Your top 10 pubs

[Quinno]

37 for me - so perhaps a challenge for me this year is to try and bag the remainder!!

[ETA]

I suppose to complete the list we ought to include those that only got 1 vote - sorry, nomination.

[Al Bundy]

I've created a new post on the Not Another List, sorry that should be Yet Another List thread, with a pdf file of my spreadsheet as an attachment. I can't attach the original spreadsheet as the file type is not recognised.

Just a small point. My selection of The Grapes in Liverpool is the one on Knight St/Roscoe St and not the crap one in the Cavern Quarter as stated on your attachment. Thank you.

[Aqualung]

I suppose to complete the list we ought to include those that only got 1 vote - sorry, nomination.

Nomination is a better word but I like four letter words!
I've already looked into Worth Matravers to find that the nearest bus is a long mile away which really rules it out for me.
My single vote for the Hare & Hounds near Hebden Bridge was only made possible by the fact that there is now a decent bus service from HB station which will drop you off and pick you up at the door. Forty years ago it was a walk involving some VERY steep hills but it did include the Mount Skip. They weren't overly strict on afternoon closing which also helped.

[sheffield hatter]

Just a small point. My selection of The Grapes in Liverpool is the one on Knight St/Roscoe St and not the crap one in the Cavern Quarter as stated on your attachment. Thank you.

OMG. I don't know where to put myself. How embarrassing.

I've corrected my spreadheet-pdf on the other thread. A happy result of this is that the average score of the 203 pubs that were nominated has gone up from 8.4 to the slightly more respectable (except for fans of the seven times table) 8.5.

Humble apologies. I'll buy you a pint next time we're both in the Grapes at the same time.

[sheffield hatter]

I think I'm only missing 6. Not sure about the Whalebone but presume must have visited on PG Hull tour.
So, 42!! ... and a week's crawl around that lot would surely provide the quintessential answer to life, the universe, and everything..!

I think I did the Whalebone on my own when we did Hull, though others may have done it earlier or later, of course.

[Wittenden]

Ten for me,of which five were visited in my youth,so are not reviewed here.

[sheffield hatter]

I'm a bit surprised to see that I've been to 39 of these 48 pubs - I must have excellent taste!!

37 for me - so perhaps a challenge for me this year is to try and bag the remainder!!

Just 35 of the quintessential 48 for me. Not surprised to find that Leigh has better taste than me! I've had my eye on the Bell at Aldworth and the Organ Grinder in Loughborough for some time, and almost did the Hand & Shears four years ago, but the other 10 are just a bit off the beaten track for me, so too much of a challenge.

I'm reasonably happy with my 105 out of the 203 total nominations - no doubt half a dozen of you have done 120 or more...

[Tris39]

This is the 48 pubs in alphabet order that achieved more than one vote :-

5 Votes (2)
Brunswick, Derby
Grove, Huddersfield

4 Votes (5)
Black Horse, Preston
Marble Arch, Manchester
Nags Head, Reading
Vine, Brierley Hill
Wenlock Arms, N1


3 Votes (15)
Beacon Hotel, Sedgley
Bell Inn, Aldworth
Crown, Stockport
Fleece, Bretforton
Great Western, Wolverhampton
Guide Dog, Southampton
Harry's Bar, Wakefield
Hope, Carshalton
Old Swan, Netherton
Organ Grinder, Loughborough
Roscoe Head, Liverpool
Royal Oak, SE1
Square & Compass, Worth Matravers
Star Inn, Bath
Wellington, Birmingham





2 Votes (26)
Antelope, Surbiton
Barton Arms, Aston
Bhurtpore, Aston
Blue Bell, York
Bridge Hotel, Newcastle
Bridge, Topsham
Cask, SW1
Chesham Arms, E9
City Arms, Manchester
Cover Bridge, East Witton
Fat Cat, Norwich
Globe, Dunstable
Grove, Leeds
Halfway House, Brenchley
Hand & Shears, EC1
Harp, WC2
Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield
Orange Tree, N21
Red Lion, Snargate
Royal Exchange, Stone
Seven Stars, Rugby
Southampton Arms, NW5
Victoria, Great Harwood
Whalebone, Hull
Wigan Central, Wigan
Ye Olde Mitre, EC1

Oh dear - just five for me:

Chesham, E9
Hand & Shears, EC1
Southampton Arms, NW5
Wenlock, N1
Ye Olde Mitre, EC1

I must try walking further...

[rpadam]

38 for me, missing:

• Bell Inn, Aldworth
• Organ Grinder, Loughborough
• Antelope, Surbiton
• City Arms, Manchester
• Cover Bridge, East Witton
• Globe, Dunstable
• Orange Tree, N21
• Royal Exchange, Stone
• Victoria, Great Harwood
• Wigan Central, Wigan

but all but one already on my 'must visit' list...