THE best pubs around the UK have been revealed – check if your local is on the list.
The National Pub and Bar Awards has shared its shortlist of boozers and restaurants in with the chance of claiming the prestigious title of Pub and Bar of the Year 2025.
The Black Bear Inn is one of the pubs nominated for Pub and Bar of the YearThe awards, organised by the Pub and Bar magazine, recognise the best venues in the UK based on a host of elements including service, style of offer, marketing and customer journey.
Almost 100 county winners will be chosen from the shortlist before a grand final in June where regional winners then the grand title of National Pub and Bar of the Year will be announced.
Among the nominees this year is The George in Castleton, a small pub nestled in the heart of the Peak District National Park.
Another is Beekies Neuk in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, a pub and restaurant serving local produce and large selection of whiskies, rums and gins.
Also on the shortlist is the Black Bear Inn in Gwent, Wales, a rurally-situated inn with a rustic feel.
Bogans, in Tyrone, Northern Ireland, is also nominated this year, known for welcoming punters of all ages.
The Red Lion in Kettering features too – a traditional village pub serving locally-sourced food.
Full list of National Pub and Bar Awards 2025 nominees
Wales
ClwydMold AlehouseThe GriffinThe Lighthouse Inn
DyfedThe Golden LionThe Stackpole InnWhite Hart Thatched Inn & Brewery
GwentThe Black Bear InnThe Clytha ArmsThe Duffryn Arms
GwyneddThe Bull’s Head InnThe Fairy Falls HotelYr Eagles
Mid GlamorganThe Golden MileThe Old House 1147The Rock Inn
PowysThe CheckersThe Nags Head InnThe Sun Hotel
South GlamorganBlue Anchor InnBonnie Rogues PubHare & Hounds
West GlamorganBonnie Rogues PubBritannia InnPontardawe Inn
England
East Midlands
DerbyshireThe George, CastletonThe Pack Horse HayfieldThe Prince of Wales, Baslow
LeicestershireCow and PloughThe Forge InnThe Griffin Inn
NorthamptonshireThe Red Lion, KetteringThe Sheaf InnThe Tollemache Arms
NottinghamshireThe Four Bells Inn, NottinghamThe RadcliffeThe Tap & Run
RutlandThe Admiral HornblowerThe Fox, OakhamThe Olive Branch Country Inn
East of England
EssexRailway Arms, Saffron WaldenThatchers ArmsThe Windmill Chatham Green
BedfordshireThe Boot InnThe Crown, HenlowThe Oddfellows Arms
CambridgeshireThe Burleigh ArmsThe Grantchester Green ManThe Three Hills Bartlow
HertfordshireThe Black Horse, BarnetThe Farmer’s BoyThe Highwayman
NorfolkThe Angel at WatlingtonThe Gunton ArmsThe Kings Head, Letheringsett
SuffolkThe Anchor at WalberswickThe Lord NelsonThe Newbourne Fox
London
City of LondonGoldwoodLamb TavernThe Wren Tavern
Greater LondonThe BaringThe DevonshireThe French HouseThe Red Lion & SunThe Walmer Castle
North East
DurhamThe Bay HorseThe Kingslodge InnThe Seaton Lane Inn
NorthumberlandThe Black Swan Inn, SeahousesThe Crown Inn HumshaughThe Lindisfarne Inn
Tyne and WearManahattaThe Broad ChareThe Seaburn Inn
North West
CheshireBunbury ArmsCholmondeley ArmsThe Bull’s Head, Mobberley
CumbriaBoaters Bar BownessThe Black Bull, SedberghThe Temperance Inn
Greater ManchesterElectric Shuffle ManchesterSide Street ManchesterThe Edinburgh Castle
LancashireOffshoreParkers ArmsThe Black Bull, Blackburn
MerseysideFlight Club LiverpoolRoscoe HeadSt Peters Tavern
South East
BerkshireThe Belgian ArmsThe Last CrumbThe Rising Sun, Reading
BuckinghamshireThe Jolly Farmer, Gerrards CrossThe JourneymanThe Rising Sun, Aylesbury
East SussexThe Argyle ArmsThe GeeseThe Royal Sovereign
HampshireThe High Corner InnThe Ship Inn LangstoneThe White Buck Inn
Isle of WightThe Fighting CocksThe Old Fort, SeaviewThe Taverners
KentThe Flying Horse, SmardenThe Leicester ArmsThe Marquis of Granby
OxfordshireDouble Red DukeThe Black Horse, ThameThe Bull, CharlburyThe Nags Head on The ThamesThe Trout Inn
SurreyTeller’s ArmsThe Kings Arms, EghamThe Running Horses, Mickleham
West SussexCrown and Anchor, ChichesterThe Red Deer, HorshamThe White Horse, Chilgrove
South West
BristolMulligansThe All InnThe Gloucester Old Spot
CornwallHeron InnThe Pickwick Inn & Oliver’s RestaurantThe Ship Inn, Porthleven
DevonThe CoveThe Masons ArmsThe Thatched Tavern
DorsetThe Dog HouseThe King’s Arms, ShaftesburyThe LibertineThe Pavilion Arms
GloucestershireDr FosterThe Crown at Ampney BrookThe Bell Inn LangfordThe Lion Inn, Winchcombe
SomersetLudo Sports Bar & KitchenThe Swan Inn, RowberrowThe Talbot Inn
WiltshireThe Beckford ArmsThe King John InnThe Royal Oak, Easterton
West Midlands
HerefordshirePrince of Wales, LedburyThe Oak Inn StaplowThe Riverside at Aymestrey
ShropshireThe Acton At MorvilleThe Huntsman of Little WenlockThe Tally Ho Inn
StaffordshireFitzherbert ArmsThe Duncombe ArmsThe Tamworth Tap
WarwickshireThe Aviary BarThe Drawing BoardThe Red Lion, Long Compton
West MidlandsAlbert’s SchlossThe Queens, WalsallThe Tamworth Arms
WorcestershireThe Pillar Of Salt DroitwichThe Wildmoor OakYe Olde Black Cross
Yorkshire and the Humber
East Riding of YorkshireFirepit, BeverleyThe Goodmanham ArmsThe Old Star
LincolnshireThe Red Lion Hotel, SpaldingThe Royal Oak Inn, LouthThe Strait and Narrow
North YorkshireThe Black Swan, HelmsleyThe Black Swan, RiponThe Plough, Wombleton
South YorkshireBiscuit Billy’sPublicThe Woodman
West YorkshirePinnacle Sports & GamesSALT Beer FactoryThe Shibden Mill Inn
Scotland
Northern Scotland
AberdeenshireBeekies NeukThe Boat Inn, Aboyne
AngusThe Birkhill InnThe Picture House
Argyll and ButeMacgochansTigh An Truish
City of AberdeenThe SpiritualistThe Tippling House
City of DundeeBertie Mooney’sThe Barrelman
ClackmannanshireThe Bobbing JohnThe Mansfield Arms
FifeDreel TavernMontagues
HighlandSligachan HotelThe Ben Nevis Bar
MorayThe Mash TunThe Old Mill Inn
Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)The Cross InnThe Crown, Stornoway
Orkney IslandsAyre HotelSt Ola Hotel
Perth and KinrossThe Inn at Loch TummelThe Old Ship Inn
Shetland IslandsDouglas ArmsThe Dowry
StirlingThe Cross KeysThe Rising Sun
Southern Scotland
City of EdinburghCloistersTipsy Midgie Whisky Bar
City of GlasgowPiper Whisky BarThe French Horn
Dumfries and GallowayKenmuir ArmsThe Steamboat Inn
East AyrshireHollybush Inn, HollybushThe Weston
East DunbartonshireThe StablesThe Station
East LothianBroc Bar at The Bonnie BadgerStation Yard
East RenfrewshireThe CartvaleThe White Cart
FalkirkNew Market BarThe Wheatsheaf
InverclydeOne Bruce Street Bar & KitchenScotts
MidlothianLaird and Dog InnStewart Brewing Brewery Bar & Pizza Kitchen
North AyrshireThe Northern WayThe Red Squirrel
North LanarkshireThe Electric BarThe Railway Tavern
RenfrewshireThe Boarding HouseThe Coach House
Scottish BordersThe Horseshoe InnWheatsheaf Hotel
South AyrshireThe Kirkmichael ArmsThe Smoking Goat
South LanarkshireThe Applebank InnThe Rowantree Inn
West DunbartonshireCounting HouseThe Glen Lusset
West LothianLivingston InnThe Four Mary’s
Northern Ireland
AntrimDuke of York, BelfastRococo Wine Bar AntrimSunflower Public House
ArmaghCourthouse BarKeegan’sThe Hole in the Wall
DownDundrum InnThe Dirty Duck AlehouseThe Maghera Inn
FermanaghBlakes of the HollowCharlie’s BarThe Taphouse
Derry/LondonderryBlackbirdGuildhall TaphousePedar O’Donnell’s
TyroneBogansThe Brewer’s House and The Lower House Bar & RoomsTomneys
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