Camra names best 16 real ale pubs

The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has launched the 36th edition of the Good Beer Guide​ featuring 1,227 new pubs and 73 new breweries.

The Guide features the best 4,500 real ale pubs and also announced its 16 regional winners, from which one will be crowned pub fo the year in February.

The Guide features both urban and rural pubs, giving details of food, pub history, architecture, transport links, beer gardens, accommodation, disabled access and facilities for families.

Pubs are surveyed by local CAMRA members and scored on a variety of aspects including customer service, the clientele mix (ie the pub appeals to 18 and 80 year olds), value for money, décor and the quality of the real ale.

"It is great to see that there are now more than 660 real ale breweries in Britain brewing over 2,500 different varieties of real ale and so many wonderful pubs to drink them in," said guide editor Roger Protz.

"Camra members work tirelessly to survey the pubs each year to make sure the reader gets the most updated guide to the best pubs in Britain. I would personally like to thank them for all of their hard work and support."

Regional pubs of the year:​

Central Southern — Royal Oak Inn, Newbury Street, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8DF

East Anglia — Chequers, 71 Main Road, Little Gransden, Cambridgeshire

East Midlands — Arkwright Arms, Chesterfield Road, Sutton Cum Duckmanton, Derbyshire

Greater London — Trafalgar, 23 High Path, Greater London, SW19 2JY

Greater Manchester — Crown, 154 Heaton Lane, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK4 1AR

Kent — Butcher's Arms, 29A Herne Street, Herne, Kent, CT6 7HL

Merseyside, Cheshire and N Wales — Blue Bell, Rhosemor Road, Halkyn, North-East Wales, CH8 8DL

North East — King's Arms, Beach Street, Deptford, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR4 6BU

Scotland/Northern Ireland — Marine Hotel, 9-10 Shorehead, Stonehaven, Grampian, AB39 2JY

South/Mid Wales — Tafarn John y Gwas, Drefach-Felindre, West Wales, SA44 5XG

South West — Tom Cobley Tavern, Spreyton, Devon, EX17 5AL

Surrey and Sussex — Royal Oak, Friday Street, Rusper West Sussex, RH12 4QA

Wessex — Red Lion Inn, Kilmington, Wiltshire, BA12 6RP

West Midlands — Beacon Hotel, 129 Bilston Street, Sedgley, West Midlands, DY3 1JE

West Pennines — Black Cock, Princes Street, Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA20 6HQ

Yorkshire — Kelham Island Tavern, 62 Russell Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire, S3 8RW