Tan Hill Inn
| Tann Hill Inn | |
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Yorkshire | |
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| Type: | Inn |
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| Grid reference: | NY89700671 |
| Location: | 54°27’20"N, 2°9’37"W |
| History | |
| Built 17th century | |
| Inn | |
| Information | |
| Website: | tanhillinn.com |
The Tan Hill Inn stands deep in the Pennines, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, within 800 yards of the Westmorland border. It is the highest inn in the British Isles, at 1,732 feet above sea level on the summit of Tan Hill. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, it is slightly higher than the Cat and Fiddle Inn in the Peak District, which is at 1,690 feet.[1]
The building dates to the 17th century, and during the 18th century was used as a hostelry by workers digging coal pits, which is reflected in its earlier name, The Kings Pit.[2] It is unusual for its isolation, but it was previously surrounded by miners' cottages. In addition to miners, farmers and pedlars, frequent visitors at the inn included drovers leading cattle to the coal pits.[3]
After the closure of the last mine in 1929, and demolition of the associated cottages in the early 1930s, the pub remained open due to the patronage of local farmers and the development of the motor car.[4]
In 1995, the Tan Hill Inn became the first public house in the United Kingdom to be granted a licence to hold weddings and civil ceremonies, after new laws were established to allow couples to marry in places other than churches or register offices.[5]
On New Year's Eve in 2009, visitors celebrating the New Year were unable to leave the pub for three days as they were snowed in.[6]
In November 2021 the pub made headlines worldwide once again, when Storm Arwen brought heavy snowfall, trapping patrons inside for a weekend.[7][8]
Media appearances
During the 1980s the pub appeared in an advert for replacement-window company Everest,[9] and it appeared in the first Vodafone advert, broadcast during the 1990s. Everest returned in 2008 to film a new advert and installed new windows and solar panels.[10] The inn was visited by James May and Oz Clarke in Oz and James Drink to Britain, first broadcast in 2009.
In late 2017, the inn again featured in television coverage, for Waitrose supermarkets' Christmas advertising campaign.[11]
In May 2019, scenes for ITV show Vera were filmed,[12] for an episode aired in January 2020. The pub has also featured in The Inspector Lindley Mysteries, Murder in Mind, Top Gear, The Fast Show, Wish You Were Here, All Creatures Great and Small, and Jude the Obscure.[13]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Perraudin, Frances (30 July 2019). "'Snowed in 50 times': highest pub in UK goes up for sale". Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/30/snowed-in-50-times-highest-pub-in-uk-goes-up-for-sale. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ↑ Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire: Cities, Towns, Villages and Dales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 143. ISBN 9781840337532.
- ↑ Scoles, Ron (2006). Landmark Visitor Guide: Yorkshire Dales. Landmark Visitors Guides. ISBN 1843062097. https://books.google.com/books?id=tKK1tnLhInQC&pg=PA140&dq=tan+hill+inn#q=tan%20hill%20inn.
- ↑ The History, Heritage and Stories Surrounding the Famous Tan Hill Inn: Tan Hill Inn
- ↑ Weddings & Civil Ceremonies: Tan Hill Inn
- ↑ McKenna, Gemma (4 January 2010). "New Year drinkers snowed in at highest pub". Big Hospitality. https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2010/01/04/New-Year-drinkers-snowed-in-at-highest-pub. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ↑ "Storm Arwen: Trapped Tan Hill Inn guests leave". BBC News. 29 November 2021. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-59459150.
- ↑ DeMarche, Edmund; News, Fox (29 November 2021). "Snowstorm strands 61 in pub in Yorkshire, England, for third night". https://nypost.com/2021/11/29/snowstorm-strands-61-in-pub-in-yorkshire-england-for-third-night/.
- ↑ "TV AD: Return to Tan Hill Inn and Ted Moult -Everest home improvements". Everest. 2009. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100715131403/http://www.everest.co.uk/tv-ads/tan-hill-revisited/. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ Stokes, Paul (30 May 2008). "Row over Everest pub's solar-panel makeover". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/3343155/Row-over-Everest-pubs-solar-panel-makeover.html. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ↑ Freeman, Sarah (12 November 2017). "The Yorkshire pub with a starring role in the Waitrose Christmas ad". Yorkshire Post. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/the-yorkshire-pub-with-a-starring-role-in-the-waitrose-christmas-ad-1-8853004. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ↑ Bray, Abbie (2 January 2020). "Vera's Brenda Blethyn reveals twist about series 10 – and we can't wait". Metro. https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/02/veras-brenda-blethyn-reveals-twist-about-series-10-and-we-cant-wait-11987985/. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ↑ Willis, Joe (10 May 2019). "TV drama to be filmed at Tan Hill Inn". Richmondshire Today. http://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/tv-drama-to-be-filmed-at-tan-hill-inn/. Retrieved 3 January 2020.