We have dug out pubs with style and great food; pubs with heaps of atmosphere; pubs packed with chatty locals; pubs that make you feel warm inside; pubs with fires to toast your backside after a wet walk; engagingly odd pubs; breathtakingly inventive pubs; traditional pubs where you can nourish the fantasy that the world has not changed. Banished are the sticky-carpeted dives, the chained-and-themed horrors, the ear-splitting hell-holes inhabited by louts. This well-loved guide gives you all the information you’ll need to know – opening times, prices, directions and phone numbers to make a booking. Make sure you keep one in your glove box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This guide features over 900 special pubs and inns to try, all inspected, all special. There are stacks for those who like their pubs with real ale on draft and pickled eggs on the bar and for those who like leather sofas and chalkboard menus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15971],"product_tag":[525],"class_list":["post-115773","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-travel","product_tag-travel-holiday","pa_book_author-alastair-sawday","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-647-9542-edition22","pa_edition-7th-edition","pa_imprint-alastair-sawday-publishing","pa_language-english","pa_pages-9908","pa_publisher-alastair-sawday-publishing","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n