Great Pubs of England: Thirty-three of Britain's Best Hostelries from the Home Counties to the North: Thirty-three of England's Best Hostelries from the Home Counties to the North

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On a hilltop between Coniston and Hawkshead, this Lake District bolthole is ideal for an epicurean escape to the country. Coldplay and The Libertines also played some of their formative gigs here, the book reveals – and Amy Winehouse, who lived nearby, ‘treated the pub as her local’. Pulling up outside The Roebuck is a highly photogenic affair, with gnarly little olive trees planted among the cobbles, red geraniums in the window boxes and a frieze of stencilled deer skipping across the putty-coloured exterior. THE BOLEYN TAVERN, EAST HAM, LONDON: Punters in this pub, which has been running since 1900, sit amid 'the etched-glass likenesses of footballing legends Bobby Moore, Trevor Brooking [and] Geoff Hurst'. Once a stopping off point for abbots travelling to Cornwall, the inn's old flagstones hide secret tunnels dating from the Reformation.Expect dishes along the lines of cassoulet of Yorkshire duck confit, Morteau sausage, roasted tomato and white beans. There are eight bedrooms in the inn, not large but homely yet stylish and beautifully equipped, with thoughtful touches. This is simply a selection of brilliant pubs that you can rely on for their excellent drink, food and atmosphere. JOHN WARLAND is the founder of Liquid History Tours, guided walking itineraries that explore London’s rich hostelry heritage, and author of the Liquid History book. As you'd expect, there's a heavy local influence to menu items – mainly the cheese board selection that offers a good choice of Yorkshire's finest.

The nine bedrooms with their comfortable mix of plaids and faded florals, rustic furniture and bold feature wallpapers, exposed beams and faux-fur throws. The Angel has real Yorkshire pub character with mounted shotguns on the walls, gnarled, ancient beams and an 18th-century bar with a delightful coal fire. Inside, the former drinkers’ pub has a sassy, metropolitan feel with lots of parquet flooring, panelling, exposed brick walls, and velvet curtains and armchairs. It’s like a Byzantine chapel designed for Croesus, or maybe Donald Trump,' one regular tells the authors. The front bar is hung with photos of old-school tuxedoed crooners and thrilled celebrity visitors, and the back bar is chock-full of Alf’s sporting trophies and boxing memorabilia.The pub is the backdrop for first dates, mending broken hearts, or toasting hatches, matches and dispatches. This pub spills onto the expansive green of picturesque, honey-stone Bledington, in glorious walking and cycling countryside. THE BLACKFRIAR, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON: The decor of this ‘spectacular and giddily eccentric’ Grade II-listed pub is inspired by the history of the site on which it sits - a 13th-century Dominican priory once stood here.