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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Ray is an avid sportsman and grouse, pheasant, partridge, woodcock and mallard, all shot within a mile of the restaurant, often grace a menu that combines modern British elegance with resolutely old-school portions. This formerly run-down old coaching inn has echoes of Andrew Pern's Star at Harome, where James Mackenzie was head chef before moving here, and doubles as a popular bar and a destination restaurant with ease. Inside, the interconnected bar areas have beams dripping with dried hops, boarded and flagstone floors and antique tables laid out with brass candelabra and fresh flower. The central point is a proper bar area where you can pop in to enjoy a pint of local Windrush ale beside the woodburner, a framed Barnsley cricket club T-shirt above it reflecting pride in local involvement.

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Each Halloween, the pub opens up the 'secret' bar, ‘a tiny and crepuscular space under the restaurant with its own concealed entrance’.

The stone-fronted Pheasant is set in an acre or so of private gardens, with its own duck pond, in the quintessential market town of Helmsley. There’s a good range, from hearty and traditional pub dishes (burgers, beer battered fish and chips) to salads. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. During winter, it’s best to stay inside where hot toddies and arguments about the greatest Welsh rugby tries to have ever been scored come thick and fast.Expect dishes along the lines of cassoulet of Yorkshire duck confit, Morteau sausage, roasted tomato and white beans.

Millions must have been spent on recreating the look and feel of what is one of the best Norfolk pubs with rooms, The Gunton Arms. The book says: 'Around midday, as the doors open, familiar cries can be heard ("stout please"), favourite tables are bagged, newspapers are spread out, pints are nursed, and dry-as-dust Yorkshire witticisms are exchanged. This picturesque 16th-century black and white former coaching inn, set in the heart of Herefordshire, offers superb food and six luxurious rooms. Six rooms in the converted barns next door are all good sizes, with contemporary bathrooms and a bit of individual character.Comfort is king here and the room layouts have been well thought out without a whiff of the clichéd nautical theme – instead you'll find simple light fittings, a wooden trunk at the end of the bed, and luxurious bathtubs for two.