The Horseshoe Hotel was featured in the Sunday Times on 4 May in a feature called Britain’s 10 best pubs with gardens.

Paul and Alison Underwood have been running the pub now for 10 months and Alison said: “We’re absolutely delighted.

“The pub is in a great location, on the Coast to Coast Walk and with the stepping stones.

“We had run a pub in Buckinghamshire and as soon as we saw the photographs of the pub we wanted to buy it.”

The article in the Sunday Times said: “For many, the Horseshoe is the penultimate stop on the Coast to Coast Walk – and you couldn’t be blamed for abandoning the trek here, with just 17 miles to go.

“A classic streamside local, the inn is tucked into a hidden hem of the North York Moors and is reassuringly old-fashioned.

“There’s Black Sheep on hand pump and Whitby fish pie in Yorkshire portions; dogs are allowed in the bar, but not children.

“This doesn’t matter, because in summer you’ll be in the sylvan garden, with its 100ft sequoias and lawns that gambol down to the chittering River Esk, complete with coffin-shaped stepping stones, perfect for youngsters ‘accidentally’ to push each other off.”