Best Inns on the North York Moors

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This is the final post in my February 2014 review of historic Inns and Hotels on the North York Moors.

I've decided today to provide an "Oscars" ceremony to mark my own subjective views about the best pubs to visit across a range of different categories.

Listed below you'll discover an overall winner for the best North York Moors pub, best real Ale, best restaurant meals, best bar meals, best Sunday lunch, "must visit", best bar room, best for tradition, best beer garden, best for walking, best for cycling, and best for families.

I'll stress that these are just my own views - and feel free to disagree!

The most important thing, however, is that you get out and actually visit some of our great Inns and Hotels on the Moors this year - and decide your own favourites.

Each and every one of them - from the poshest to the most dingy - need your support in these tough economic times.

And remember, once a pub is gone, it's probably gone forever.

And a North York Moors village without a pub is...too horrible to contemplate!

 

Overall Winners - Best of the Best

Winner: Bottom Horseshoe Hotel, Egton Bridge

Runner-up: The White Horse Farm Hotel, Rosedale Abbey

Recommended: The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge


Best Real Ale

Winner: The New Inn, Cropton

Runner-up: The Buck Inn, Chop Gate

Recommended: The Duke of Wellington, Danby


Best Restaurant Meals

Winner: Postgate Inn, Egton Bridge

Runner-up: Blacksmiths Arms, Hartoft

Recommended: The White Horse Farm Hotel, Rosedale Abbey


Best Bar Meals

Winner: Blacksmiths Arms, Lastingham

Runner-up: The Duke of Wellington, Danby

Recommended: The White Horse Farm Hotel, Rosedale Abbey


Best Yorkshire Sunday Lunch

Winner: The Moors Inn, Appleton-le-Moors

Runner-up: Feversham Arms, Farndale

Recommended: The Downe Arms, Castleton


Must Visit in 2014

Winner: The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge

Runner-up: Birch Hall Inn, Beckhole

Recommended: Feversham Arms, Farndale


Nicest Bar Room

Winner: Horseshoe Hotel, Egton Bridge

Runner-up: The Duke of Wellington, Danby

Recommended: Blacksmiths Arms, Lastingham


Best Traditional Inn

Winner: Postgate Inn, Egton Bridge

Runner-up: The Fox and Hounds, Ainthorpe

Recommended: The Moors Inn, Appleton-le-Moors


Best View from Beer Garden

Winner: The White Horse Farm Hotel, Rosedale Abbey

Runner-up: The Fox and Hounds, Ainthorpe

Recommended: The Crown, Hutton-le-Hole


Best for Walkers

Winner: The White Horse Farm Hotel, Rosedale Abbey

Runner-up: The Duke of Wellington, Danby

Recommended: The Crown, Hutton-le-Hole


Best for Cyclists

Winner: The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge

Runner-up: Blacksmiths Arms, Lastingham

Recommended: The Goathland Hotel, Goathland


Best Informal Family Pub

Winner: The Coach House, Rosedale Abbey

Runner-up: The White Horse Farm Hotel, Rosedale Abbey

Recommended: Feversham Arms, Farndale


All Reviews

To access the reviews, simply click the one(s) in which you're interested.

Horseshoe Hotel, Egton Bridge

Rosedale's own  Pub Crawl

Black Swan Hotel, Helmsley

Postgate Inn, Egton Bridge

Wainstones Hotel, Great Broughton

Jet Miners Inn, Great Broughton

The Buck Inn, Chop Gate

The Duke of Wellington, Danby

The Moors Inn, Appleton-le-Moors

The Cleveland Inn, Commondale

The New Inn, Cropton

Blacksmiths Arms, Lastingham

Blacksmiths Arms, Hartoft

The Coach House, Rosedale Abbey

The White Horse Farm Hotel, Rosedale Abbey

The Eskdale Inn, Castleton

The Downe Arms, Castleton

The Fox and Hounds, Ainthorpe

Birch Hall Inn, Beckhole

The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge

Feversham Arms, Farndale

The Goathland Hotel, Goathland

The Milburn Arms Hotel, Rosedale Abbey

The New Malton, Malton

The Crown, Hutton-le-Hole

The Bandroom, Farndale

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