Derbyshire named in UK’s most cosiest places - full list of pubs with roaring fires to visit this winter

Derbyshire residents are some of the luckiest pubgoers this winter, as the great county celebrates being one of the cosiest places in the UK.

GG.co.uk commissioned research to create a list of most cosy places, with cosy pubs being a key factor.

The list will be especially handy for those seeking a roaring pub fire to hunker next to.

GG analysed Google ratings and pub information available through UseYourLocal.com across every town and city with populations of at least 100,000.

Each town or city then received an overall cosiness score based on how many of these pubs with real fires also featured large TV screens, showed horse racing, football, cricket or rugby or had a Sky Sport or TNT Sports connection.

Top of the list was Gateshead which is the cosiest place in the UK for pubgoers.

The northeastern town has a nationwide cosiness score of 98.99% consisting of top marks for nearly all evaluated factors except Google review ratings and big screen availability.

Blackburn came second, High Wycombe third and Derbyshire fourth, scoring 72% on the cosiness scale.

Here are five cosy pubs with fires in Derbyshire

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1. Rising Sun - 78 High Street, New Whittington, Chesterfield S43 2AJ

2. Peacock at Barlow - Hackney Lane, Sheffield, Barlow, Dronfield S18 7TD

3. Lamb Inn - The Lamb Inn, 16 Loads Road, Holymoorside, Chesterfield S42 7EU

4. Chesterfield Arms - Arms, Newbold Road, Chesterfield S41 7PH

5. Albert Inn - 6 Woodthorpe Road, Woodthorpe, Mastin Moor, Chesterfield S43 3BZ

Other top 10 cosiest major towns and cities for pubgoers are Huddersfield, Wakefield, Basildon, Oxford and Stockport.

The picture didn’t look so toasty for larger cities that occupied the last spots in the ranking, with few pubs with fireplaces per capita attracting visitors on a game night.

Despite being the largest cities in the UK, Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Manchester ranked last for cosiness appeal from pubgoers.

In total, there are at least 1,475 pubs with fireplaces in the UK.

451 of them are connected to Sky Sports, 322 to TNT Sports, 299 feature big screens, 700 show football, 446 show rugby, 381 show cricke, and 93 broadcast horse racing events.

Here are the UK’s 20 most cosiest places

1 Gateshead 98.69%

2 Blackburn 83.22%

3 High Wycombe 73.77%

4 Chesterfield 72.72%

5 Huddersfield 71.23%

6 Wakefield 70.91%

7 Basildon 70.02%

8 Oxford 69.93

9 Stockport 68.27%

10 Maidstone 64.34%

11 Rochdale 64.26%

12 West Bromwich 64.19%

13 Blackpool 63.15%

14 Slough 63.02%

15 Cheltenham 61.08%

16 Preston 60.49%

17 Chelmsford 60.29%

18 Sunderland 55.54%

19 Oldham 54.62%

20 Nottingham 52.30%

Steve Chamber is editor for GG.co.uk. He said: “You just cannot beat that cosy pub feeling that only smaller towns can offer.

“Big cities cannot compete with the warmth of less busy towns when your favourite team is playing.

“If you are visiting any of these places, make sure you save this list for the cosiest pubs in every major town and city.”