Tan Hill Inn

In addition to miners, farmers and pedlars, frequent visitors at the inn included drovers leading cattle to the coal pits.

[4] 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.

In 1995, the Tan Hill Inn became the first public house in the UK 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.

[10] The pub made headlines worldwide once again in November 2021, when Storm Arwen brought heavy snowfall, trapping patrons inside for a weekend.

[18] The pub has also featured in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Murder in Mind, Top Gear, The Fast Show, Wish You Were Here...?, All Creatures Great and Small, and Jude the Obscure.