The new Heritage Award is open to all pubs on our National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors, whatever their grade: Three Star, Two Star or One Star. It recognises and celebrates the achievements of a heritage pub that has been revitalised in some way.
This award is part of the effort to promote and preserve the interiors of historic pub heritage listings.
Nominations are now open and will close on 12 November 2024. Use the forms below to share your story.
Nominate Heritage PubWe have inaugrated a new national award that recognises and celebrates the achievements of a heritage pub that has been revitalised in some way.
Pub heritage is an enduringly interesting and motivating factor to the general public and to CAMRA members. It is one of our most valuable assets with publications focusing on heritage pubs regularly being strong sellers and interest groups around the country supporting the heritage pubs in their region. The introduction of this award is a further opportunity to promote the best of our pubs, enhance their trade and generate publicity for CAMRA.
All the interiors in the pub heritage listings are, by definition, rare, constituting only around 2% of all the UK’s pubs. These pubs command special attention and we must do all we can to promote and preserve them. The Heritage Award is part of this effort.
The award is open to all pubs on our National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors, whatever their grade: Three Star, Two Star or One Star. Success criteria are not limited to what’s happened to the pub’s interior. Pubs can also win the award through the efforts of its management to run the pub enthusiastically, care for its heritage and make a positive contribution to the local community.
Any pub or pub operator which has carried out activity leading to the reinvigoration of a pub for the benefit of the business and / or the community will be eligible, provided that the benefits were experienced during the year ending 1 November 2024 (so the actions could have been taken in the preceding year or earlier).
The judges will consider, for example, heritage pubs that have:
Reopened after a protracted period of closure
Been restored to (their former) glory
Been shown loving care and attention to detail in refurbishment or restoration
Instigated community initiatives, festivals or events
Introduced services of benefit to the community, such as a shop or post office
Been reenergised by becoming a real ale haven.
The judges will be looking for some evidence that the pub has demonstrated an ability to attract new or more customers.
CAMRA’s very first Heritage Award winner is the Drewe Arms in Drewsteignton, Devon. Situated in front of the parish church in a picturesque Dartmoor village square, the 17th century inn has remained unchanged for 100 years. When the Grade II* listed pub closed in 2022, it was feared that the Drewe Arms would be lost forever.
The Drewsteignton Community Society formed and village locals came together to launch a fundraising campaign to re-open the pub under community ownership.
One of Devon’s oldest pubs, the Drewe Arms has an interior of outstanding national historic importance, being one of the few pubs left in the UK without a conventional bar, instead local beers are served straight from the cask, from stillage to hatch.
The runner-up in the Heritage Award was Kings Head in Bristol, which was restored by Good Chemistry Brewery. Shut since the Covid pandemic, the mid-17th century building has been restored it to its former glory by the brewery in east Bristol, displaying real care and attention to detail in an extensive but sympathetic refurbishment.
The Grade II listed pub boasts some of the oldest bar fittings in the whole of the UK, and a unique snug shaped like a tramcar, making the interior of outstanding national historic importance.
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