The Quest for the Perfect Pub
This is from the Pub Curmugeon's blog, and quoting from a book from the late 80s called The Quest for the Perfect Pub. At the end of the blog is a list of the authors' Top 10:
Pride of place goes to what they describe as The Perfect Pub, Somewhere in Suffolk, because the licensee did not want the attention that would result from it being named. A little digging based on the description suggests it was in fact The Cock at Brent Eleigh.
The remaining nine are:
The Cresselly Arms, Cresswell Quay, Pembrokeshire
The King’s Head (Low House), Laxfield, Suffolk
The Tally Ho, Hatherleigh, Devon
The Tucker’s Grave, Faulkland, Somerset
The Olde Ship, Seahouses, Northumberland
The Barley Mow, Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire
The Double Locks, Alphington, Devon
The White Horse (Nellie’s), Beverley, Yorkshire
The Sun Inn, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham - complete with description of the famous “banked” Bass.
I've been to just three of these 10.