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 are listed in the current Good Beer Guide.
- Membership vote to create a top pubs shortlist
- 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 .
2019
- Sheffield North and Overall: Gardeners Rest, Neepsend
- Sheffield City Centre: Rutland Arms, Brown Street
- Sheffield South: Sheaf View, Heeley
- Sheffield West: Itchy Pig Ale House, Broomhill
- Sheffield Kelham Island: Kelham Island Tavern, Russell Street
- District: Three Stags Heads, Wardlow Mires
- Cider: New Barrack Tavern, Hillsborough
2018
- Sheffield: Kelham Island Tavern, Russell Street
- District: Red Lion, Litton
- Cider: Clubhouse, London Road
2017
- Sheffield: Kelham Island Tavern, Russell Street
- District: Anglers Rest, Bamford
- Cider: Harlequin, Nursery Street
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
- Sheffield: Shakespeares, West Bar
- District: Anglers Rest, Millers Dale
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