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The George, Hope Valley

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Castle Street
Castleton
Postal town: Hope Valley
S33 8WG

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Quinno _ left this review about The George

‘Backstreet’ in the loosest sense, it’s barely 20 seconds off the main road. Two rooms with an old skool feel in the tap room, exposed brick and beams with hanging jugs and chinaware. Five cask on, mainly regional. Tried the Black Sheep (NBSS 3) and TTL (4). This one is GBG listed, though frankly I think there were three others just as good in town so don’t just drop in here as your token tick. 7.5

On 4^th January 2026 - rating: 8
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Will Larter left this review about The George

Described on the pub's website as The Only Back Street Pub In Castleton, and (with the exception of the extravagant capital letters), I think I agree. In a tourist honeypot like this every pub is a restaurant and hotel, but this is just the George. Still does food and accommodation, though. The small central bar faces both ways, with three hand pumps to the left and two to the right. The pub is still owned by Charles Wells, with just one of their new Brewpoint brewery's beers, and no longer Youngs or Bombardier. A very good Black Sheep Best though (NBSS 4) and the service and welcome were excellent too. A pity about one customer's argumentative dog, who yapped at anything on four legs, and didn't understand the instruction "not in here" - is there a dog anywhere who would? Luckily we were just leaving anyway.

On 8^th May 2024 - rating: 7
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Ian Mapp left this review about The George Hotel

Cosy pub - closest to Peveril Castle. Multi roomed around a central bar.

Fire.

Black Sheep in great condition.

There's a lot of choice in Castleton and the competition is maintaining high standards.

On 18^th April 2019 - rating: 8
[User has posted 1751 recommendations about 1724 pubs]

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