CAMRA has announced their list of 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 posters, or to find out more about how licensees can engage with their local community, visit www.communitypubscampaign.org.uk
CAMRA Branch Pub of the Year list
| 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 |
Some pubs are missing as a number of branches have not yet selected their pub of the year.