Awards and recognition – drinks

Drinks Awards

Note: There are separate lists for property/design/heritage awards and for company awards. 

The Good Beer Guide awards

Year	Number of pubs included	Pubs included (% of estate)	Variance (%) on previous year
2025	251	31	+2
2024	236	29	+4
2023	200	24	-1
2022	213	25	-3
2021	242	28	-1
2020	248	29	+1
2019	243	28	+4
2018	218	24	-5
2017	262	29	-3
2016	296	32	-2
2015	318	34	+2

CAMRA/real-ale awards

2024

• CAMRA Huddersfield & District ‘pub of the season’ (spring 2024) The Cherry Tree (Huddersfield)
• CAMRA Stockport & South Manchester ‘pub of the month’ (April 2024) The Ford Madox Brown (Manchester)
• CAMRA Heavy Woollen ‘pub of the season’ (autumn 2024) The Union Rooms (Batley)
• CAMRA Potteries ‘pub of the month’ (September 2024) The Arnold Machin (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
• CAMRA Exeter & East Devon ‘urban pub of the year’ (2024) The Imperial (Exeter)
• CAMRA Cannock Chase ‘pub of the season’ (summer 2024) The Plaza (Rugeley)
• CAMRA Rotherham ‘pub of the season’ (summer 2024) The Queens Hotel (Maltby)
• CAMRA Trafford & Hulme ‘pub of the season’ (summer 2024) The Sedge Lynn (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)
• CAMRA Pembrokeshire ‘cider pub of the year’ (2024) The William Owen (Haverfordwest)
• CAMRA Pembrokeshire ‘overall pub of the year’ (2024) The William Owen (Haverfordwest) (runner-up)
• CAMRA Fenland ‘pub of the season’ (summer 2024) The Ivy Wall (Spalding)

2023

• CAMRA North Lincolnshire ‘best overall pub’ and ‘best pub in a town’ The Yarborough Hotel (Grimsby)
• CAMRA Forth Valley ‘pub of the year’ The Bobbing John (Alloa)
• CAMRA Potteries ‘pub of the month, August 2023’ The Wheatsheaf (Stoke-on-Trent)
• CAMRA joint ‘pub of the year’ The Watchman (New Malden)
• CAMRA Bolton ‘pub of the season, winter 2022/23’ The Spinning Mule (Bolton)
• CAMRA ‘10 consecutive years in The Good Beer Guide’ The Prince Arthur (Fleet)
• CAMRA Edinburgh & Southeast Scotland ‘real ale quality award 2023’ The Playfair (Edinburgh)
• Beer from the Wood ‘pub of the year 2023’ The Central Bar (Carrickfergus)

2022

• CAMRA ‘pub of the year’ and ‘pub of the season’ The Sweyn Forkbeard (Gainsborough)
• CAMRA South Ayrshire ‘pub of the year’ The Prestwick Pioneer (Prestwick)
• CAMRA Dunbartonshire ‘pub of the year’ The Kirky Puffer (Glasgow)
• CAMRA St Helens and Districts ‘pub of excellence’ The Watch Maker (Prescot)
• CAMRA Stockport and South Manchester ‘pub of the month, July 2022’ The Calverts Court (Stockport)
• CAMRA Rotherham ‘pub of the season, winter 2021/22’ The Bluecoat (Rotherham)
• CAMRA Mid-Chilterns ‘pub of the year 2022’ The Full House (Hemel Hempstead)

2019

• CAMRA Dunbartonshire ‘pub of the year 2019’ The Kirky Puffer (Glasgow)
• Pub & Bar Magazine North Ayrshire ‘pub & bar of the year 2019’ The Paddle Steamer (Largs) (county winner)
• CAMRA Grimsby ‘town pub of the year’ The Yarborough Hotel (Grimsby) (second)
• CAMRA Prestwick ‘area pub of the year 2019’ The Prestwick Pioneer (Prestwick)
• CAMRA Southport & West Lancashire ‘West Lancashire cider pub of the year 2019’ The Court Leet (Ormskirk)

2018

• SIBA Business Awards ‘best independent craft beer promotion (on trade)’

2013

• CAMRA Fylde Coast ‘pub of the year’ The Poulton Elk (Poulton-le-Fylde)

2008

• CAMRA Greater London John Young Memorial Award – Tim Martin (in acknowledgement of
  the contribution he has made to real ale and pubs within Greater London)

2007

• CAMRA ‘pub of the year’ The Draper’s Arms (Peterborough)
• CAMRA ‘pub of the year’ The George (Staines-upon-Thames)
• CAMRA ‘recognition for new ale introduction’ The Bluecoat (Rotherham)

2001

• CAMRA South Devon ‘pub of the year’ The Isaac Merritt (Paignton)

1993

• CAMRA Good Pub Guide 1993 ‘pub chain of the year’ (winner)

Best Bar None awards

Awards 2024

• Best Bar None 2023–24 ‘best pub/bar in Scotland’ – The Crystal Palace (Glasgow)
• Best Bar None North Nottinghamshire 2023/24 accredited venue
  • The Dominie Cross (Retford)
  • The Liquorice Gardens (Worksop)
• Best Bar None 2024 ‘people’s choice pub winner’ – The Benjamin Huntsman (Sheffield)
• Best Bar None Coventry accredited venue 2024 [delivered by Coventry Business Improvement District and Coventry City Council]
  • The Flying Standard – ‘best venue management’
  • The Earl of Mercia
  • The Spon Gate – ‘best venue management’
• Best Bar None Chesterfield accredited venue 2024 [delivered by Chesterfield pubwatch and Derbyshire constabulary]
  • Spa Lane Vaults – ‘best managed venue’

Awards 2023

• Best Bar None Fife Awards 2023
• The Golden Acorn (Glenrothes) (gold award)
• The Guildhall & Linen Exchange (Dunfirmline) (gold award)
• The Robert Nairn (Kirkcaldy) (gold award)

Awards 2022

• Best Bar None awards (gold)
  • The Golden Acorn (Glenrothes)
  • The Guildhall & Linen Exchange (Dunfermline)
  • The Robert Nairn (Kirkcaldy)
• Best Bar None Barnsley ‘best pub from national company, 2021/22’ and ‘most prized’
  The Joseph Bramah (Barnsley) (overall winner)

Awards 2021 

• Best Bar None Coventry:
  • The Flying Standard (Coventry) (accreditation)
  • The Earl of Mercia (Coventry) (accreditation)
  • The Spon Gate (Coventry) (accreditation)
  • The City Arms (Earlsdon) (accreditation)
  • The Flying Standard (Coventry) (overall winner)

Awards 2020 

• Best Bar None Scotland ‘best pub in Scotland’ The Carrick Stone (Cumbernauld) (award-winner)

Awards 2019 

• Best Bar None Greater Manchester The Unicorn (Altrincham) (accredited venue certificate)
• Pub & Bar Magazine North Ayrshire ‘pub & bar of the year 2019’ – The Paddle Steamer (Largs) (county winner)
• Best Bar None Scotland ‘best pub in Scotland’ – The Carrick Stone (Cumbernauld) (shortlisted)
• Best Bar None Scotland ‘best pub in Scotland’ – The Golden Acorn (Glenrothes) (shortlisted)