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GBPA 2023: finalists unveiled
Hundreds of pubs entered the prestigious competition, which has been running for more than two decades, before expert judges whittled it down across two rounds of judging before the on-the-road visits take place across the summer.
This year’s ceremony will be returning to Manchester and taking place on Tuesday 19 September at the city’s Victoria Warehouse.
The Morning Advertiser, which organises the awards, editor Ed Bedington said: “The great British pub is an institution to be proud of and we are proud to be able to honour and recognise some of the best businesses in the country.
“Our finalists have now been selected from hundreds of amazing entries from all over the UK.
“I am excited to visit the sites alongside my fellow judges and we look forward to revealing the winners in the autumn.”
The awards are kindly sponsored by: Booker/Makro, Coca Cola Europacific Partners, Everard Cole, Diageo, Heineken, Molson Coors and PepsiCo alongside pubco partners Admiral Taverns, Greene King, Marston's, Stonegate and Punch Pubs.
The finalists are:
Best City/Urban Pub
The Kings Arms, Bexleyheath, south east London
The Audley Public House, Mayfair, west London
The Bridewell, Liverpool
The Coach House, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
The George IV, Chiswick, west London
The Turk’s Head, Twickenham, Greater London
Best Country/Rural Pub
The Black Bull, Sedbergh, Cumbria
Cholmondeley Arms, Cholmondeley, Cheshire
The Three Hills, Bartlow, Cambridgeshire
The Elephant & Castle, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
The Plough, Normanton on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire
Fox & Hounds, Barley, Hertfordshire
Best Pub for Dogs
The Bellflower, Garstang, Lancashire
The Kings Arms, Horsham, West Sussex
The Leicester Arms, Penshurst, Kent
Bulls Head, Mobberley, Cheshire
The Maltings, Warrington, Cheshire
The Swan, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
Best Pub for Entertainment
Chaplin’s & The Cellar Bar, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset
The Phoenix Arts Club, Soho, central London
The Kings Arms, Bexleyheath, south east London
The Saddle Inn, Chester, Cheshire
The Anchor Inn, Wingham, Kent
The Hightown Pub & Kitchen, Liverpool
Best Pub for Families
Gaggle of Geese, Buckland Newton, Dorchester, Dorset
Puss in Boots, Offerton, Stockport, Greater Manchester
The Hightown Pub & Kitchen, Liverpool
Ye Olde Bridge Inn, Oxton, Nottinghamshire
The Plough, Normanton on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire
Almondsbury Creative, Almondsbury, Gloucestershire
Best Pub for Food
The Beresford Arms, Morpeth, Northumberland
The Hinds Head, Bray, Berkshire
The Loch & The Tyne, Old Windsor, Berkshire
The Bulls Head, Holymoorside, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Carpenter’s Arms, Felixkirk, Thirsk, North Yorkshire
Shibden Mill Inn, Halifax, West Yorkshire
Best Pub Garden
The Hare & Hounds, West Ardsley, West Yorkshire
The Elephant & Castle, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
The Drummond at Albury, Guildford, Surrey
The Bellflower, Garstang, Lancashire
Ye Olde Bridge Inn, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Gaggle of Geese, Buckland Newton, Dorchester, Dorset
Best Pub to Watch Sport
Dartford Sports Bar, Dartford, Kent
Sports Bar & Grill, Canary Wharf, east London
The Royal Dyche, Burnley, Lancashire
The Coach House Restaurant, Dexter’s Sports Bar Grill & Terrace, Humberston, Lincolnshire
Cross Keys, Kingston-upon-Hull, East Yorkshire
Pinnacle Beer & Gin Hall, West Park, Leeds
Best Sustainable Pub
Bat & Ball, Breamore, Hampshire
Fox & Hounds, Barley, Royston, Hertfordshire
Stroud Brewery Taproom, Stroud, Gloucestershire
The Black River Inn, Black Torrington, Devon
The Loch & the Tyne, Old Windsor, Berkshire
The Rising Sun, Truro, Cornwall
Best Young Pub Chef
Charlie Kendall-Smith – the Dog at Wingham, Kent
Karl Quirante – the Cricketers, Ormskirk, Lancashire
Tabi Martin – Queen of Cups, Glastonbury, Somerset
Community Hero
Chaplin’s & the Cellar Bar, Bournemouth, Dorset
The Lion Treorchy, Treorchy
The Old Abbey Taphouse, Manchester
The Alexandra, Wimbledon, south west London
The Rose & Crown, Ashbury, Oxfordshire
Dog & Parrot, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
Greene King Pub of the Year
East End Fox, Baillieston, Glasgow
The Carnarvon, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Hare & Hound, King’s Heath, Birmingham
Lion & Lamb, Little Canfield, Dunmow, Essex
Stag at Lyndhurst, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
Guy Earl of Warwick, Welling, south east London
Marston’s Pub of the Year
Black Bull Hotel Old Langho, Blackburn, Lancashire
Cock & Magpie Bewdley, Worcestershire
Holly Bush Derby, Derbyshire
Royal Oak, Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Star Inn, Tideswell, Buxton, Derbyshire
Rose & Crown, Worcester, Worcestershire
Stonegate Pub of the Year
The Farmers Arms at Frankby, Wirral, Merseyside
Swan, Thornbury, Bristol, Gloucestershire
White Horse, Hambrook, Bristol, Gloucestershire
Allied Arms, Reading, Berkshire
Woodman, Pinner & Ruislip, Greater London
Admiral Pub of the Year
Keynsham Courtyard, Keynsham, Somerset
The Turf, Wrexham,
The Commercial Inn, Dunfermline
Boot & Shoe, Ackworth, Pontefract, West Yorkshire
Bellringer, Berryhill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Brown Cow Inn, Liverpool, Merseyside
Punch Pub of the Year
The Ferry, Wallasey, Merseyside
Shakespeare, Hull, East Yorkshire
Wickstead Arms, Nantwich, Cheshire
The Ship, Grays, Essex
Bulls Head, Countesthorpe, Leicestershire
The Plough, Prestbury, Gloucestershire
William Mitchell, Morecambe, Lancashire
The Dog House, Lambeth, south London
Anglesey Arms, Halnaker, Chichester, West Sussex
