The latest edition of the Good Pub Guide is here and we have been selected as County Dining pub of the year 2010 for Northumbria (County Durham, Northumberland and Tyneside) for the third year running.

Of the awards the Good Pub Guide says

"For 27 years The Good Pub Guide has sought out the best pubs in Britain. Each year we present Awards to those pubs that have reached the pinnacle of achievement in our given categories, hugely surpassing contenders nation-wide"

This is a tremendous honour to us and we hope we can maintain our standards this year and provide the best regional food at pub prices in a pubby atmosphere.

Here is what the guide says about us...

"Overlooking the Cheviots, this comfortably pubby hilltop tavern attracts a good mix of locals and visitors. Three neat bars have beams, open fires, stripped stonework, solid furniture, including settles, and old black and white photographs of local places and farm and country workers; a selection of traditional pub games, with dominoes, bar skittles and shove halfpenny. Small-scale breweries are well represented and might feature MordueWorkieWylam Northern Kite, Hadrian & Border Gladiator and Orkney Red MacGregor on handpump; 31 wines by the glass, a fair range of bourbons and malt whiskies, and quite a choice of soft drinks. They hold a beer festival at Easter with over two dozen real ales (and a barrel race on Easter Monday). Picnic-sets in front are a nice place to sit and watch the world drift by." Ticket,