pubs with crackling OF THE BEST...

End a winter walk with a drink beside flickering flames THE DOG AND GUN, CUMBRIA FUEL UP AFTER A YOMP ON THE FELLS WITH ALE AND GOULASH AT THIS BEAMED INN (GREENEKING-PUBS.CO.UK). THE ROYAL STANDARD OF ENGLAND, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ENGLAND’S OLDEST FREEHOUSE (RIGHT), THIS BEACONSFIELD WARREN OF WONKY BEAMS OFFERS CHEER ON CHILLY DAYS (THEOLDESTPUB.COM). THE COVE HOUSE INN, DORSET ENJOY A PINT AT THIS PORTLAND PUB OVERLOOKING THE 16-MILE CHESIL BEACH (THECOVEHOUSEINN.CO.UK). THE BUSH INN, VALE OF GLAMORGAN COSY UP BESIDE

THE HUGE INGLENOOK FIREPLACE OF THIS 16TH-CENTURY TAVERN (BUSHINN-STHILARY.COM).

THE STEIN INN, SKYE TUCKED INTO THE RUGGED FOLDS OF THE WATERNISH PENINSULA, SKYE’S OLDEST PUB HAS A ROARING FIRE AND AN EXTENSIVE WHISKY SELECTION (THESTEININN.CO.UK).