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Campaign for Real Ale

Campaign for Real Ale

Community Pubs Month April 2014

CAMRA announce Britain's best local pubs for Community Pubs Month

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has announced their list of over 200 Local Pubs of the Year to help launch April's Community Pubs Month.

CAMRA's branches, which consist of thousands of volunteers, judge all of the pubs in their area to find their Branch's Local Pub of the Year. Pubs are judged on their decor, value for money, customer service, that they appeal to all different demographics and of course, the quality of its real ale. The local branch winners then go forward to battle it out in the regional heats in their quest to become National Pub of the Year, announced in early 2015.

Colin Valentine, CAMRA Chairman said, "I would like to thank all of the volunteers that have judged pubs up and down the country. This can take a lot of dedication to find the best real ale pubs in the area. We like to announce the winners in Community Pubs Month to highlight the best pubs Britain has to offer to help raise the profile of pub-going.

New research shows 28 pubs close every week across Britain and 38% of British adults no longer visit pubs. Community Pubs Month has been launched to help raise the profile of the British pub and pub-going. Thousands of pubs across the Britain will be participating in this campaign by organising events and trying new marketing initiatives to attract more trade during April.

Mr Valentine continued, "There are literally thousands of wonderful pubs that need our support at this moment in time and I would urge everyone to visit their local pub in April and discuss with the licensee ways he or she could encourage you to visit more regularly."

Local Pub of the Year winners in Derbyshire are:

Derbyshire BranchesPub of the YearLocation
Amber ValleyBlack Bulls HeadOpenwoodgate
AshbourneThe Smith's TavernAshbourne
Burton & South DerbyshireBlack HorseCoton in the Elm
ChesterfieldTramway TavernBrampton
DerbyFurnace InnDerby
Dronfield & DistrictTraveller's RestAppleknowle
Erewash ValleyThe Butcher's ArmsLangley, Heanor
High PeaksOld Hall InnWhitehough, Chinley
Mansfield & AshfieldThe Devonshire ArmsSouth Normanton
Matlock & DalesMoCa BarMatlock
Sheffield & DistrictAngler's RestMillers Dale

Country wide full list of Local Pubs of the Year