Best pubs after a long walk

There’s a point on a long walk when you fall silent and the mind begins to wander off into unexpected corners. You arrive at your destination in a haze of thoughtfulness and it can sometimes take a while (and a drink) before you’re really present again. In those situations, it helps to know a pub that you could happily spend a few hours in, so here are few where we’d love to linger all day. Hike your way over the Brecon Beacons, the Munros of Scotland or the rolling hills of the Cotswolds, and settle at any of them to rest your legs, find your tongue and even spend the night in the warm glow of a great pub.

The Plume of Feathers Gallery

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The Plume of Feathers
Newquay, Cornwall
From £110 p/n

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20 rooms for 2 - 4
Good food draws the crowds at this smart bar & restaurant with rooms in a quiet village sandwiched between Cornwall’s north and south coasts

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The Bell Gallery

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The Bell
Ticehurst, Sussex
From £145 p/n

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16 rooms for 2
In the heart of the East Sussex countryside, a fun community inn, with rustic-historic bedrooms, scrumptious food, and a great welcome for dogs

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The Royal George Gallery

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The Royal George
Appledore, Devon
From £90 p/n

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5 rooms for 2 - 4
A foodie and friendly reinvigorated old pub, with floor to ceiling estuary views. Bring the dog and hit the coastal path

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