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The Goathland Hotel served as the Aidensfield Arms in Heartbeat

A pub which served as the local watering hole in popular TV drama Heartbeat has been put up for sale.

The Goathland Hotel, near Whitby, was used as the Aidensfield Arms in the series, which ran from 1992 to 2010.

After nearly 40 years, the owners are to retire with the business available for £175,000, said an estate agent.

Heartbeat, a police drama set in 1960s North Yorkshire, featured actors including Derek Fowlds, Nick Berry and Tricia Penrose.

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A sign on the gable end of the pub commemorates its time as the Aidensfield Arms

The business has been run by the same family for the past four decades, according to property marketing agent Barry Crux.

Mr Crux said: "It is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to acquire this highly successful business, with the long-standing association with Heartbeat."

Filming took place inside the bar of the actual Goathland Hotel for the first four years of the show before a replica of the interior was built, according to the owners of the pub.