The beautiful 6-mile walk in one of UK's prettiest towns - which passes 'best' pub

By Grace Piercy, News Reporter

Helmsley is simply a beauteous tiny municipality successful North Yorkshire (Image: Getty)

A beauteous six-mile locomotion successful 1 of UK's prettiest towns passes 1 of the “best” pubs successful the UK.

Helmsley is simply a quaint marketplace town connected the fringe of the North York Moors, with a bustling marketplace square, melodramatic castle ruins, charming beverage rooms, and inviting inns.

And from the Helmsley marketplace quadrate to the quieter charms of Harome, with a scope of countrywide on the way, there’s plentifulness connected this Ryedale stroll.

The locomotion is 6¾ miles agelong successful full with footpaths and waymarked tracks done the fields for easier navigation. There is simply a conception of roadworthy wherever walking requires care. 

It begins astatine Helmsley marketplace quadrate earlier venturing south, retired of the municipality and into the countryside. Walkers past stroll done a tract beside the River Rye earlier heading into Harome.

The Star Inn successful Harome is 1 of the UK's champion pubs (Image: SWNS)

Passing a pub, the locomotion past veers northbound past a fig of farms. Walkers past crook westbound into woodland, wherever determination are hollows and footbridges, and fields earlier arriving backmost astatine Helmsley.

The locomotion besides passes 1 ot the champion pubs successful the UK, the Star Inn successful Harome which is houses successful a 14th-century thatched cottage erstwhile utilized arsenic a hostel by monks.

It was refurbished successful the 1930s by section craftsman Robert "Mousey" Thompson and has been a pub ever since. It has been owned by Andrew Pern since 1996.

It came eighth connected this year's Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs list, though it has antecedently taken apical spot connected much than 1 occasion.

Diners are capable to take nutrient from its extended a la carte menu, portion Pern besides lays connected extravagant tasting menus, with optional matched wines for each course.

Top 50 Gastro Pubs said: "Close your eyes to representation the cleanable state pub and it’s apt you’ll spot the Star Inn. A low, magical gathering situated successful a quaint and quiescent North Yorkshire colony wherever the landlord knows the names of everyone.”