- National Pub of the Year
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The National Pub of the Year is an annual competition held by CAMRA in February that finds the best pub in the UK. Established in 1988, the competition helps to highlight quality pubs around the UK that are worth seeking out and visiting. Each year, each local CAMRA branch nominates one pub in their area to be entered. These 200 pubs then go through to the regional competition, which then whittles down to 4 pubs to go to the national final.
The pubs in the national final are evaluated on:
- Quality of the Real Ales served
- Value for money
- Atmosphere
- Interior decoration
- Customer service and welcome
Contents
Winners[1]
- 2010: Harp, Covent Garden, London
- 2009: The Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- 2008: The Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- 2007: Old Spot, Hill Road, Dursley, Gloucestershire
- 2006: Tom Cobley Tavern, Spreyton, Devon
- 2005: The Swan, Little Totham, Essex
- 2004: The Fat Cat, Norwich, Norfolk
- 2003: Crown & Thistle, Gravesend, Kent
- 2002: The Swan, Little Totham, Essex
- 2001: The Nursery, Heaton Norris, Greater Manchester
- 2000: Blisland Inn, Blisland, Cornwall
- 1999: The Rising Sun, Tipton, West Midlands
- 1998: The Fat Cat, Norwich, Norfolk
- 1997: The Sair Inn, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
- 1996: Halfway House, Pitney, Somerset
- 1995: Coalbrookdale Inn, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
- 1994: Beamish Mary Inn, No Place, between Stanley and Beamish, Co Durham
- 1993: Three Kings, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire & The Fishermans Tavern, Broughty Ferry, Angus
- 1992: (No Result)
- 1991: Great Western, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
- 1990: Bell, Aldworth, Berkshire
- 1989: Cap & Feathers , Tillingham, Essex
- 1988: The Boars Head, Kinmuck, Aberdeenshire
Regional Winners
2011[2]
Region Pub Name Location Central South Radnor Arms Coleshill, Oxfordshire East Anglia Engineers Arms Henlow, Bedfordshire East Midlands Crown Beeston, Nottinghamshire Greater London Southampton Arms Highgate Road, London Greater Manchester Magnet Stockport Kent Flowerpot Maidstone Merseyside/Cheshire/North Wales Bridge End Inn Wrexham North East Boathouse Inn Wylam, Northumberland Scotland/Northern Ireland Fox and Hounds Houston, Renfrewshire South/Mid Wales Ancient Briton Pen-y-Cae South West The Front Falmouth, Cornwall Surrey/Sussex Evening Star Brighton Wessex Nog Inn Wincanton West Midlands Beacon Hotel Sedgley, West Midlands West Pennines Swan with Two Necks Pendleton, Lancashire Yorkshire Jemmy Hirst at the Rose & Crown Rawcliffe, East Yorkshire 2010[3]
Region Pub Name Location Scotland and Northern Ireland Albert Tavern Freuchie, Fife North West Taps Lytham, Lancashire North East Surtees Arms Ferryhill, County Durham Greater Manchester Knott Bar Manchester Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales Brewery Tap Chester Yorkshire Ferry Boat Thorganby, North Yorkshire East Midlands The Crown Beeston, Nottinghamshire West Midlands Beacon Hotel Sedgley, West Midlands East Anglia Dove Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Kent Flower Pot Maidstone Greater London The Harp Covent Garden Surrey and Sussex Royal Oak Friday Street, near Rusper, West Sussex South West Salutation Ham, near Berkeley, Gloucestershire South and Mid Wales Ship and Castle Aberystwyth Wessex and Channel Islands Guide Dog Bevois Valley, Southampton, Hampshire Central Southern The Bell Aldworth, Berkshire 2009[4]
Region Pub Name Location Scotland and Northern Ireland Albert Tavern Freuchie, Fife West Pennines Taps Lytham, Lancashire North East Boathouse Inn Wylam, Northumberland Greater Manchester Crown Hotel Worthington Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales Golden Lion Inn Llangynhafal, Denbighshire Yorkshire Kelham Island Tavern Sheffield, South Yorkshire East Midlands Old Oak Inn Horsley Woodhouse, Derbyshire West Midlands Cock Hotel Wellington, Shropshire East Anglia Wheatsheaf Writtle, Essex Kent Bull Horton Kirby Greater London Bricklayer's Arms Putney Surrey and Sussex Royal Oak Friday Street, near Rusper, West Sussex South West Old Spot Dursley, Gloucestershire South and Mid Wales Severn Arms Penybont Wessex and Channel Islands Prince of Wales Farnborough, Hampshire Central Southern Royal Oak Inn Wantage, Oxfordshire 2008[4]
Region Pub Name Location Scotland and Northern Ireland Marine Hotel Stonehaven, Grampian West Pennines Manor Arms Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria North East Kings Arms Deptford, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Greater Manchester Crown Stockport Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales Blue Bell Halkyn, Flintshire Yorkshire Kelham Island Tavern Sheffield, South Yorkshire East Midlands Arkwright Arms Sutton cum Duckmanton, Derbyshire West Midlands Beacon Hotel Sedgley East Anglia Chequers Little Gransden, Cambridgeshire Kent Butcher's Arms Herne London Trafalgar South Wimbledon Surrey and Sussex Royal Oak Friday Street, near Rusper, West Sussex South West Tom Cobley Tavern Spreyton, Devon South and Mid Wales Tafarn John y Gwas Drefech-Felindre, West Wales Wessex and Channel Islands Red Lion Inn Kilmington, Wiltshire Central Southern Royal Oak Inn Wantage, Oxfordshire 2007[5]
Region Pub Name Location Scotland/N.I. Blue Peter Hotel Kirkcolm, Dumfries & Galloway North West Bridge Bier Huis Burnley, Lancashire North East Kings Arms Deptford, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Greater Manchester The New Oxford Salford Merseyside/North Wales Turks Head St. Helens Yorkshire Kelham Island Tavern Sheffield, South Yorkshire East Midlands Thorold Arms Harmston, Lincolnshire West Midlands The Bell Pensax, Worcestershire East Anglia Land of Liberty, Peace and Plenty Heronsgate, Hertfordshire Kent Ship Centurian Whitstable London Bricklayers Arms Putney Surrey/Sussex White Horse Maplehurst, West Sussex South West Old Spot Inn Dursley, Gloucestershire South Wales Borough Arms Neath, Glamorgan Wessex Plough Inn Little London, Hampshire Central Southern Rose and Crown Hawridge, Buckinghamshire 2005[6]
Region Pub Name Location Scotland/N.I. Halfway House Edinburgh North West Taps, Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire North East Robin Hood Jarrow, Tyne and Wear Greater Manchester Musketeer Leigh Merseyside/North Wales Bhurtpore Inn Aston, Cheshire Yorkshire Crown Inn Manfield, North Yorkshire East Midlands Old Coach House Southwell, Nottinghamshire West Midlands Jolly Crispin Upper Gornal, West Midlands East Anglia The Swan Little Totham, Essex Kent Shipwright's Arms Faversham London Robin Hood & Little John Bexleyheath Surrey/Sussex Evening Star Brighton South West Check Inn North Wroughton, Wiltshire South Wales Wern Fawr Inn Ystalyfera, Swansea Wessex Boot Inn Weymouth, Dorset Central Southern Bell Aldworth, Buckinghamshire 2004
Region Pub Name Location Scotland/N.I. North West North East Greater Manchester Arden Arms[7] Stockport Merseyside/North Wales Beartown Tap[8] Congleton, Cheshire Yorkshire Kelham Island Tavern[9] Sheffield East Midlands West Midlands Olde Swan Netherton, West Midlands East Anglia Engineers Arms[10] Henlow, Bedfordshire Kent London Surrey/Sussex South West New Inn Halse, Somerset South Wales Wessex Queen's Hotel[11] Gosport, Hampshire Central Southern Runners-Up
- 2010:
- Taps, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
- Beacon Hotel, Sedgley, West Midlands
- Salutation, Ham, near Berkeley, Gloucestershire
- 2009:
- Royal Oak Inn, Wantage, Oxon
- Crown Hotel, Worthington, Greater Manchester
- Royal Oak, Friday Street, West Sussex
- 2008:
- The Crown, Stockport, Greater Manchester
- Tom Cobley Tavern, Spreyton, Devon
- Royal Oak, Rusper, West Sussex [1]
- 2007:
- Turks Head, St Helens, Merseyside
- Land of Liberty, Peace and Plenty, Heronsgate, Hertfordshire
- Blue Peter Hotel, Kirkcolm, Dumfries & Galloway
- 2006:
- Failford Inn, Failford, Ayrshire
- West Riding Refreshment Rooms, Dewsbury railway station, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
- Dove Street Inn, Ipswich, East Anglia
- 2005:
- The Check Inn, North Wroughton, Wiltshire
- Old Coach House, Southwell, East Midlands
- Robin Hood, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear
- 2004:
- Arden Arms, Stockport, Greater Manchester
- New Inn, Halse, Somerset
- Olde Swan, Netherton, West Midlands
- 1998:
- Brewery Arms, Keighley
- Number 22, Darlington
- Plough and Harrow, Monknash, Glamorgan
- 1997:
- Blacksmith's Arms, Calbourne, Isle of Wight
- Railway, Yorton, Shropshire
- Pot Kiln, Frilsham, Berkshire
- Boat Inn, Ashleworth, Gloucestershire
References
- ^ CAMRA National Pub of the Year, Previous Winners (Accessed 19 April 2009)
- ^ http://beertoday.co.uk/?p=4995
- ^ CAMRA announces Regional Pubs of the Year (accessed 27 September 2010)
- ^ a b CAMRA National Pub of the Year, Finalists 2009 (accessed 18 February 2010)
- ^ 'What's Brewing' - Newspaper of CAMRA, February 2008 Issue
- ^ CAMRA (2005) Good Beer Guide 2006 names Top 16 Pubs in Britain Access date:2010-11-15
- ^ Arden Arms, LaCartes
- ^ How To Find Us, Beartown Brewery
- ^ Pubs of the Year
- ^ The Casket, Vol.2, No.10, p.15
- ^ The Queens Hotel, Forton, Gosport, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire CAMRA
See also
- Pub Design Awards
- Heritage pub
Categories:- Hospitality industry awards
- Awards established in 1988
- British awards
- Public houses in the United Kingdom
- Competitions in the United Kingdom
- Award stubs
- Pub stubs
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