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In the heart of classic Yorkshire limestone countryside, this is a classic Yorkshire Dales inn. And just the sort of welcoming pub you want after a blustery walk or muddy cycle ride or, heck, for a kickback weekend in the country.
The 18th-century inn, handsome in local limestone, has a plum position in the centre of Malham village, overlooking the green and with Malham Beck burbling behind. Inside it’s as welcoming and comfortably rustic as you could hope: flagstone floors, exposed-stone walls, beamed ceilings, a real fire in the inglenook and wood-burning stoves elsewhere. On the walls are vintage photographs of the village plus the striking local geological landmarks of Malham Cove and Gordale Scar. Wet dogs, muddy boots and dripping-wet walkers are made very welcome.
Bedrooms have a modern rustic look with chunky-wood furniture, colourful blankets and jolly prints of farmyard animals. Some rooms are beamed, others have low windows, and all are nicely uncluttered. Home-made biscuits, fresh milk plus White Company products in the modern bathrooms are nice touches. The eight rooms in the separate barn, a two-minute walk across the beck, are generally larger and share a large living space. But you need a good torch for the night-time walk to the pub for evening meals.
Ah, food. This is what the inn prides itself on; pub classics but cooked with flair (all made from scratch) such as pork belly with burnt apple, cheesy-mash-topped fish pie and their signature hand-made steak and ale pie. Save room for pudding, perhaps bread-and-butter with whisky marmalade, treacle tart and clotted cream or their enormous fruit crumbles. Fully justified on the basis of a 9.5-mile walk ...
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23 rooms in this hotelPet friendly
A genuinely dog friendly property, they even make their own doggy biscuits!Restaurant
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The bar area is welcoming and cosy, while the restaurant area is a series of little nooks, with original fireplaces, wooden floors and beams.
Originally published by The Telegraph
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