The Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs have announced their list for 2025, the ranking of which will be announced in a ceremony in January.
The list features a handful of North West entries, and as with last year’s rankings, Manchester’s Edinburgh Castle is the only city centre spot on the list.
The Ancoats pub dates back to 1811, but has been a local foodie favourite since it re-opened in 2019. They are a much-loved spot for their elevated pub food and often fully-booked Sunday lunches.
It landed at number 24 on the list last year. Since then, chef Gabe Lea has taken the reigns of the pub from Manchester chef of the year Shaun Moffat.
Further afield, The Pack Horse in Hayfield has made the list too. No stranger to receiving awards, this is their second year being nominated in this prestigious list.
In a column for Manchester’s Finest, Thom Hetherington wrote that the Pack Horse’s food is ‘generous and honest and respectful of traditions, and the techniques on the plate are there for the diner’s benefit rather than the kitchen’s ego’.
Meanwhile out in Lancashire, previous winner in The Parkers Arms in Newton-in-Bowland, which scooped the coveted number one slot in 2023, will also be in the running once again, as will The Three Fishes in Mitton and The White Swan at Fence.
The Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs ceremony will take place at the Plaisterers’ Hall in London on 27 January, 2025.
The full Top 50 pubs are:
- Heft, High Newton, Cumbria
- Parkers Arms, Newton-in-Bowland, Lancashire
- The Abbey Inn , Byland, North Yorkshire
- The Angel at Hetton, Hetton, North Yorkshire
- The Baring, Islington, north London
- The Black Bear Inn, Bettws Newydd, Monmouthshire
- The Black Bull, Sedbergh, Cumbria
- The Broad Chare, Newcastle
- The Bull, Charlbury, Oxfordshire
- The Bull & Last, Highgate, North London
- The Bull’s Head, Craswall, Herefordshie
- The Camberwell Arms, Camberwell, South London
- The Canton Arms, Stockwell, South London
- The Clarence Tavern, Stoke Newington, North-East London
- The Coach, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
- The Cornish Arms, Tavistock, Devon
- The Crown, Burchetts Green, Berkshire
- The Devonshire, Soho, Central London
- The Dog & Gun Inn, Skelton, Cumbria
- The Dog at Wingham, Wingham, Kent
- The Double Red Duke, Clanfield, Oxfordshire
- The Drapers Arms, Islington, North London
- The Durham Ox, Crayke, North Yorkshire
- The Eagle, Farringdon, North London
- The Edinburgh Castle, Manchester
- The Fordwich Arms, Canterbury, Kent
- The Gunton Arms, Thorpe Market, Norfolk
- The Hand and Flowers, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
- The Harwood Arms, Fulham, West London
- The Loch & The Tyne by Adam Handling, Old Windsor, Berkshire
- The Longs Arms, South Wraxall, Wiltshire
- The Mariners, Rock, Cornwall
- The Merry Harriers, Hambledon, Surrey
- The Pack Horse, Hayfield, Derbyshire
- The Pipe and Glass Inn, South Dalton, East Yorkshire
- The Rat Inn, Anick, Northumberland
- The Red Lion & Sun, Highgate, North London
- The Scran and Scallie, Edinburgh
- The Shibden Mill Inn, Halifax, West Yorkshire
- The Silver Cup, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
- The Sportsman, Seasalter, Kent
- The Star at Harome, Harome, North Yorkshire
- The Tamil Prince, Islington, North London
- The Three Fishes, Mitton, Lancashire
- The Three Horseshoes, Batcombe, Somerset
- The Unruly Pig, Woodbridge, Suffolk
- The Waterman’s Arms, Barnes, South-West London
- The White Swan at Fence, Fence, Lancashire
- The Wild Rabbit, Kingham, Oxfordshire
- The Woolpack Inn, Slad, Gloucestershire
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