The Feathers Inn is a well-regarded foodie pub on the hilltop at Hedley-on-the-Hill, its small rooms each warmed by a wood-burning stove. The cooking is the reason to come — genuinely seasonal, much of it local — so it pays to book. Stocksfield station is about 3km down the hill to the north-west.

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