The landlady of the Miners Arms, Lauren White, despite being fairly young has a great pedigree of pub experience behind her having held management roles previously at the Tickled Trout at Barlow and Travellers Rest in Apperknowle – both very good pubs. The Miners is the first pub of her own and along with the team working there with her have taken on an already good pub and taken it to even better levels.
The Miners is a cosy country community pub with three distinct areas – an area containing a pool table, an area with Sky Sports TV and a quieter lounge area – plus a beer garden backing onto the village cricket pitch and boasting views across the valley.
A range of real ales are available at reasonable prices with the choice often surprisingly adventurous for a country pub. A huge range of ciders are also available and these are listed on the blackboard above the bar.
The pub attracts a cross section of locals, dog walkers, ramblers plus some who make the effort to visit the pub because of its good reputation, no food is served other than crisps, pork pies etc.
The Miners also saw huge numbers flock to the pub recently when it took part in the annual Three Valleys Beer Festival which saw the pub host an outside real ale bar, outside cider bar, burger stall and live music! On festival day a regular free bus service is laid on.
There is a bus stop right outside the pub served by TM Travel route 14 (Dronfield to Chesterfield), however the service is quite limited – check www.tmtravel.co.uk for timetables.
The certificate presentation evening is planned to take place at the Miners on Friday 29th July with an 8pm start and all are welcome.
The other East Midlands county winners now being judged with the Miners for the regional crown…
DERBYSHIRE SOUTH POTY 2016 – The Old Oak, Horsley Woodhouse. (Amber Valley Branch)
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POTY 2016 – Beer Headz, Retford. (North Notts Branch)
LINCOLNSHIRE POTY 2016 – White Hart, Ludford. (Louth Branch)
LEICESTERSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE & RUTLAND POTY 2016 – Coach and Horses, Wellingborough. (Northampton Branch) North Derbyshire Pub of the Year
Both Sheffield & District and Dronfield & District branches of CAMRA name a pub of the year winner in Derbyshire which gets put forward into the opening round of the national competition, the county round, which in this case is North Derbyshire.
Sheffield’s entry was the Anglers Rest in Millers Dale and Dronfield’s was the Miners Arms in Hundall.
We are pleased to learn that the Miners Arms has been named North Derbyshire Pub of the Year and has gone forward to the next stage of judging – the East Midlands regional round.
The landlady of the Miners Arms, Lauren White, despite being fairly young has a great pedigree of pub experience behind her having held management roles previously at the Tickled Trout at Barlow and Travellers Rest in Apperknowle – both very good pubs. The Miners is the first pub of her own and along with the team working there with her have taken on an already good pub and taken it to even better levels.
The Miners is a cosy country community pub with three distinct areas – an area containing a pool table, an area with Sky Sports TV and a quieter lounge area – plus a beer garden backing onto the village cricket pitch and boasting views across the valley.
A range of real ales are available at reasonable prices with the choice often surprisingly adventurous for a country pub. A huge range of ciders are also available and these are listed on the blackboard above the bar.
The pub attracts a cross section of locals, dog walkers, ramblers plus some who make the effort to visit the pub because of its good reputation, no food is served other than crisps, pork pies etc.
The Miners also saw huge numbers flock to the pub recently when it took part in the annual Three Valleys Beer Festival which saw the pub host an outside real ale bar, outside cider bar, burger stall and live music! On festival day a regular free bus service is laid on.
There is a bus stop right outside the pub served by TM Travel route 14 (Dronfield to Chesterfield), however the service is quite limited – check www.tmtravel.co.uk for timetables.
The certificate presentation evening is planned to take place at the Miners on Friday 29th July with an 8pm start and all are welcome.
The other East Midlands county winners now being judged with the Miners for the regional crown…
DERBYSHIRE SOUTH POTY 2016 – The Old Oak, Horsley Woodhouse. (Amber Valley Branch)
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POTY 2016 – Beer Headz, Retford. (North Notts Branch)
LINCOLNSHIRE POTY 2016 – White Hart, Ludford. (Louth Branch)
LEICESTERSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE & RUTLAND POTY 2016 – Coach and Horses, Wellingborough. (Northampton Branch)
The landlady of the Miners Arms, Lauren White, despite being fairly young has a great pedigree of pub experience behind her having held management roles previously at the Tickled Trout at Barlow and Travellers Rest in Apperknowle – both very good pubs. The Miners is the first pub of her own and along with the team working there with her have taken on an already good pub and taken it to even better levels.
The Miners is a cosy country community pub with three distinct areas – an area containing a pool table, an area with Sky Sports TV and a quieter lounge area – plus a beer garden backing onto the village cricket pitch and boasting views across the valley.
A range of real ales are available at reasonable prices with the choice often surprisingly adventurous for a country pub. A huge range of ciders are also available and these are listed on the blackboard above the bar.
The pub attracts a cross section of locals, dog walkers, ramblers plus some who make the effort to visit the pub because of its good reputation, no food is served other than crisps, pork pies etc.
The Miners also saw huge numbers flock to the pub recently when it took part in the annual Three Valleys Beer Festival which saw the pub host an outside real ale bar, outside cider bar, burger stall and live music! On festival day a regular free bus service is laid on.
There is a bus stop right outside the pub served by TM Travel route 14 (Dronfield to Chesterfield), however the service is quite limited – check www.tmtravel.co.uk for timetables.
The certificate presentation evening is planned to take place at the Miners on Friday 29th July with an 8pm start and all are welcome.
The other East Midlands county winners now being judged with the Miners for the regional crown…
DERBYSHIRE SOUTH POTY 2016 – The Old Oak, Horsley Woodhouse. (Amber Valley Branch)
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POTY 2016 – Beer Headz, Retford. (North Notts Branch)
LINCOLNSHIRE POTY 2016 – White Hart, Ludford. (Louth Branch)
LEICESTERSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE & RUTLAND POTY 2016 – Coach and Horses, Wellingborough. (Northampton Branch) 
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The Rural Pub of The Season, as the name suggests will be a quarterly award, and will only be open to our pubs that are outside the Sheffield City Unitary Boundary. Like the Pub of the Month award, pubs must have served Real Ale for at least a year, and had the same landlord or manager for the last 6 months.
Winning pubs will also be added to the shortlist for the Branch Pub of The Year competition.
Members can nominate a pub at any point and vote using the online form on our website or at branch meetings.
The first award will be the Autumn award, with voting lasting from 1st June to 31st August.
We intend to be more proactive in promoting this award and helping to support our rural pubs. Beer Matters will feature frequent articles, and we will organise regular trips into the area.
The full set of rules and a full list of the eligible pubs are on our website. Landlords or Bar managers wanting to know more can contact our Press Officer, Paul Crofts at 
Complimentary pork scratchings and cheese sandwiches were provided on all the tables but the real attention grabber was the celebration size pork & black pudding pie which had a formal cutting and serving after the presentation took place!
