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