CAMRA has launched a new award to recognise the achievements of a group who have revitalised a historic heritage pub.
From grand Victorian gin palaces to rural time warps, the Heritage Pub Revival Award is open to all pubs on the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors – a list compiled by CAMRA’s Pub Heritage Group, which identifies pubs with intact traditional interiors, or which have features and rooms of national historic importance.
Previously known as the Heritage Award, part of CAMRA’s annual Pub Saving Award, it is now a standalone competition, aiming to promote and preserve historic pub buildings, while recognising and rewarding those who run them.
The award will go to a pub or pub operator showcasing activity which has reinvigorated it, while benefiting the business and having a positive impact on its local community.
Nominations are now open here.
The winner will be announced during Heritage Open Days, a week of free events across the country, celebrating heritage and history between 11-20 September. Similar events will also be taking place across Scotland and Wales.
Previous winners of the former Heritage Award include the Drewe Arms in Drewsteignton, Devon, a 17th century inn which has remained unchanged for 100 years, and the Vine in Pittshill, Stoke-on-Trent, a Grade II listed back-street Victorian local.