Sheffield Pub of the Year

Our Pub of the Year competition celebrates our area’s best pubs for drinking real ale that embraces CAMRA’s consumer values.

The winning pubs are selected in a two stage process. We start with all the pubs that have either won a Pub of the Month award over the last year or have been awarded a place in the current Good Beer Guide.

  • Membership vote to create a top pubs shortlist by area
  • Judges visit to rank the shortlisted pubs

The judging team is made up of a variety of people, male and female, young and old, each visits every pub individually and scores the pubs against a set criteria:

  • Quality of real ale, cider and perry
  • Style, decor and cleanliness
  • Service, welcome and offering
  • Community focus and atmosphere
  • Alignment with CAMRA principles
  • Overall impression

We make two main awards, a Sheffield Pub of the Year for the Yorkshire part of our branch area and a District Pub of the Year for the Derbyshire part. Each are the entered into the respective county round for the national competition.

We also participate in the Cider Pub of the Year competition by selecting a pub in Sheffield that offers and promotes a good range of quality cider which we enter in the Yorkshire competition, the winners of which are entered into the national competition . To qualify a pubs must serve cider that meets CAMRA’s definition of real cider/perry which basically speaking is cider that is made purely by fermenting freshly pressed apple or pear juice, never from concentrate, with any added flavours being natural too. More details on this can be found on the national CAMRA website.

2022

  • Sheffield North: Blake Hotel, Walkley
  • Sheffield City Centre: Sheffield Tap, Sheaf Street
  • Sheffield South: Sheaf View, Heeley
  • Sheffield West & Overall winner: Rising Sun, Nether Green
  • Sheffield Kelham Island: Kelham Island Tavern, Russell Street
  • Sheffield East: Chantry Inn, Handsworth
  • District: Anglers Rest, Bamford

2021

  • No awards were made in 2021 due to the Coronavirus restrictions impacting how pubs (and CAMRA) operated.

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

  • Kelham Island Tavern, Russell Street

2010

  • Kelham Island Tavern, Russell Street

2009

  • Kelham Island Tavern, Russell Street

2008

  • Kelham Island Tavern, Russell Street

2007

  • Kelham Island Tavern, Russell Street

2006

  • Kelham Island Tavern, Russell Street

2005

  • Kelham Island Tavern, Russell Street

2004

  • Kelham Island Tavern, Russell Street

2003

  • Fat Cat, Alma Street

2002

  • Hillsborough Hotel, Langsett Road

2001

  • Cask & Cutler, Henry Street

2000

  • Gardeners Rest, Neepsend Lane

1999

  • Cask & Cutler, Henry Street

1998

  • New Barrack Tavern, Penistone Road

1997

  • Three Stags Heads, Wardlow Mires

1996

  • Fat Cat, Alma Street

1995

  • Cask & Cutler, Henry Street

1994

  • Fagan’s, Broad Lane

1993

  • Bath Hotel, Victoria Street

1992

  • Fat Cat, Alma Street

1991

  • Rutland Arms, Brown Street

1990

  • Norfolk Arms, Suffolk Road

1989

  • Royal Standard, St Mary’s Road

1988

  • Yellow Lion, Apperknowle

1987

  • Cocked Hat, Worksop Road

1986

  • Devonshire Arms, Ecclesall Road

1985

  • George & Dragon, Wentworth

1984

  • Red House, Solly Street

1983

  • Shakespeare Hotel, Gibraltar Street

1982

  • Fat Cat, Alma Street