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By Country Walking magazine

The town of Llandrillo was once home to seven pubs, but only one remains – The Dudley Arms Hotel (site under construction). Unfortunately, nobody from the LFTO team has been so we can't comment - let us know what you think!

Further afield, The Hand at Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog scores an entry in the Good Pub Guide, and rightly so – it’s a friendly hostelry tucked in the beautiful Ceiriog valley, offering reasonably priced pub meals and a daily-changing dinner menu. The downside? It’s a drive round the Berwyns (or a long walk over them) from Llandrillo. 

Also renowned for great food is the Corn Mill in Llangollen – it’s Wales Dining Pub of the Year 2008 and one look at the menu shows you why – slow roast duck leg with red cabbage and cranberries? Toffee bananas on toasted bara brith with coconut ice-cream? It’s a beautiful spot too – especially on a spring or summer evening when you can sit on the balcony watching the river race beneath you, with the hills rising beyond.

And a final recommendation from Steve Goodier, a Country Walking contributor for North Wales – the White Lion in Bala. It’s a bustling town centre pub teeming with history, complete with settles and an inglenook fireplace – just in case those spring evenings aren’t quite as warm as you were hoping.