The 16 regional finalists will now compete to be crowned CAMRA’s Pub of the Year, which was won last year by the Swan with Two Necks in Pendleton, Lancashire. The winner will be announced in February.
Beer Guide editor Roger Protz said: “Being named as one the top 16 pubs in the UK is a huge honour that each of these pubs should be hugely proud of. These pubs have won their branch’s Pub of the Year, then gone on to win the regional competition, and now have a chance of being crowned National Pub of the Year – making every one of them a winner in their own right.”
CAMRA’s Top 16 pubs by region
Central Southern -The Five Bells, Wickham, Berkshire
East Anglia - The Victoria Inn, Colchester, Essex
East Midlands - The Dog and Bone, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Kent - The Windmill, Sevenoaks
Merseyside & Cheshire: The Freshfield, Formby, Merseyside
Scotland / N. Ireland: The Steam Packet Inn, Isle of Whithorn, Scotland
West Pennines: Prince of Wales, Foxfield, Cumbria
North East: The John Bull, Alnwick, Northumberland
Greater London: The Door Hinge, Welling, Kent
Greater Manchester The Harewood Arms, Broadbottom, Cheshire
Yorkshire: The Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield
Surrey and Sussex: Surrey Oaks, Newdigate, Surrey
Wales: The Pilot, Mumbles, Swansea
West Midlands: The Beacon Hotel, Sedgley, Dudley
Wessex: The Lamplighter, St Helier, Jersey
South West: The Salutation Inn, Ham, Berkeley, Gloucs