Three Horseshoes, Leyburnback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Arrived on Saturday early afternoon to find a stressed landlord pouring 14 pints of Guinness for the imminent arrival of an all male party. Good views from the bench outside the front door over to the Middleham moors. My pint of Semer Water wasn't crystal clear but it tasted fine and kept its condition reasonably well; at least it was an alternative to the seemingly ubiquitous Black Sheep Bitter, Theakston Best and Wainwright.
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The pub now has new landlords who also own the Bolton Arms at Redmire and is managed by chef Aaron. There are 5 real ales on handpump in the summer and blue scrumpy will be pleased to hear that this includes Wensleydale Semerwater which is rapidly becoming the beer of the dales. Gun Dog now brewed by Northallerton Brewery is also back. The is a changing guest beer from a North Yorkshire brewery.
Blue scrumpy will also be pleased to hear there is background music. Food available every day lunch time and evening and pub is open all day. Visit the nearby candle factory in the old mill and waterfall.
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Cosy roadside pub on A684 outside Leyburn with low-beamed ceilings and whitewashed walls. Very good food with main courses around �10-�12. Last orders 8pm. Choice of five well-kept local ales. Try the sample rack of three third-of-a-pint glasses of beer. Closed Mondays.
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Was staying in the area for a week a couple of weeks ago and popped in for a quick pint - excellent choice of beer (six), all from North of England and mostly local. The barmaid was a very frendly lady - would have stayed longer but for the fact that I was driving. Shame.
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Still no Wensleydale beers in here on my visit. The brewery has moved to Bellerby where I recommend the Cross Keys. The Three Horseshoes was very quiet on our visit. A handful of locals all stopped and went silent when we walked in. The pub remained quiet whilst we were there and although I don't generally like music in a pub, this pub would have certainly benefitted from some quiet background sounds. After a while, the locals did engage us in conversation and they appeared reasonably friendly. But I can imagine that many others would have found the original silence a little unnerving. Walls County Town Gun Dog Bitter, Daleside Blonde, John Smiths, Theakston Best and Yorkshire Dales Landlord's Ales were the beers. Nice pub in a nice location. But the lack of atmosphere marks it down a little.
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Don't bother going back for the Wensleydale beer, Oldboots. I went there yesterday and after enquiring about it was informed that it had not been the brewery tap for some 18 months. About time they removed the signage then! Decent pub apart from that faux pas, though.
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Small roadside pub in the village that gives the dale its name and not far west of Leyburn along the Hawes road. Low white building with two rooms usually accessed from the rear carpark. Simple down to earth d�cor of plain white walls with the odd picture, comfortable pub like furniture and outside facilities for both ladies and gents. There is a pleasant outside area with a view across the dale which is extremely nice on a sunny day. Five handpumps with, on my visit, John Smiths Cask, Taylors Landlord, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin, Yorkshire Dales Askrigg Ale and Black Sheep Bitter. Keg Fosters, Guiness and Strongbow so all tastes should be catered for. It is the tap for the Wensleydale Brewery, supposedly with most of their range served by gravity (straight from the cask) but I didn't see any sign of this so I'll need to make another visit just to check.
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This is perhaps my favourite Dales pub, though there are several close contenders.For me , it has the inestimable benefits of being whitewashed , and having outside loos.More importantly, it is the 2nd. pub belonging to the Wensleydale Brewery, and has a large and varying range of these excellent ales. I suond like I'm on commission-honestly I'm not ,though I felt that Wensleydale Bitter was the beer of our recent holiday. Unusually, the pub has a grand piano in the bar_ don't know how that appreciates the roaring fire, and the damp off the walkers' boots.
Highly recommended.
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