The 2025 Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs is set to announced in early 2025 but we can now reveal the pubs on the list in alphabetical order.
The list will be unveiled in full on Monday 27 January 2025 at the prestigious ceremony, which will be held at London’s Plaisterers’ Hall, with a run down on our Instagram taking place at the same time.We’ll also be announcing the winners of the One To Watch award.
The six pubs that have been shortlisted for this accolade are:
Horse and Groom Free House, East Ashling, West Sussex
Sussex Ox, Polegate, East Sussex
The Rum Fox, Grindleton, Lancashire
The Victoria, Mile End, east London
The White Hart at Fyfield, Oxfordshire
White Horse, Holme-next-to-the-Sea, Norfolk
Ed Bedington, editor of The Morning Advertiser, which organises the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs, said: “Congratulations to all the pubs that made the list for 2025. It’s a real honour to be able to recognise some of the best gastronomic offers in the pub world and celebrate the diversity that makes up this wonderful sector.
“Good luck to all on the list when we reveal our winners and the positions for every pub. You should all be proud as you’re hitting the right notes with your offers and that’s being recognised across the sector.”
Started in 2009, Top 50 Gastropubs aims to recognise the hardworking individuals in the gastropub sector and be the go-to source for the UK’s best pubs to dine at.
The 2025 A-Z Top 50 Gastropubs list is:
Heft, High Newton, Cumbria
Parkers Arms, Newton-in-Bowland, Lancashire
The Abbey Inn , Byland, North Yorkshire
The Angel at Hetton, Hetton, North Yorkshire
The Baring, Islington, north London
The Black Bear Inn, Bettws Newydd, Monmouthshire
The Black Bull, Sedbergh, Cumbria
The Broad Chare, Newcastle
The Bull, Charlbury, Oxfordshire
The Bull & Last, Highgate, north London
The Bull’s Head, Craswall, Herefordshie
The Camberwell Arms, Camberwell, south London
The Canton Arms, Stockwell, south London
The Clarence Tavern, Stoke Newington, north-east London
The Coach, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
The Cornish Arms, Tavistock, Devon
The Crown, Burchetts Green, Berkshire
The Devonshire, Soho, central London
The Dog & Gun Inn, Skelton, Cumbria
The Dog at Wingham, Wingham, Kent
The Double Red Duke, Clanfield, Oxfordshire
The Drapers Arms, Islington, north London
The Durham Ox, Crayke, North Yorkshire
The Eagle, Farringdon, north London
The Edinburgh Castle, Manchester
The Fordwich Arms, Canterbury, Kent
The Gunton Arms, Thorpe Market, Norfolk
The Hand and Flowers, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
The Harwood Arms, Fulham, west London
The Loch & The Tyne by Adam Handling, Old Windsor, Berkshire
The Longs Arms, South Wraxall, Wiltshire
The Mariners, Rock, Cornwall
The Merry Harriers, Hambledon, Surrey
The Pack Horse, Hayfield, Derbyshire
The Pipe and Glass Inn, South Dalton, East Yorkshire
The Rat Inn, Anick, Northumberland
The Red Lion & Sun, Highgate, north London
The Scran and Scallie, Edinburgh
The Shibden Mill Inn, Halifax, West Yorkshire
The Silver Cup, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
The Sportsman, Seasalter, Kent
The Star at Harome, Harome, North Yorkshire
The Tamil Prince, Islington, north London
The Three Fishes, Mitton, Lancashire
The Three Horseshoes, Batcombe, Somerset
The Unruly Pig, Woodbridge, Suffolk
The Waterman's Arms, Barnes, south-west London
The White Swan at Fence, Fence, Lancashire
The Wild Rabbit, Kingham, Oxfordshire
The Woolpack Inn, Slad, Gloucestershire
