Welcome to the Red Lion at Cotherstone. CAMRA Good Beer Guide Entry.

LocAles, craft ciders, open fires, beer garden, darts & dominoes.

We sell craft ciders, real ales, cask beers & bitters from local craft micro brewers. Always stocking, Yorkshire Dales Brewing Company - Butter Tubs, Golden Best Bitter & Aysgarth Falls, Blonde Ale.

We’re situated 4 miles from Barnard Castle and 6 miles from Middleton-in-Teesdale in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire.

Please browse through our pages and discover some of the charms of this cracking little pub set in the heart of Teesdale.

Christmas Hours 2019


Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Many thanks to everyone for your continued custom and support.
Richard & Lorna. x x 


There are a few changes to the opening hours over Christmas and New Year;
they are outlined in bold below.




As another New Year approaches and the festivities begin, we say goodbye to the old and let in the new. The Red Lion finally says goodbye to its old concrete roof tiles and is currently being replaced with some beautiful, natural grey slate. Here are a few pictures of the work in progress.