The Devonshire takes the top spot at the UK's Top 50 Gastropubs 2026 awards

They were threatening the top spot last year, having gone straight in at number two, but this year The Devonshire was crowned the number one gastropub in the country by the Uk Top 50 Gastropubs awards. The chart topper for the last two years, The Unruly Pig still had a very good showing at number 2 and it was also a great year for one of our favourite pubs, The Red Lion and Sun, which climbed up to number three. 

Of the new entries, The Hero at Maida saw the Public House Group get onto the list for the first time, The Knave of Clubs is at 43 and it was a good year for the team behind The Baring, as their new sister pub, The Kerfield Arms also made it onto the list. Somewhat surprisingly, The Tamil Prince was exchanged for The Tamil Crown. 

All in all, there are 13 London pubs on the list, the city's best showing in years. Here's the full list, including the London pubs in bold. 

1. The Devonshire, Soho, Central London
2. The Unruly Pig, Woodbridge, Suffolk
3. The Red Lion & Sun, Highgate, North London
4. The Woolpack Inn, Slad, Gloucestershire
5. The Star at Harome, Harome, North Yorkshire
6. The Angel at Hetton, Hetton, North Yorkshire
7. Parkers Arms, Newton-in-Bowland, Lancashire
8. The Rat Inn, Anick, Northumberland
9. The Rum Fox, Grindleton, Lancashire
10. The Cornish Arms, Tavistock, Devon
11. The Canton Arms, Stockwell, South London
12. The Dog at Wingham, Wingham, Kent
13. The Abbey Inn , Byland, North Yorkshire
14. The Three Horseshoes, Batcombe, Somerset
15. The Broad Chare, Newcastle
16. The Gunton Arms, Thorpe Market, Norfolk
17. The Baring, Islington, North London
18. The Merry Harriers, Hambledon, Surrey
19. The Fordwich Arms, Canterbury, Kent
20. The Bell Inn, Langford
21. The Kentish Hare, Tunbridge Wells
22. The Crown, Burchetts Green, Berkshire
23. The Marksman, Hackney, London
24. The Hero at Maida, Maida Vale, London
25. The Kerfield Arms, Camberwell, London
26. The Sportsman, Seasalter, Kent
27. The Mariners, Rock, Cornwall
28. The Bull, Charlbury, Oxfordshire
29. The Coach, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
30. The Highland Laddie, Leeds
31. The Pipe and Glass Inn, South Dalton, East Yorkshire
32. The Silver Cup, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
33. The Waterman's Arms, Barnes, South-west London
34. Heft, High Newton, Cumbria
35. The Tamil Crown, Islington, London
36. The Harwood Arms, Fulham, west London
37. The Killingworth Castel, Woodstock
38. The Gurnard's Head, St Ives
39. The Bull & Last, Highgate, North London
40. The Kinneuchar Inn, Leven, Fife
41. The Tartan Fox, Newquay
42. Queen of Cups, Glastonbury
43. The Knave of Clubs, Shoreditch, London
44. The Mason's Arms, Bampton, Oxfordshire
45. The Wild Rabbit, Kingham, Oxfordshire
46. Black Bear Inn, Bettws Newydd, Monmouthshire
47. The French House, Soho, London
48. The Loch & The Tyne by Adam Handling, Old Windsor, Berkshire
49. The Shibden Mill Inn, Halifax, West YorkshireThe White horse, Chester, Cheshire

For more, visit the Top 50 Gastropubs website.

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