CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has today announced their list of over 200 Local Pubs of the Year to help launch April’s Community Pubs Month.
CAMRA volunteers across the UK judge the pubs in their area to find their Branch’s Pub of the Year – looking at decor, value for money, customer service, and of course, the quality of their real ale. The local branch winners then go forward to battle it out in the regional heats in their quest to become National Pub of the Year, announced in early 2016.
“Community Pubs Month is about highlighting the important role pubs play in Community life and no pubs are better examples of fantastic locals than these two hundred CAMRA branch winners. Each one of them has been judged the best in their respective area and are well worth seeking out for any would-be ale lovers.” Tom Stainer, CAMRA Head of Communications.
Recent CAMRA research showed 75% of pub-goers believe a well run community pub is as important to community life as a post office, local shop or community centre – but despite this 29 pubs are still being lost in the UK every week.
“Pubs play an essential role in our communities and are clearly very highly valued, but despite this are still being lost at an alarming rate across the UK. The best way people can protect their local’s future is by getting down there and supporting it – which is why throughout April CAMRA will be calling on people to visit their local pub and support an important British industry.”
This year run in partnership with The Publican’s Morning Advertiser, Community Pubs Month is the ideal opportunity for licensees to engage with members of their surrounding community by running events throughout April. Not only will this improve the reputation of your pub, but could also attract new regular customers.
To download free Community Pubs Month artwork and poster’s, or to find out more about how licensees can engage with their local community, visit www.communitypubscampaign.org.
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For further information email press@camra.org.uk, or call the CAMRA Press Office on 01727 798443.
CAMRA Branch Pub of the Year list
(a small number of branches have not yet judged their branch pub of the year and will not appear in the below list – 217 featured below)
Region / Branch
Pub Name
Location
Central Southern
Berkshire
Berkshire SE
Queens Head
Wokingham
Reading
Fox & Hounds
Caversham
Slough, Windsor & Maidenhead
White Horse
Hedgerley
West Berkshire
Six Bells
Beenham
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale & Wycombe
Royal Standard
Wooburn Common
Mid Chilterns
Rising Sun
Berkhamsted
Milton Keynes
Mitre
Buckingham
Oxfordshire
North Oxfordshire
Red Lion
Horley
Oxford
Mason’s Arms
Headington
South Oxfordshire
Plum Pudding
Milton
White Horse
Royal Oak
Wantage
East Anglia
Essex
Maldon and Dengie
Carpenters Arms
Maldon
Colchester& N.E.Essex
Victoria Inn
Colchester
S.E.Essex
Mayflower
Leigh on Sea
North West Essex
Horse & Groom
Cornish Hall End
Chelmsford/Mid.Essex
Orange Tree
Chelmsford
South West Essex
White Hart
Grays
Tendring
White Hart
Weeley Heath
Herts/Essex Borders
Woodbine
Waltham Abbey
Cambridgeshire
Huntingdonshire
Cambridge & District
The Mill
Cambridge
Peterborough
Hand & Heart
Peterborough
Ely & District
Prince Albert
Ely
Norfolk
Norwich & Norfolk
West Norfolk
Coach & Horse
Dersingham
Mid Anglia
Queens Head
Earsham
Hertfordshire
N.Hertfordshire
S.Hertfordshire
Watford & District.
Sportsman
Croxley Green
Bedfordshire
East Bedfordshire
Engineers Arms
Henlow
North Bedfordshire
The Sun
Felmersham
South Bedfordshire
Black Lion
Leighton Buzzard
Suffolk
West Suffolk
Dove
Bury St.Edmunds
Ipswich & East Suffolk
North East Suffolk
East Midlands
Leicestershire, Rutland & Northamptonsire
Hinckley & bosworth
Queen’s Head
Hinckley
Vale of belvoir
Wheel
Branston
Loughborough
Halfway House
Donisthorpe
Rutland
Green Dragon
Ryhall
Leicester
King’s Head
Leicester
Northamptonshire
Queen Adelaide
Kingsthorpe
Melton mowbray
Stilton Cheese
Somerby
Rugby
Head of Steam
Lilbourne
Derbyshire
Amber valley
Holly Bush Inn
Milford
Ashbourne sub branch
Smith’s Tavern
Ashbourne
Burton & south derbyshire (derbyshire)
Black Horse
Coton-in-the-elm
Chesterfield
Old Poets’ Corner
Ashover
Derby
Alexandra Hotel
Derby
Dronfield & district sub branch
Traveller’s Rest
Apperknowle
Erewash valley
Dew Drop
Ilkeston
High peaks (derbyshire)
Old Hall Inn
Chinley
Mansfield & ashfield (derbyshire)
The Devonshire Arms
South Normanton
Matlock & dales
The Druids Inn
Matlock
Sheffield & district (derbyshire)
Angler’s Rest
Miller’s Dale
Nottinghamshire
Mansfield & ashfield (nottinghamshire)
The Railway Inn
Mansfield
Newark
Final Whistle
Southwell
North notts
Nottingham
Robin Hood and Little John
Arnold
Vale of belvoir
Marquis of Granby
Granby
Lincolnshire
Fenland
Gainsborough
Eight Jolly Brewers
Gainsborough
Grantham
Grimsby & north east lincs
Nottingham House Hotel
Cleethorpes
Lincoln
Dog & Bone
Lincoln
Louth
White hart
Ludford
Scunthorpe & district
Royal Oak
Snitterby
Greater London
Bexley
Penny Farthing
Crayford
Bromley
One Inn the Wood
Petts Wood
Croydon & Sutton
Hope
Carshalton
East London & City
The Craft Beer Co.
Farringdon
Enfield & Barnet
Olde Mitre Inne
High Barnet
Kingston & Leatherhead
Woodies
New Malden
North London
Tapping the Admiral
Kentish Town
Richmond & Hounslow
The Rifleman
Twickenham
South East London
Blythe Hill Tavern
Forest Hill
South West Essex
Travellers Friend
Woodford Green
South West London
Eagle Ale House
Battersea
West London
Mad Bishop and Bear
Paddington
West Middlesex
Grosvenor, Hanwell
Hanwell
Greater Manchester
Trafford & Hulme
Knott Bar
Manchester
Bolton
Victoria & Albert
Horwich
Wigan
John Bull Chophouse
Wigan
North Manchester
Crown & Kettle
Manchester
South East Lancs
Pendle Witch
Atherton
Stockport and South Manchester
The Magnet
Stockport
High Peak & NE Cheshire
Harewood Arms
Broadbottom
Rochdale Oldham & Bury
The Baum
Rochdale
Kent
East Kent
Ashford, Folkestone & Romney Marsh
The Red Lion
Snargate
Canterbury, Herne Bay & Whitstable
The Ship Centurion
Whitstable
Deal, Dover & Sandwich
The Carpenter’s Arms
Coldred
Swale
The Three Hats
Milton Regis
Thanet
The Yard of Ale
Broadstairs
West Kent
Gravesend & Darent Valley
Cock Inn
Luddesdowne
Medway
The Kings Arms
Upnor
Maidstone & Mid Kent
Bell and Jorrocks
Frittenden
West Kent
Windmill
Sevenoaks Weald
Merseyside & Cheshire
Merseyside
Liverpool
The Liverpool Pigeon
Liverpool
St Helens
The Cricketers
St Helens
Wirral
Gallaghers
Birkenhead
Southport
The Freshfield
Formby
Cheshire
Chester and South Clwyd
Cellar
Chester
Halton
The Prospect
Halton
High Peak
White Lion
Disley
North Cheshire
Lion
Moulton
South Cheshire
Hops
Crewe
Trafford
Swan with Two Nicks
Little Bollington
North East
Cleveland
Rat Race
Hartlepool
Darlington
Quakerhouse
Darlington
Durham (City)
Ye Olde Elm Tree
Durham
Durham (Country)
Surtees Arms
Ferryhill
Tyneside & Northumberland (City)
Bodega
Newcastle
Tyneside & Northumberland (Country)
John Bull
Alnwick
Sunderland & South Tyneside
Steamboat
South Shields
Scotland and NI
Aberdeen, Grampain & Northern Isles
Moorings
Aberdeen
Ayrshire & Wigtownshire
Saracen’s Head
Beith
Dumfries & Stewartry
Cavens Arms
Dumfries
Edinburgh &SE Scotland
Stockbridge Tap
Edinburgh
Forth Valley
Corbie Inn
Bo’ness
Glasgow & W Scotland
State Bar
Glasgow
Highlands &Western Isles
Stein Inn
Isle of Skye
Kingdom Of Fife
Foresters Arms
Aberdour
Renfrewshire
Callum’s
Johnstone
Tayside
Bankfoot Inn
Bankfoot
South West
North
Cheltenham
Sandford Park Alehouse
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
The Salutation
Ham
North Cotswold
The Plough
Cold Aston
Bristol
The Plough
Congresbury
Bath and Borders
The George Inn
Croscombe
Swindon and North Wiltshire
The Carters Rest
Wroughton
North-West Wiltshire
The Bell
Lacock
South
Cornwall
The Hole in the Wall
Bodmin
South Devon
The Bridford Inn
Bridford
Plymouth
Fortescue
Plymouth
North Devon
The Red Lion
Exbourne
Exeter & East Devon
The Tom Cobley
Spreyton
Somerset
The Halfway House
Pitney
Surrey & Sussex
East and Mid Surrey
Surrey Oaks
Newdigate
Kingston and Leatherhead
Albert Arms
Esher
North Surrey
Happy Man
Englefield Green
Surrey Hants Borders
Jolly Sailor
Farnham
Arun and Adur
Parsonage
Tarring
Brighton and South Downs
Brewers Arms
Lewes
North Sussex
White Horse
Maplehurst
South East Sussex
Tower
St.Leonards
Western Sussex
Inglenook Hotel
Nyetimber
Wales
North Wales
Abercolwyn
Albion Ale House
Conwy
Chester & South Clwyd
Bridge End
Ruabon
Gwynedd a Mon
Snowdonia Parc
Waenfawr
Vale of Clwyd
Blue Bell
Halkyn
West Wales
Bae Ceredigion
Y Talbot
Tregaron
Camathenshire
Royal Oak
Rhandirmwyn
Pembrokeshire
Cresselly Arms
Cresswell Quay
South Wales
Brecknockshire – Star Inn
Star Inn
Talybont-on-Usk
Cardiff (City)
Urban Tap House
Cardiff
Cardiff (Country)
Lansdowne
Canton
Gwent (City)
Lamb
Newport
Gwent (Country)
Clytha Arms
Abergavenny
Mid Glamorgan
Bunch of Grapes
Pontypridd
Neath Port Talbot
Pontardawe Inn
Pontardawe
Swansea – No Sign Bar
No Sign Bar
Swansea
Vale of Glamorgan & Bridgend
Cross Inn
Cwmfelin
Wessex & Channel Islands
East Hampshire
George
Alton
East Dorset
Tap House
Wimborne Minster
Guernsey
Cornerstone Bar
St Peter Port
Heart of Wessex
Benett Arms
Semley
Isle of Wight
Railway
Ryde
Jersey
The Lamplighter
St Helier
North Hampshire
Plough
Little London
Portsmouth & SE Hampshire
Hole in the Wall
Southsea
Salisbury & S Wilts
Wyndham Arms
Salisbury
Southern Hampshire
Flowerpots
Cheriton
West Dorset
Royal Oak
Custom House Quay, Weymouth
West Midlands
Marches
Herefordshire
Beer In Hand
Hereford
Shrewsbury & W Shropshire
Prince of Wales
Shrewsbury
Telford & E Shropshire
The Black Boy
Bridgnorth
Staffordshire
Burton & South Derbyshire
Coopers Tavern
Burton
Cannock Sub-branch
Cross Keys
Hednesford
Dudley & South Staffs
Cat
Enville
Heart of Staffordshire
Olde Rose & Crown
Stafford
Lichfield, Sutton & Tamworth
Whippet Inn
Lichfield
Moorlands
Wilkes Head
Leek
Potteries
Holy Inadequate
Etruria
Uttoxeter sub-branch
Dog & Partridge
Marchington
Wolverhampton
Harrows Inn
Coven
Warwickshire
Coventry & District
Bull & Butcher
Corley Moor
Heart of Warwickshire
Wild Boar
Warwick
Lichfield, Sutton & Tamworth
Angel Ale House
Atherstone
Nuneaton & Bedworth
Lord Nelson
Ansley
Redditch & Bromsgrove
Victoria Works
Studley
Rugby
Seven Stars
Rugby
Shakespeare
Bear (Swans Nest)
Stratford-upon-Avon
West Midlands
Birmingham
Old Moseley Arms
Balsall Heath
Coventry & District
Old Windmill
Coventry
Dudley & South Staffs
Beacon
Sedgley
Lichfield, Sutton & Tamworth
Bishop Vesey
Boldmere
Solihull & District
No Entry this year
Stourbridge & Halesowen
Robin Hood
Amblecote
Walsall
Swan
Brownhills
Wolverhampton
Hail to the Ale
Wolverhampton
Worcestershire
Redditch & Bromsgrove
Holly Bush
Bellbroughton
Shakespeare
Coach & Horses
Harvington
Worcester
Three Kings
Hanley Castle
Wyre Forest
Bell
Pensax
West Pennines
Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre
The Taps
Lytham
Central Lancashire
The Ale Emporium
Preston
East Lancashire
The Admiral Lord Rodney
Colme
Lunesdale
The Borough
Lancaster
Southport
Cricketers
Ormskirk
Yorkshire
Barnsley
Old No.7
Barnsley
Bradford
Jacobs Beer House
Bradford
Cleveland
Dr Phil’s Real Ale House
Middlesbrough
Darlington
Crown Inn
Manfield
Doncaster
Corner Pin
Doncaster
Halifax & Calderdale
Three Pigeons
Halifax
Harrogate
Harrogate Tap
Harrogate
Heavy Woollen
Flower Pot
Mirfield
Huddersfield
Grove Inn
Huddersfield
Hull & East Yorkshire
Chequers Micropub
Beverley
Keighley & Craven
Brown Cow
Keighley
Leeds
Kirkstall Bridge Inn
Kirkstall
North West Yorkshire
White Hart Country Inn
Hawes
Rotherham
Beehive
Harthill
Scarborough
Sun Inn
Pickering
Sheffield
Kelham Island Tavern
Sheffield
Wakefield
Junction
Castleford
York
Maltings
York
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