Overview

• CAMRA joined with Historic England to announce the Pub Design Awards 2025, recognising outstanding new builds, restorations, conversions and community locals across the UK.
• Bod Lichfield in Staffordshire won Best New Build for its industrial-chic design featuring recycled wood, quirky lighting and exposed ceiling pipes.
• The Python’s Arms in Herefordshire, a joint winner for Best Conversion, closed on June 1 due to financial difficulties, highlighting the sector’s mounting economic challenges.
• The Swan in Suffolk received the Historic England Conservation award for restoring its Grade II timber frames and adding a sympathetic new conservatory bar.
• The Druid Inn in Wales was named Best Refurbishment, Borough Beer House in Surrey shared the conversion prize and Forester in West Ealing claimed Best Community Local.