CAMRA’s Pub of the Year 2015 finalists announced

10-Sep-2014 - Last updated on 11-Sep-2014 at 05:46 GMT

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The Kelham Island Tavern in Sheffield, a former CAMRA pub of the year, is one of the group's top 16 for 2015

The Campaign for Real Ale has announced its Top 16 pubs as the 2015 Good Beer Guide hits the shelves today.

The 16 regional finalists will now compete to be crowned CAMRA’s Pub of the Year, which was won last year by the Swan with Two Necks in Pendleton, Lancashire. The winner will be announced in February.

Beer Guide editor Roger Protz said: “Being named as one the top 16 pubs in the UK is a huge honour that each of these pubs should be hugely proud of. These pubs have won their branch’s Pub of the Year, then gone on to win the regional competition, and now have a chance of being crowned National Pub of the Year – making every one of them a winner in their own right.”

CAMRA’s Top 16 pubs by region

Central Southern -The Five Bells, Wickham, Berkshire

East Anglia - The Victoria Inn, Colchester, Essex

East Midlands - The Dog and Bone, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Kent - The Windmill, Sevenoaks

Merseyside & Cheshire: The Freshfield, Formby, Merseyside

Scotland / N. Ireland: The Steam Packet Inn, Isle of Whithorn, Scotland

West Pennines: Prince of Wales, Foxfield, Cumbria

North East: The John Bull, Alnwick, Northumberland

Greater London: The Door Hinge, Welling, Kent

Greater Manchester The Harewood Arms, Broadbottom, Cheshire

Yorkshire: The Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield