I've been looking back through my reviews of pubs visited in 2020 to refresh my memory - helped by there being fewer than in previous years. I made 359 visits to 211 pubs, of which 104 were pubs that were new to me. Normally I'd be looking for scores of 9 or 10, but this year I'll kick off with those that managed an 8.

Scarbrough Hotel, Leeds
New Inn, Clitheroe
Greaves Park, Lancaster
The Duke William, Stourbridge
The Royal Exchange, Stourbridge
Kings Head, Gunnerside (Swaledale)
The Burton Bridge Inn, Burton on Trent
The Elms, Burton on Trent
The Robin Hood, Pontefract
George Inn, Hubberholme (Wharfedale)

Now four pubs that scored a 9:

Talbot Arms, Settle
Plough & Harrow, Stourbridge
The Royal Oak, Borough, London SE1
The Swan & Railway, Wigan

And finally, just one pub with a review in 2020 that scored 10:

The Cover Bridge Inn, near Middleham (Wensleydale)

...but we've not finished yet. My most visited pub last year was one of the nearest to my home in Sheffield, and it's not the Kelham Island Tavern, Shakespeare's Ale & Cider House, the Crow Inn, the Fat Cat or any of those usual suspects. I gave it a 10 when I reviewed it in 2019, and it certainly hasn't got worse in the last 12 months.

Pub of the Year 2020:

The Blake Hotel, Walkley, Sheffield