Osmotherley, North Yorkshire
Best pub on the planet. Don’t tell anyone. A handsome stone inn on the green of a moorland village, where walkers set out across the North York Moors and wisely come back for lunch. Open fires, a long and generous menu, and the sort of easy, unforced hospitality that no amount of money can buy. Everything a pub should be, and nothing it shouldn’t.
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