Tan Hill Inn, Richmond

Finally managed to get to this legendary pub, the highest in the British Isles and also in a very remote spot so you really have to make an effort to reach it (even by car, although it was virtually full late on a Sunday afternoon). The plain façade belies the comfortable multi-room layout featuring traditional furniture and all kinds of bit and pieces as decoration. There is also a new outdoor seating area (but it was hardly the weather for that when we visited), accommodation for passing walkers on the Pennine Way, a barn at the back for live music and other events, and its own snowplough. With six of eight handpumps in use, we found the two 'house' ales from Tirril - Tan Hill and Kings Pit - plus Black Sheep, Landlord, Old Peculier and Wensleydale's Semer Water. Overall, a must visit.