You may have read the story of the 60 New Years Eve visitors to the Tan Hill Inn, England’s highest pub, in the Yorkshire Dales. They were “forced to drink beer and play cards for three days” after the pub was snowed in. Must have been awful for them.
With snow falling throughout the UK, and forecasters predicting the onset of several weeks of freezing weather, we thought it might be helpful to list what we think are the UK’s 12 highest pubs. If you too fancy the idea of 72 hours or so stuck in a remote country pub you could do a lot worse than head for one of these at the first opportunity!
Tan Hill Inn, Swaledale, North Yorkshire
1,730 ft
The Cat & Fiddle Inn, A537 between Buxton and Macclesfield
1,690 ft
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Traveller’s Rest, near Flash on the A53 between Buxton and Leek
1,500 ft
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Kirkstone Pass Inn, between Patterdale and Windermere, Cumbria
1,480 ft
The New Inn, Flash, Derbyshire
1,470 ft
Royal Cottage, on the A53 between Buxton and Leek
1,470 ft
Wanlockhead Inn, Wanlockhead, B797 Dumfries & Galloway
1,440 ft
The Mermaid, on the A53 near Leek, Staffordshire
1,440 ft
Winking Man, on the A53 between Buxton and Leek
1,440 ft
Sportsman’s Arms, A543, between Bylchau and Pentrefoelas
1,430 ft
Warren House Inn, Postbridge, Devon
1,421 ft
Miners Arms, Nenthead, Alston, Cumbria
1,410 ft