The Crook Inn

The Crook Inn, Tweedsmuir, Peeblesshire

A roadside pub in a remote location on the A701 road between Moffat and Broughton, which was refitted with an Art Deco-style interior in the 1930s. It has been closed since 2006, but has been acquired by a community group. This has not yet succeeded in reopening the pub, although a cafĂ© has been established in a former disused outbuilding. Given Scotland’s draconian drink-driving law, the future prospects for a pub in such a spot do not look good.

The Travellers Inn

The Travellers Inn, Sheffield, Yorkshire

An unusual tall, narrow, free-standing pub on the Attercliffe Road on the north-east of the city. StreetView shows that it was demolished between November 2020 and October 2022

The Bank Corner

The Bank Corner, Alsager, Cheshire

A large modern shopfront-style pub in the centre of this south Cheshire town that has more of the feeling of an overgrown village. It has something of the look of a Wetherspoon’s, but never actually was one.

The Langold Hotel

The Langold Hotel, Langold, Nottinghamshire

A large inter-wars mock-Tudor pub in a former mining village close to the Yorkshire border, which was demolished during the course of 2009. The banner says “Business Opportunity Available Now”, but it was never taken up.