The National Pub of the Year is awarded annually by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). Established in 1988, the competition highlights pubs around the UK that are worth seeking out. Each local CAMRA branch nominates one pub in their area, which then go through to a regional competition, with four pubs going on to the national final.
Pubs are evaluated on:
- Quality of the Real Ales served
- Value for money
- Atmosphere
- Interior decoration
- Customer service and welcome
Winners
Until 1998 the date of the award was for the year of the announcement of the winner. From 1998 onwards the date of the award is the year that the award was judged and it is awarded at the start of the following year. As a result the Volunteer Arms, Musselburgh was announced as the 1998 winner in April 1998 and the Fat Cat, Norwich was announced as the 1998 winner at the start of 1999.
- 2025: The Tamworth Tap, Tamworth, Staffordshire (third win)
- 2024: Bailey Head, Oswestry
- 2023: The Tamworth Tap, Tamworth, Staffordshire (second win)
- 2022: The Tamworth Tap, Tamworth, Staffordshire
- 2021: Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
- 2020: Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
- 2019: The Bell Inn, Aldworth, Berkshire (second win)
- 2018: Wonston Arms, Wonston, Hampshire
- 2017: Cricketers Arms, St Helens, Merseyside
- 2016: George & Dragon, Hudswell, North Yorkshire
- 2015: Sandford Park Alehouse, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- 2014: The Salutation Inn, Ham, Gloucestershire
- 2013: The Swan with Two Necks, Pendleton, Lancashire
- 2012: The Baum, Rochdale, Greater Manchester
- 2011: The Bridge End Inn, Ruabon, Wrexham
- 2010: The Harp, Charing Cross, London
- 2009: The Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (second win)
- 2008: The Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- 2007: Old Spot Inn, Hill Road, Dursley, Gloucestershire
- 2006: Tom Cobley Tavern, Spreyton, Devon
- 2005: The Swan, Little Totham, Essex (second win)
- 2004: The Fat Cat, Norwich, Norfolk (second win)
- 2003: The Crown & Thistle, Gravesend, Kent
- 2002: The Swan, Little Totham, Essex
- 2001: The Nursery Inn, Heaton Norris, Greater Manchester
- 2000: Blisland Inn, Blisland, Cornwall
- 1999: The Rising Sun, Tipton, West Midlands
- 1998: The Fat Cat, Norwich, Norfolk
- 1998: The Volunteer Arms, (Staggs Bar), Musselburgh, East Lothian
- 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: The Bell Inn, Aldworth, Berkshire
- 1989: Cap & Feathers, Tillingham, Essex
- 1988: The Boars Head, Kinmuck, Aberdeenshire
Final Four winners
Each year, a super-regional round wittles down the Regional Winners to a Final 4 Round
2025
2024
2023
Regional winners
2024
2022
2017
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2005
2004
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
- 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
See also
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