Pint to pint : a crawl around Britain's best pubs

260 Pages·2016·1.26 MB·English

by  The Telegraph

PINT TO PINT
About the authors
The ‘Pint to Pint’ column is written by a diverse selection of regular
Telegraph journalists, among them beer experts, architecture buffs, walkers,
rock critics, war correspondents, and scholars of this and that. The column
enjoys many tens of thousands of fans and regularly receives letters from readers
about its selections. A new pub is featured every Saturday.
The Telegraph
PINT TO PINT
A Crawl Around Britain’s Best Pubs
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Contents
Publisher’s Foreword
Pint to Pint: The Pub Crawl
SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND
The Marisco Tavern, Lundy Island
The Minerva Inn, Plymouth
The Hyde Park Microbrewery, Plymouth
The Cott Inn, Dartington, Devon
The Steam Packet Inn, Totnes, Devon
The Masons Arms, Branscombe Village, Devon
The Bell Inn, Watchet, Somerset
The King Alfred, Burrowbridge, Somerset
The Three Horseshoes Inn, Batcombe, Somerset
The Plough Inn, Congresbury, Somerset
The Orchard Inn, Bristol
The Salamander, Bath
The Ebrington Arms, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND
The General Eliott, South Hinksey, Oxfordshire
The Bear Inn, Oxford
The Wellington Arms, Baughurst, Hampshire
The Willow Tree, Winchester
The Jolly Sailor, Old Bursledon, Hampshire
The Bat and Ball, Clanfield and Hambledon, Hampshire
The Three Horseshoes, Thursley, Surrey
The Grantley Arms, Wonersh, Surrey
The Halfway Bridge, Lodsworth, West Sussex
The North Laine Brewhouse, Brighton
The Snowdrop Inn, Lewes, East Sussex
The Crown Inn, Hastings, East Sussex
The Globe Inn Marsh, Rye, East Sussex
The Three Chimneys, Biddenden, Kent
Four Candles, Broadstairs, Kent
The Swan on the Green, West Peckham, Kent
The Bottle House Inn, Penshurst, Kent
The Queen’s Arms, Cowden Pound, Kent
GREATER LONDON
The Hope, Carshalton
The Jolly Woodman, Beckenham
The Ivy House, London SE15
The Three Stags, London SE1
The White Swan, Twickenham
The Finborough Arms, London SW10
CASK, London SW1
The Windsor Castle, London SW1
The Cow, London W2
The Spaniards Inn, London NW3
BrewDog Camden, London NW1
The Pig and Butcher, London N1
The Grapes, London E14
EAST OF ENGLAND
The Crooked Billet, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
The Old Lifeboat House, Clacton, Essex
The Swan, Stratford St Mary, Suffolk
The Anchor Inn, Woodbridge, Suffolk
The Village Inn, West Runton, Norfolk
The Lifeboat Inn, Thornham, Norfolk
The Railway Arms, Downham Market, Norfolk
The Brewery Tap, Peterborough
EAST MIDLANDS
The Soar Bridge Inn, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire
The Exeter Arms, Derby
The Pattenmakers Arms, Duffield, Derbyshire
The Hand and Heart, Nottingham
The Robin Hood and Little John, Arnold, Nottinghamshire
The Dog and Bone, Lincoln
The Little Mill Inn, Rowarth, Derbyshire
The Angler’s Rest, Bamford, Derbyshire
YORKSHIRE & HUMBERSIDE
The Kelham Island, Sheffield
The Rat and Ratchet, Huddersfield
The Booth Wood Inn, Rishworth, West Yorkshire
The Robin Hood Inn, Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire
The Staff of Life, Todmorden, West Yorkshire
The White Lion, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire
The Adelphi Hotel, Leeds
The Fleece, Otley, West Yorkshire
The Craven Arms, Appletreewick, North Yorkshire
Hales’ Bar, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
The Three-Legged Mare, York
The Golden Fleece, York
The Cross Keys, Thixendale, North Yorkshire
The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge, North Yorkshire
The White Bear Hotel, Masham, North Yorkshire
NORTH-EAST ENGLAND
The Victoria Inn, Durham
The Dun Cow, Sunderland
The Sun Inn, Beamish Museum, County Durham
The Manor House Inn, Carterway Heads, Northumberland
The Dipton Mill Inn, Hexham, Northumberland
The Lion & Lamb, Horsley, Northumberland
The Centurion, Newcastle upon Tyne
The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne
The Bridge Tavern, Newcastle upon Tyne
The Free Trade Inn, Newcastle upon Tyne
St Mary’s Inn, Stannington, Northumberland
The Jolly Fisherman, Craster, Northumberland
The Red Lion Inn, Milfield, Northumberland
SCOTLAND
The Oxford Bar, Edinburgh
The Bridge Inn, Ratho, Midlothian
The Grill, Aberdeen
The Applecross Inn, Applecross, Wester Ross
Drygate, Glasgow
The West Kirk, Ayr
NORTH-WEST ENGLAND
The Britannia Inn, Elterwater, Cumbria
Hole in t’Wall, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria
The Hest Bank Inn, Hest Bank, Lancashire
The Irwell Works Brewery Tap, Ramsbottom, Lancashire
The Cemetery Hotel, Rochdale, Lancashire
The Healey, Rochdale, Lancashire
The Spring Inn, Rochdale, Lancashire
The Red Lion, Littleborough, Lancashire
The Swan, Dobcross, Greater Manchester
The Britons Protection, Manchester
The New Oxford, Salford, Manchester
The Old Boat House, Astley, Greater Manchester
The Swan with Two Nicks, Little Bollington, Cheshire
The Fiddle I’th Bag Inn, Burtonwood, Cheshire
Gallagher’s Pub & Barbers, Birkenhead
The Yew Tree, Bunbury, Cheshire
WEST MIDLANDS
The Devonshire Arms, Burton upon Trent
Hail to the Ale, Wolverhampton
The Great Western, Wolverhampton
The Shakespeare, Birmingham