The Anglers Arms

“Still welcoming visitors after 250 years”
LONGFRAMLINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND

Our View
Since the 1760s, this part-battlemented, three-storey, former coaching inn on the road to and from Scotland has commanded the picturesque Weldon Bridge over the River Coquet. It belongs to John and Julie Young, whose knick-knacks and curios, pictures and fishing memorabilia are liberally distributed within. On the bar top pump badges declare the availability of Timothy Taylor Landlord, Theakston Best Bitter and Greene King brews. A comprehensive menu suggests, for example, pigeon salad, black pudding, rocket and truffle oil, followed by Tournedos surf and turf – prime fillet steak with scallops, garlic sauce and skinny fries; or glazed ham hock with grilled tomatoes, onion rings and cheese sauce. The carefully tended half-acre of garden is perfect for outdoor eating and includes a children's play park. It is possible to fish for brown trout, salmon and sea trout on the pub’s own one-mile stretch of the Coquet.
Features
- Children welcome
- Children's portions
- Parking available
- Coach parties accepted
- Garden
- Main course from: £12.95
- Open all year
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About the area
Discover Northumberland
If it’s history you’re after, there’s heaps of it in Northumberland. On Hadrian’s Wall you can imagine scarlet-cloaked Roman legionaries keeping watch for painted Pictish warriors while cursing the English weather and dreaming of home. Desolate battlefield sites and hulking fortresses such as Alnwick, Dunstanburgh, Bamburgh and Warkworth are reminders that this, until not so very long ago, was a contested border region. The ruins of Lindisfarne bear witness to the region’s early Christian history.
Northumberland also has some of Britain’s best beaches. On summer days, and even in winter, you’ll see surfers and other brave souls making the most of the coast. Inland, there are some great walks and bike rides in the dales of the Cheviot Hills and the Simonsides – just hilly enough to be interesting, without being brutally steep. There's dramatic scenery in the High Pennines, where waterfalls plunge into deep valleys, and there are swathes of heather-scented moorland. Northumberland National Park covers over 400 square miles of moorland and valleys with clear streams and pretty, stone-built villages. It’s just the place for wildlife watching too. You’ll find flocks of puffins, guillemots and other seabirds around the Farne Islands, and seals and dolphins offshore.
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