Good Beer Guide

My new project for 2019 onwards, which might take a few decades, is to start visiting every pub in the Good Beer Guide (GBG). Obviously that’s an unreachable aim since there are 4,500 pubs in the guide (as of November 2023, I’ve visited nearly 340), but I’ll try to divert to these pubs where I can….. 

The new 2025 book, the 52nd edition, was released in September 2024. I’ve been pretty impressed at the pubs listed in the guide, so CAMRA are doing a good job, despite the complaints they get about the listing process.

Another potential problem is that pubs fall out of the guide and get added to it, so I might well be listing pubs below that are no longer GBG pubs. I’ll only list them below once I’ve written about the pub.

 

ALDERSHOT

Garden Gate

 

AMBLESIDE

The Lily

 

ANNAN

Blue Bell Inn

 

BARNSLEY

Jolly Tap on the Arcade

Old No 7, The

 

BASINGSTOKE

Angel, The

 

BASSINGHAM

Bugle Horn

 

BECCLES

Ingate

 

BERWICK-UPON-TWEED

Pilot Inn

 

BILLERICAY

Billericay Brewing Co. Micropub

 

BIRMINGHAM

Cherry Red’s Cafe Bar

Colmore

Craven Arms

Head of Steam (Visit 1) : Head of Steam (Visit 2)

Pint Shop

The Post Office Vaults

Wellington Pub

 

BLOXWICH

Bloxwich Showman

 

BOURNEMOUTH

Goat & Tricycle

 

BRADFORD

Record Cafe

 

BRIGHTON

Craft Beer Co

Evening Star

Prince Albert

 

BRISTOL

Bag of Nails

Three Tuns

 

BUNGAY

Green Dragon

 

BURTON

Last Heretic

 

CAMBRIDGE

Blue Moon

Calverley’s Brewery

Cambridge Blue

Champion of the Thames

Devonshire Arms

Elm Tree

Free Press

Maypole, The | Visit 2

Old Ticket Office

Pint Shop

 

CHELMSFORD

Ale House

Hop Beer Shop

Railway Tavern

Ship Pub, The

 

COLCHESTER

Odd One Out

Victoria Inn

 

COVENTRY

The Old Windmill

 

CROMER

Red Lion

White Horse

 

DARLINGTON

Crafty Merlins Bottle Shop & Micropub

House of Hop

 

DRIFFIELD

Benjamin Fawcett

 

EDINBURGH

Bow Bar

Jolly Judge

 

FARNBOROUGH

Prince of Wales

 

FLEET

Prince Arthur

 

GAINSBOROUGH

Elm Cottage

Sweyn Forkbeard

 

GLASGOW

Counting House

Drum and Monkey

Laurieston Bar

Pot Still

Raven, The

Sir John Moore

Scotia Bar

Society Room

 

GREAT YARMOUTH

Blackfriars Tavern

Mariners

Tombstone Saloon

 

HALIFAX

Victorian Craft Beer Cafe

 

HARWICH

Alma Inn

 

HAWORTH

Fleece Inn, The

 

HEMPTON (NORFOLK)

Bell, The

 

HEREFORD

Beer in Hand

Orange Tree

 

HUDDERSFIELD

Cherry Tree, The

Grove, The

King’s Head

Rat and Ratchet

Sportsman, The

 

HULL

Admiral of the Humber

Chilli Devil’s Real Ale and Chilli Bar

Furley & Co

George Hotel

Head of Steam

Hop and Vine

Minerva

Taphouse Brewpub

Three John Scotts

Whalebone

Ye Olde White Hart

 

INGLETON

Masons Freehouse

 

KING’S LYNN

Live & Let Live

Wenns Chop & Ale House (visit 1)

Wenns Chop & Ale House (visit 2)

 

LEEDS

Head of Steam (Park Row)

Head of Steam (Mill Hill)

North Bar

Tapped

Templar Hotel

Vocation @ Assembly Underground

Whitelock’s Ale House

 

LEEK

Fountain Inn

 

LEICESTER

Ale Wagon, The

Black Horse

Globe, The

King’s Head

Real Ale Classroom

Salmon, The

Sir Robert Peel

Two-Tailed Lion, The

West End Brewery

Wygston’s House

 

LEOMINSTER

Chequers

 

LIVERPOOL

Baltic Fleet

Bridewell Pub

Globe

Head of Steam

Lion Tavern

Richard John Blackler

Sanctuary

Thomas Rigby’s

Ye Cracke Pub

 

LONDON (listed by borough as I didn’t know how best else to group them together)

 

LONDON (CENTRAL/CITY OF LONDON)

Blackfriar

Crosse Keys

Harp, The

Hoop and Grapes

Old Bank of England Pub

Pelt Trader

 

LONDON (CAMDEN, BOROUGH OF)

Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell (Visit 1)

Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell (Visit 2)

Doric Arch, Euston

Holborn Whippet, Holborn

Seven Stars

Skinners’ Arms

Swan, Holborn

Ye Olde Mitre, Holborn

 

LONDON (EALING, BOROUGH OF)

George and Dragon, Acton

Red Lion and Pineapple, Acton

Sir Michael Balcon, Ealing

 

LONDON (HACKNEY, BOROUGH OF)

Craft Beer Co, Old Street

Crown and Shuttle, Shoreditch

 

LONDON (HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, BOROUGH OF)

Central Bar, Shepherds Bush

Craft Beer Co, Hammersmith

 

LONDON (HAVERING, BOROUGH OF)

JJ Moons, Hornchurch

Upminster Taproom, Upminster

 

LONDON (HILLINGDON, BOROUGH OF)

White Hart, Harlington

Botwell Inn, Hayes

 

LONDON (HOUNSLOW, BOROUGH OF)

Moon Under the Water, Hounslow

Tabard Pub, Chiswick

 

LONDON (ISLINGTON, BOROUGH OF)

Jerusalem Tavern

 

LONDON (KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, BOROUGH OF)

Antelope

Churchill Arms, Kensington

 

LONDON (LEWISHAM, BOROUGH OF)

Brockley Barge, Brockley

 

LONDON (NEWHAM, BOROUGH OF)

Goldengrove, Stratford

Tap East, Stratford

 

LONDON (RICHMOND UPON THAMES, BOROUGH OF)

Roebuck, Richmond

 

LONDON (TOWER HAMLETS, BOROUGH OF)

Craft Beer Co, Limehouse

Hung, Drawn and Quartered

 

LONDON (WESTMINSTER, CITY OF)

Carlton Tavern, Kilburn

Cask Pub & Kitchen, Pimlico

Lamb and Flag, Covent Garden

Ship & Shovell

Star Tavern

 

LUTON

White House, The (Visit 1) White House, The (Visit 2)

 

NEWCASTLE

Bacchus

Mean Eyed Cat

The Town Mouse

 

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME

Artisan Tap

Greyhound

Sanctuary Ale House

 

NORTH WALSHAM

Hop In

 

NORWICH

Alexandra Tavern

Artichoke

Bell Hotel

Brewery Tap and Brewery Tap Brew York Tap Takeover

Coach and Horses (Bethel Street)

King’s Head

Leopard, The

Plasterers Arms

Ribs of Beef

 

OXFORD

Chequers

Fir Tree

 

PAISLEY

Last Post, The

 

PETERBOROUGH

Bumble Inn

Charters

Draper’s Arms

Ostrich Inn

 

PRESTON

Black Horse

Guild Ale House

Orchard

Plug & Taps

Winckley Street Ale House

 

READING

Alehouse

Allied Arms

Greyfriar of Reading

Nag’s Head

Retreat, The

Weather Station

 

ROBIN HOOD’S BAY

Bay Hotel

 

ROCHESTER

Coopers Arms

 

RUGELEY

Rusty Barrel

Vine Inn

 

SALTAIRE

Cap & Collar

 

SCARBOROUGH

Craft Bar

Scholars Bar

 

SHEFFIELD

Bar Stewards

Bath Hotel

Devonshire Cat

Fagans

Fat Cat

Gardeners Rest

Harlequin

Head of Steam

Kelham Island Tavern

Shakespeares

 

SHIPLEY

Norman Rae

 

SITTINGBOURNE

Red Lion

 

SOWERBY BRIDGE

Hogs Head Brew House

 

STONE

Royal Exchange

 

SUDBURY

Brewery Tap

 

TEWKESBURY

Royal Hop Pole

 

WARWICK

Old Post Office, The

Wild Boar, The

 

WEDNESBURY

The Bellwether

 

WHITBY

Black Horse Inn

Board Inn

Little Angel

Station Inn

 

WOLVERHAMPTON

Hogshead

Posada, The