A BELLINGHAM boozer has been highlighted as one of the country's hidden gems in a new book.
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) praises the interior of Randlesdown Road's The Fellowship as being of outstanding historic interest.
Serving the Bellingham estate since 1924, the pub was a training venue for Sir Henry Cooper in the 1960s.
Now it is among 270 boozers included in CAMRA's Britain’s Best Real Heritage Pubs book.
Author Geoff Brandwood said: "Our pubs have been changed so much during the past half century that ones with genuine historic interiors are now incredible rarities.
"This book identifies the top 270 of these national treasures and presents a unique picture of the diversity of interior styles spanning a century or more."
To find out more visit the CAMRA website.
A fuller history of the pub is available here.
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