If you fancy a pint in a pub with real character, we've got the Grade I and II listed venues for you.

Kirklees and Calderdale have lots of listed buildings — including drinking halls with historic importance.

Three pubs have made the highest two listed grades according to Historic England.

The Old Hall, in New North Road, Heckmondwike and the Fleece Inn on Jepson Lane in Elland are both Grade II* listed buildings, achieving their listings in 1980 and 1968 respectively.

The Old Hall, Heckmondwike
The Old Hall, Heckmondwike

Kershaw House in Luddenden Lane, Halifax, is the only pub in the area to have achieved the highest listing — Grade I — meaning it is of 'exceptional significance'.

Overall, 106 pubs have achieved listed building status in Kirklees and Calderdale — the first was the Shoulder of Mutton in Northowram.

The Fleece Inn, Elland
The Fleece Inn, Elland

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The latest to become a listed building was the Three Pigeons in Halifax, which became Grade II listed in 2013.

However, some may have ceased to be operated as pubs since they were listed.

Kershaw House, Halifax
Kershaw House, Halifax

Across West Yorkshire drinkers are spoiled for choice for listed pubs, with a further 50 in Bradford, more than 70 in Leeds and 15 in Wakefield.

It will come as no surprise to some that Whitelocks Ale House, build in 1715 and the oldest pub in Leeds, is a listed pub.

Popular Otley run pubs Headingley Taps, the Original Oak, the New Inn and the Skyrack are also listed buildings.

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Whitelocks Ale House, Leeds

Across the UK, there are 8,964 pubs with a grade listing, according to Historic England, with 11 claiming the prestigious Grade I listing.

Listing a building marks its special architectural and historic interest, and brings it under consideration of the planning system, according to Historic England. All buildings build before 1700 which survive in anything like their original condition are listed.