Hundreds of pubs chosen as the country’s best

Pub and bar operators from hundreds of venues across the UK are celebrating ahead of the long Easter weekend, as more than 250 businesses raise a glass to being nominated for a National Pub & Bar Award.

The annual event, which returns to London on Tuesday 24 June, highlights an eclectic range of venues across the whole of the UK by naming 94 sites as the best in their respective counties.

In a change-up to previous years, the 94 County Winners will be announced live at the event, as well as Highly Commended venues for each area. In total, 256 pubs and bars – listed below – have been shortlisted throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Brilliant businesses

“The aim of the National Pub & Bar Awards is simple,” says Tristan O’Hana, editor of Pub & Bar magazine, which runs the event. “We want to showcase how brilliant these businesses are and how valuable pubs and bars are to fabric of society across the whole of the UK.

“It has never been harder in hospitality. Whether it’s a countryside pub with rooms or a city centre bar showing live sport, these operations deserve widespread recognition and more customers – hopefully the National Pub & Bar Awards can help with both.”

The awards look at a number of elements that affect the customer journey, including marketing, digital presence, design, service, style of offer and investment. The venues now have over two months in which to trade off their achievement, before making their way to the National Pub & Bar Awards grand final in June.

Held at Big Penny Social in London, the final will welcome all 256 nominees to come together and celebrate their success, before discovering which venues will go on to become County and Regional Winners.

The awards night will also crown the Pub Group of the Year, Bar Group of the Year, The Tyrrells Tyrrellbly Good Taste Award – presented by the event’s headline sponsor – and, ultimately, the overall National Pub & Bar of the Year.

On top of that, the 2025 event will launch the Top 10 Pubs & Bars in the UK list, which has been voted for by hundreds of operators from across the country.

The National Pub & Bar Awards 2025 is sponsored by Tyrrells, Booker, Cawston Press, ICRTouch, Randall Parker Food Group, Sky Business and Strongbow. 

The 2025 National Pub & Bar Awards County Nominees

East Midlands

Derbyshire
The George, Castleton
The Pack Horse Hayfield
The Prince of Wales, Baslow

Leicestershire
Cow and Plough
The Forge Inn
The Griffin Inn

Northamptonshire
The Red Lion, Kettering
The Sheaf Inn
The Tollemache Arms

Nottinghamshire
The Four Bells Inn, Nottingham
The Radcliffe
The Tap & Run

Rutland
The Admiral Hornblower
The Fox, Oakham
The Olive Branch Country Inn

East of England

Essex
Railway Arms, Saffron Walden
Thatchers Arms
The Windmill Chatham Green

Bedfordshire
The Boot Inn
The Crown, Henlow
The Oddfellows Arms

Cambridgeshire
The Burleigh Arms
The Grantchester Green Man
The Three Hills Bartlow

Hertfordshire
The Black Horse, Barnet
The Farmer’s Boy
The Highwayman

Norfolk
The Angel at Watlington
The Gunton Arms
The Kings Head, Letheringsett

Suffolk
The Anchor at Walberswick
The Lord Nelson
The Newbourne Fox

London

City of London
Goldwood
Lamb Tavern
The Wren Tavern

Greater London
The Baring
The Devonshire
The French House
The Red Lion & Sun
The Walmer Castle

North East

Durham
The Bay Horse
The Kingslodge Inn
The Seaton Lane Inn 

Northumberland
The Black Swan Inn, Seahouses
The Crown Inn Humshaugh
The Lindisfarne Inn

Tyne and Wear
Manahatta
The Broad Chare
The Seaburn Inn

North West

Cheshire
Bunbury Arms
Cholmondeley Arms
The Bull's Head, Mobberley  

Cumbria
Boaters Bar Bowness
The Black Bull, Sedbergh
The Temperance Inn 

Greater Manchester
Electric Shuffle Manchester
Side Street Manchester
The Edinburgh Castle 

Lancashire
Offshore
Parkers Arms
The Black Bull, Blackburn

Merseyside
Flight Club Liverpool
Roscoe Head
St Peters Tavern

Northern Ireland

Antrim
Duke of York, Belfast
Rococo Wine Bar Antrim
Sunflower Public House 

Armagh
Courthouse Bar
Keegan's
The Hole in the Wall 

Down
Dundrum Inn
The Dirty Duck Alehouse
The Maghera Inn 

Fermanagh
Blakes of the Hollow
Charlie's Bar
The Taphouse 

Derry/Londonderry
Blackbird
Guildhall Taphouse
Pedar O'Donnell's

Tyrone
Bogans
The Brewer's House and The Lower House Bar & Rooms
Tomneys

Northern Scotland

Aberdeenshire
Beekies Neuk
The Boat Inn, Aboyne 

Angus
The Birkhill Inn
The Picture House 

Argyll and Bute
Macgochans
Tigh An Truish

City of Aberdeen
The Spiritualist
The Tippling House 

City of Dundee
Bertie Mooney's
The Barrelman 

Clackmannanshire
The Bobbing John
The Mansfield Arms 

Fife
Dreel Tavern
Montagues 

Highland
Sligachan Hotel
The Ben Nevis Bar 

Moray
The Mash Tun
The Old Mill Inn 

Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)
The Cross Inn
The Crown, Stornoway 

Orkney Islands
Ayre Hotel
St Ola Hotel 

Perth and Kinross
The Inn at Loch Tummel
The Old Ship Inn 

Shetland Islands
Douglas Arms
The Dowry 

Stirling
The Cross Keys
The Rising Sun

Southern Scotland

City of Edinburgh
Cloisters
Tipsy Midgie Whisky Bar 

City of Glasgow
Piper Whisky Bar
The French Horn 

Dumfries and Galloway
Kenmuir Arms
The Steamboat Inn 

East Ayrshire
Hollybush Inn, Hollybush
The Weston 

East Dunbartonshire
The Stables
The Station 

East Lothian
Broc Bar at The Bonnie Badger
Station Yard 

East Renfrewshire
The Cartvale
The White Cart

Falkirk
New Market Bar
The Wheatsheaf

Inverclyde
One Bruce Street Bar & Kitchen
Scotts

Midlothian
Laird and Dog Inn
Stewart Brewing Brewery Bar & Pizza Kitchen

North Ayrshire
The Northern Way
The Red Squirrel

North Lanarkshire
The Electric Bar
The Railway Tavern

Renfrewshire
The Boarding House
The Coach House

Scottish Borders
The Horseshoe Inn
Wheatsheaf Hotel

South Ayrshire
The Kirkmichael Arms
The Smoking Goat

South Lanarkshire
The Applebank Inn
The Rowantree Inn

West Dunbartonshire
Counting House
The Glen Lusset

West Lothian
Livingston Inn
The Four Mary’s

South East

Berkshire
The Belgian Arms
The Last Crumb
The Rising Sun, Reading

Buckinghamshire
The Jolly Farmer, Gerrards Cross
The Journeyman
The Rising Sun, Aylesbury

East Sussex
The Argyle Arms
The Geese
The Royal Sovereign

Hampshire
The High Corner Inn
The Ship Inn Langstone
The White Buck Inn

Isle of Wight
The Fighting Cocks
The Old Fort, Seaview
The Taverners

Kent
The Flying Horse, Smarden
The Leicester Arms
The Marquis of Granby

Oxfordshire
Double Red Duke
The Black Horse, Thame
The Bull, Charlbury
The Nags Head on The Thames
The Trout Inn

Surrey
Teller's Arms
The Kings Arms, Egham
The Running Horses, Mickleham

West Sussex
Crown and Anchor, Chichester
The Red Deer, Horsham
The White Horse, Chilgrove

South West

Bristol
Mulligans
The All Inn
The Gloucester Old Spot

Cornwall
Heron Inn
The Pickwick Inn & Oliver's Restaurant
The Ship Inn, Porthleven

Devon
The Cove
The Masons Arms
The Thatched Tavern

Dorset
The Dog House
The King's Arms, Shaftesbury
The Libertine
The Pavilion Arms

Gloucestershire
Dr Foster
The Crown at Ampney Brook
The Bell Inn Langford
The Lion Inn, Winchcombe

Somerset
Ludo Sports Bar & Kitchen
The Swan Inn, Rowberrow
The Talbot Inn

Wiltshire
The Beckford Arms
The King John Inn
The Royal Oak, Easterton

Wales

Clwyd
Mold Alehouse
The Griffin
The Lighthouse Inn

Dyfed
The Golden Lion
The Stackpole Inn
White Hart Thatched Inn & Brewery

Gwent
The Black Bear Inn
The Clytha Arms
The Duffryn Arms

Gwynedd
The Bull's Head Inn
The Fairy Falls Hotel
Yr Eagles

Mid Glamorgan
The Golden Mile
The Old House 1147
The Rock Inn

Powys
The Checkers
The Nags Head Inn
The Sun Hotel

South Glamorgan
Blue Anchor Inn
Bonnie Rogues Pub
Hare & Hounds

West Glamorgan
Bonnie Rogues Pub
Britannia Inn
Pontardawe Inn

West Midlands

Herefordshire
Prince of Wales, Ledbury
The Oak Inn Staplow
The Riverside at Aymestrey

Shropshire
The Acton At Morville
The Huntsman of Little Wenlock
The Tally Ho Inn

Staffordshire
Fitzherbert Arms
The Duncombe Arms
The Tamworth Tap

Warwickshire
The Aviary Bar
The Drawing Board
The Red Lion, Long Compton

West Midlands
Albert's Schloss
The Queens, Walsall
The Tamworth Arms

Worcestershire
The Pillar Of Salt Droitwich
The Wildmoor Oak
Ye Olde Black Cross

Yorkshire and the Humber

East Riding of Yorkshire
Firepit, Beverley
The Goodmanham Arms
The Old Star

Lincolnshire
The Red Lion Hotel, Spalding
The Royal Oak Inn, Louth
The Strait and Narrow

North Yorkshire
The Black Swan, Helmsley
The Black Swan, Ripon
The Plough, Wombleton

South Yorkshire
Biscuit Billy's
Public
The Woodman

West Yorkshire
Pinnacle Sports & Games
SALT Beer Factory
The Shibden Mill Inn