Six amazing Nottinghamshire pubs reach finals of the Great British Pub Awards 2024

Six wonderful Nottinghamshire pubs have been announced as finalists for the Great British Pub Awards (GPBAs) 2024. 

The GBPAs celebrates the finest pubs in the UK, with a wide range of categories including Best Pub for Families, Best Pub Garden and Best Pub for Dogs. 

While the awards ceremony highlights the service and quality of UK pubs, it also helps to boost the businesses, leading to further customers and opportunities.

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The GBPAs promise a rigorous four-stage judging process, in which renowned industry experts judge sites in an array of categories.

Shortlisted Nottinghamshire pubs include The Plough in Normanton-on-the-Wolds, which was named as the county’s best pub by the National Pub and Bar Awards earlier this year. 

The winners of the Great British Pub Awards 2024 will be announced at a lavish ceremony held on Tuesday, September 17 at the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester. 

Below are each of the four Nottinghamshire pubs which have been shortlisted, alongside their respective competitors.

Best Country/Rural Pub

The Black Bull - Sedbergh, Cumbria

Cholmondeley Arms - Cheshire

The Three Hills - Bartlow, Cambridgeshire

The Elephant & Castle - Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire

The Plough - Normanton on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire

Fox & Hounds - Barley, Hertfordshire

Best Pub for Families

Gaggle of Geese - Buckland Newton, Dorchester, Devon

Puss in Boots - Offerton, Stockport, Greater Manchester

The Hightown Pub & Kitchen - Liverpool

Ye Olde Bridge Inn - Oxton, Nottinghamshire

The Plough, Normanton on the Wolds - Nottinghamshire

Almondsbury Creative - Almondsbury, Gloucestershire

Best Pub Garden

The Hare & Hounds - West Ardsley, West Yorkshire

The Elephant & Castle - Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire

The Drummond at Albury - Guildford, Surrey

The Bellflower, Garstang - Lancashire

Ye Olde Bridge Inn, Southwell - Nottinghamshire

Gaggle of Geese, Buckland Newton - Dorchester, Dorse

Community Hero

Chaplin’s & The Cellar Bar - Bournemouth, Dorset

The Lion Treorchy - Treorchy

The Old Abbey Taphouse - Manchester

The Alexandra - Wimbledon, South West London

The Rose & Crown - Ashbury, Oxfordshire

Dog & Parrot, Eastwood - Nottinghamshire

Greene King Pub of the Year

East End Fox - Baillieston, Glasgow

The Carnarvon - Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

Hare & Hound - King’s Heath, Birmingham

Lion & Lamb - Little Canfield, Dunmow, Essex

Stag at Lyndhurst - Lyndhurst, Hampshire

Guy Earl of Warwick - Welling, South East London