickens’ named the inn, which is believed to Landlord Martin tells of days history throughout his 24 years that use seasonal produce works, is a 15-minute drive away. have been used by Thames (long before health and safety working there, Miles escaped a and the best in game and Its excellent food and ‘Devil’s Tavern’ smugglers to pass contraband regulations) when patrons death sentence after a petition wild food — often sourced beautiful landscaped gardens from the church vaults to would be rewarded with a pint of more than 22,000 signatures from one of the owner’s estates make this a perfect al fresco thanks to its the pub’s cellars. of beer if they could complete convinced the judge to show in Berkshire — while being eating destination. A favourite with rugby fans, the equivalent of a two-mile clemency towards him on very reasonably priced. This year, The Leather Bottle dangerous the pub is just a mile from run inside the wheel, which grounds of extreme provocation. Famous for its venison scotch was the starting point for the reputation Twickenham stadium – close would raise a bucket of water }2-8 Timber Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, eggs, this rural haven is tucked One Hundred Membership enough to walk, yet far enough from the bottom of the well NR1 3LB; 01603 621447; away in a residential area Supercar Challenge, and a away from the crowds to (past the priest hole concealed www.themurderers.co.uk behind Fulham Broadway. host of celebrities stayed enjoy drinks in a glass that’s 100ft down) and into the pub. On Tuesday nights, the whole overnight at the pub. not plastic. }Holden Lane, Beauworth, The Pelton Arms pub gets involved with the pub }54-56 The Street, Cobham, Kent, The pub offers six real ales Hampshire, SO24 0PB; 01962 Greenwich, London quiz — of which the first prize is DA12 3BZ; 01474 814327; that change weekly, a range of 771248; www.fullers.co.uk Famous for appearing in Rock four main meals. www.theleatherbottle.co.uk whiskies as well as dangerously and Chips, the prequel to Only Despite being fully booked addictive chips. ‘The Murderers’ Fools and Horses, where it two weeks in advance on The London Apprentice }62 Church Street, Old Isleworth, Norwich, Norfolk became “The Nag’s Head”, The weekdays, and up to a month Isleworth, Middlesex Middlesex, TW7 6BG; Awarded the title of Best Sports Pelton is a friendly local pub at the weekends, its sofas This riverside pub, close to 020 8560 1915; Pub in the Eastern Region at serving real ale and great and bar-tops are kept free for Syon Park, makes a great place www.thelondonapprentice.co.uk the 2011 Great British Pub British food. 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including the likes of Alec Clockwise from main who have been known to leave Guinness and Peter Sellers. picture: one of the grim their charges tied up in the The pub’s interior is testament souvenirs at ‘The car park – The Thatch, as it is to this long association, with Murderers’; The White known, is steeped in fascinating stills from the films and Cross can be marooned local history. portraits of their stars adorning by the rising waters of A well-known landmark in the walls, and the bond the Thames; Dickens the 1700s, it is said that Queen between the pub and the supped at The Leather Victoria’s royal carriage was revived studio continues today. Bottle in Kent; a young sometimes seen waiting }13 St Mary’s Road, Ealing, London, Del Boy drank at The outside, while her personal W5 5RA; 020 8567 2541; Pelton Arms in London; servant, John Brown, was www.fullers.co.uk a sign fo the 16th- fortifying himself inside before century The Gun Inn making his onward journey to The Royal Standard of England Windsor Castle. Forty Green, Buckinghamshire These days the daily- England’s oldest free house changing fresh fish specials and has a great atmosphere, a superb home-made desserts superb location, hearty, make it popular all year round traditional English food — – especially during Royal Ascot always cooked from fresh when the place is packed for — and an impressive range breakfast, lunch and dinner. of beers. The owners not only }Cheapside, Ascot, Berkshire, support small local breweries — SL5 7QG; 01344 620874; they also serve Belgian beers www.thethatchedtavern.co.uk that are hard to find elsewhere in Britain. The Trafford Arms Sitting by the fire in the Norwich, Norfolk evening drinking local ale Despite being totally gutted by and eating mutton pie, you bombing and a subsequent fire get the wonderful impression during the Second World War, that you’re doing exactly the The Trafford Arms is a thriving, same as the first punters did very popular, community pub when the pub opened 900 years that is closely involved with ago. Best of all, you can dine local charities. in the room where King The utilitarian 1950s exterior Charles II used to entertain belies a far more sophisticated his mistresses. A gem of interior where the present host a place. ensures that his customers are }Forty Green, Beaconsfield, catered for with a wide range of Buckinghamshire, HP9 1XT; real ales and excellent food, 01494 673382; www.rsoe.co.uk plus a range of events. It is also believed that the landlord is the The Sekforde Arms first publican to hold the title of Clerkenwell, London Sheriff of Norwich. This traditional London }61 Grove Road, Norwich, Norfolk, pub has been serving since NR1 3RL; 01603 628466; 1840. Named after Thomas www.traffordarms.co.uk Sekforde, a local lawyer and patron of literature, this is a Ye Olde Mitre rare local haven. Holborn, London The most popular meals Finding this quirky “olde include sausage, chips and worlde” corner pub for the first beans, and horseshoe gammon, time feels like nothing short of chips, peas and egg. Landlord an adventure. Built in the mid- Peter surmises that Karl Marx 1500s, close to Hatton Garden, and Lenin would have drunk in the building has changed little the pub when they worked over the years. editing a newspaper on The pub features the remains Clerkenwell Green, and that of an ancient cherry tree in the Charles Dickens, who banked #Wapping Wall, Wapping, London, lunchtime for 48 years. toddy while sheltering from the go through the Thames’ waters rise above London, SE10 9PQ; E1W 3SH; 020 3432 1071; }Penn Road, Knotty Green, freezing rain. no less a certain height and the beer 020 8858 0572; www.taylor-walker.co.uk Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Prepare to be surrounded by than 8,000 garden and entrance are www.peltonarmspub.com HP9 2TN; 01494 680 888; 100 dogs during Scruffs — the separate flooded. Drinkers are then The Red Lion www.redlionweb.com pub’s annual dog show — or to checks. marooned inside the pub until Prospect of Whitby Knotty Green, Beaconsfield, join the crowds for a snifter on Only then the tide recedes. Wapping, London Buckinghamshire The Red Lion Hogmanay, May Day, weddings is its fine Anyone wanting to leave Built in 1520, this is one of the This welcoming country pub Ealing, London or parties. There are also quality before the waters subside can oldest riverside drinking has been at the heart of the Opposite the famous Ealing regular quiz nights and assured. borrow a pair of the pub’s establishments in London. community in the hamlet of Studios, this family-run pub comedy events. wellies, while staff will often Smack bang on the Thames, Knotty Green since at least became known as Stage Six }Mogador Road, Lower Kingswood, wade out with a pair for thirsty- this glorious old pub is redolent 1753. The pub is famous for during the 1940-50s heyday Surrey, KT20 7ES; 01737 246655; looking new arrivals, or offer a of the era of piracy, press- once being Enid Blyton’s local of Ealing comedies such as www.timewellspent.info fireman’s lift, depending on the ganging and British naval — Green Hedges, the house The Lady Killers and The Man size of the customer. A local prowess, and was once where she wrote hundreds of in the White Suit. It regularly The Thatched Tavern Rastafarian with a boat also nicknamed the “Devil’s Tavern” children’s books, was just attracted the studio’s directors Ascot, Berkshire ferries customers to and fro. thanks to its dangerous across the road. and producers and also became Popular with walkers in Great }Riverside (off Water Lane), reputation. A noose outside is To commemorate her the reputed watering hole Windsor Park, just 500 metres Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1TH; 020 a reminder of Execution Dock patronage, the pub has a of many an acting legend, away — and even horse riders 8940 6844; www.youngs.co.uk D6 OCTOBER 16 2011 The Sunday Telegraph

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bike ride — the 17th-century facade was borrowed for 0JPOC Bell Inn near Chippenham the film Hot Fuzz. 4@NO is an attractive, whitewashed }Market Place, Wells, Somerset, building outside which BA5 2RP; 01749 673457; flower baskets swing lazily www.crownatwells.co.uk in the West Country breeze. The Nobody It has gained an excellent The Dolphin Hotel Inn is a reputation for food over Wincanton, Somerset the years, and its famously Traditionally the stop of traditional, The Bear Inn huge portions of home-made choice for sailors travelling Wincanton, Somerset pâté and toast, liver, bacon between Plymouth and charm-filled A coaching inn from the early and onions, and pork Marsala London, this 18th-century 18th century, The Bear is the — all served up in a coaching inn may once village pub — oldest pub in Wincanton. It reassuringly old-fashioned, have been symbolic of has a traditional feel, with low low-ceilinged, oak-beamed that last, heady night of all Windsor beams and open fires, and is interior — are as popular shore-leave freedom. a draw for racegoers on their with savvy local diners Today, it’s a welcoming chairs, dark way to the local course — as as they are with hungry hostelry with a fine range well as Terry Pratchett fans. cyclists. of West Country beers and beams and Wincanton is twinned with }High Street, Yatton Keynell, ciders. Although it possesses the fictional city of Ankh- nr Chippenham, SN14 7BG; an elegant, country-house inglenook Morpork from the author’s 01249 782216; feel, the food is every bit as Discworld books, which is www.yattonkeynell.com hearty as in the days when fireplace why Mrs Whitlow’s Artery it was served to shanty- Hardening Hogswatch Pies The Crown at Wells singing nautical types. The (pork pies with a twist, made Wells, Somerset breakfasts are legendary, by landlady Jo) sometimes A focal point in Wells for more and people come from appear on the menu. Pratchett than 500 years, The Crown as far afield as Australia, isn’t the only author to have was originally built as houses; the US and Chile to a connection with the historic it was also once divided sample the enormous pub, however, as James into two separate inns, The Dolphin Deluxe. Woodforde mentions it in his Crown and The Royal Oak. }34 High Street, Wincanton, 18th-century book The Diary Stay there today and you Somerset, BA9 9JF; 01963 32215; of a Country Parson. probably wouldn’t guess that www.thedolphinhotelwincanton.com }12 Market Place, Wincanton, American Quaker William Somerset, BA9 9LP; 01963 32581; Penn (of Pennsylvania fame) The Gaggle of Geese www.thebearwincanton.co.uk preached to a crowd from one Buckland Newton, Dorset of its windows in 1685, only A lovely, food-focused rural The Bell Inn to be interrupted by a local pub in the rolling Dorset Yatton Keynell, nr Chippenham constable with a warrant countryside north of Marking the finishing point for his arrest — for unlawful Dorchester, The Gaggle of the annual Wrong Way speaking. Policemen of Geese is famous for Round event — Wiltshire’s played their part here again displaying the first Olympic near-100-mile-long charity more recently: the pub’s torch to be brought into

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the UK. Carried across the stuck together, one of grey Channel by a medal-winning stone, the other painted pink. naval commander for the Wordsworth visited for 1948 Games, it ended up breakfast one day in 1841 on the pub’s wall when his — and though the pub has granddaughter became a good reputation for food, landlady in 2008. As the sadly, breakfast is no Dorset coast will host the 2012 longer on the menu. Olympic sailing events, The }70 Bath Road, Ashcott, Gaggle of Geese makes an Somerset, TA7 9QL; appropriate home. But the 01458 210030; fabulous menu, dominated www.pipers-inn.co.uk by local produce, is just as good a reason to make a visit. The Radnor Arms }Buckland Newton, Dorset, Coleshill, Oxfordshire DT2 7BS; 01300 345249; Having horseshoes on the www.thegaggle.co.uk wall is a bit of a pub cliché — but excusable when the The George Inn building used to be a forge. Norton St Philip, Somerset In fact, the pretty Radnor In the rolling, green hills Arms in the National Trust surrounding Bath, the 700- village of Coleshill was only year-old George Inn in the converted to a pub after the village of Norton St Philip Second World War (during is one of the oldest in Britain. which time Coleshill had This cosy, cheerful pub has served as the nerve centre real old-world charm and for the British Resistance). makes a beautiful spot to Fittingly, the pub offers fires end a countryside walk – by which to relax and its best rewarded with one very own smithy-inspired of the superb home-made ales (with names such as steak, ale and mushroom Anvil, and Hammer and pies. The pub’s patronage Tongs). The on-site Old is steeped in history: the Forge microbrewery has Duke of Monmouth, been going for only a year illegitimate son of Charles or so, helping to put the pub II, made his headquarters on the map. here during his attempt }Coleshill, Oxfordshire, SN6 7PR; to snatch the throne from 01793 861575; his brother James II in 1685. www.radnorarmscoleshill.co.uk And locals claim that Oliver Cromwell, “Hanging Judge” The Tinners Arms Jeffreys and Samuel Pepys Zennor, Cornwall have also stopped off. The This wonderfully pretty inn, George has also appeared sitting in the shadow of in a number of films including St Senara’s church, has The Remains of the Day been serving up pints to and Tom Jones, and was everyone from beachcombers used in the TV adaptation and buccaneers for more of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. than 700 years. A long time }Norton St Philip, nr Bath, to get the formula right — Somerset, BA2 7LH; and anyone who enjoys a 01373 834224; good pub atmosphere and www.georgeinnnsp.co.uk stunning Atlantic views will love it. The main bar, The Nobody Inn which features a rough Doddiscombsleigh, Devon stone fireplace and a low, This pub is a lot more popular beamed ceiling, has a cosy, than it sounds. Rather than ship’s-cabin feel, and is any lack of custom, the perfect for settling down “nobody” in the name refers with a glass of local ale Clockwise from main picture: old-world to a former landlord’s coffin or something from the charm at The Nobody Inn; The Tinners which was found to be empty pub’s huge choice of Arms offers “a good pub atmosphere when it was brought back malt whiskies. and stunning Atlantic views”; The to the inn during his wake. }Zennor, Cornwall, TR26 3BY; Radnor Arms, which has an on-site In fact, this traditional, 01736 796927; microbrewery; The Dolphin Hotel is charm-filled village pub — www.tinnersarms.co.uk famous for its big breakfasts all Windsor chairs, dark beams and inglenook Trengilly Wartha Inn fireplace — has much to near Falmouth, Cornwall attract visitors and locals: It’s up a creek, but that’s good food, five tasteful exactly where you’d expect bedrooms, and more than to find an idyllic pub in 200 malt whiskies lining Cornwall. The Trengilly the back of the bar. If you Wartha Inn — on Polwheveral prefer walkies to whiskies, Creek to be exact — is you can borrow landlady a country inn with bedrooms, Susan’s Jack Russell, Taxi, a bistro and even a beer for a stroll in the Teign garden with underground Valley countryside. heating. The pub has }Doddiscombsleigh, Exeter, won plenty of accolades — Devon, EX6 7PS; 01647 252394; it was runner-up for a www.nobodyinn.co.uk Pub of the Year award last year — notably for its The Pipers Inn food, for which it uses Ashcott, Somerset suppliers so local they For more than 300 years, include a forager called The Pipers Inn — the only Miles. Cornish cheeses pub so named in Britain, and a crab ploughman’s according to landlord Roger (when available) feature Buckley — has served as on the menu. Its latest a resting place for travellers, national acclaim came including eloping couples after barring chancellor on their way to Gretna Green George Osborne, in protest (not to mention their parents, at an increase in the duty following hot on their heels). on beer. The 17th-century former }Nancenoy, Constantine, coaching inn is also known Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5RP; for its distinctive looks: it 01326 340332; is essentially two buildings www.trengilly.co.uk D8 OCTOBER 16 2011 The Sunday Telegraph

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been a pleasant place for a pint, The Dolphin has a friendly and is now owned by St John’s the manager and his staff – and *D?GGloucestershire, GL17 0LP; 01452 menus — featuring duck breast see the pub’s display of whisky panelled bar was the meeting 831300; www.farmersboyinn.co.uk with sweet potato fondant, and memorabilia. The Dolphin Childers has place for the Inklings writers’ praline parfait with honey- sponsors 12 local sports teams, group, which included JRR The Flying Childers Inn roasted pear — have garnered including one that plays the all the cosy Tolkien and CS Lewis, and in Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire The Bear plenty of awards. Book a table unusual Aunt Sally, a traditional recent times has been This is a quintessential Peak Oxford, Oxfordshire before it gets too popular. Oxfordshire throwing game. bars, crackling frequented by novelist Colin District pub, with all the cosy Standing at the corner of }59 Main Street, Wymondham, }Middleton Cheney, Oxfordshire, Dexter, creator of the irascible bars, crackling open fires and Oxford’s Alfred Street and Blue Leicestershire, LE14 2AG; 01572 OX17 2PW; 01295 713544; open fires and Inspector Morse. home-cooking smells that Boar Street, The Bear is one of 787587; www.theberkeleyarms.co.uk www.the-dolphin.co.uk If you’re seeking inspiration weary walkers dream about. the oldest pubs in Britain, home-cooking for your own literary The pub gets its name from dating back to 1242. The The Boat Inn The Dry Dock masterpiece, you could do far an 18th-century racehorse current building was Ashleworth, Gloucestershire Leicester, Leicestershire smells that worse than hang out in this owned by the Duke of constructed in the early 17th The Jelf family has run this The Dry Dock is famous for the weary walkers atmospheric pub for a while. Devonshire, and animals — century, and is famous for an riverside pub for more than 350 fact that it’s modelled on a ship, }49 St Giles, Oxford, Oxfordshire, those of the canine variety, extensive collection of framed years, so they’ve had plenty of albeit one that has run aground daydream OX1 3LU; 01865 302925; anyway — are made as welcome ties on the walls — given by time to get the formula right. some 70 miles inland. www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk as humans, with specialist visitors in exchange for a half- Legend has it that a Jelf family From the outside it gives the about snacks provided. Shelter is to pint of beer. The historic member helped Charles II impression that you’re about to The Farmers Boy Inn be found in two comfortable surroundings attract students, escape from the parliamentarians be press-ganged into the Navy. Longhope, Gloucestershire snugs, and warming sustenance locals and tourists alike, and after the Battle of Worcester, But walk up the gangplank and A traditional oak-beamed pub comes in the form of affordable the home-cooked food — which and was rewarded with ferrying into the boat’s interior and on the Gloucestershire- soups and stews, including a includes a wonderful venison rights across the river — thus you’ll find all the pool tables, Herefordshire border, the delicious pheasant casserole pâté and superb fish and chips guaranteeing a steady flow of leather sofas and jukeboxes 17th-century Farmers Boy Inn with home-grown vegetables. — is alone worth a visit. customers. They’d probably you’d expect in a student bar. is famed locally for its gourmet }Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire, }6 Alfred Street, Oxford, have come anyway: the top- Nautical but nice. Clockwise from top left: steak-and-Guinness pies — and DE4 2LW; 01629 636333; Oxfordshire, OX1 4EH; 01865 notch drinks selection pulls in }Putney Road East, Leicester, The Snooty Fox at the word is starting to spread. www.flyingchilders.com 728164; www.fullers.co.uk modern-day punters in droves. LE2 7TF; 0116 255 9596; Evenley; Caernarfon’s The restaurant serves up a }Ashleworth Quay, Gloucestershire, www.screampubs.co.uk cosy Black Boy Inn; range of delicious home-made The Red Lion The Berkeley Arms GL19 4HZ; 01452 700272; fine dining on offer at pies, and you can visit the Evenley, Northamptonshire Wymondham, Leicestershire www.boat-inn.co.uk The Eagle and Child The Berkeley Arms; neighbouring Mad About Pies Regarded by some as the Ever since husband-and-wife Oxford, Oxfordshire The Eagle and Child has shop and buy one to cook at friendliest pub in the Midlands, team Neil and Louise Hitchen The Dolphin Inn An inn with some serious some serious literary home. The pub itself is friendly The Red Lion is ideal both took over in early 2010, this Middleton Cheney, Oxfordshire literary heritage, The Eagle and credentials; and welcoming – thanks in for watching cricket in the pub’s reputation has soared. Built in 1707 by the green in the Child began serving drinks Nottingham’s historic no small part to the excellent summer (it’s set within window- The Berkeley Arms has always village of Middleton Cheney, back in the mid 17th century Olde Trip to Jerusalem customer service provided by smashing distance of Evenley’s The Sunday Telegraph OCTOBER 16 2011 D9

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village green) and for warming 2011. Accessed via a cobbled The Golden Cross than 3,000 pints a week — so yourself in front of its roaring street, The Turf Tavern is #Nottinghamshire, two large beer gardens are a unique blend of peated Caernarfon, Gwynedd by ceramics company Craven }The Square, Llanwrtyd Wells, www.redlionevenley.com delight. The pub has been malts. Try it any way Located within Caenarfon’s Dunnill for its opening in the Powys, LD5 4RB; 01591 610236; featured in several episodes of you like: neat, over ice, medieval walls, just a minute’s 1800s. They even cover the long www.neuaddarmshotel.co.uk The Snooty Fox Inspector Morse, and is renowned or in a walk from the castle, the bar, making it a rare example Lowick, Northamptonshire as the place where a younger delicious charming Black Boy Inn is as of its kind. It’s worth visiting The Packet Hotel This 17th-century inn was Bill Clinton “did not inhale”. ‘Black and popular with Cofis (Caernarfon- for more than just the décor, Cardiff Bay, Glamorganshire originally called The White }4-5 Bath Place, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Black’ — dwellers) as it is with tourists. however: the beer comes From deprivation to Horse — in honour of a steed OX1 3SU; 01865 243235; made by Nobody seems entirely sure straight from the Brains destination: Cardiff Bay, that brought back a local soldier www.theturftavern.co.uk mixing how the 16th-century pub got brewery just a froth’s blow formerly known as Tiger Bay, from the Battle of Naseby The Black its name: some say it’s a away, and in the evenings, the has come a long way. Once during the Civil War, then Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Grouse homage to a young black place comes to life as one of home to workers from all over dropped dead outside the front Nottingham, Nottinghamshire with cola, mariner who docked here; the city’s main gay night spots. the world (as well as Shirley door. The inside of the pub is as So called because this is where a squeeze others claim it comes from }282 Hayes Bridge Road, Cardiff, Bassey), the docks district has traditional as the exterior, the Crusaders reputedly of fresh a buoy that used to bob in the Glamorganshire, CF10 1GH; been transformed over the past though some of the furnishings stopped off for refreshment orange harbour; and some even think 02920 343129 decade with tourist attractions, betray a modern sense of style, on their way to the Holy Land, juice and it’s a reference to Charles II’s hotels, restaurants and, of and it’s a great place in which the oldest inn in England is pouring childhood nickname. But the The Neuadd Arms Hotel course, the Welsh Assembly to sample its fine range of a Nottingham institution. over origins don’t really matter. What Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys building. The Packet, however, English ales. A separate Situated at the base of the cliffs plenty does is that the cosy pub still This 19th-century pub/hotel is built in 1864, is one of the few restaurant serves an inspired beneath Nottingham Castle, the of ice. offers roaring fires, a delightful cosy, comfortable and quiet — reminders of the area’s past. British-meets-Italian menu. pub connects to a network of oak-beamed interior, and indeed, it couldn’t really get Its name is taken from the }16 Main Street, Lowick, caves that housed the castle’s comfortable, hotel-style quieter, as it’s located in packet ships that used to call Nottinghamshire, NN14 3BH; 01832 12th-century brewhouse. accommodation. An unfussy Llanwrtyd Wells, a town known here, and the fact that it offered 733434; www.thesnootyfoxlowick.com However, an excellent range of menu takes full advantage of for being the smallest in rooms to sailors. It features a real ales and a fine pub-grub fresh, local seafood and organic Britain. The speciality here is striking wooden gantry behind The Turf Tavern menu demonstrate that this is Welsh produce, matched by a home-made curry, matched the bar, Brains beer on tap and Oxford, Oxfordshire far more than just a curiosity. wonderful selection of drinks. with home-made beer. The plenty of regulars. This hidden gem at the heart of }Brewhouse Yard, Nottingham, }Northgate Street, Caernarfon, on-site Heart of Wales Brewery }95 Bute Street, Cardiff, Oxford was named Town Pub of Nottinghamshire, NG1 6AD; 0115 947 Gwynedd, LL55 1RW; 01286 673604; was set up by the owners in Glamorganshire, CF10 5AB, 02920 the Year in the Good Pub Guide 3171; www.triptojerusalem.com www.black-boy-inn.com 2004 and can produce more 487167; www.sabrain.com/packet D10 OCTOBER 16 2011 The Sunday Telegraph

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Orange (later King William III) snug, The Globe is famed for +JMOC as he sought reparation from its excellent selection of fine 4@NO the House of Stuart and drink and the characters that launched attacks on Ireland both work and drink here. from the Wirral. Nowadays, it’s From the friendly Scouse The Globe’s a lovely – and deceptively barmaids and the sloping floor is large – neighbourhood pub octogenarian glass collector with a pleasant beer garden who insists on referring to legendary — and a dedication to hand- everyone under 70 as “lad” to The Bickerton Poacher pulled real ales. It even hosts the wise-cracking locals, it is and avoid the Bulkeley, Cheshire an annual beer festival. a real “people” pub in which Nestling close by the }2 Wallasey Village, Wallasey, decor and presentation come ‘tsunami Sandstone Trail long-distance Merseyside, CH44 2DH; 0151 630 second to the human walk, this pleasant country 3641; www.thecheesewallasey.com experience – and visitors from corner’ if you pub draws in hikers and locals all over the world return again in equal measure. All love it The Fools Nook and again. The sloping floor want to keep for the ancient wishing well Macclesfield, Cheshire is legendary – and avoid the next to the bar, the delightfully This waterside pub has its “tsunami corner” if you want your shoes dry old-fashioned skittle alley — origins in the building of the to keep your shoes dry. which, it’s claimed, dates back Macclesfield Canal in the late }17 Cases Street, Liverpool, to 1664 — and the high-quality 1820s. The engineers, who Merseyside, L1 1HW; 0151 707 0067 pub food. The weekend were in the area to create this carvery and the enormous Big vital supply line, needed The Golden Ball Man’s Breakfast are highly somewhere to drink after Morecambe, Lancashire recommended. There’s a fully work, so the pub — originally Known locally as equipped campsite (complete known as The Royal Oak — was “Snatchems”, this riverside with children’s play area) next created from existing cottages. pub got its moniker due to door, and the pub runs its own It became The Fools Nook in the number of drunken locals grocery shop to supply those 1962 (in honour of Samuel who, in days gone by, were spending the night in caravans “Maggoty” Johnson, an 18th- abducted and forced on to or under canvas. century local landowner who vessels leaving the nearby }Wrexham Road, Bulkeley, was Britain’s last professional port of Lancaster. Visitors are Cheshire, SY14 8BE; 01829 720226; jester), since when it has unlikely to be press-ganged www.bickertonpoacher.com maintained its reputation for these days, but the pub is said serving quality food and beer to be haunted by the ghosts The Cheshire Cheese in a lovely setting. of several reluctant sailors, Wallasey, Merseyside }Leek Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, who obviously still feel at A proper, old-fashioned local SK11 0JF; 01260 253662; home amid its old-fashioned pub in the oldest part of www.foolsnook.com charm. Slaves were once Wallasey, The Cheshire Cheese brought up the neighbouring is well known locally for the The Globe River Lune; though these strong characters that stand Liverpool, Merseyside days the view is more likely to on either side of its bar. In the A tiny city-centre pub that be of jet skis and powerboats. 17th century, it was the regular condenses Liverpool’s essence }2 Lancaster Road, Morecambe, stopover place of William of into one small bar and back Lancashire, LA3 3ER; 01524 69310

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started changing the world’s +JMOC4@NO>JIO musical landscape for ever in the Sixties. The Old Black Bull This is a lively pub with a Preston, Lancashire stunning art deco interior A gorgeous, Tudor-fronted reminiscent of a gentlemen’s building in the centre of club. It even has two snugs, Preston, The Old Black Bull appropriately called Brahms is said to stand on top of a and Liszt, and has probably network of old tunnels that the poshest toilets in northern lead from the pub to the church England. Well, if they’re good – supposedly to allow thirsty enough for John, Paul, George clerics access to the inn and Ringo… without being seen. }36 Hope Street, Liverpool, The clientele these days – Merseyside, L1 9BX; 0151 707 2837; which includes former www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/ Lancashire cricketer and thephilharmonicdiningroomsliverpool England captain Andrew Flintoff when the local boy is The Shakespeare back in town – is equally loyal. Manchester The landlords, Stan and Pam, Close to Manchester’s Arndale have been running the pub for Centre, The Shakespeare more than 20 years, and their couldn’t provide more of a friendliness and dedication to contrast to all the rampant quality cask ales guarantees commercialism of its near- that anyone who visits is sure neighbour. This proper, old- to come back. fashioned pub, complete with }35–36 Friargate, Preston, black-and-white Tudor frontage, Lancashire, PR1 2AT; 01772 823397; began life as an inn called www.clovertaverns.co.uk The Shambles over in Chester, but was brought into The Old Crown Manchester and rebuilt brick Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria by brick in the Twenties. Believed to be the first It may have inherited the co-operatively owned pub ghost of a murdered girl – the in the UK, The Old Crown, pub even featured in the Sky together with its award-winning Living series Most Haunted – microbrewery, is firmly in the but the beer at The Shakespeare possession of the villagers of is every bit as impressive as its picturesque Hesket Newmarket. spirits. The pub grub is The two independent excellent, too. businesses, situated on the }16 Fountain Street, Manchester, northern edge of the Lake M2 2AA; 0161 834 5515; District, were purchased when www.theshakespeare.com the couple who had run them since the Eighties retired, The Ship Victory and none of the locals could Chester, Cheshire bear the thought of them A small and cosy pub in the being bought by one of the centre of Chester, The Ship famous for its connection Ireland, but in Scotland they’re big breweries. Victory is a pleasant place to with John Lennon. 0>JOG

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18th-century coaching inn. From far left: The The Fiddichside Inn }The Green, Kirk Yetholm, Borders, Shakespeare in Craigelleachie, Banffshire TD5 8PQ; 01573 420237; Manchester; Ye Cracke, Looking down from the top of www.theborderhotel.com Liverpool; Òran Mór’s a gently sloping grass bank Auditorium, Glasgow; onto the River Spey, the tiny Bothy Restaurant and Bar collect a free half at Fiddichside Inn occupies one Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire The Border Hotel of the most scenic spots in Occupying a canalside spot, Scotland. The landlady – the with plenty of outdoor tables aptly named Mrs Brandy – overlooking the boat traffic on was based in Palestine during the water, this friendly bar and the Second World War, and her restaurant is usually packed to tales of Middle Eastern derring- the rafters with a mix of tourists do are wonderfully at odds with and locals. The manager and the Caledonian scene of forests bar staff are famed for their and salmon-filled water that warmth and hospitality, and the can be spied from the pub’s fine selection of cask ales and windows. The miniature bar malt whiskies, not to mention has a gorgeous original the home-cooked food keep panelled counter running down drawing in new devotees. Once the entire length of the room. you’ve settled down with a pint }Craigelleachie, Banffshire, by the side of the adjacent lock, AB38 9RR; 01340 881239 you will understand why. }Canalside, Fort Augustus, Inverness- The Fox and Hounds shire, PH32 4AU; 01320 366710; Houston, Renfrewshire www.thebothyfortaugustus.co.uk A favourite hangout of Rangers manager Ally McCoist, The The C’mon Inn Fox and Hounds just outside East Kilbride, Lanarkshire Glasgow has also played host to A local that’s as welcoming as its Paolo Nutini, Westlife and Neil name suggests, The C’mon Inn Diamond (who enjoyed it so is notable mainly because of much, he came here two nights one of its former employees. #

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the last customer departs The twice-weekly theatrical 0>JOGJIO into the night. performances, known as }Kinloch Castle, Isle of Rum, PH43 4RR; A Play, A Pie and A Pint, are The Jigger Inn 01687 462037; www.isleofrum.com famous on the city’s art scene. St Andrews, Fife }Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX; The bar in Part of St Andrews golf course, The Old Forge 0141 357 6200; The Jigger Inn, a former Inverie, Highlands www.oran-mor.co.uk Kinloch Castle station master’s lodge that The most remote inn on dates back to 1850, is one of mainland Britain, The Old The Oxford Bar Edinburgh on the Isle of the world’s most famous 19th Forge is accessible only via To fans of Ian Rankin’s books, holes. Some of the game’s a 30-minute boat ride across The Oxford Bar on Young Rum closes most well-known players rub Loch Nevis from Mallaig or Street in Edinburgh needs no shoulders with mere mortals a mammoth two-day hike. introduction. Known locally when the who are just happy to have While some would think it as the ‘Ox’, it is the favourite completed their round, and all a problem that the pub has watering hole of Inspector last drinker indulge in a fabulous selection no roads leading to it, others Rebus. The character may be of Scottish beers and whiskies argue this is a blessing. Set fictional, but this cosy pub is departs into while bantering with sharp- against a blissfully peaceful very real indeed. Keen readers tongued landlady Antoinette. backdrop of mirror-like seas come in droves, particularly the night The inn’s beer garden runs and misty mountains, it offers during the Edinburgh Book alongside the fairway of the potential sightings of whales, Festival, to sip Caledonian 18th hole, and is a familiar basking sharks and dolphins. ales and keep an eye out for backdrop to the action when Not to mention some fantastic Rankin himself. Secure a seat The Open is held here. fresh seafood and one of in the main bar if you can. }St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SP; 01334 Scotland’s warmest welcomes. }8 Young Street, Edinburgh, 474371; www.oldcoursehotel.co.uk }Inverie, Highlands, PH41 4PL; 01687 EH2 4JB; 0131 539 7119; 462267; www.theoldforge.co.uk www.oxfordbar.com Kinloch Castle Isle of Rum Òran Mór The Pageant The Isle of Rum, a National Glasgow Arbroath, Angus Nature Reserve off Scotland’s In the seven years since it first Though, these days, it’s well- west coast, is not known for opened its doors, Òran Mór known for being the focal its nightlife, so its one bar is has become something of a point of Arbroath’s live music understandably legendary Glasgow institution. Originally scene, The Pageant is a history in these parts. Located in a church, it has been buff’s dream. There’s an the stunning, 19th-century sensitively converted into a ancient stone wall inside the Kinloch Castle, the pub is venue that incorporates bars, pub and its cellar – originally the only place on the island restaurants and nightclubs, part of Arbroath Abbey, where in which you can buy a as well as an auditorium that the Scottish declaration of whisky, meet friends in front can host weddings. The independence was signed in of an open fire and chat about Whisky Bar serves more than 1320 – is believed to be the wildlife you’ve spotted 250 Scottish malts in a relaxed haunted by a restless monk, that day. It opens when the setting, and is one of the best who paces up and down person entrusted with the key places in town to watch the between the beer barrels. can be found and closes when rugby when Scotland play. Near to most of the town’s

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main tourist attractions, the }Shieldaig, Ross-shire, IV54 8XN; pub is an ideal spot in which 01520 755251; www. to soak up the atmosphere shieldaigbarandcoastalkitchen.co.uk of one of Scotland’s most historic settlements. Teuchters Bar Edinburgh }8 Kirk Square, Arbroath, Angus, A 20-minute walk from DD11 1DX; 01241 872777 Murrayfield stadium, Teuchters Bar is a popular Poets Bar at the Kenmore stop-off for Scotland Hotel Kenmore, Perthshire supporters on their way to Like The Globe Inn in watch rugby matches. And as Dumfries, this Tayside pub it serves a fine selection of was a favourite of Scotland’s whiskies – as well as delicious national poet Robert Burns. snacks such as haggis stovies, He stayed there one bleak cullen skink and Mull of winter’s night back in 1787 Kintyre Cheddar macaroni – and was so moved by the it’s equally favoured by those welcome he received that he who’d rather settle down composed a poem on the with a drink and watch the spot, and wrote it in pencil on match on television. And you the chimney breast over the might recognise this as the fire. His graffito is still visible bar frequented by Jason today. The bar hasn’t changed Isaacs in the BBC drama much since Burns’ time. Its Case Histories. low chairs, crackling fire and }26 William Street, Edinburgh, cosy atmosphere are still the EH3 7NH; 0131 226 1036; perfect antidote to the worst www.aroomin.co.uk/teuchters of the Highlands weather. }The Square, Kenmore, Perthshire, PH15 2NU; 01887 830205; www.kenmorehotel.com +JMOC@MI &M@G