Dent · Yorkshire Dales
The Sun Inn
“The original Dales village inn,” at the top of the cobbled street for more than three hundred years.
No TV · No Jukebox · No Fruit Machines
Nothing here to distract you from the fire, the ale and whoever's next to you at the bar.
The Sun Inn has stood at the top of Dent's cobbled main street for more than three hundred years. Inside there's an open fire and beams studded with old coins pressed in by hands long gone, and not much else. No television. No jukebox. No fruit machines. Just cask ale, a dartboard, and conversation.
No screens, no scoreboard, just the board on the wall.
Real Ale
Cask ales from Kirkby Lonsdale, and whatever's found its way in as a guest.
The Sun pours real cask ales from Kirkby Lonsdale Brewery, alongside rotating guest beers from around the country. No lager taps competing for attention, just proper cask, kept properly.
Monumental BlondeOne of Kirkby Lonsdale Brewery's own, photographed straight from the pump.
The Valley
Dentdale, from above.
Fields stitched together with drystone wall, the village lost in its own trees below the fell. It takes some finding, that's rather the point. Worth the drive, whichever direction you're coming from.
What People Say
A few honest words from people who've made the trip.
3.7 ★ 230 reviews on TripAdvisor
The atmosphere is everything you want from a village pub: warm, welcoming, and full of character.
Lovely, homely, traditional pub, ideal after a long Dales walk. Beer is well kept and tasty, good range too.
My kind of pub, warm welcome, traditional, log fire and cask ales… Definitely will return.
Opening Hours
When the door's open.
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 6pm – 11pm |
| Thursday | Hours vary, please call |
| Friday | 2pm – 11pm |
| Saturday | 12pm – 11pm |
| Sunday | 12pm – 10.30pm |
Find Us
At the top of the hill.
Address
The Sun Inn, top of the cobbled main street, Dent, Yorkshire Dales
Parking
Car park at the rear of the pub
Phone
For The Village
The Sun Inn is up for sale, and Dent is trying to buy it.
Dent Community Pub Ltd, a Community Benefit Society, has an accepted offer to buy the Sun Inn for the village. They're now raising funds for the survey and legal costs that come next, to keep the original Dales village inn exactly as it is.
Follow “Sun inn, sunny dent” on Facebook for updates on the campaign.