The Birch Hall Inn, Beck Hole - pub details
Address: Beck Hole, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO22 5LE [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 17270) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Grosmont (2.1 miles), Egton (2.4 miles), Glaisdale (3.4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by Rammy_Tupper on 8 Dec 2004
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> Current user rating: 7.2/10 (rated by 55 users)
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other pubs nearby:
Goathland Hotel, Whitby (1.0 miles), Crossing Club, Grosmont (1.9 miles), Station Tavern, Grosmont (1.9 miles)
user reviews of the Birch Hall Inn, Beck Hole
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| What a wonderfully bizarre this little place is. Just the tonic when spending some time on the NYM railway. I must say, the beer wasn’t great, but this is one pub that you don’t necessary for the beer! JonnyConsumer - 22 Aug 2011 12:31 |
| This pub always gets a visit from us when in the area. A great spot! The bar is the smallest in England I beleave! Very welcoming and very unusual to say the least. Just sit out and enjoy and get away from Sky sports, piped music and all that. Colin always has time for a chat and you are made to feel at home. Real ales change, some of the local brews are very good, check out the beer garden during summer its lovely. Very close to the river! Go in the lounge and get a suprise! Highly recommended! Limited opening hours in winter. noggin46 - 5 Nov 2010 21:11 |
| This must be among the most unusual pubs i have been in. Stumbled upon it quite by accident on a walk from Gothland back to our b&b in Egton bridge. You enter into a tiny bar where i thought was just a serving hatch was actually the bar. Ordered a pint of Copper Dragon and a cheese sarnie. It was a nice day so i headed off to the beer garden as the bar was full with around 8 people in. The garden is very good too with a river flowing through it. Any way the beer went down very well the sandwich was thick crusty bread and very reasonable at i think £2.80. Would definitely visit this unusual pub again but it would be very hard to find as it is tucked away and one would need an ordnance survey map to find Beck Hole. Wish i could have had several pints here but did not have time. westminster - 9 Aug 2010 21:01 |
| If you fancy getting away from those environmentally unfriendly steam trains on the moors for a while then walk from Goathland to Grosmont and call in at this wonderful little pub. Always does good beer and a nice pie. Open all day during the Summer wildnight - 12 Jun 2010 23:12 |
| Of course pubs are a matter of personal taste. It is easy to recognise a bad pub - unfriendly, foul beer/food and filthy surroundings. A good pub is more difficult, but the Birch Hall is right up my personal street. On the basis that nowhere is a perfect 10, this one is a very solid 9. Remarkably lovely setting with places to sit outside and gaze across the valley. If you arrive on foot, this is the place to rest up - if by car, you may have to park a little way away. The shop is in the middle with bars on either side. These rooms are simple but with enough comfort to make your stay truly restful. Photos of Beck Hole in the post WWII period remind one how times have changed but the Birch Hall hangs on to some of the better aspects of the past. The food is very simple and restricted in range but high quality with good local pork-pies and stotties with tasty fillings. The beers inlude a house beer from North Yorkshire called Beckwatter and the guest beers are well chosen. Service through a hatch is friendly and very rapid - the stotties made immediately to order. Maybe not everyone will like the Birch Hall so much as I do but you'd have to be hard-hearted not to think it a remarkable and worthwhile place Arctium_lappa - 12 Apr 2010 17:30 |
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