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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Expect pub classics, alongside the freshest lobster and crab from Bryher, succulent Tresco-reared Beef, fish landed across the water in Cornwall, and fresh vegetables from Tresco Abbey Garden. The six rooms and their bathrooms vary, as befits a 17th-century building, in shape and size and two have bathrooms across the corridor, which somehow adds to the character. Everything about it – from the Formica-topped tables to the horseshoe-shaped bar – has remained unchanged since the 1960s.

The owner, James Blunt – yes, the James Blunt says in the book that ‘his main job was to make this place beautiful’. You’ll find nine hand-pulls serving brewery-fresh cask beer, eight keg lines pouring their own beer as well as a rotating cast of guest beers, and even a small range of carefully selected artisanal ciders.HAUNCH OF VENISON, SALISBURY: This charming timber-framed boozer dates back to 1320, the book reveals, and a ‘wealth of paranormal activity is served up’, with ‘reports of skittering chairs and shattering candleholders (all, frustratingly, occurring just out of CCTV reach)’. Head chef and co-owner Peter Neville (previously at Star Inn at Harome) is an advocate of wild, foraged food, reflected in both his tasting and bar-lounge menus: think elderberry-cured salmon carved at the table and Earl Grey panna cotta with passion fruit and blood orange.

And there's a framed letter in the bar from Hollywood actor Paul Newman in which he describes it as 'the epitome of the traditional English pub – a perfect venue for good company, great conversation, and terrific beer'.Despite all the claims of body positivity and female empowerment in recent years, is the ad industry more prudish than it lets on? One of the best seaside pubs with rooms in the Isles of Scilly is the only pub on car-free Tresco and has been designed in keeping with the heritage of the building, styled with a New England, nautical theme throughout. This is a pub where hospitality is the name of the game and they’ve succeeded in delivering that in droves through the delicious dishes that come out of the pass as well as the hugely welcoming vibe of the place.