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The Guardian - UK
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Cask ales, a fire and walks from the door: readers’ favourite winter pubs

Looking out to sea … the Ship Inn at Porthleven in Cornwall.
Looking out to sea … the Ship Inn at Porthleven in Cornwall. Photograph: Tracey Whitefoot/Alamy

Atlantic viewpoint, Cornwall

The Ship Inn in Porthleven is perfect for watching storms sweep in from the Atlantic and envelop its eye-catching clock tower, while you enjoy the fire and excellent bar. If the pub’s 17th-century walls could talk they would recount tales of smugglers and pirates and heroic lifeboat rescues. These days you might overhear surfers regaling each other with stories of heroic waves ridden on the reef. The fire keeps burning and the ale keeps flowing regardless.
Layla Astley

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