The Malt TravAle Podcast
Episode 10 – North Yorkshire Moors & Coast
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• North Yorkshire Moors Railway – Pickering to Grosmont (Whitby summer
months) www.nymr.co.uk
• Northern Railway – Grosmont to Whitby (5 trains a day 19 minutes direct)
www.eskvalleyrailway.co.uk
• Coastliner – Malton to Pickering/Whitby and Whitby- Robin Hoods Bay –
Scarborough www.transdevbus.co.uk
Malton
• Brass Castle Brewery Tap House based in a former Temperance Hotel and
Handbag shop with the Brewery behind and handily a short walk from the bus station and adjacent railway station. Single-roomed bar rustic style with a range of seating. Most of Brass Castle beers available on cask and keg –try a Bad KittyThe Tap has limited opening hours so check -
If closed only 5 mins away is Nick’s ‘Local’ :
• New Malton - overlooking the Market Place, a Grade II listed building has
seen several changes through the years and is believed to have been The
Whip Inn during the 18th century – was the Whip Café bar in our youth –
where you could buy frothy coffee a long time before Costa and Starbuck
reared their heads. Three rotating guest ales mainly originating from Yorkshire micros
Pickering
• The Sun Inn – a cracking multi CAMRA award winning pub
The Sun Inn has two rooms; a main bar, cosy in winter with real fires, and
where pub games and newspapers are available. A short corridor leads to the "Garden Room" - family room and out to a large enclosed beer garden – often holds an annual beer festival in September.
• Station Hotel - 3-roomed local is located directly opposite the NYMR station also has B & B accommodation so a potential stop over. Normally 3 cask beers on.
Goathland
Goathland Hotel (AKA The Aidensfield Arms in Heartbeat) – cant miss it in the main (and only) street - offers up to three cask beers including Camerons Strongarm. Also well situated across from the Coastliner bus stop for Whitby
• Malyan Spout Hotel - comfy pub at the back of the Grade II listed
hotel offering two cask beers including Black Sheep- Famous for the
waterspout inherent in its title, the Mallyan Spout is a very well furnished class hotel.
Nearby
Beck Hole
• Birch Hall Inn - Absolute gem another one of our pub you must visit – What
Pub list it as a Charming historic Grade II listed olde world pub ,which whilst
being in the middle of no where still maintains an excellent choice of beers.
Been in the same management for 40 years. The Inn sign was painted by the
noted RA. Algernon Newton, who donated it to the pub as a memento of
many happy hours spent there.Room options are the Big Bar, which is tiny,
and the Small Bar, which is tinier, and which both sandwich a traditional sweet shop. A mile away NYMR/Coastliner bus stop.
As it is a little reomote – check the opening hours especially in the winter months
Egton
• Post Gate Inn (The Black Dog in Heartbeat – where the criminals tended to
drink – mainly because the Aidensfield Arms was full of coppers!) – wonderful old inn dating from at least the 1860’s – was formerly the Station Hotel as it is adjacent to eth railway station (on the Esk Valley Grosmont to Middleborough line) – 3 cask pumps normally Black Sheep beers feature– named after Father Nicholas Postgate, a Catholic Martyr who was hanged in York for Treason in 17th Century and bits of him may be buried in Egton (after hanging he was quartered and his quarters given to his friends!)
Grosmont
• The Crossing Club Owned by the villagers, next to the Grosmont Co Op and opposite the railway station is accessible from the ground floor door, then up a flight of stairs. Four real beers on offer and was set it up following a period when Grosmont went temporarily dry. It has now featured over 1300 different beers to date, limited opening hours, mainly evenings opening at 8 pm CAMRA membership card will get you entry.
• Station Tavern next to station and also popular with Coast to Coast walkers
Up to three real ales on hand pump, a fine stone building built in1836
Whitby
• Waiting Room Whitby's first micropub right in the platform. No lager nor
spirits, no jukeboxes nor TV. What pub states: The six-yards-square pub gets busy at times, so please do not be disappointed if you cannot even get in!
Tends to open early evening
• Arch and Abbey recently opened crowd funded micropub, in a truly old fashioned ladies' dress shop – nice seating – some very nice cakes and good coffee also available if you fancy a beer break.
Our favourite
• Duke of York- deep in the old town and at the bottom of the 199 steps and a stagger from Fortune Kippers. The pub can apparently be traced back to the Doomsday Book great views of the harbour and some fine very large plates of food can be had – often very reasonable lobster dishes.
Up the 199 steps to St Marys and the Abbey – looking out for big black dogs and blokes with dodgy teeth in capes
• Whitby Brewery and Tap - opened in 2013, the new brewery stands in the
shadow of the ruins of Whitby Abbey on top of the cliffs (you can cheat the
Whitby Tour bus will drop you off outside the Abbey)
What Pub explain Do not be worried if you are concerned about actually
getting into the small drinking space. Though there's only room for about eight people, when it gets full, drinkers just overflow into the brewery itself, or drink in the pleasant outdoor courtyard.
A door leads into the brewery viewing area where you can get a good look at
the brewery. A late licence, up to 11 pm, has recently been granted, so hours
may be different to those quoted. Brewery Tours are available.
Robin Hoods Bay
At the top
• The Victoria Hotel (The Vic) A warm welcome awaits at this 19th-century
hotel, set in a superb location on the edge of the cliffs, overlooking the bay of this picturesque resort, and providing stunning views from the restaurant, thetea shop and the south-facing gardens. Families are especially well catered for in a separate family room. The friendly bar serves four beers including two guests, sourced locally.
• The Grosvenor Hotel Long established well furnished popular hotel offering
good varied food, pleasant outside garden/seating and a bar with pool table
Selected high quality real beers include the ever popular Timothy Taylors
Landlord and other ales from Yorkshire and further afield.
On the way down
• The Laurel Inn check CURRENTLY ONLY OPEN FOR ACCOMMODATION
Robin Hoods Bay's smallest pub, no trappings simply an intimate, pint-and-a chat pub halfway down the bank, has one square bar and an enclosed outside toilet! pub. Now run by the Bay Hotel.
• The Dolphin - Atmospheric unspoiled house that has been awarded severaL GBG listings. One of the very few pubs with entrances on two main streets, both New Road and King Street, here, rooms are on two levels, Theakston’s beers
At the bottom
• The Bay Hotel - Grade II listed 1822 building, finish point for Alfred
Wainwright's Coast-to-Coast 192 mile walk, with the pub's bottom bar named in his honour. Situated at the sea's edge, with superb views, visitors, their families and their dogs. Four handpulls inbcluding not surprisingly Wainwright.
What pub also reports that they also sell Theakstons Dark Mild from the T bar.
• The Smugglers a restaurant at bottom recently acquired a licence to sell
beers – What Pub suggesting 3 cask beers available
Scarborough
• Stumble Inn This first micropub in Scarborough just up from the railway
station, interesting Victorian verandah to the left handbside - former solicitors' office is quite micro – may need to spill out – great beer clip collection all over walls and roof- six rotating pumps and chill out
Hole in the Wall an old classic and one of pur regular haunts in the 80s built in the 1840's, split-level interior with three seating areas been on a journey for a while but was recently purchased from Marston plc by a small family run pub chain with a hope to resurrect its former glory as a real ale mecca. Four rotating guest beers are offered
• Golden Ball - Wont miss it with its striking mock Tudor appearance and sitting virtually in the harbour, with fabulous views across the harbour to the
lighthouse and South Bay especially if you can get in there early and bag one
of the window seats (or send somebody speedy down the hill). The only Sam Smith's pub in Scarborough, upholds the Sam Smith's policy of "Music Free, mobile phone free swearing free etc" and of course only serves Sam’s beers.
• Leeds Arms Small, thriving one-roomed, Grade II listed pub situated in the
Old Town area of Scarborough behind the harbour. Fishing and yachting
pictures and memorabilia adorn the walls. An eclectic mix of locals gives rise
to lively conversation. Look out for the magnificent display of hanging baskets outside. Love the What pub listing The pub is dog but not children friendly.
• The Highlander – we mentioned this bar in our Orwell episode- This pub is an integral part of the Highlander Hotel and offers a Scottish-themed lounge.Cracking views of the South Bay from the patio. An extensive collection of malt whiskies is on show ( 800 bottles ), 20-25 are regularly on sale, alongside a changing guest beer in addition to the three house beers