Great British Pub Awards ... no idea who picks these, looks like an excuse for an industry pissup
https://greatbritishpubawards.co.uk/...2022-finalists
Best City/Urban Pub
Rose & Crown - Southwark, South London
Bridewell - Liverpool, Merseyside
The Grapes - Bath, Somerset
Kings Arms - Bexleyheath, Kent
Strait & Narrow - Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Turk’s Head - Twickenham, South West London
Best Country/Rural Pub - Sponsored by Everard Cole
The Elephant & Castle - St Albans, Hertfordshire
The Old Queens Head - Penn, Buckinghamshire
The Cherry Tree Inn - Catthorpe, Leicestershire
The Red Lion - Cranford, Northamptonshire
The Three Hills - Bartlow, Cambridgeshire
Ye Olde Bridge Inn - Oxton, Nottinghamshire
Best Pub for Dogs - Sponsored by Rover
Greenhead Hotel - Cumbria
The Bellflower - Preston, Lancashire
The Leicester Arms - Penshurst, Kent
The Pheasant - Bassenthwaite, Cumbria
The Runner - Swindon, Wiltshire
The Oak - Coventry, West Midlands
Best Pub for Entertainment
Almondsbury Creative - Almondsbury, Gloucestershire
The Kings Arms - Bexleyheath, Kent
Kings Arms - Salford, Greater Manchester
The Anchor Inn - Wingham, Kent
The Rigger - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
The Saddle Inn - Chester, Cheshire
Best Pub for Families
Almondsbury Creative - Almondsbury, Gloucestershire
Gaggle of Geese - Dorchester, Dorset
Puss in Boots - Stockport, Greater Manchester
The Railway - Lowdham, Nottinghamshire
The River Garden - Harefield, Middlesex
Ye Olde Bridge Inn - Oxton, Nottinghamshire
Best Pub for Food - Sponsored by Booker Makro
Shibden Mill - Halifax, West Yorkshire
The Alice Hawthorn - York, North Yorkshire
Coach & Horses - Bolton-by-Bowoland, Clitheroe, Lancashire
The Tiger Inn - Stowting, Ashford, Kent
The Angel at Watlington - Watlington, Norfolk
The Kitchen at the Cross Keys - Epperstone, Nottingham
Best Pub Garden - Sponsored by Diageo
The Three Hills - Bartlow, Cambridgeshire
The Tamworth Tap - Tamworth, Staffordshire
Gaggle of Geese - Dorchester, Dorset
Castle at Edghill - Banbury, Warwickshire
The Cott Inn - Dartington, Devon
Cock N Bull - Stourbridge, West Midlands
Best Pub to Watch Sport - Sponsored by Sky
Famous Three Kings - Fulham, West London
The Gardeners Arms/The Murderers - Norwich, Norfolk
The Denbigh Castle - Liverpool, Merseyside
The Railway - Yatton, Somerset
The Admiral Nelson - Twickenham, South West London
Anlaby Park Hotel - Hull, East Yorkshire
Best Sustainable Pub - Sponsored by Heineken UK
Black River Inn - Black Torrington, Beaworthy, Devon
Duke of Cambridge - Islington, North London
Riverside, Aymestry - Leominster, Herefordshire
The Railway - Yatton, Somerset
The Castle Inn - Monmouth, Gwent, Monmouthshire
The Camelot - South Cadbury, Somerset
Community Hero - Sponsored by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Pityme Inn - Wadebridge, Cornwall
The Last Post Remembrance Bar & Museum - Thornaby, North Yorkshire
The Lion - Treorchy, Mid Glamorgan
Coal and Cotton - Manchester
Tom Browns - Dorchester, Dorset
Dog and Parrot - Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
Best Pub Chef - Sponsored by Booker Makro
Natalie Coleman – The Oyster Shed, City of London
Dave Wall – The Unruly Pig, Bromeswell, Suffolk
Richard Crouch – The Angel at Watlington, Watlington, Norfolk
Ayesha Kalaji – Queen of Cups, Glastonbury, Somerset
Sean Jeffers – Red Lion, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
Ian Moss – The Coach & Horses, Lancashire
Best Young Pub Chef - Sponsored by Booker Makro
Ellie Fitch-Goodwin – The Pitymee Inn, Wadebridge, Cornwall
Albert Kingwell – The Kings Arms, Bexleyheath, Kent
Tiffany Long – The White Hart Free House, Ashill, Thetford, Norfolk
Ewan Lawrenson – The White Cross, Lancaster, Lancashire
Jack Cronin-Aldridge – JD Youngs, Harleston, South Norfolk
Punch Pubs & Co. Pub of the Year
Golden Cock - Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Red Lion - Guildford, Surrey
Birch Tree - Dudley, West Midlands
Trelowarren - Falmouth, Cornwall
Regent Bar - Edinburgh, Scotland
The Station - Birmingham, West Midlands
Greene King Pub of the Year
The Guy Earl of Warwick - Welling, Kent
The Balavoulin - Aviemore, Scotland
The Greene Oak - Windsor, Berkshire
The Stag Hotel - Lyndhurst, Hampshire
The Crown Inn - Carlisle, Cumbria
The Lamb - Shipton under Wychwood, Oxfordshire
Admiral Taverns Pub of the Year
Brown and Blacks - Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Dartford Sports Bar - Dartford, Kent
Boot & Shoe - Ackworth, Pontefract, Wales
Red Lion - Porthmadog, Wales
Blue Ball Inn - Worrall, Sheffield
Needlemakers Arms - Studley, Warwickshire
Marstons Pub of the Year
The Woodyard - Bakewell, East Midlands
Royal Oak - Compton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Romilly - Cardiff, Wales
Gun Inn - Findon, West Sussex
Railway - Shottle, East Midlands
Rose & Crown - Ulnes Walton, Lancashire
Stonegate Group Pub Partners Pub of the Year
Ye Olde Horseshoe - Belbroughton, Worcestershire
London Tavern - Poulner, Hampshire
Myrtle Tavern - Leeds, West Yorkshire
White Horse - Dover, Kent
Old Windmill - Coventry, West Midlands
White Cross - Lancaster, Lancashire
Star Pubs & Bars Pub of the Year
Bat & Ball - Breamore, Fordingbridge, Hampshire
The Red Lion - Shepperton, Surrey
The Knox - Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Hare and Hounds - Tingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
The Cartvale - Glasgow, Scotland
The Rainbow - Birmingham, West Midlands