Renovated pub gets national nod thanks to 2024 honour

THE National Pub and Bar Awards has named its top choice of pubs and bars across the UK for 2024. Among the entries is a renovated bar in Tamworth.

Regional winners include Tamworth Arms in Lichfield Street, which was named in the West Midlands county award. Its website says: “The Tamworth Arms has been serving the local public for centuries. The Grade II listed building has recently received a huge transformation, now modernised and back in action.”

No Birmingham pub got a look in. Warwickshire’s top pub and bar was named as The House in The Parade at Leamington Spa.

It comes after the town was highlighted as one of the best places to live in the UK.

Reviews love the cocktails with Bia Pink saying in a Google review: “Amazing atmosphere and the drinks are always great. Best mojito in town!”

Shropshire’s top pub was picked as The Tally Ho Inn in Boulden. It is set amongst countryside near Craven Arms and diners rave about the “outstanding food”.

Other nearby pubs honoured include Gloucestershire’s winner of The Bottle of Sauce in Cheltenham. All the pubs named best for their county across England are listed below.

■ National Pub and Bar Awards 2024:

■ England county winners

■ Midlands pub winners: Worcestershire - BMK Stourport (Big Mouths Kitchen) in Stourport

■ West Midlands - The Tamworth Arms, Tamworth

■ Herefordshire - The Oak Inn, Staplow

■ Shropshire - The Tally Ho Inn in Craven Arms

■ Staffordshire - Fitzherbert Arms, Swynnerton near Stone

■ Warwickshire - The House at Leamington Spa

■ East Midlands pub winners

■ Derbyshire - The Railway, Belper

■ Leicestershire - The Forge Inn, Glenfield

■ Northamptonshire - The Tollemache Arms

■ Nottinghamshire - The Plough, Normanton

■ Rutland - The Olive Branch

■ South West best pub winners

■ Gloucestershire - The Bottle of Sauce in Cheltenham

■ Bristol - The All Inn

■ Cornwall - The Barley Sheaf, Gorran

■ Devon - Masons Arms

■ Dorset - The Pure Drop

■ Somerset - The George Inn, Norton St. Philip

■ Wiltshire - The Methuen Arms

■ East of England pub winnersEssex Galvin Green Man

■ Bedfordshire - The Crown, Henlow

■ Cambridgeshire - The Royal Oak, Hail Weston

■ Hertfordshire - The Black Horse, Barnet

■ Norfolk, The Dabbling Duck

■ Suffolk, The Newbourne Fox

■ Best pub winners for London and the South East

■ City of London - Mr Fogg’s City Tavern

■ Greater London - The Audley Public House

■ Berkshire - The Loch & The Tyne by Adam Handling

■ Buckinghamshire - The Journeyman

■ East Sussex - The Geese

■ Hampshire - The Mutton at Hazeley Heath

■ Isle of Wight - The Old Fort, Seaview

■ Kent - The Kings Arms, Elham

■ Oxfordshire - The Victoria Arms, Old Marston

■ Surrey - The Mill, Haslemere

■ West Sussex - The Three Moles

■ Winners of best pub in North East and North West

■ Durham - The Bay Horse, Hurworth

■ Northumberland - The Crown Inn Humshaugh

■ Tyne and Wear - NQ64

■ Cheshire - Cholmondeley Arms

■ Cumbria - The Swan, Grasmere

■ Greater Manchester - BOX

■ Lancashire - Britannia Tap and Grill

■ Merseyside - Mean-Eyed Cat Bar

■ Yorkshire and the Humber best pub winners

■ East Riding of Yorkshire - The Old Star, Kilham

■ Lincolnshire - The Red Cow, Fishtoft

■ North Yorkshire - The Harrogate Inn

■ South Yorkshire - Public

■ West Yorkshire - Call Lane Social