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 Crown Inn Gallery

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The Crown Inn
Bodmin, Cornwall
From £95 p/n

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9 rooms for 2 - 4
A lovely old traditional pub with a merry fire, locals and dogs, a bright conservatory, large garden and excellent food, especially fish

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The Ebrington Arms Gallery

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The Ebrington Arms
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
From £130 p/n

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5 rooms for 2
Come for an exceptionally inviting 17th-century inn, a chocolate-box Cotswold village, excellent local food and ales, very comfortable rooms

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The Peat Spade Gallery

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The Peat Spade
Stockbridge, Hampshire
From £80 p/n

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9 rooms for 2
The Test valley is a place of pilgrimage for fly fishermen, but this lovely country inn welcomes all with great food and lovely bedrooms

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