I hope readers will forgive the misleading title of my list - this pub is in Wales. Like the Wasdale Head, the Pen-Y-Gwyrd is famous for its mountaineering heritage. It's in the glorious Snowdonia National Park which proved ample training for Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay for the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 (they stayed in the pub). It's also got an incredible, hooded Victorian bath which still works.