After previously running the Railway Hotel, Bramall Lane and winning a CAMRA PotM award, Andy and Jack Cater were given the nod that the Railway in S6 was coming to the market in 2022.
Already owning an arcade games company, they set about transforming this little music and ale gem which opened in September of that year. While retaining its charm, the pub now boasts entertainment in an arcade game room, a pool table, two dart board set-ups and a singles/album jukebox. Live bands play Saturdays, with special events like Tramlines fringe and beer festivals throughout the year.
The award takes place on Tuesday 13 August from 8pm.
19 Penistone Road North, Wadsley Bridge, S6 1LP. Get there by bus 7, 8, 86 or 97.
Sheffield & District CAMRA Chairman Paul Manning presents the award for East Sheffield Pub of the Year to Terry and Alison of the Chantry Inn, Handsworth.
Sheaf View at Heeley received the award for South Sheffield area Pub of the YearItchy Pig in Broomhill received the award for West Sheffield area Pub of the YearThe Bath Hotel received our award for Sheffield City Centre Pub of the Year
Still to be presented:
North Sheffield area pub of the year – Blake Hotel, Walkley
East Sheffield area pub of the year – Chantry Inn, Handsworth
Kelham Island & Neepsend area pub of the year – Kelham Island Tavern
Our overall 2024 pub of the year and also Sheffield Kelham Island & Neepsend area pub of the year is the outstanding Kelham Island Tavern. The Kelham Island area is now a Sheffield beer tourist attraction, with excellent bus and tram connections from the City Centre.
Constructed in the 1830s as part of a terrace, and originally operating as the Sawmaker, the pub was later renamed the White Hart, and in 1995 became the Kelham Island Tavern, before closing in 1999. In March 2002, the derelict building was purchased and reopened, specialising in real ale.
Over the last 22 years, the pub has continued to thrive and since 2019, under the management of Josh and Louise, it has continued to offer a wide range of both cask (13) and craft keg beers always including a porter and stout along with many IPA’s and bitters. It has an excellent rear beer garden and the pub maintains the standards to which many others aspire.
The beer range is consistently excellent, always including at least one from Blue Bee. A simple snack menu is available including pork pies.
KIT is the only pub to be CAMRA National Pub of the Year two years running (in 2008 & 2009). It has been CAMRA Yorkshire Pub of the Year five times and Sheffield Pub of the Year on 17 occasions: a record which is highly unlikely to be overtaken.
Please join us on Wednesday 3rd July as we present the well deserved awards to Josh, Louise and the team.
Under the leadership of Stephanie, Kevin, and daughter Rebecca, the New Barrack Tavern is still thriving after its 1936 rebuild and various renovations, although the original bar remains.
The pub opens seven days a week (times on webpage) and hosts bands, comedy nights and local groups such as Morris dancers.
Six cask ales are normally available, but the pub is renowned for the choice of real cider.
The award is to be presented on Saturday 3 August from 7pm. Everyone is welcome to toast their success. Buses 7, 8 and 86 stop outside or Bamford Street tram stop is 5 minute away.
On the evening of Tuesday 14 May a group of CAMRA members joined regulars at the Bath Hotel celebrating the pub winning our City Centre Pub of the Year award. Paul Crofts (our branch treasurer and beer festival organiser) presented the pub’s owner Brian Johnson with the certificate and all present enjoyed some excellent ales, pork pies and samosas!
Brian and team at the Bath Hotel presented with their City Centre Pub of the Year certificate by Sheffield CAMRA’s Paul Crofts
The full list of our Pub and Club of the Year winners:
The Sheaf View at Heeley has again been voted as CAMRA Sheffield & District Pub of the Year (Sheffield South) by our members.
The 19th century pub, near Heeley City Farm became a real ale oasis since reopening as a free house in 2000. The walls and shelves are adorned with breweriana and provide an ideal background for good drinking and conversations.
The pub changed ownership becoming part of the Trust Inns estate (along with the Blake Hotel) in 2022. Day to day management however has remained unchanged. They now provide eight casks ales, 4 from Neepsend Brewery and 4 guest ales. A wide range of Belgian and other continental beers, an incredible selection of malt whiskies and traditional cider are also available.
They also have occasional events such as beer festivals and live music sessions.
This is a popular local pub and especially so on Wednesday quiz nights and Sheffield United match days.
The Sheaf View has now won the Sheffield South Pub of the Year award 5 times (every time it has been awarded since the area awards were started in 2019)
We are presenting their award on the evening of Thursday 6th June, all are welcome to join us there from 8pm for a beer or two!
The Sheaf View can be found at 25 Gleadless Road, Heeley, Sheffield S2 3AA. Buses 20, 24, 25, 43, 43a, 44 and X17 stop nearby on London Road by the railway bridge / Ponsfords furniture store.Car park also available.
The Chantry Inn (400 Handsworth Road, S13 9BZ) has been voted as Sheffield and District CAMRA East Area Pub of the Year for 2024.
This historic pub which was built around 1250 is uniquely one of only four pubs in the UK set in consecrated grounds being within the boundaries of St Mary’s parish church in Handsworth.
It compromises of three different rooms each with some original and unique features including real fireplaces, beamed low ceilings and even the bell pushes used in previous days to order the ale. There are also claims of various tunnels and passageways from the cellar to the church.
It has had a varied past originally being a chantry and safe house for nuns, then a washhouse and a school before being a pub for much of the later years from the early 1800’s.
Chantry Brewery acquired the pub in early 2019, undertook a tasteful restoration and now deliver real quality beers. There are always 5 cask ales on tap from Chantry brewery with a rotating special including Steelos, Kaldos, Full Moon alongside the regulars of New York pale, Iron and Steel bitter, Special Reserve and Diamond Stout. There are also changing keg beers available often from Tiny Rebel or Beavertown as well as real cider options and Chantry brewery’s own Helles lager.
Congratulations to all involved with the Chantry Inn including the brewery and the pub manager Terry and his partner Alison. The area pub of the year award presentation is planned for the evening of Tuesday 11 June and all are welcome to join the celebration.
The Bath Hotel on Victoria Street, just off West Street has been crowned Sheffield City Centre Pub of the Year.
After a 10 year period of it being leased to Thornbridge Brewery, owners Brian and Ruth Johnson took the pub back in 2022 and successfully re-established it as a favourite on the real ale circuit.
Featuring 2 rooms largely unchanged from the refit by Ind Coope in 1931, the Bath is one of the more atmospheric of Sheffield’s pubs. They always offer a wide range of excellent well-kept real ales as well as a numbers of keg beers.
The award presentation will be taking place at 9pm on Thursday 14 May. All welcome to come and join us for a beer or two!
Getting there – University of Sheffield tram stop or bus stops on Glossop Road/West Street are close by.
The winner of this year’s Sheffield West Pub of the Year award is the Itchy Pig in Broomhill.
Opened in 2016 by joiner and real ale enthusiast Ted Finlay, the Itchy Pig rapidly established itself as a must visit in the area.
Featuring 5 cask lines and 6 keg lines, as well as a range of wines, spirits and soft drinks, there is always something to suit every palate.
There is also a choice of different flavoured pork scratchings which were the inspiration behind the pub’s unusual name. Real Ale fans in Sheffield have taken the Pig to their hearts, as evidenced by the fact it has won this award twice previously.
Join us on Thursday 23rd May for the presentation at 9pm. It’s sure to be a good evening and Ted has promised to put on a “spread”! See you there.
Getting there: Buses 6 and 120 stop outside, buses 10, 10a, 51, 52, 52a and 257 stop a couple of minutes walk away.
