COUNTY DINING PUBS 2020

Every year the editors of the Good Pub Guide take the opportunity to rate the very finest Dining Pubs across Great Britain. The rise of the Dining Pub over the past 20 years has been one of the key features of the industry – and here we celebrate the very finest right across the country….

Every year the editors of the Good Pub Guide take the opportunity to rate the very finest Dining Pubs across Great Britain. The rise of the Dining Pub over the past 20 years has been one of the key features of the industry – and here we celebrate the very finest right across the country.

VALUE PUB OF THE YEAR 2020

It’s tricky to keep food prices down and yet keep meals interesting (rather than just offering sausages and chips). The Top Ten Value Pubs that have managed this are the Digby Tap in Sherborne (Dorset), Yew Tree at Lower Wield (Hampshire), Red Lion in Preston (Hertfordshire), Church Inn at Uppermill (Lancashire), Dipton Mill Inn at Diptomill (Northumbria), Rose & Crown in Oxford (Oxfordshire), Old Castle in Bridgnorth (Shropshire), Queen Victoria at Priddy (Somerset), Blue Boar in Aldbourne (Wiltshire) and Crown & Trumpet in Broadway (Worcestershire). For its proper main courses and very fair prices, the Dipton Mill Inn at Diptonmill is our Value Pub of the Year 2020.

DINING PUB OF THE YEAR 2020

For an exceptional meal in convivial surroundings, head for one of our Top Ten Dining Pubs. These are the Cock in Hemingford Grey (Cambridgeshire), Punch Bowl at Crosthwaite (Cubmbria), Millbrook in South Pool (Devon), Wellington Arms at Baughurst (Hampsire), Stagg in Titley (Herefordshire), Assheton Arms in Downham (Lancashire), Luttrell Arms in Dunster (Somerset), Horse Guards in Tillington (Sussex), Red Lion in Chisenbury (Wiltshire) and Shibden Mill in Halifax (Yorkshire). With exceptional food served in a fine old pub, the Assheton Arms in Downham is our Dining Pub of the Year 2020.

Dining Pubs of the Year 2020 – By County

BedfordshireBlack Horse, Ireland

Berkshire  – Royal Oak, Yattendon

BuckinghamshireRoyal Oak, Bovingdon Green

CambridgeshireThe Cock, Hemingford Grey

CheshirePheasant, Burwardsley

CornwallSt Tudy Inn, St Tudy

CumbriaPunch Bowl, Crosthwaite

DerbyshirePlough, Hathersage

Devon Millbrook, South Pool

Dorset Acorn, Evershot

Essex Bell, Horndon-on-the-Hill

GloucestershireKings Head, Bledington

Hampshire Wellington Arms, Baughurst

HerefordshireStagg, Titley

Hertfordshire Bricklayers Arms, Flaunden

Isle of WightTaverners, Godshill

KentPlough, Stalisfield Green

Lancashire Assheton Arms, Downham

Leicestershire & RutlandOlive Branch, Clipsham

LincolnshireBrownlow Arms, Hough-on-the-Hill

London – Lighterman, North London

NorfolkRose & Crown, Snettisham

NorthamptonshireAlthorp Coaching Inn, Great Brington

NorthumbriaFeathers, Hedley on the Hill

NottinghamshireMartins Arms, Colston Bassett

OxfordshireSwan, Swinbrook

ScotlandBurts Hotel, Melrose

ShropshireLion & Pheasant, Shrewsbury

SomersetLuttrell Arms, Dunster

StaffordshireDuncombe Arms, Ellastone

SuffolkCrown, Stoke-by-Nayland

Surrey Running Horses, Mickleham

SussexHorse Guards, Tillington

WalesBull, Beaumaris

Warwickshire Bell, Welford-on-Avon

Wiltshire Red Lion, East Chisenbury

WorcestershireTalbot, Knightwick

Yorkshire Shibden Mill, Halifax