The Battlesteads Hotel near Hexham, Northumberland, has won the 2010 Great British Pub Awards due to it’s exceptional customer service and carbon-neutral biomass boiler so it’s friendly to the environment too. Richard and Dee Slade who took charge of the hotel in 2006 have their own vegetable gardens and source all the restaurant produce from within a 50 mile radius of the hotel.
The hotel is trying to both revamp the reputation of the restaurant with fresh food rather than frozen reheated meals, and on the pub side with locally produce beers from small local breweries.
Useful Hexham Links:
Battlesteads Hotel
Great British Pubs Awards
Northumberland Hotels
