List of award-winning pubs in London facts for kids
This article is about special pubs in London that have won awards! Pubs are like community centers in the UK, often with a long history. They are places where people can meet, relax, and enjoy traditional food and drinks. Winning an award means a pub is recognized for being really great, maybe for its cool design, friendly atmosphere, or for serving special traditional drinks.
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Pub Design Awards (PDA)
The Pub Design Awards are given out by two groups: CAMRA and English Heritage. CAMRA is a group that works to protect and promote traditional pubs and drinks. English Heritage looks after historic places in England. These awards celebrate pubs that have been designed or changed in a really good way.
- 2001 Conversion Award: Porterhouse, Maiden Lane
- 1999 Conversion Award: Half Moon, Mile End Road
CAMRA National Pub of the Year
CAMRA also gives out a big award called the National Pub of the Year. This award goes to the very best pub in the whole country!
National Winner
The pub called The Harp in Charing Cross won this national award in 2010. It was a big deal for a London pub to win the top prize!
Top Pubs in London
CAMRA also picks the best pubs in the Greater London area each year. Here are some of the recent winners:
- 2023: The Hope, Carshalton
- 2022: The Hop Inn, Hornchurch
- 2021: The Hop Inn, Hornchurch
- 2020: The competition was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2019: The Hope, Carshalton
- 2018: Little Green Dragon, Winchmore Hill
- 2017: The Hope, Carshalton
- 2016: The Hope, Carshalton – This was special because it won two big London awards at the same time!
- 2015: One Inn The Wood, Petts Wood, Orpington
- 2014: The Door Hinge, Welling
- 2013: The Hope, Carshalton – This was the first time a pub won the London award two years in a row!
- 2012: The Hope, Carshalton
- 2011: Southampton Arms, Kentish Town
- 2010: The Harp, Charing Cross
- 2009: The Bricklayer's Arms, Putney
- 2007: The Bricklayer's Arms, Putney
SPBW London Pub of the Year
The Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood (SPBW) is another group that helps keep traditional pub culture alive. They usually choose a "London Pub of the Year" every year.
Recent SPBW Winners
- 2023: Competition not held
- 2022: Competition not held
- 2021: Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2020: Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2019: (2nd award): Ye Olde Mitre, Holborn
- 2019: The River Ale House, East Greenwich, Greenwich
- 2018: The Broken Drum, Blackfen, Sidcup
- 2017: Chesham Arms, Homerton
- 2016: The Hope, Carshalton
- 2015: Blythe Hill Tavern, Forest Hill
- 2014: The Eleanor Arms, Bow
- 2013: Ye Olde Mitre, Holborn
- 2012: The Royal Oak, Southwark
- 2011: The Dog & Bell, Deptford
- 2010: The Pembury Tavern Hackney
- 2009: The Dog & Bell, Deptford
- 2008: The Harp, Charing Cross
Evening Standard Pub of the Year
The "Evening Standard Pub of the Year" was an award given out every year by the Evening Standard newspaper. This newspaper is a big one in London. Readers of the newspaper would vote for their favorite pub from a special list. The winning pub would get a plaque to put on its wall. This award was given for 40 years, from 1967 to 2006, when it stopped.
Evening Standard Winners
- 2006: The Clarence, Balham
- 2005: The Morgan Arms, Mile End
- 2004: The Earl Spencer, Southfields
- 2003: Draper's Arms, Islington
- 2002: The Bedford, Balham
- 2001: The Settle Inn, Battersea
- 2000: The Cow Saloon Bar, Paddington
- 1999: The Churchill Arms, Kensington
- 1998: The Duke of Cambridge, Battersea
- 1997: The White Swan, Twickenham
- 1996: The Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich
- 1994/1995: The George Inn, Southwark
- 1993: The Phoenix & Firkin, Southwark
- 1992: The Star Tavern, Westminster
- 1991: The Ship, Wandsworth
- 1990: The White Horse, Parsons Green
- 1989: The Scarsdale Tavern, Kensington and Chelsea
- 1988: The Anglesea Arms, South Kensington
- 1986: The Princess Louise, Holborn
- 1985: The Clifton, St John's Wood
- 1984: The Albert, Westminster
- 1983: The Castle, Surbiton
- 1982: The Hand in Hand, Wimbledon
- 1981: The Railway Bell, Norwood
- 1980: The Rose of York, Richmond
- 1979: The Royal Oak, New Malden
- 1978: The Old Ship, Hammersmith
- 1977: The Angel, Bermondsey
- 1976: The Orange Tree, Richmond
- 1975: The Greyhound, Kensington and Chelsea
- 1974: The Flask, Highgate
- 1973: The Pied Bull, Streatham
- 1972: The Victoria, Bermondsey
- 1971: The Duke of Cumberland, Parsons Green
- 1970: The Rose and Crown, Wimbledon
- 1967: The Red Lion, Brentford
Images for kids
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Duke of Cumberland, Fulham award plaque, 1971
See also
- List of bars
- List of public house topics
