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Holly Hill Inn, Slee Gill, Richmond
Richmond
DL10 4RJ
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Graham Coombs left this review about Holly Hill Inn
A roadside inn just south of Richmond, but don't try and walk unless you like hills. The inside has had a bit of a modern facelift, which doesn't do much for me, but otherwise it is pleasant enough. The right hand side is the hotel and dining area, while the left hand is the bar and an adjoining room with a dartboard. On handpump were TT Landlord and Wensleydale Behind the Mask and Gamekeeper; the latter was past its best.
On 14th October 2023
- rating: 6
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Holly Hill Inn
The Holly Hill Inn is perched well above Richmond town centre, with the garden affording fine views of the Castle and the town itself.
Inside, there is a bar area to the left, sub-divided into two and a larger dining area to the right-hand side on entering from the road. A few locals were congregated in the one part of the bar area, but none attempted to enter into any conversation and neither did we!
The regular beer is Timothy Taylor Landlord. Guests on our visit were Theakston Best Bitter & Wensleydale Yellow Pearl. There was no real cider. The pub does offer accommodation, but at £120 a night, we were priced out of the equation.
On 20th August 2022
- rating: 5
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Will Larter left this review about Holly Hill Inn
A roadside pub at the top of the hill which overlooks Richmond Castle, but presumably out of range of whatever siege engines might have been available at the time. The pub proudly boasts a beer garden which gets the sun all day long, and it looks like they might have purchased a field from the neighbouring farm in order to fulfil this ambition. The car park is also of a decent size, and if it had stopped raining long enough I could tell you whether the sun shone on it. In the end I had to make a dash for the back door despite the shower. Once inside there's a neat little bar counter with four hand pumps serving two beers: Timothy Taylor Landlord and local Wensleydale Gamekeeper, which was pretty good. One of the locals chatted to me for a bit, and his place was taken by two or three others who chatted to each other: it's a chatty sort of pub. The rain stopped long enough for me to take a photo of the view towards the castle. Seems like about 500 yards - probably 15th century artillery wouldn't have made it.
On 4th July 2022
- rating: 6
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Roger Button left this review about Holly Hill Inn
The Holly Hill Inn wasn’t on my intended pub crawl of Richmond but we had half hour to kill before the parking restrictions finished in town so we made use of the pub car park and had a swift pint here first. The pub is actually in the small hamlet of Sleegill and is easily walkable from Richmond town centre but there are some steep hills to negotiate. The pub also functions as a hotel and has a separate restaurant (the Ivy) tacked on to the rear.
The pub interior is divided into 2 bars with the main bar having a small and fairly plain lounge area with a larger area away from the bar with long pew seating, pool table, dart board, TV and jukebox. A double sided fire with stove serves both bar areas and there are various brewery / tobacco mirrors and a bottle collection but on the whole there isn’t much that catches the eye. A sign to the “used beer department” shows that someone has a sense of humour. The second bar wasn’t open (they were in the process of sticking up the Xmas deccies) but appeared to be quite small and cosy enough but I didn’t really get much of a peek. There were 2 Black Sheep Ales available on my visit (Best and Golden) which are both common to the area.
The pubs best feature is probably the views across the valley to the castle from the small side terrace. The lady behind the bar was very welcoming and the pub came across as pleasant and friendly enough but I’m not sure it has enough to justify the steep walk from the town centre.
On 5th December 2009
- rating: 6
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