The Sun Inn

Neslted in a beautiful setting at the Western end of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the village of Dent hosts two fine Inns providing great food & beer as well as accommodation.

Technically, Dent is now in Cumbria, but anyway, it makes an excellent base for exploring either the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District National Parks.

In my opinion, this 17th Century Inn is one of the more interesting places to stay in the Dales. It's a far cry from a Holiday Inn (thank God), and the 4 rooms are not en-suite, but it's homely, quaint, and has a real feeling of character and it's just how a pub should be.   It's not everybody's cup of tea however.  Londoners proceed with caution.

The Double / Twin and even triple rooms are good value for money, although fussy folk, who'd be better off in a Holiday Inn actually, should perhaps look elsewhere.

The Sun is the better pub, but the George offers you plusher en-suite rooms and a restaurant, for those with slightly fatter wallets.

Phone 015396 25208 to make a reservation.

Dent makes an excellent base for hill walking, mountain biking, caving and trail riding (unless Alun Michael kills that one off).

See website below to learn more about the brewery, the fine ales, the 2 Inns, and Dentdale in general.

The official link is http://www.dentbrewery.co.uk

For an alternative opinion on the pub, see here http://www.greatbeer.co.uk/cumsuin.htm This is a nice, independent write-up on the pub.  Real people, writing about real places, with no axe to grind or vested interest.  Isn't the Internet great most of the time?

or here http://www.bestpubs.co.uk/layout0.asp?pub=102780

To complete my list of pub review sites, covering the best of England's Alehouses, see here http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/30/30255/Sun_Inn/Dent  from the excellent "Beer in the Evening" website.

Going away for the weekend?   You can check out the local, online, before you arrive.