THE Tan Hill Inn, Britain's highest pub where winter visitors risk getting snow-bound, is up for sale.

The isolated 17th century pub occupies a lonely situation 1,732 feet (528m) above sea level in the Yorkshire Dales, about five miles from Keld village, in Swaledale.

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Landlady Tracy Peace announced her intention to sell on Facebook, with an asking price of £900,000 for the property, complete with exposed beams, stone-flagged floors and open fire.

Tracy has offered a one per cent finder's fee, and she posted online that it was "business as usual" at the hostelry, whose famous visitors over the years have included Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond, pop band Scouting for Girls, who were snowed in after performing a charity concert, The Hoosiers, and Countryfile and Secret Britain presenter Ellie Harrison.

The historic inn is located on the Pennine Way long-distance footpath, and most routes involve navigating a series of twisting, single-track unclassified roads.

Named the highest pub in the British Isles in the 1976 of the Guinness Book of World Records, it was the location for double glazing company Everest's famous advert where Ted Moult dropped a feather to highlight draught-free windows.

According to the pub's website, during the 18th century it was used as a hostelry by workers digging coal pits. The last mine on Tan Hill closed in 1929, although the pub remained due to custom from local farmers and the development of the motor car. Not on the National Grid, it has a generator for electricity.

Revellers celebrating New Year’s Eve at the pub on December 31, 2009 were unable to depart for three days as they were snowed in. In 2012 the Northern Lights bathed the inn in their glow.