A North East businessman has snapped up a traditional pub on Holy Island after its owners retired.
Historic coaching house The Ship Inn has been sold to Northumberland local Terry Maughan, after previous owners Andrew and Janice Hnat decided it was time to sell up and retire, having run the pub for 17 years.
The Ship Inn has been a feature on the island for several centuries and was known as the Northumberland Arms until 1995. It has welcomed thousands of tourists to Marygate – close to Lindisfarne Castle, the Harbour and the Priory – with its landscaped beer garden along with four en-suite guestrooms. It also welcomes tourists keen to retrace the steps of characters to feature in the series of books by award-winning crime writer LJ Ross, who set her inaugural DCI Ryan story on Holy Island.
