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EAST YORKSHIRE:
HULL - spent a few nights in Hull due to work in 2004
* BLACK BOY - Last visit: 2004 - a very old pub on a cobbled street in the old town, you enter the main back room down a little corridor to find a dark comfortable traditional bar with several interesting guest beers from small breweries.  Photo
* MINERVA - Last visit: 2004 - big brick pub corner beyond the marina on the banks of the Humber, inside is divided into several different small rooms and corners. Had a few guest beers and good value food.  Photo
* THREE JOHN SCOTTS - Last visit: 2004 - a large open plan Wetherspoons pub.
* WHITE HART - Last visit: 2004 - interesting old local, had a cheap lunch in here, can't remember the beer.
* YE OLDE WHITE HART - Last visit: 2004 - another very old pub, several different areas including a cosy room by the bar with a huge fireplace containing a couple of seats, a nice place to sit and read as I did! Can't remember the beers but there were a few ales such as Caledonian IPA.

NORTH YORKSHIRE:
BECK HOLE - visited here once when staying in Whitby--- - -
* BIRCH HALL INN - Last visit: 2005 - a unique historic pub I've been wanting to visit for years and finally have done. And I was not disappointed, two little rooms, one with just a serving hatch rather than a bar, seperated by a small shop. . Beer wise it has Black Sheep and a couple of guest beers, both from independent Yorkshire breweries on my visit. Serves pies and sandwiches at lunchtime but check out of season, friendly service and a beer garden up the slope at the side of the pub. photos

BURN - used to go here occasionally many years ago with a friend who lived in the area
* WHEATSHEAF - Last visit: early 90s - a rural local which had pool table and good beer.

CLAPHAM - been here a couple of times when walking up Ingleborough
* NEW INN - Last visit: 2007 - large pub with a central bar and a dining room with real fire to one side, lounge to the other with various caving maps, photos and cartoons. A few ales including from Copper Dragon photo

CRAY - stopped off here when travelling round this bit of the Dales
* WHITE LION - Last visit: 2007 - only had time for a quick pint of Copper Dragon and sat outside on a sunny day so didnt get to see much of the place, but it is a traditional old stone building in a great location high up in Wharfedale and has a small cosy bar area, bare floors, lots of stone and wood etc photo  website

GROSMONT - was here years ago when visiting the North York Moors Railway, though stayed in the pub all afternoon and didnt go on any trains!
* STATION TAVERN - Last visit: 1992 - had many pints of Camerons and some food in here one afternoon. A big traditional stone pub next to the North York Moors railway station. Photo

HARDRAW - passed by here when walking in the Dales, you have to go through the pub to visit Hardraw Force waterfall and while doing so I had a pint
* GREEN DRAGON - Last visit: 2010 - a very old stone pub with a superb historic interior, several rooms with beams, fireplaces, bare stone walls and flagstone floors etc (and a stuffed badger!). Ales on my visit were from Taylors, Theakstons, Dent and a guest from York brewery. The pub grounds include accommodation in outbuildings, a small campsite and the path to the famous falls.   photo   website

HARROGATE - have visited a couple of times for a look round one and a bit of a pub crawl and also spent a New Year's eve here
* BLUES BAR - Last visit: 2009 (or 2010 - I saw the new year in here!)- small laid back but busy music themed bar with a bare wooden floor and various music photos and posters etc on the walls, jukebox and and regular live music. A few ales including from Daleside    photo   website
* COACH & HORSES - Last visit: 2007 - Opposite the Stray, an open room round a central bar but nicely divided up into comfortable little areas to sit, traditional decor, a friendly landlord, lots of plants on the windowsills and most importantly several Yorkshire beers incl from Copper Dragon, Daleside & Outlaw. Photo
* HALES BAR - Last visit: 2009 - a fine old pub with 2 rooms, I went into the comfy gas lit lounge which has a couple of seating areas in booths, dark wood, mirrors and a big collection of stuffed birds in cases. Ales included from Taylors, Copper Dragon and Daleside, I've also had a superb beef burger on one visit here - perhaps my favourite Harrogate pub despite being the most expensive pint of the day (so I must like it!)  photo   website
* HARLOW GATA - Last visit: 2009 - a very large corner pub near the station, I only called in for a quick half while waiting for my train - there were 2 ales both from Taylors. The pub looked newly refurbished and was open plan but with several separate seating areas and there was a live band setting up
* MONTPELLIER - Last visit: 2009 - a cafe bar type place with one long narrow room in a modern style but also a bit more traditional at the back, also has TVs showing sport. Choice of ales including Taylors and Daleside.
* OLD BELL TAVERN - Last visit: 2009 - a bar in a converted shop, there's two rooms both with big windows, high ceiling, a mix of table and chairs and small booths, old photographs and beer mats etc and items from the old toffee shop which the place once was. A big choice of ales many from small Yorkshire brewers. Photo  website
* TAP & SPILE - Last visit: 2010 - not in the prettiest street in Harrogate near an amusement arcade and tyre fitters but well worth finding for behind the average exterior are a couple of traditional rooms (plus a pool room) with bare floors and walls, wood and fireplaces and an excellent choice of beer - 8 ales including local ones such as Roosters and York. Photo
* WINTER GARDEN - Last visit: 2009 - a Wetherspoons, with all that implies! Beers include some local ones but the main reason for visiting is the stunning view on entering with a curved staircase leading down to a vast open hall beneath the arched roof and mural - very impressive. Photo

INGLETON - passed through here on a walk and called into this pub for some food
* WHEATSHEAF - Last visit: 2007 - one long narrow room, broken up by real fire in the centre. Beers were from Cains (and I ate fish and chips from a decent menu), large beer garden outside (obviously - where else would it be?) which is home to two real large owls and an eagle.

KETTLEWELL - have stayed in the village once when camping
* BLUE BELL - Last visit: 2007 -. sells a number of ales from Copper Dragon brewery, I sat in the small comfortable bar area which was busy with locals while there is also a larger dining room. Photo website
* KINGS HEAD - Last visit: 2007 - a very nice pub in the village, ate here - good food and a few real ales including from the local Litton brewery. One opened out but traditional style room with bare stonework and a real fire. Photo website
* RACEHORSES HOTEL - Last visit: 2007 - a large pub with a couple of rooms either side of the bar, not quite so cosy inside as the other two but nice enough and sells a range of Taylors beers.

KILNSEY - another place in Wharfedale I've passed thru and stopped at for a pint, I was lucky enough to have someone else driving!
* TENNANT ARMS - Last visit: 2007 - a large old roadside pub/hotel next to Kilnsey Crag with a traditional bar area selling couple of real ales (Landlord etc) and a big beer garden.   Photo  website

KNARESBOROUGH - have been here a couple of times for a wander round, it's a very nice place!
* BLIND JACK'S - Last visit: 2007 - great little pub on the market square, an old building converted to a pub with a small bar and 3 other cosy little rooms (2 of which are upstairs), all with red walls, bare floors, lots of dark wood and old fireplaces. Even better is the beer, several handpumps including various Yorkshire ales such as Roosters, Outlaw etc   photo  website
* HARTS SPORTS BAR - Last visit: 2009 - big refurbished open plan modern style pub with many TV screens showing sports (I only went in to watch the Challenge Cup final), pool table and computer games, with seating including sofas round the edges. 3 handpumps but 2 had sold out leaving just Theakstons. Photo
* MITRE - Last visit: 2009 - next to the station, an old brick pub but completely refurbished inside to a smart modern stylish bar with one main room divided into a two areas plus a couple of other rooms, wooden floors, tables and chairs, that sort of thing. Excellent selection of beer from Taylors, Roosters etc and other micro brewery guests  photo    website
* GEORGE & DRAGON - Last visit: 2009 - a locals pub with a central bar, a pool table and darts board to one side and the basic lounge to the other with TV screens showing sports and a good range of beers including guest ales from smaller local breweries .   photo  
* WORLD'S END - Last visit: 2009 - a big brick and mock Tudor pub near the Worlds End bridge, a pretty average pub really with an L shaped room round the bar and large terraced patio area with views of the river. Ales were Black Sheep and Ruddles photo

MALHAM - been here a few times over the years when walking
* BUCK INN - Last visit 2000 - stone pub in the village with a lounge and more basic 'hikers' bar, only been in once and cant remember too much about it though has real ale and food
* LISTER ARMS - Last visit 2007 - just across the bridge from the Buck Inn, a large stone pub infront of the village green, a nice place to sit on with a pint on a sunny day from the several decent real ales sold incl Black Sheep, Landlord, Copper Dragon and more. Food served, quite open plan inside but with several different areas, big fireplace, table football and at least 2 large cats!   photo   website

MUKER - camped here for the night
* FARMERS ARMS - Last visit: 2010 -. an old whitewashed pub in a raised position above the road with seating outside. Inside are a couple of partly opened out rooms with beams and local photos, busy with a mix of locals and tourists but good friendly service. Beers included Theakstons and Black Sheep but I stuck with a local brew from the Yorkshire Dales brewery, very nice it was too as was the food. Photo 

RIBBLEHEAD - headed here for a pint and food plus a look at the viaduct while walking in the area.
* STATION INN - Last visit 2005 - remote pub near the famous viaduct and opposite the station. Only visited once, had a good pint of Copper Dragon and a decent pie and chips. Opened out stone pub with two separate areas, a dining room with real fire to one side and a more basic bar to the other with bare floors, pool table and juke box.    Photo  website

ROBIN HOODS BAY - have stayed or visited a few times over the years.
* BAY HOTEL - Last visit 2011 - whitewashed building on the shore at the bottom of the village. There's two bars, the downstairs 'Wainrights Bar' I've been in ages ago but cant remember much about, and the main bar upstairs which has a big lounge with sea views, a dining room and little snug. Ales are the likes of Cally IPA and Theakstons. There's seating in the yard outside right next to the sea. Photo
* DOLPHIN - Last visit 2005 - a strange layout stretching between two streets on different levels, but I've only ever been in the top half which is a small traditional pub with a bar and back room. 3 or 4 ales sold, nothing that unusual (eg Theakstons, Caledonian IPA etc) but a nice pint and a cosy little pub. photo
* LAUREL - Last visit 2002 - an old building on the main street in the village at the bottom of the slope, can't remember a great deal about it as only been in for a quick pint but has real ales and was quite busy with several little rooms . photo
* FYLINGTHORPE - Last visit 2002 ? outside the village, don't remember much about it other than a nice beer garden.
* VICTORIA HOTEL - Last visit: 2005 - a large brick hotel on the cliff top above the village, the bar area is one open room and ales were from Camerons. Good food, and a great view from the beer garden     photos   website

RUNSWICK BAY - stopped off for a walk on the beach once, then went to ...
* ROYAL HOTEL - Last visit: 2005 - a long hotel type bar when had a good lunch and a very well kept pint of Black Sheep. Nice patio area with a view out over the bay.

SCARBOROUGH - I've had the odd (as in occasional, not unusual) day trips to Scarb over the years for a look at the sea and pints in these:
* CELLARS - Last visit: 2011 - a bar beneath a large Victorian hotel building. Quite a large open plan area plus seperate lounge room, plenty of interesting ales including on my visit from various small Northern breweries. photo
* INDIGO ALLEY - Last visit: 2008 - music & real ale bar judging by the live events advertised and the many pumpclips on display, on my visit 5 ales from Roosters and other small brewers. Dark wooden one roomed interior with lots of bar stools and a couple of corners to sit off to one side - seemed like my sort of place!   photo
* note, I've since read it's changed owners and doesnt have the choice of beer it once had - shame.
* LEEDS ARMS - Last visit: 2008 - [not to be confused with the nearby Leeds Hotel]. This is a small, traditional, cosy and on my visit busy old pub with a friendly local atmosphere. Lots of nautical objects and photos on display, 3 ales though the guest beer had run out so I had Landlord instead.  Photo
* LORD ROSEBERY - Last visit: 2011 - Wetherspoons pub near the station. A large wood panelled room with various seating areas, also a balcony area upstairs.
* NORTH RIDING HOTEL - Last visit: 2011 - a big brick building on a street corner above North Bay. 2 rooms either side of the bar, one a large public bar including a pool table and the other a smarter lounge. Many real ales, mostly from Yorkshire breweries on my visit including York, Saltaire and Thornbridge. photo  website
* OLD SCALBY MILLS - Last visit: 2008 - someway out of town but an enjoyable walk along the seafront at North Bay and worth making cos this is a fine little pub in
a scenic setting next to a river (it was once a watermill) and practically on the sea front with great views back towards Scarborough. A small seating area by the equally small bar and a larger room with bare stone walls. Also a few tables outside and on my visit were a mix of walkers, diners and locals. Most surfaces inside are covered with pumpclips, it has its own house beer and was selling several others from small Yorkshire and other breweries.  Photo
* SCHOLARS - Last visit: 2007 - Quite a smart refurbished pub with a large open main room and separate pool room, large TVs with Sky sports etc. Good choice of real ales from Yorkshire/North East breweries.
* VALLEY BAR - Last visit: 2007 - on my brief visit I only went in the small basic but cosy cellar bar which is lined with handpumps selling many good beers, so I didnt see the games area and dining room which apparently are upstairs - for more see their website

SELBY - have been drinking round Selby a few times in the very late 1980s and early '90s when someone I know lived here, went in all manner of pubs from little locals to big bars but no idea what most of them were called or looked like, though I do recall the Cricketers and the Albion Vaults .

SETTLE - stayed here once
* GOLDEN LION - Last visit: 2000 - had a few pints in here, a nice old pub but pretty busy and food looked rather upmarket for my simple (and cheap) tastes!
* ROYAL OAK HOTEL - Last visit: 2000 - stayed here, can't remember too much about it other than had real beer and had a mix of young and old locals and a few tourists like us, quite a large wood panelled bar.

TAN HILL - did a walk via here so I could visit this famous pub
* TAN HILL INN- Last visit: 2010 -. the highest pub in Britain in a very remote isolated position high on the moors. A stout old stone building with extensions giving a dining room and accommodation. The main bar room is as a pub like this should be, basic with bare floors and walls, real fire, beamed ceiling etc.  A few real ales from Black Sheep and Theakstons and its own house beer, though at 5% I didnt try it as I had a long way to walk!  photo   website

WHITBY - a great place I've stayed in or visited a few times, dont get to visit as often as I'd like.
* BLACK HORSE Last visit: 2011 - small very old 2 roomed pub, the interior was refurbished in Victorian times and remains the same. The front room is a little basic bare floored bar area with dark wood and old local photos while at the back is another bar serving an equally small cosy lounge room. There are 5 handpumps split between the two bars including the local Black Dog ale.   photo   website
* BOARD INN Last visit: 2010 - below the 199 steps and backing onto the harbour, a basic bar area and side room with fireplace at the front and a more modern extention at the back with dining room and harbour view. Ales from Caledonian and Theakstons    photo
* DUKE OF YORK Last visit: 2011 - next door to the above and also with a harbour view. Seating by the bar and separate dining room all decorated with local photos and with wooden beams etc, I've eaten here a few times. Beers include Caledonian IPA and a couple of others   photo
* ENDAEVOUR Last visit: 2010 - narrow brick pub on the opposite bank of the harbour to the main town, inside is one room with bare wooden floor, real fire and lots of nautical pictures etc, 6 ales mostly from small breweries including the local Captain Cook brewery   photo
* ELSINORE - Last visit: 2005 - only been in for a quick pint but seemed a lively busy local. Tetleys and Camerons beers
* GOLDEN LION Last visit: 2010 - a small traditional corner pub, 2 little rooms off a corridor, a basic tap room and very small lounge. 5 handpumps on the bar, just 2 in use on my visit with Black Sheep and Bombadier   photo
* PIER INN - Last visit: 2005 - Near the harbour, a large opened out pub but with a few different areas to sit, seems to attract a younger crowd with sport on TV and a juke box. Tetleys and a guest beer
* SHAMBLES - Last visit: 2011 - the entrance is easy to miss in a building shared with a marketplace, but a doorway leads upstairs to a large bright open bar in a modern style with low tables, sofas etc, wood panelling and beams. At the back is a conservatory style area and balcony overlooking the harbour, a nice place to sit watching the boats below. Sells a few real ales including Copper Dragon, also does good food.  photo    website
* STATION INN - Last visit: 2011 - large brick pub opposite the station with a main room and 2 small side rooms at the front, all with beams, bare brick, wooden floors and fireplace. A choice of ale with 8 handpumps including Whitby Abbey Ale and others both common and from smaller breweries. Lots of interesting local pictures and railway memerobillia on the walls  photo

YORK - perhaps my favourite English city, especially for pubs! I've had a few weekends and many day trips here over the years.
* ACKHORNE - Last visit: 2011 - hidden down a narrow cobbled lane off Micklegate, one long narrow room divided in the middle between the bare floored basic bar area and more comforatble seating and fireplace. Several handpumps, on my visits there's always been Roosters beers plus a varying number of other ales.  Photo
* ARTFUL DODGER- Last visit: 2010 - a busy bar with one long very narrow room (a real squeeze to get from one end to the other) and a wider area at the front with sofas and large TV screen. 3 ales, a couple from Black Sheep and Thwaites when I called in for the purpose of watching the footy results. Some interesting artwork on the walls
* BAY HOUSE (Marygate) - Last visit: 2010 - large double fronted pub, one side set out for dining, the other has a smaller raised area with TV screen. An impressive choice of ales with 6 beers all from small breweries both Yorkshire and around the country [though I've read since the choice aint that good anymore]  Photo
* BLUE BELL - Last visit: 2010 - fantastic interior to this little pub which is in a terrace of old buildings on Fossgate. Two small dark wood panelled rooms, fireplaces, a tiny bar in the middle with serving hatches for the back room and corridor. Snug, cosy if a little crowded when busy, which it usually is. Several handpumps with a good variety of ales, on my first visit most of these were quite common beers but more recently the majority were from the likes of Leeds, Ossett, Rudgate etc.  photo
* BOOTHAM TAVERN - Last visit: 2002 - a busy locals pub, called in to watch football on TV when staying nearby. Ale was Tetleys I think, maybe others.
* BRIGANTES - Last visit: 2010 - relaxed cafe bar on Micklegate, quite a large open plan room on 2 levels with bare wooden floor, tables in the window and seating in booths down the sides. 8 real ales all from Yorkshire incl several from York Brewery and various micro brews plus a lot of continental lagers. One of the Market Town Tavern bars - for more see their website   photo
* CORNER PIN - Last visit: 2002 - called in to eat here once, I dont remember much about it other than it's a decent traditional style pub. Cant recall what the beer was but there was a choice of real ales. Photo
* CROSS KEYS - Last visit: 2010 - a large brick corner pub, refurbished and opened out inside with a small TV showing sports, seemed quite a locals pub despite being in a busy tourist area. 4 ales, nothing too unusual, Cally IPA and the like.    Photo
* EXHIBITION - Last visit: 2010 - just outside the walls near Bootham Bar, dark and comfy inside with seating around a central bar plus a large conservatory area at the back. Among more common ales was also a beer from York brewery.     Photo
* GOLDEN BALL - Last visit: 2007 - interesting Victorian pub with several rooms incl a games room, lounge, snug and a basic bar room selling a good number of ales including Leeds Pale on my visit. The pub is a little way from the city centre on the corner in a residential area, imagine it must be a good locals pub though was very quiet on the Sat evening I visited. Photo      website
* GOLDEN FLEECE - Last visit: 2010 - very old narrow fronted pub with a golden sheep hanging outside! Inside is a basic bare floored front bar area and a larger back dining room reached down a sloping corridor. A choice of ales from the York brewery, plus Landlord. The walls are lined with sketches and documents about York and the many ghosts which allegedly frequent the Fleece.   Photo  website
* GOLDEN LION - Last visit: 2010 - wide brick pub in the centre of the city with a large wooden floored open plan room filled with tables and chairs for dining. Plenty of ales including from smaller and unusual breweries.    Photo
* GOLDEN SLIPPER - Last visit: 2011 - old pub, refurbished but authentic inside with bare floors, brick walls, wood panelling and ceiling beams. The bar area to one side and a couple of smaller rooms to the other plus a tiny 'library' room with bookshelves. Ales from Taylors, Cally IPA and others including changing guests. Photo
* GUY FAWKES HOTEL - Last visit: 2010 - refurbished bar of a hotel in a smart but old fashioned style. There's the bar room, selling several ales from small local breweries such as York, Old Mill, Saltaire and Leeds, plus at least a couple of other rooms including a lounge with real fire and a dining area, all with bare floors, wood panels and darkly lit with candles and gas lighting.  Photo
* HABIT - Last visit: 2010 - cafe bar with a small bar room and equally little upstairs seating area, quite smart and bright but with ancient beams and there's a little roof terrace which I didnt try cos it was snowing. Came here as it sold all day breakfasts, it was OK but the portion wasnt vast! One handpump, on my visit the ale was Ruddles so not the most interesting of choices
* HARKERS - Last visit: 2010 - Converted from an old office building with a very large open main room with high ceiling and many ornate features though on my visit it was packed so I couldnt really see it properly. There's also at least one side room. Various real ales, most from more common breweries but also a couple of interesting guests  photo  website
* HOLE IN THE WALL - Last visit: 1998 ? - nr Bootham Bar, can't remember much about this one other than an old building with a few ales.
* JUDGES LODGINGS - Last visit: 2010 - the 'cellar' bar of a hotel, though it's not a real cellar as it's on the ground floor and has windows in some rooms. But very interesting with bare brick walls and vaulted ceilings.The small bar area is cosy and feels underground, there's also a larger room behind the bar and a brighter room with a fireplace. It has house ales from Great Heck plus other good guest beers and a welcoming landlord who told us the history of the building. Photo   website
* KINGS ARMS - Last visit: 1998 - a Sam Smiths pub but one with no cask beer. It's right by the river, the famous pub that's always under water on TV whenever York floods hence the basic bare floor interior. The heights of the many floods are marked on the walls inside photo.
* KO KO - Last visit: 2010 - a smart relaxed cafe bar, but interesting inside being a very old building with a tiny bar area and slightly larger side room. Very cosy with low ceilings, timber beams and continental beer posters of which it sells a big choice (of beers, not posters). For the likes of me there are 2 handpumps which were both selling ales from small Yorkshire breweries    photo  
* LAMB & LION - Last visit: 2011 - next to Bootham Bar, an interesting building with the bar area being a small quite modern style room with bare floors and big windows but a maize of corridors lead to other rooms including a couple of cosy little wood panelled snugs and a smarter comfortable lounge. 4 ales all from micro breweries including a house beer from Great Heck. I ate here too, the food was good but small fancy portions rather than a plateful so not really my thing!  Photo
* LAST DROP INN - Last visit: 2010 - York Brewery pub on Colliergate, converted to a pub but traditional feeling with a bare wood floored seating area by the large windows and a raised flagstone area by the bar with plenty of bare brick and tall tables made from barrels. A nice relaxing place with the range of York's excellent beers. Photo    website
* LENDAL CELLARS - Last visit: 2010 - very interesting building but the beers aren't too exciting, just Green King & Hardy Hanson, and on my visit it was packed. But worth seeing the various cellar rooms on different levels with bare brickwork and arches, the very long low ceiling dining area is impressive. There's also lots of seating in the partly covered courtyard.   Photo
* LIGHTHORSEMAN - Last visit: 1998 - big Thwaites pub on main road south out of the city, stayed near here once and called in for a pint. An impressive interior, the main bar room having a high ornate ceiling and other features.
* MALTINGS - Last visit: 2011 - superb drinkers pub on Tanners Moat near the station, always a great range of beers including from small Yorkshire brewers. One fairly small room with bare wooden floors, a ceiling made up from old doors, lots of unusual objects and memorabilia around the place. Good value lunches of home made food with vast amounts of real chips. Can get crowded but good service and the starting point for most of my York pub crawls.  Photo   website
* MASONS ARMS - Last visit: 1998 - large mock Tudor style pub just beyond the city walls. From what I remember it had was divided into a couple of rooms, sold ales and I had a huge meal - perhaps the biggest portion I've ever seen!   photo
* MINSTER INN - Last visit: 2011 - a traditional pub with an unspolit multi room layout either side of a central corridor, though when I visited it was a quiet early evening and most rooms were shut and in darkness! So I sat in the small public bar which had a real fire going (the chimney breast is decorated with bottle corks), several ales from Marstons, Jennings, Banks etc.  The toilets area outside across a small yard  Photo
* OLD STARRE INNE - Last visit: 2010 - very old pub reached down a covered alleyway off Stonegate and with a famous sign spanning the street. Like most pubs in this area it can be busy with tourists and diners but beside the large L shaped room by the bar there are 3 other rooms including a little bare floored room and more comfy lounges with wood paneling, old fireplaces etc plus courtyard outside. Several real ales including interesting guests, on my most recent visit all the beers were from Wentworth brewery.  Photo
* OLD WHITE SWAN - Last visit: 2010 - large very old pub round a courtyard on Goodramgate made up from various buildings giving it a big rambling interior with various rooms and areas and some impressive old features, bare brickwork and ancient beams. Have been here years ago when the ale choice was average but on my last visit there were several beers from small and Yorkshire brewers, decent food too. Photo
* PIVNI - Last visit: 2010 - a small 'wine bar' type place in a very old timber framed building on a narrow side street. 2 cosy little rooms on different floors with exposed beams, and 3 or 4 real ales mostly from the Thornbridge brewery including its own Pivni ale which was very nice! Lots of continental beers too.     Photo
* PRIORY - Last visit: 2010 - a very old building on Micklegate though inside is nothing too exciting with one opened out room with TV and music. Also a seperate pool room. A few real ales including one from York brewery
* PUNCH BOWL Micklegate - Last visit: 2010 - a Wetherspoons pub so their usual food and a good choice of ales. An old brick building on a corner, inside is one room but different areas to sit and with bare brickwork and dark wood paneling
* PUNCH BOWL Stonegate - Last visit: 2010 - another very old building (though I believe the exterior Tudor look is fake). A small traditional and busy bar area at the front selling a few beers both common and a couple of interesting guests, tables for dining along a corridor and a back lounge room with TV screen, fireplace and all with dark wood and old beams   photo
* RED LION - Last visit: 2010 - yet another ancient pub (well we are talking about York), a white timber frame and slightly wonky building with an interesting interior, various rooms, cosy corners with fake 'real' fires and historic features. The ale choice was Black Sheep, Cally IPA & John Smiths. Photo
* ROOK & GASKELL - Last visit: 2007 - just outside the city walls and a bit of a walk from the centre but worth visiting for its long bar lined with handpumps, many beers from Castle Rock [it is owned by Tynemill who run Castle Rock brewery], York brewery and also other unusual beers. One large open refurbished room with bare wood etc plus conservatory and a ceiling lined with pumpclips    photo
* ROSE & CROWN - Last visit: 2007 - across t'road from the Rook. More of a locals pub, nothing too exciting but decent enough with a few different rooms and a number of ales, one from York brewery on my visit and a large TV screen in one room on which we watched the footy results. Photo
* ROYAL OAK - Last visit: 2000 ? - on Goodramgate, a long time since visited here, but it's an old pub with a few rooms, I remember sitting in the cosy back room where had a good meal, cant remember the beer. Photo
* SLIP INN - Last visit: 2010 - locals pub in a residential area with a small bar area at the front, larger room behind with a little seating area off to the side and outside a big yard, across which are the gents. All 5 ales were from small Yorkshire brewers such as Leeds, Rudgate, Wold Top etc and a nice friendly atmosphere.    Photo  
* SNICKLEWAY INN - Last visit: 2010 - very old (and supposedly much haunted) pub on Goodramgate, several small rooms with fireplaces and lots of exposed beams. The front bar area is unusual with its high ceiling and windows into the first floor rooms. A number of ales including from Ossett & Marston Moor  photo  
* SWAN - Last visit: 2010 - just outside the city walls, a corner locals pub which judging by my visit attracts a variety of punters, locals, students, tourists and ale fans due to its fine interior and beer choice. Has a large corridor area by the bar, basic public bar and at the back a more comfortable lounge. Beers were from Jarrow, Wharfbank and more. Good service despite being busy, I think it only opens tea time in the week (so check if planning to visit)   photo  
* TAP & SPILE- Last visit: 2010 - a little walk beyond the walls but well worth it. An interesting shaped detached building, inside is a large open room with a raised area at the back with high ceilings, wood paneling etc. There's also a more comfy lounge at the front with fireplace. Excellent selection of ales from mostly Yorkshire micro breweries - Salamander, Rooster, Wharfbank etc and the all day breakfast I ordered was impressively large!    photo   website
* THREE LEGGED MARE - Last visit: 2010 - near the Minster on High Petergate, converted to more of a modern bar than traditional pub with a main room and conservatory area at the back. Owned by York Brewery so has their beers plus other small brewery guests and real lagers. Being this style of place the food menu is more 'trendy' than your usual pie and chips! Toilets down a very tricky steep spiral staircase, well it's certainly a challenge after a few pints...    photo   website
* THREE CRANES - Last visit: 2010 - traditional pub in the shopping area. Behind the double fronted tiled exterior with a large mosaic of a crane is the main bar room and a smaller comfy room behind, both lively and busy on my visit with more locals than tourists. A small choice of ales including a guest but I forget what! photo  website
* WAGGON & HORSES - Last visit: 2010 - near the Rook and Rose & Crown (above), not the most exciting looking pub by York's high standards but a decent place with a number of different rooms including with TV and small back room with sofas. A fine choice of ales, 4 from Batemans and 4 guest which included Roosters and Wold Top.  photo
* WHITE HORSE - Last visit: 2004 - substantial Thwaites pub just outside the city walls at Bootham Bar, went here once to watch football.
* YORK ARMS - Last visit: 2002 - Sam Smiths pub near the Minster, from what I remember it has a small wood panelled front vault and a more conventional lounge. photo
* YORKSHIRE HUSSAR - Last visit: 2011 - a large brick pub, inside are several rooms from larger lounge areas to the more basic bar area, all a mix of traditional but quite smart and refurbished. Several handpumps but only 2 ales on my visit, one was a guest beer from Brains, but various upcoming ales were advertised. Photo
* YORKSHIRE TERRIER - Last visit: 2010 - another conversion to a York brewery pub, this one on Stonegate. The pub itself is behind the York brewery shop which sells bottled York beers and other souviners. But back to the pub you'll find many beers from both York and other Yorkshire brewers. Has a narrow bar area with seating, and a larger room behind both nicely done out in a traditional style with interesting posters and photos on the wall.   photo    website

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