Queens Arms - Litton

28/08/2026

🍺 7 Yorkshire Dales pubs you’ll wish were your local…

There’s just something about a proper Dales pub. Stone walls, roaring fires, good ale and that feeling you’ve earned your pint after a day wandering around the countryside. 🐑⛰️

Here are 7 to add to your list:

🍺 The Craven Arms — Appletreewick
🔥 The Lister Arms — Malham
🌊 The Red Lion — Burnsall
🌿 The Fountaine Inn — Linton
🥾 The George Inn — Hubberholme
🐑 The Queen’s Arms — Litton
🏡 The King’s Arms — Askrigg

Perfect excuse for a little drive into the Dales… although choosing who’s driving might be the difficult bit. 😂🍻

How many have you been to? And which Dales pub deserves a spot on the list? 👇

📌 Save this for your next Yorkshire day out
👫 Tag someone who owes you a pint

16/08/2026

Open August Bank Holiday 12 - 5.30pm .. last table 4pm.
Available to book on our website now ☀️ ☀️ Queens Arms - Litton

11/08/2026

And save the firefighters battling all day in this heat 👏

With another heatwave on the way, I think it might be the time to repeat my cry from Yorkshire Day which supports the Don’t Spark Disaster campaign by North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and Council.

“Good people all, pray lend an ear,
A warning true is sounded here!

The land is parched, the grass is dry,
One careless spark can swiftly fly.

A barbecue, a match, a flame,
May bring our woods to grief and shame.

So heed North Yorkshire Council’s call,
Prevent disaster, one and all.

Leave no fire, ember, ash or heat,
For blazing flames spread fast and fleet.

Protect our moors, our fields, our trees,
Our wildlife, homes, and summer breeze.

With care and sense, let all agree:
Keep North Yorkshire fire-safe and free!’

Let’s see if we can make this more effective by sharing it as wide as possible.
After all, it’s not just North Yorkshire!

02/08/2026

🍻 Nominations are now OPEN for my Local Pub Awards 2026 🏆

Following the success of last year's awards, I'm once again inviting you to nominate the pubs and hospitality staff who go above and beyond.

This year's categories are:
🏆 Best Pub
🍺 Best High Street Pub
🌳 Best Rural Pub
⭐ Staff Member of the Year

Whether it's your local landlord, bar staff or the pub that's the heart of your community, now's your chance to celebrate them.

To nominate, please email [email protected] with your chosen pub or staff member, alongside the category.

You can submit one nomination per category.

02/08/2026

All of our staff deserve the team member award and I know they would be happy to share it 💕🍾🥂🍾🍻🙏🙏Queens Arms - Litton

🍻 Nominations are now OPEN for my Local Pub Awards 2026 🏆

Following the success of last year's awards, I'm once again inviting you to nominate the pubs and hospitality staff who go above and beyond.

This year's categories are:
🏆 Best Pub
🍺 Best High Street Pub
🌳 Best Rural Pub
⭐ Staff Member of the Year

Whether it's your local landlord, bar staff or the pub that's the heart of your community, now's your chance to celebrate them.

To nominate, please email [email protected] with your chosen pub or staff member, alongside the category.

You can submit one nomination per category.

01/08/2026

It feels adventurous to turn a walk into a ‘crossing’, when you leave one Dale and venture into its neighbour via a lofty shoulder of moorland, reaching remote settlements and noticing how different the two valleys can look.

There’s one very special ‘3 Dales-for-the-price-of-one’ walk which goes from Buckden in Wharfedale, up to its feeder valley, Langstrothdale and over to Litton in Littondale.

A circular of around 11-12 miles, it’s a walk you can do in one go, or turn into a two-day’er by handily stopping overnight in the very lovely 17th century inn, the Queens Arms - Litton which serves a good pie and its own cask ale.

The first few miles of the route winds its way through the meadows following the upper reaches of the river Wharfe as far as Yockenthwaite, a tiny hamlet with a couple of sheep farms and a lonely red post box fixed to a post at the end of the stone bridge. It’s hard to believe that Yockenthwaite would once have boasted a school and alehouse as it was on a packhorse route.

From there, the only way is up as you follow the zig zagging bridleway, part of the Pennine Journey route, over a stretch of moorland called Horse Head (apparently so-called because the outline of the ridge resembles a grazing horse). Once used by travellers and the local clergy as they trekked between the two Dales, the track eventually levels out offering striking views down both valleys.

The downward stretch arrives at Halton Gill, a peaceful hamlet where you pick up the final leg of the first day’s journey, guided by the river Skirfare, or its pitted riverbed if water levels are low, before reaching Litton.

The return journey winds its way up Ackerley Moor to the grassy tops of Firth and Birks Fell before dipping back down to Buckden. For more route details and a map see Where2Walk's excellent website.

Words & photo: Brown

28/07/2026

Just checking on the list on my office wall, to see how we’re getting on…

One down, three more to go Mr Burnham! 😉