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** Closing time varies. Quoted to our surveyor in August 2023 as 'until close'. Previously quoted closing 11pm Mon-Sat and 10.30pm Sun, but with an afternoon closing between 3pm and 5.30pm on Monday to Thursday in Autumn / Winter. **
Unspoilt, traditional, ivy clad Dales pub-cum-hotel on the village green. Mullioned bay windows front a pub that eschews modern gimmickry and the last significant changes to its pub interior all happened in the 1950s. It was at that time that the small servery was introduced where the beer was served direct from the cask by jug. There are now also two hand pumps with Timothy Taylor Best Bitter (Boltmaker) on permanently and the other offering changing guest beers. Note: you can still have the beer served from the jug! Arncliffe is in a conservation area.
Historic Interest
Listed in: Yorkshire Real Heritage Pubs Guide
One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest
Listed status: II
Seekers after a true old-fashioned pub experience in the Dales will find a rare oasis in this lovely pub-cum-hotel, owned by the same local family for more than 140 years. The Falcon eschews modern gimmickry and the last significant changes to its pub interior, which occupies the back parts (the front two rooms being for hotel guests), all happened in the 1950s. It was then that the old back corridor was merged into the smoke room, a full-blown bar-counter created, and stillaging introduced in the servery - where beer is still served direct from a jug to this day. A conservatory extension for hikers was also added and the semi-private kitchen ceased doubling as a pub room.
Seekers after a true old-fashioned pub experience in the Dales will find a rare oasis in this lovely 200-year-old pub-cum-hotel. In the Miller family for generations, the Falcon eschews modern gimmickry and the last significant changes to its pub interior, which occupies the back parts (the front two rooms being for hotel guests), all happened in the 1950s. It was then that the old back corridor was merged into the smoke room, a full-blown bar-counter created, and stillaging introduced in the servery - where beer is still served direct from a jug to this day. A back conservatory extension for hikers was also added at that time (rebuilt more permanently around 1975) and the semi-private kitchen ceased doubling-up as a pub room. The hatch to the latter is still clear to see.
Other Heritage Pubs still using a jug to serve at least one real ale are the Barley Mow, Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire; Holly Bush, Makeney, Derbyshire; Star, Bath, Somerset; Anchor, High Offley, Staffordshire; Dyffryn Arms, Pontfaen, Pembrokeshire, West Wales; and the Cresselly Arms, Cresswell Quay, Pembrokeshire, West Wales.
This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 1 regular beer.
Falcon Inn, Arncliffe
Changing beers typically include: Timothy Taylor (varies)
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