Picture the perfect pub with rooms and a bucolic inn surrounded by rolling countryside is probably what springs to mind. Yet a pub is just as good for an urban retreat as a rural getaway — and you’re likely to pay a lot less for an overnight stay. Many city pubs now serve restaurant-quality food with a cracking wine list to match, while stylish rooms offer the chance to live like a local in one of Britain’s most vibrant cities. The best thing though? There’s no walk home after last orders.
Bedrooms at the Guy Fawkes Inn in York feature four-poster beds
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This Georgian inn is said to be the birthplace of York’s most famous son, Guy Fawkes. Within earshot of the bells of York Minster, it has a dining room and bar illuminated by candles
