2025 Finalists

After receiving an incredible number of top-quality entries for this year's Great British Pub Awards, our panel of expert judges have whittled it down to the very best the nation has to offer. Here are all of our shortlisted finalists...

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Best Beer Pub - Sponsored by SIBA's Indie Beer Campaign

  • Cask Pub & Kitchen - Pimlico, London
  • The Riverhead Brewery Tap - Marsden, Huddersfield
  • Blind Jack's - Knaresborough
  • Bowland Beer Hall at Holmes Mill  - Clitheroe, Lancashire
  • Granville's Beer & Gin House - Horsforth, Leeds
  • The Tamworth Tap - Tamworth, Staffordshire


Best Community Pub

  • Lock & Quay Community Pub - Bootle, Merseyside
  • The Rose and Crown - Ashbury, Swindon
  • The Swan - Windsor, Berkshire
  • Clissold Arms Gastro Pub - Fortis Green, London
  • The Tynesider - Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
  • Chaplin's & The Cellar Bar - Boscombe, Bournemouth


Best Country Pub

  • The Sun Inn - Great Easton, near Market Harborough, Leicestershire
  • The Tollemache Arms - Harrington, Northampton
  • The Tally Ho Inn - Bouldon, Shropshire
  • The Turkey Inn - Laycock, Keighley
  • The Fleece Inn, Bretforton - Eversham, Worcestershire
  • The Ashford Arms - Ashford in the Water, Bakewell


Best Pub for Dogs

  • Howards Arms Hotel - Brampton, Cumbria
  • The Maltings - Old Hall, Warrington
  • The Old Duke - Southport, Merseywisde
  • Queen's Head - Troutbeck, Windermere
  • The Red Lion - Long Compton, Warwickshire
  • The Mill - Stokesley, Middlesborough


Best Pub for Entertainment

  • The Keynsham Courtyard - Keynsham, Bristol
  • Pontardawe Inn - Pontardawe, Swansea
  • Bonnie Rogues - Cardiff
  • The Mayfield - Seamer, Scarborough
  • The Goose - Manchester
  • Chaplin's & The Cellar Bar - Boscombe, Bournemouth


Best Pub for Families

  • The Plough - Prestbury, Cheltenham
  • Three Mile - Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Perry Hill Pub - London
  • The Old Thatch - Ferndown, Wimborne
  • The Airport Pub - Manchester, Greater Manchester
  • Gaggle of Geese - Dorchester, Dorset

Best Pub for Food - Sponsored by Arla

  • Heft - Newton in Cartmel, Cumbria
  • The Bull - Charlbury, Chipping Norton
  • The Black Bull - Sedbergh, Cumbria
  • The Tartan Fox by Adam Handling - Newquay
  • The Bull & Swan - St Martin's, Stamford
  • Shibden Mill Inn - Shibden, Halifax


Best Pub Garden

  • The Black Friar - Salford
  • Myrtle Tavern - Meanwood, Leeds
  • Hare & Hounds - Tingley, Wakefield
  • The Mutton at Hazeley Heath - The Mutton, Hook
  • The Old Crown - Digbeth, Birmingham
  • Gaggle of Geese - Buckland Newton, Dorset


Best Pub to Watch Sport

  • Spy Bar - Newcastle upon Tyne
  • The Gardeners Arms / The Murderers - Norwich
  • Pinnacle Sports & Games - Leeds
  • The Cherry Tree Pennycross  - Plymouth
  • The Minories - London, City of London
  • The Kings Arms in Kings Heath - Kings Heath, Birmingham


Best Sustainable Pub - Sponsored by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

  • The Pig's Ear - Chelsea, London
  • The George - Castleton, Hope Valley
  • The Bull - Charlbury, Chipping Norton
  • The Loch & The Tyne by Adam Handling - Old Windsor, Windsor
  • The Bat and Ball Breamore  - Fordingbridge
  • Fox & Hounds - Barley, Royston


Best Town Pub - Sponsored by Molson Coors

  • The Wykeham Arms - Winchester, Hampshire
  • The Star Inn Coffee & Ale House - Ryde
  • The Pied Bull - Chester
  • Binary - Mickleover, Derby
  • The Ship Tavern - Holborn, London
  • Crown Wharf - Stone, Staffordshire


Admiral Taverns Pub of the Year

  • The Castle - Swindon, Wiltshire
  • The Sun - Birchington, Kent
  • The Rising Sun - Brentwood, Essex
  • The Gasoline - Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  • The Tavern - Hatton, Derbyshire
  • The Chrystal Bell - Gallowgate, Glasgow


Greene King Pub of the Year

  • The Star - Godalming, Surrey
  • The Portland Arms - Cambridge
  • The Red Lion, Milton Bryan - Woburn, Milton Keynes
  • The Swan - Needham Market, Ipswich
  • The Norton Arms - Halton, Runcorn
  • The Old Ship - Perth


Marston's Pub of the Year

  • The Old Arcade - Cardiff
  • The High Orchard - Gloucester
  • The Red Lion - Newburgh Village, Parbold
  • The Grapes - Belper
  • The Honeystone - Hunstanton, Norfolk
  • The Manor House of Whittington - Kinver, Stourbridge


Punch Pub of the Year

  • The Wollaton - Wollaton, Nottingham
  • The Holly Bush - Bordon, Hampshire
  • The Phoenix - Corby
  • The Piper - Chester
  • The Anglesey Arms - Halnaker, Chichester
  • The Dun Cow - Salthouse, Holt


Star Pub of the Year

  • The Cartvale - Busby, Glasgow
  • The Merlin - Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham
  • The Boat & Horses - Beeston, Nottingham
  • The Black Pug - Warwick
  • The Kings Arms - Orsett, Grays
  • The Langton - Brislington, Bristol


Stonegate Group Pub Partners Pub of the Year

  • The Old Windmill - Coventry
  • The Plough - Huddlesford, Lichfield
  • The Fox Keston  - Greater London
  • The Bay Horse - Hurworth, Darlington
  • Old Nags Head - Manchester
  • Gower Inn - Parkmill, Swansea


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