Overview

• The selection features pubs across every UK region, from historic inns to micropubs and community-owned venues.
• Regional honorees include Wales’s Rhos yr Hafod Inn, Yorkshire’s The Beer Engine, London’s The Hope in Carshalton, and Staffordshire’s Tamworth Tap, a past national winner.
• CAMRA will cut the list to four finalists in October before announcing the national Pub of the Year in January 2026.
• Judging focused on atmosphere, décor, welcome, service, inclusivity, overall impression and the quality of cask beer, real cider and perry.
• CAMRA’s call follows mounting pressures on the sector, with official data showing 209 pubs permanently lost in the first half of 2025 and more than 2,200 since 2019.