Mr Wolfe’s review of The Pentonbridge Inn
Right on the Scottish border, a remote inn with a star and a kitchen garden. Worth the long road.
no. 49 of William Wolfe’s 100 best pubs
The Pentonbridge Inn
Penton, Cumbria
also in the north
More of the best pubs in the North
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Osmotherley, North Yorkshire1. The Golden LionBest 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…A
Byland, North Yorkshire40. The Abbey InnAcross the lane from the ruins of a Cistercian abbey. Cooking and setting of rare beauty.A
Hetton, North Yorkshire41. The AngelA Dales coaching inn and one of the pioneers of serious pub food. Now cooking at the very top of its game.B
Oldstead, North Yorkshire42. The Black SwanThe Banks family farm, the Banks family pub. Tommy Banks grows what you eat a field away.B
Newcastle upon Tyne43. The Broad ChareTerry Laybourne’s Quayside pub. Pork scratchings, ale and some of the best cooking in the North East.D
Barngates, Cumbria44. The Drunken DuckOn a crossroads above Ambleside, with fell views, its own brewery and very comfortable rooms.
Osmotherley, North Yorkshire1. The Golden LionBest 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…A
Byland, North Yorkshire40. The Abbey InnAcross the lane from the ruins of a Cistercian abbey. Cooking and setting of rare beauty.A
Hetton, North Yorkshire41. The AngelA Dales coaching inn and one of the pioneers of serious pub food. Now cooking at the very top of its game.B
Oldstead, North Yorkshire42. The Black SwanThe Banks family farm, the Banks family pub. Tommy Banks grows what you eat a field away.B
Newcastle upon Tyne43. The Broad ChareTerry Laybourne’s Quayside pub. Pork scratchings, ale and some of the best cooking in the North East.D
Barngates, Cumbria44. The Drunken DuckOn a crossroads above Ambleside, with fell views, its own brewery and very comfortable rooms.