Heritage Pub Bulletins

October 14, 2026

Three Star Heritage Pubs   Greater Manchester, GRAPES INN, Heywood. The focus of this month’s bulletin is on the sale of pubs owned by Samuel Smith’s Brewery. It was anticipated that following the death of Humphrey Smith there would be...

September 14, 2026

CAMRA Heritage Pub Revival Award 2026 We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 Heritage Pub Revival Award. The winner is The North Star, Steventon with the runner up the Beacon Hotel, Sedgley (both Three Star). Congratulations to...

August 11, 2026

Three Star Heritage Pubs   Greater Manchester, PEVERIL OF THE PEAK, Manchester. We are sad to report that Nancy Swanick, landlady of the famous Manchester pub, has died aged 96. Nancy had been at the helm since 1971, although she had...

July 11, 2026

The presentation of the annual CAMRA Pub Design Awards was held at the Woodman in Birmingham on the 23rd June. The awards, held in partnership with Historic England, recognise the highest standards of architecture in the refurbishment and conservation of...

June 11, 2026

CAMRA’s Heritage Pub Revival Award 2026 Applications for the annual Heritage Pub Revival Award are now open. The award is open to pubs that are included on the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors at either Three, Two or One...

May 11, 2026

Three Star Heritage Pubs   Surrey, BELL, Walton-on-the-Hill. We last reported on the Bell in June 2025 when owners Brakspear had successfully applied for planning permission to convert the Bell to residential use. At the time Paul Ainsworth of Pub Heritage...

April 07, 2026

Three Star Heritage Pubs   Greater Manchester, SHAKESPEARE, Farnworth. The partly retrospective planning application to turn the Shakespeare into an HMO has, thankfully, been refused by Bolton Council. Work converting the first floor had already started and a car sales business...

March 04, 2026

Three Star Heritage Pubs   Oxfordshire, NORTH STAR, Steventon. We have recently learned that the North Star, one of the best preserved basic rural pubs in the country, has been closed since September last year. We understand that significant repair works...

February 04, 2026

CAMRA Heritage Award. We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Heritage Award. The award celebrates the successful revitalisation of a heritage pub that is included on the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. (See: CAMRA Heritage Award.) The...

January 04, 2026

Three Star Heritage Pubs   North Yorkshire, CHRISTIE’S BRASSERIE – THE ZETLAND HOTEL, Middlesbrough. The Zetland Hotel closed in December and is up for sale with Magnum Properties with an asking price of £850,000. See: Magnum Properties . Owners Philip and Joanne Christie...