Beery News from What’s Brewing

  • Top 16 UK pubs revealed
    by WB Reporter
    The 2026 Pub of the Year competition is hotting up with CAMRA’s England regions and overall Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland winners revealed ahead of a busy bank holiday weekend for pubs. The […]
  • A toast to the Pev’s heart and soul
    by WB Reporter
    CAMRA members gathered at the Peveril of the Peak in Manchester to celebrate the life of legendary landlady, Nancy Swanick. Nancy passed away aged 96 on 28 July. She had held the licence […]
  • ‘Another promising step’ on business rates
    by WB Reporter
    The government has launched an independent review of how pub and hotels are valued for business rates in England. CAMRA chairman Ash Corbett-Collins said: “This is another promising step from the new government. […]
  • Pub saving winner a year on
    by WB Reporter
    Following CAMRA reopening nominations for the Pub Saving Award, What’s Brewing caught up with last year’s winner the Hull Community Pub Society (above) to see how the New Clarence and its supporters have been faring […]
  • Pub garden champ turns back the clock
    by WB Reporter
    The first pub to win West Dorset CAMRA’s Pub Garden of the Year competition back in 2017, the Spyway Inn, has done it again this year. The Spyway Inn, Askerwell lies in the shadow […]
  • ‘Much-loved’ landlord dies
    by Malcolm Tattersall
    For several years, well-loved former landlord Russell Fletcher (above), who died recently, had the unique distinction of running the very first pub listed in each edition of CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide. Alphabetically, Bedfordshire […]
  • Hidden barriers to beer
    by Laura Hadland
    I’m painfully aware that my own experience and needs very much informs the consumer issues I notice in the pub. Happily, people who read my writing are often generous in pointing out the […]

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2027 Good Beer Guide launching 24th September venue TBC.

Copies were available to purchase at the event.

Gateshead Pub Month 2026 map and info coming soon.

Pub and Club of the Year 2025 Winners

Congratulations to all our winners.

Overall Winners

Overall Pub Of The Year    Dipton Mill Inn

Club of The Year  Heaton Stannington F.C  

Cider Pub of The Year  The Bodega 

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Newcastle Pub of the Year
  1. The County – Gosforth
  2. Town Mouse Ale House – Newcastle
  3. Mean Eyed Cat – Newcastle
Gateshead Pub Of The Year
  1. Microbus – Gateshead
  2. Ye Olde Cross – Ryton
  3. Wheat Sheaf – Felling
North Tyneside Pub of the Year
  1. Left Luggage Room – Monkseaton
  2. Tynemouth Lodge – Tynemouth
  3. Enigma Tap – North Shields
South East Northumberland Pub Of The Year
  1. The Office – Morpeth
  2. Joiners Arms – Morpeth
  3. The Lounge – Blyth
South West Northumberland Pub of the Year
  1. Dipton Mill – Hexham
  2. The Pont Tap – Ponteland
  3. Platform Bar – Hexham
North Northumberland Pub of the Year
Tyneside Cider Pub of the Year
Northumberland Cider Pub of the Year
Tyneside Club of the Year
Northumberland Club Of The Year
  1. Comrades Club – Haltwhistle
  2. Stocksfield Cricket Club – Stocksfield
  3. Ovington Social Club – Ovington

Forge at Ulgham – Community Buyout Launched.