North Yorkshire Villages

 

North Yorkshire has some wonderful pubs and while many are to be found in the coastal villages and towns such as Whitby, Staithes and Robin Hood’s Bay, there are also several pubs on the moors which are well worth visiting.

Danby

Danby and Ainthorpe are adjoining villages, each with an excellent pub.

 

 

 

The Duke of Wellington in Danby in 1983

 

The Duke of Wellington in 1983, with my mother, Doris, brother, Martin, and wife, Pam.

Ainthorpe

 

The Fox and Hounds at Ainthorpe, Danby, North Yorkshire. This former 16th Century Coaching Inn is now a high quality residential Country Inn and restaurant.

 

My brother and I in the Fox and Hounds. The stone fireplace allegedly originated from nearby Danby Castle.

Blakey Ridge

In 2005 my wife and I organized a pub tour of northern England for friends from Switzerland. Here we are standing in front of the Lion Inn on Blakey Ridge. Perhaps the most isolated pub on the North Yorkshire Moor, where, if you get lucky, you can be snowed-in for days.

 

Beck Hole

One of the few pubs left that can honestly be called a time-warp, The Birch Hall Inn at Beck Hole on the North Yorkshire Moors. This wonderful pub is situated on the banks of a small river near to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. This photograph was taken in 1995 and shows my wife, Pam, and our kids, Vicki and Greg.

A tiny bar, but with 6 hand pumps – brilliant!

This is a small pub with just two bars and a sweet shop in the middle. Time seems to have stood still here for generations.

 

 

 

 

The Birch Hall Inn viewed from the bridge over the Eller Beck. 

 

 

As well as a range of cask beer, there is also a simple menu of hot drinks, butties & pies, home-baked scones and the renowned beer-cake. They even have their own Beck Hole Bitter ‘Beckwatter’ which is brewed specially for the pub.

 

My younger brother about to enjoy a swift half in the small bar of The Birch Hall Inn.

A little gem in a little gem!