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The Route to CAMRA National Pub of the Year

Background

CAMRA divides the UK into 16 regions.

The Gloucestershire Branch is part of the South West Region, which is divided into 14 Branches. These cover the area between Cornwall to Gloucestershire and North West Wiltshire.

The Dursley & District Sub-branch sits within the Gloucestershire Branch which has 6 other sub-branches: Cheltenham, Cirencester, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury.

Process

In October the Dursley Sub-branch decides which is the best 5/6 pubs in the area and the active members who attend sub-branch meetings visit all the pubs selected. They assess the pubs on the following criteria:

  • Most important, beer quality.
  • Welcome and atmosphere.
  • Knowledge of the beers offered, by the bar.
  • Enthusiasm to promote the aims of CAMRA and the display of CAMRA campaigning leaflets and posters.
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At the Dursley CAMRA Sub-region committee Christmas meal the members who have assessed all the pubs, submit their order of choice and the best pub is the winner - to become - Dursley Pub of the Year. The presentation of Pub of the Year 2009 to the Old Spot took place in January 2009.

Each January, the Gloucestershire branch meets and each of the 7 Sub-branch pubs of the year are declared. Representatives from each Sub-branch assess all the pubs, other than their own and the best pub wins. In 2009 it was the Old Spot and the presentation took place in March 2009.

This pub the goes forward to the regional competition (in our case the South West) and the same process takes place with a pub from all 14 branches. The best pub (in our South West region) is the S/W Pub of the Year 2009. This will be awarded to the Old Spot on Sunday 18th October 2009.

The 16 regional pubs of the year are assessed by the same criteria; by the national committee to decide which deserving pub is the CAMRA National Pub of the Year 2009. The presentation takes place in February 2010. A long and drawn out process.

Chris Arrowsmith
- Chairman of Dursley and District CAMRA. September 2009.



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  • CAMRA divides the UK into 16 regions.

  • Click on the Region Name to view all the sub-regions in detail.
    Clicking on the sub areas will take you to CAMRA's website for this region. (NOTE: This will open in a new window)

  • The 16 regions are:

  • 1. Central Southern
    Berkshire, Mid Chilterns, Milton Keynes, N Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire

  • 2. East Anglia
    Cambridgeshire, Beds, Herts/Essex borders, Herts, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk

  • 3. East Midlands
    Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham

  • 4. Kent
    All of Kent

  • 5. Greater London
    All of Greater London

  • 6. Greater Manchester
    Bolton, NE Cheshire, E Cheshire, E Lancashire

  • 7. Merseyside, Cheshire & North Wales
    S Cheshire, Chester & S Clwyd, S Gwynedd , Macclesfield & E Cheshire, Liverpool & District, Southport & District, N Cheshire

  • 8. North East
    Cleveland, Darlington, Durham, Sunderland, Tyneside, Northumberland

  • 9. Scotland & N Ireland
    All of Scotland & N Ireland

  • 10. South & Mid Wales
    The remainder counties not listed in the Merseyside, Cheshire & North Wales region

  • 11. South West
    Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Devon, Wiltshire, Somerset

      Branches within this region are:
    1. Bath & Borders
    2. Bristol & District
    3. Cornwall
    4. Devizes
    5. Exeter & East Devon
    6. Gloucestershire
      • Branch Contact: Martin Parker, 01242 252085
      • Young Members Contact: Mark Richards, 01452 545708
        Sub-branches within the Gloucestershire Branch are:
      • 11.6.1. Cheltenham.
                    Contact: Trevor Carter, 07768 594731
      • 11.6.2. Cirencester.
                    Contact: Andy Frape, 07941 670371
      • 11.6.3. Dursley & District Sub-branch.
                    Contact: Chris Arrowsmith, 01453 548991
      • 11.6.4. Forest of Dean.
                    Contact: Geoff Petheram, 01594 510648
      • 11.6.5. Gloucester.
                    Contact: Alan Stephens, 01452 410237
      • 11.6.6. Stroud.
                    Contact: Andy Burston, 01452 882410
      • 11.6.7. Tewkesbury.
                    Contact: Geoff Lippett, 01684 298641
    7. North Cotswold
    8. North Devon
    9. North West Wiltshire
    10. Plymouth
    11. Somerset
    12. South Devon
    13. Swindon & North Wiltshire
    14. Weston Super Mare Sub Branch

  • 12. Surrey & Sussex
    All of Surrey & Sussex

  • 13. Wessex & Channel Islands
    Dorset, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Wiltshire

  • 14. West Midlands
    West Midlands, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire

  • 15. West Pennines
    Lancashire, Cumbria

  • 16. Yorkshire
    All of Yorkshire






Previous Winners of the prestigious
"CAMRA National Pub of the Year"


A Little Background

The National Pub of the Year is an annual competition held by CAMRA every February that finds the best pub in the UK.

Established in 1988, the competition helps to highlight quality pubs around the UK that are worth seeking out and visiting.

Each year, each local CAMRA branch nominates one pub in their area to be entered.

These 200 pubs then go through to the regional competition, which then whittles down to 4 pubs to go to the national final.

The pubs in the national final are then evaluated on:
  • Quality of the Real Ales served
  • Value for money
  • Atmosphere
  • Interior decoration
  • Customer service and welcome


Previous Winners

2008:The Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
2007:Old Spot, Hill Road, Dursley, Gloucestershire
2006:Tom Cobley Tavern, Spreyton, Devon
2005:The Swan, Little Totham, Essex
2004:The Fat Cat, Norwich, East Anglia
2003:Crown & Thistle, Gravesend, Kent
2002:The Swan, Little Totham, Essex
2001:The Nursery, Heaton Norris, Greater Manchester
2000:Blisland Inn, Blisland, Cornwall
1999:The Rising Sun, Tipton, West Midlands
1998:The Fat Cat, Norwich, East Anglia
1997:The Sair Inn, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
1996:Halfway House, Pitney, Somerset
1995:Coalbrookdale Inn, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
1994:Beamish Mary Inn, No Place, between Stanley and Beamish, Co Durham
1993:Three Kings, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire & The Fishermans Tavern, Broughty Ferry, Tayside
1992:(No Result)
1991:Great Western, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
1990:Bell, Aldworth, Berkshire
1989:Cap & Feathers , Tillingham, Essex
1988:The Boars Head, Kinmuck, Grampian



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