Is there anything more British than a good ol’ pub? Sitting by the fire in winter or under a canopy in a beer garden in the summer, packet of crisps in one hand and pint in the other. Maybe some live music, maybe some football on the telly; either way, you know you’re going to have a good time.
At Time Out, we know pubs. We’ve got lists of our favourite in the country, from Glasgow’s famous Laurieston all the way down to the Basketmakers in Brighton, and we’ve got round ups of the very best drinking holes in all of the country’s biggest cities from Birmingham to Bristol, London to Leeds. Although we believe our picks are the definitive pub rankings in the UK, it’s always good to get a second opinion.
That’s where the Telegraph comes in. The newspaper has curated a list of the best pubs in every single county in England, so that you can get to a brilliant boozer no matter where you live (unless you live in Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland. Sorry.)
You can have a look at the Telegraph’s list, including what they had to say about each pub, on the newspaper’s website here. In the meantime, here are the picks at a glance.
The best pubs in every English county
- Cumbria (Coniston): The Black Bull Inn
- Lancashire (Preston): Black Horse
- Greater Manchester: The Britons Protection
- Merseyside (Liverpool): The Roscoe Head
- Cheshire (Macclesfield): The Castle
- Northumberland (Low Newton): The Ship Inn
- Tyne and Wear (Newcastle): Free Trade Inn
- County Durham (Consett): Grey Horse
- North Yorkshire (York): Blue Bell
- West Yorkshire (Bradford): The Corn Dolly
- East Riding of Yorkshire (Hull): W M Hawkes
- South Yorkshire (Sheffield): Kelham Island Tavern
- Shropshire (Leintwardine): The Sun Inn
- Staffordshire: Tamworth Tap
- West Midlands (Brierley Hill): The Vine Inn
- Warwickshire (Austrey): Bird in Hand
- Worcestershire (Bretforton): The Fleece
- Herefordshire (Hereford): The Barrels
- Derbyshire (Bonsall): Barley Mow
- Nottinghamshire (Nottingham): Vat and Fiddle
- Leicestershire (Braybrooke): The Swan at Braybrooke
- Bedfordshire (Broom): Cock Inn
- Northamptonshire (Kettering): Alexandra Arms
- Cambridgeshire (Newton): The Queen’s Head
- Norfolk (Norwich): The Fat Cat
- Suffolk (Edwardstone): White Horse
- Essex (Little Totham): The Swan
- Lincolnshire (Lincoln): The Strugglers
- Rutland (Ketton): The Railway
- Gloucestershire (Dursley): Old Spot
- Bristol (Victoria Street): King’s Head
- Somerset (Bath): The Old Green Tree
- Wiltshire (Swindon): The Glue Pot
- Dorset (Worth Matravers): Square & Compass
- Devon (Topsham): Bridge Inn
- Cornwall (Helston): The Blue Anchor
- Oxfordshire (Stoke Lyne): Peyton Arms
- Berkshire (Reading): Nag’s Head
- Buckinghamshire (Hedgerley): The White Horse
- Hertfordshire (St Albans): The Mermaid
- Greater London (Forest Hill): The Blythe Hill Tavern
- City of London (St Andrew’s Hill): The Cockpit – find out what we think of these two London pubs here.
- Hampshire (Winchester): Wonston Arms
- Isle of Wight (Bonchurch): Bonchurch Inn
- Surrey (Horsell): The Crown
- East Sussex (Hastings): First In, Last Out
- West Sussex (Hooksway): The Royal Oak
- Kent (Snargate): Red Lion
Pubs according to Time Out
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