CAMRA branches around the country have chosen their pubs of the year and these have now gone through the judging process at regional level. Below are the final 16, in order of the CAMRA region in which they are located. All are good; give them a try if you happen to be in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Regional Pub of the Year for Greater London is the Cockpit in Royal Parade, Chislehurst (BR7 6NR). This is their fourth consecutive year as Bromley branch\u2019s pub of the year (2023 to 2026) but is their first regional award. The Cockpit is the area\u2019s first micropub and is shared, most unusually, with a florist\u2019s shop. It features a regularly changing selection of cask ale and ciders, mostly from small brewers around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bromley branch is also home to this year\u2019s Greater London Regional Club of the Year, with the Orpington Liberal Club winning the award for the third year running. They are maintaining their standards against increasing competition. Congratulations to them both. There will be more about them in the next edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 East Anglia: Railway Arms<\/strong>, Saffron Walden (CB11 3HQ) \u2013 a lovingly restored Victorian street-corner pub saved by its local community in 2020;<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 East Central: Malt Shovel Tavern<\/strong>, Northampton (NN1 1QF) \u2013 opposite the Carlsberg brewery!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 East Midlands: Railway<\/strong>, Ketton (PE9 3RD) \u2013 Grade II-listed village gem;<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Merseyside and Cheshire: Turks Head<\/strong>, St. Helens (WA10 2DQ) \u2013 a Tudor-style pub dating back to the 1870s;<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 North East: Olde Cross<\/strong>, Old Ryton Village (NE40 3QP) \u2013 attractive Edwardian, half-timbered community-owned pub;<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 North West: Northumberland Arms<\/strong>, Marple Bridge (SK6 5HD) \u2013 restored and run by its community;<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Northern Ireland: Dog and Duck Inn<\/strong>, Lisbellaw (BT94 5ER) \u2013 a family run, dog-friendly country pub;<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Scotland: Steam Packet Inn<\/strong>, Isle of Whithorn (DG8 8LL) \u2013 overlooks the harbour and is home to the Five Kingdoms brewery;<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 South Central: Bell<\/strong>, Waltham St Lawrence (RG10 0JJ) \u2013 classic, half-timbered, 14th-century pub;<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 South East: Nelson Arms<\/strong>, Tonbridge (TN9 1UP) \u2013 beautifully refurbished side street local with a nautical theme;<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 South West: Fallen Tree<\/strong>, Clevedon (BS21 7PD) \u2013 the first micropub in North Somerset;<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Wales: Mold Alehouse<\/strong>, Mold (CH7 1AL) \u2013 micropub in a Grade II-listed building;<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 West Central: Alma Inn<\/strong>, Linton (HR9 7RY) \u2013 multi-room pub that is home to the Linton Music Festival;<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 West Midlands: Tamworth Tap<\/strong>, Tamworth (B79 7LR) \u2013 now legendary three times winner of this competition (2022, 2023 and 2025) that is clearly maintaining its standards;<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Yorkshire: Countryman’s Inn<\/strong>, Hunton (DL8 1PY) \u2013 welcoming community-owned free house, serving Yorkshire beers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is encouraging to see the number of community owned pubs included, along with historic pubs and micropubs. These 16 will be whittled down to a final four to be announced in October. The overall winner will be announced in January. Watch this space\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CAMRA branches around the country have chosen their pubs of the year and these have now gone through the judging process at regional level. Below are the final 16, in… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6705"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6707,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6705\/revisions\/6707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}