- Tan Hill Inn
The Tan Hill Inn, situated on
Tan Hill, Yorkshire , is recognised as being the highest inn in England at convert|1732|ft|m|lk=on above sea level. It is situated on an unclassified road approximately convert|4|mi|km|lk=on north of the village of Keld, close to the northern boundary of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.The second highest inn is the
Cat and Fiddle Inn , onAxe Edge Moor , on the A537 road near theDerbyshire /Cheshire county boundary with an elevation of about convert|1690|ft|m, though recent measurements dispute Tan Hill's supremacy. [ [http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/tac/tac54/moretops.htm TAC 54: More top stuff ] ]In 1995, the Tan Hill Inn became the first public house in the UK to be granted a licence to hold weddings and civil ceremonies, after new laws were brought in to allow couples to marry in places other than churches or registry offices. [cite web|url=http://www.tanhillinn.com/weddings-+-functions/2/|title=Tan Hill Inn website]
The Tan Hill Inn appeared in an advert starring
Ted Moult for window fitting company, Everest, [cite web|url=http://www.stephen14.fsnet.co.uk/swaledale/tanhill.html|title=Swaledale, Arkengarthdale and Tan Hill websiteDead link|date=May 2008] and more recently aVodafone advert.KFC legal action
In May 2007,
Kentucky Fried Chicken threatened legal action against the Tan Hill Inn for trademark infringement over the use of the term "Family Feast" on the inn's Christmas Day menu. But on10 May 2007 , KFC confirmed that it would not be pursuing the case. [The Times - cite web|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article1769516.ece|title=KFC climbs a big hill to fight tiny pub] [BBC - cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/6644177.stm|title=KFC licked by pub in menu fight]References
External links
* [http://www.tanhillinn.com/ The Tan Hill Inn]
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