TWO Cumbrian pubs has been named among the top ten best beer gardens in the UK.

Ambleside’s The Drunken Duck Inn and Windermere’s The Albert were ranked fifth and 10th best for the most popular pubs with a drinking garden by a survey conducted on Yelp.

Holiday letting company holidaycottages.co.uk analysed beer gardens up and down the country to reveal where the very best were.

Shannon Keary, the company's digital PR manager, said: “It seems as a nation we’ve all been looking forward to this moment when we can finally see our friends and families and enjoy a drink in a beer garden. Now the world is starting to open back up, we wanted to see where the ten best beer gardens were located.”

The top 10 were:

  1. Ben Nevis Inn, Fort William
  2. The Drovers Inn, Loch Lomond
  3. The Square and Compass, Swanage
  4. Cottage Loaf, Llandudno
  5. The Drunken Duck Inn & Restaurant, Ambleside
  6. Fort Inn, Newquay
  7. Smugglers Inn, Weymouth
  8. The Angel at Burford, Cotswolds
  9. The White Eagle, Anglesey
  10. The Albert, Windemere

Shannon Keary, digital PR manager said: “It seems as a nation we’ve all been looking forward to this moment when we can finally see our friends and families and enjoy a drink in a beer garden.

"Now the world is starting to open back up, we wanted to see where the ten best beer gardens were located, hopefully helping people decide where they should go once the doors are open, and also where to visit on a staycation this year.

“It’s also really great to see that independent bars, pubs, and restaurants are all featured in this list.

"We know that the hospitality industry has suffered in the past year, and it’s encouraging to see so many highly rated British independents on this list.

"We hopefully will encourage many people to visit and support them in April and beyond."