Concern more rural Northumberland pubs could face closure amid rising costs

NewsNorth East NewsNorthumberlandOnce a pub is converted, it is generally lost for good12:31, 15 Aug 2026The property is listed as an Asset of Community Value and is set back from the main road which runs through the village next to the railway line. A traditional pub with snug, lounge and dinning room to the first floor and external beer garden. Plus private three-bedroom accommodation. On the market for £100,00(Image: Sidney Phillips)This month has brought news that two historic Northumberland countryside pubs look set to become houses after they were deemed financially unviable by their owners. Proposals to convert the Railway Inn in Fourstones were finally approved more than a decade after it ceased operating as a pub.‌Meanwhile plans have been submitted to do the same to the Blue Bell