Which pubs are your favourite? They don't have to do great beer or food (though it helps) but which pubs in Britain have you been to that have been in fantastic settings?
The Applecross inn has to be my favourite, followed by George III near Dolgellau (both are quite similar I suppose). One beautiful warm spring day I sat outside the Cwellyn Arms staring up at Snowdon, lost track of time!
Over to you, help me plan some journeys
[i]Pubs in scenic locations/great views/beautiful beer gardens[/i]
This is the UK, choose two !
That one in Trainspotting.
I do like the view from the Queens head in Troutbeck.
Old Bridge Inn, Aviemore?
Gah, could go on all day, Mrs Rider and I like country pubs and country pub owners often like us to use the beer garden, owing to Rider Jr.
Top few locals and few further afield
The Harp Inn, Old Radnor, Powys. Top nosh and view across to The Whimble at sunset
The Brewer's Arms, West Malvern (see as far as the Black Mountains and Brecons from the terrace garden) best home made chips at any pub ever
The Chase Inn, Upper Colwall, Herefordshire.
Saracens Head, Symond's Yat East, nr Ross On Wye, right on the River Wye at head of a 12 mile cycle path to Monmouth and back
The Camp Inn, Grimley, Worcs, old school pub on the Severn
The Live and Let Live, Bringsty Common, Worcs
The Bush Inn, Morwenstow (take the footpath to the coast from beer garden).
The Pilchard Inn, Burgh Island, South Hams, surrounded by sea
Kings Arms Llangennith, Gower Peninsula
The Blue Ball, Countisbury, North Devon
+1 for George III, love the Mawddach
Not that far from Applecross, The Plockton Hotel's beer garden is the best place in the world on a sunny day...
The Selbourne Arms is awesome, lovely beer garden for kids, separate beer garden for adults, good beer good food and amazing roads to cycle there on. Other than free beer, can't see how it would get better
Barrel Inn at Bretton, Lathkill Hotel at Over Haddon
Port William inn, trebarwith strand, Cornwall. Watching the tide come in.
Some great suggestions, googling them all
Welsh coastal ones do it for me. There are loads.
Ty Coch in Porthdinllaen
Ship Inn, Tresaith
are a couple worth googling
Edit: If someone can recommend some eateries along the Way of the Roses, that'd be handy. Staying in Morecambe, Pateley Bridge and York this week, finish in Brid.
This is the UK, choose two !
You need to venture further than you're local working men's club.
Jolly Fisherman Craster
[img] 
[/img]
The Ship Inn at Low Newton
[img] 
[/img]
Looks onto this beach
[img] 
[/img]
2nd malvern rider's Worcestershire choices, particularly the brewers.
The Anchor Inn, Kippford if you're every near Dalbeattie
[s]The Ship Inn at Low Newton[/s]
Shhhh! Don't tell anyone!
And don't tell them about this one, either!
[img] 
[/img]
Saracen's Head at Symond's Yat.
The square and compass in the purbecks.
End of thread 8)
The square and compass in the purbecks.End of thread
This
[quote=ciderinsport said]The square and compass in the purbecks.
End of thread
Was there last summer, with your username I can see the appeal 😉
Ribblehead viaduct from the Station Inn gents toilets window.
Warren House inn on a good day.
Shhhh! Don't tell anyone!
It's been on TV a fair bit the last couple of years so no longer a secret. It gets rammed on weekends in the summer.
I've always been partial to the Britannia Inn in Elterwater myself.
The Worcestershire pubs are all within riding distance. The Brewers, do they have Wye Valley on?
[url= http://www.theoldinnskye.co.uk/index.php?id=1 ]The Old Inn - Carbost Skye[/url]
and its only a short walk from the Talisker Distillery
Another shout for the Old Bridge Inn in Aviemore
Polochar Inn on the south coast of South Uist.
Ferry Boat inn or Seaforth in Ullapool.
The Pub at Kylesku (I cant remember its name)
Clachaig Inn Glencoe
a couple of wild cards
Snow Goose (top of Nevis Range Gondola) they sell 3 Sisters.
Ptarmigan (top of the Funicula Cairngorm) they sell a few of Cairngorm Brewery's finest
Fishing Boat Inn Boulmer
[img] 
[/img]
All 3 of the pubs I've listed so far are within easy riding distance of each other.
[img] 
[/img]
Houns, the brewers is a tied Marston pub but they do have guest beers, often malvern brewery, sometime Wye valley.
The best kept pint of HPA in the county though is further along the hill at the malvern hills hotel. The bar is very comfortable and the terrace is nice too. Worth the ride, as you pass it heading for British camp but it doesn't have much of a view because of its spot.
The Pilchard Inn, Burgh Island, South Hams, surrounded by sea
It's all about the Pig's Nose down those parts! 🙂 Pilchard's for grockles. Grockles with a bit of taste, mind you, but still grockles.
Is that Solo's local Binners?
The Brewers have Wye Valley HPA on all the time, and a frequently updated selection of guests. I have to visit regularly in case of Salopian Oracle making an appearance - tried for a bat-signal type setup but they weren't having any of it 🙂
Worcs pubs? How could I forget The Talbot, Knightwick. Top food, home grown veg, local meat etc...home brewed ales, big beer garden right on the Teme, best pork scratchings around, always peaceful even when busy. Splendid.
The Maenllwyd Inn near Caerphilly was beautiful once. I suspect it's garden is still one of the nicest around, with its gorgeous view of the green hills. Owned now, as it is, by Chef & Brewer, however, it is like it had an operation to have its soul removed. The signage is naff, the frosted glass dividers inside look naff, and the big stinkin' posters advertising the meal deals have utterly destroyed it.
If views are what you're after, though, it is still worth going to... unless Chef & Brewer have found a way to convert those into shit too.
Saracen's Head at Symond's Yat.
we stopped in for a pint, ended up camping in the site over the road, getting a bit friendly with the locals and canoeing down the wye - awesome!
ship at low newton is great (and as are others listed by drac - we go up to northumberland coast a fair bit)
ty coch @ morfa nefyn is great too - trying to ride along the rocky beach from our digs wasn't the best idea mind!
[url= http://www.tycoch.co.uk/index.php/view-the-webcam ]http://www.tycoch.co.uk/index.php/view-the-webcam[/url]
I like a beer and burger at the Inn On the Tay at Grandtully[img] 
[/img]
Also the North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory bar is one of the most perfect places I know
[img] 
[/img]
Oh and not forgetting The Old Inn at Carbost on Skye. Scenic location, oh yes, and a distillery across the road.
[img] 
[/img]
gazc, we often canoe down the Wye to SY for the night, spend a night there getting suitably liquid, then get up and meander down to Monmouth the next day. Great way to spend a weekend!
Another to add to the pot from me -
Tafarn Sinc, Rosebush. An oddity, but worth a trip!
The Quay at Cresselly (Yes, I know the name over the door is the Cresselly Arms, but I've always known it as just The Quay)
The Druidstone. Oh yes!
Gelnuig Inn
[img] 
[/img]
My only regret is that it always seems to be a fleeting visit now kids are in tow, and I'm always driving.
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[url= http://www.tycoch.co.uk/index.php/view-the-webcam ]Webcam[/url] of the view from the Ty Coch Inn in Morfa Nefyn
[img] 
[/img]
Jura Hotel
Wasdale Head Inn.
Eagle and Child Staveley
I'd also have to say the Scotts Arms outside of Corfe as well. Fantastic view.
[img] 
[/img]
The Abbey Hotel, set in the grounds of Llanthony Priory. The bar is in the cellar with a vaulted roof but there is nothing better than taking your drinks out in the sun on a warm day and sitting in a quiet corner of the ruins soaking up the atmosphere and the views to the Black Mountains. I am of course biassed as it is my local and only next door and I can drive/ride home across the fields 😀
I may have inadvertently kipped in your field then Welsh. 😉
I love to drink at the priory, but it's a pity I can't stand rev James!
Do you drink at the half moon too?
Some bloomin lovely spots!
Stoner I know the Malvern Hills Hotel well, sadly right on the road so too much noise to enjoy a peaceful pint. I do have a quick one in there but save my drinking until I get to the Morgan (handy as near the train station)
Ah yes, I forgot about the Talbot too. Definitely worthy of being on the list
The Chase Inn is just a mile or so from Malvern Hills Hotel, much nicer IMHO, and fantastic beer garden. Not forgetting the bar billiards if raining...and ... Bathams!!!
The Badachro Inn (near Gairloch)
[img] 
[/img]
The Old Forge (Knoydart)
[img] 
[/img]
Cnoc-na-faire (Arisaig)
[url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8144/7567702996_d0d034d8a0_c.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8144/7567702996_d0d034d8a0_c.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/cwJsrS ]Whisky[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/22384952@N02/ ]ScotRoutes[/url], on Flickr
(most of my favourites have already been mentioned)