This list was compiled before the pandemic by The European Bar Guide, and was recently
picked up by the Sheffield Star because Sheffield pubs feature very prominantly.
British pubs in reverse order:
95. Wm. Hawkes Hull
91. Cittie of Yorke Fleet Street, London
89. Blake Hotel Sheffield
85. Circus Tavern Manchester
83. Headrow House Leeds
81. Lamb & Flag Covent Garden, London
80. Wellington Shalesmoor, Sheffield
76. Mayflower Rotherhithe, London
73. Brudenell Social Club Leeds
68. Fat Cat Sheffield
64. Sheaf View Sheffield
61. Gordon's Wine Bar London WC2
57. Shakespeare's Ale & Cider House Sheffield
55. Whitelocks Leeds
52. Blue Bell Fossgate, York
50. Nightjar Shoreditch, London
48. Red Deer Sheffield
47. Ye Olde White Harte Hull
41. Cardigan Arms Leeds
34. Ye Olde Black Boy Hull
23. Robin Hood Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge
20. Fagans Sheffield
I make that 22 from UK, with none at all from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I can see why a Sheffield journalist would pick up on this, with seven Sheffield pubs among 22 English selections in the Top 100 in Europe. Even more impressive, but not mentioned in the article, is the achievement of James Birkett, owner of the Wellington, Blake Hotel and Sheaf View. They're his only pubs and all three are in the best 100 pubs in Europe.
I've been to 18 in England, and the only one I that I've been to among the Continental offerings is at no.12: Schenkerla in Bamberg, Germany.