GBPA 2024 host unveiled

Known for his roles in shows such as The Royal Family​, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps ​and Death In Paradise​, Little will present the awards on Tuesday 17 September when the prestigious event will be returning to Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse.

Hundreds of pubs entered the competition, before expert judges whittled it down across two rounds of judging with on-the-road site visits now taking place across the summer.

Ed Bedington, editor of The Morning Advertiser​, which organises the awards, said: "The Great British Pub Awards is always a great night, and it'll be fantastic to have the wonderful Ralf Little, star of some of the UK's most beloved sitcoms, join us on the night to help celebrate the success of some of the best pubs in the business."

The awards are kindly sponsored by Booker Makro, Coca Cola Europacific Partners, Diageo GB, Molson Coors, SIBA and TNT Sports, alongside pubco partners Admiral Taverns, Greene King, Marston’s, Punch Pubs and Stonegate.

The 2024 Great British Pub Awards finalists:

Best Beer Pub​

Bermuda Triangle Pub – Poole, Dorset

Bowland Beer Hall – Clitheroe, Lancashire

The Barking Cat Alehouse – Poole, Dorset

The Kenton – Hackney, east London

The Tamworth Tap – Tamworth, Staffordshire

Whitelock’s Ale House – Leeds, West Yorkshire

Best Country Pub​

Cross Keys Inn – Ettrickbridge, Scottish Borders

The Horse & Groom – Fordingbridge, Hampshire

The Kirkstyle Inn and Sportsman’s Rest – Brampton, Northumberland

The Snooty Fox – Lowick, Northamptonshire

The Swan at Marbury – Nantwich, Cheshire

The Tollemache Arms – Harrington, Northamptonshire

Best Pub for Dogs​

No. Twenty9 Bar and Restaurant – Burnham Market, Norfolk

The Bull’s Head – Mobberley, Cheshire

The Butchers Arms – Stroud, Gloucestershire

The Coniston Inn – Coniston, Cumbria

The Maltings – Warrington, Cheshire

The Old Duke – Southport, Merseyside

Best Pub for Entertainment​

Chaplin’s & The Cellar Bar – Boscombe, Dorset

The Dunes – Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire

The Keynsham Courtyard – Keynsham, Bristol

The Phoenix Arts Club – Soho, central London

The Trafalgar Tavern – Greenwich, south-east London

Two Brewers – Clapham, south-west London

Best Pub for Families​

Almondsbury Creative – Almondsbury, Bristol

The Old Thatch – Wimborne, Dorset

The Perry Hill Pub – Perry Hill, south-east London

The Plough – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

The Thornhill – Calverley, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Ye Olde Bridge Inn – Oxton, Nottinghamshire

Best Pub for Food​

Hinds Head – Bray, Berkshire

The Angel at Watlington – Watlington, Norfolk

The Black Bull – Sedbergh, Cumbria

The Bulls Head – Holymoorside, Chesterfield, Derbyshire

The Kirkstyle Inn and Sportsman’s Rest – Brampton, Northumberland

The Longs Arms – Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire

Best Pub Garden​

Myrtle Tavern – Leeds, West Yorkshire

The Black Friar – Salford, Manchester

The Elephant & Castle – Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire

The Three Hills – Bartlow, Cambridgeshire

The White Buck Inn – Burley, Hampshire

The Woodman – Ruislip, Middlesex

Best Pub to Watch Sport​

Clubhouse 5 – Leicester Square, central London

Cross Keys – Hull, East Yorkshire

Pinnacle Beer & Gin Hall – Leeds, West Yorkshire

The Cricketers Arms – Wimborne, Dorset

The Gardeners Arms/Murderers – Norwich, Norfolk

The Sandon Complex – Liverpool, Merseyside

Best Sustainable Pub​

Royal Oak – Ramsden, Oxfordshire

The Bell Inn – Castle Hedingham, Essex

The George – Castleton, Hope Valley

The Kings Head Inn – Brooke, Norfolk

The Loch & The Tyne by Adam Handling – Old Windsor, Berkshire

The Pig’s Head – Clapham, south-west London

Best Town Pub​

Barking George (The Harrogate Inn) – Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Bull & Swan – Stamford, Lincolnshire

The Castle – Farnham, Surrey

The Kings Arms – Bexleyheath, Greater London

The Old Crown – Birmingham, West Midlands

The Wigmore – Marylebone, west London

Community Pub of the Year​

Almondsbury Creative – Almondsbury, Bristol

Guy Earl of Warwick – Welling, Kent

Royal Oak Radcliffe – Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire

The Kings Arms – Horsham, West Sussex

The Last Post Memorial Bar – Thornaby, Durham

The Swan – Windsor, Berkshire

Admiral Taverns Pub of the Year​

Ashby Tavern – Hinckley, Leicestershire

The Royal Oak – Brandon, Warwickshire

The Bellringer – Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Blue Ball Inn – Worrall, South Yorkshire

The Rising Sun – Rochester, Kent

The Commercial Inn – Dunfermline, Scotland

Greene King Pub of the Year​

The Hayloft – Hayloft, Nottingham

The Futurist – Liverpool, Merseyside

The East End Fox – Baillieston, Glasgow

The Dolphin – Wallingford, Oxfordshire

The Queen’s Head – Pinner, Greater London

The Cott Inn – Dartington, Devon

Marston’s Pub of the Year​

Aubery Arms – Cardiff, Wales

Griffin – Loughborough, Leicestershire

Llangewydd Arms – Bridgend, Wales

New Plough Inn – Hinckley, Leicestershire

The Star – Penkridge, Staffordshire

Twa Dogs – Keswick, Cumbria

Stonegate Group Pub Partners Pub of the Year​

The Woodman – Ruislip, Middlesex

The Newtown Pippin – Bracknell, Berkshire

The Crown & Anchor – Northern Quarter, Manchester

The Pack Horse – Hayfield, Derbyshire

The Gloucester Old Spot – Bristol

Danish Invader – Stamford, Lincolnshire

Punch Pub of the Year

Beeswing – Northallerton, North Yorkshire

Three Horseshoes – Hazlemere, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

The Bounty – Basingstoke, Hampshire

The Red Lion – Cranford, Kettering, Northamptonshire