Worst Pub of the Year

[NickDavies]

And I thought it was posh over there!

Vodaphone.

[Quinno]

Looks like Newbury is wearing the badge of shame this year......unless someone can come up with a worse place

To be fair, Newbury does have a small clutch of decent or 'trying-to-get-there' pubs (The Lamb Inn ; The Lion ; Lock Stock & Barrel ; The Newbury) and both of the JDW's are a cut above the general Spoons stable. But there's so much scope for a really good ale house to open up in town. If the now-deceased Wellington Arms hadn't been flogged for housing, it could have been The One. It caught my eye as having potential.

[Strongers]

I nominate the Bird in Hand in W14 as it looks like a pub, but it's a restaurant masquerading as a pub. http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24808/

[Maldenman]

Probably Zerodegrees for me, although being spoken to brusquely like a 5 year old by the so called manager didn't do much for my opinion of the place. I genuinely didn't like the pub or the cold fizzy beer either though in fairness.

[Thuck Phat]

Two candidates spring to mind: The Shady Oak in Tiverton and The Wilfred Owen in Oswestry.

The Wilfred Owen takes the prize for having very few redeeming features and, unlike The Shady Oak, the only way I can see of improving it is by pulling it down.

[Mobyduck]

The Wilfred Owen takes the prize for having very few redeeming features and, unlike The Shady Oak, the only way I can see of improving it is by pulling it down.

Looks Hideous .

[NickDavies]

Looks Hideous .

We're in World's Worst Wetherspoon territory. I always nominate the Shitehelm but this one gives it fair competition

[Mobyduck]

We're in World's Worst Wetherspoon territory. I always nominate the Shitehelm but this one gives it fair competition

I nominate this one, doesn't look so bad from the outside, but crap once in.

[london calling]

Didn't have to think to hard about this, as I'm nominating the same pub as last year. The The Duchess of Cambridge continues to be absolutely woeful, in my eyes. The standard of beer from casks on stillage defies belief. Every time I stay with family nearby, I pop in hoping things have changed and every time I quickly leave saying never again. Thank God for The Tabard, up the road.

The good people of West London thought the same as you and me.The stillage was remove last week and the pub closed down yesterday.

[aleandhearty]

The good people of West London thought the same as you and me.The stillage was remove last week and the pub closed down yesterday.

Sorry, LC. Somehow overlooked this until today. Have to say it comes as no surprise. You can't sell beer that bad and hope to stay in business. I wonder if anyone else will have a crack at it? Have you heard anything on the local grapevine?