The Riverhead Brewery Tap & Dining Room

The lively River Colne cascades through the centre of this engaging little mill town, beside which stands a modest, stone-built Victorian former co-op building. Re-emerging in 1995 as a micro-brewery and thriving pub, its beers, named after reservoirs nestling in the enfolding high South Pennine moors, are a major draw on the popular Trans-Pennine Rail Ale Trail. Now owned by Ossett Brewery, the beers are still brewed in the brewery just off the bar; it's an immensely popular spot for ramblers, rail-alers and locals, a genuine melting pot. Enjoy a pint of March Haigh in the bare-boarded, wood-rich bar, dappled with great local photos, or pop upstairs to the dining room for some classic lunchtime pub grub, enhanced in the evenings by tip-top modern dishes such as starter of black pudding and chestnut spring roll with slowly roasted belly pork, preceding medallion of turkey with spatchcock quail and a herb, leek and smoked cheese polenta, crispy skin and port sauce.