Pubs across the Winchester district will be featured in the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) annual Good Beer Guide as it celebrates its 52nd edition.

The Good Beer Guide is published nationally by CAMRA and names great pubs and beers across the country.

The Coach & Horses in Sutton Scotney is featured for the first time.

Manager David Dobson said: "I'm blown away. I'm also very surprised as it's unusual for brewery-tied pubs to get this level of recognition. But it's a testament to the effort and energy we are putting into the pub, we seem to be getting busier as other pubs are getting quieter. Being in the guide for the first time will help show that really are a pub that cares."

The Phoenix Arms in Twyford is in the guide fore the fourth year in a row

Emma Oakley, landlady for 20 years,  said: ""That's great. I am lucky enough to have been featured in the guide for the last three years from 2021, 2022 and 2023.

"It's always good for business to be in the Guide, lots of people go by CAMRA so we hope this well get more people visiting the pub!"

Simon Osborne, general manager of the Flower Pots Inn, Cheriton, was very pleased. The pub has featured in the guide for 50 years. He said: "It's quite something. We're incredibly grateful & honoured to have received such an accolade. We've been the guardians of this fantastic pub for the last five years, the remaining 45 years were down to Pat, John, Jo & Paul, which mustn't be forgotten. And of course huge thanks must also go to CAMRA South Hants for their support and our wonderful customers that make this place what it is."​

The Winchester District pubs named were;

Cheriton - Flower Pots Inn, Brandy Mount;

Four Marks - Offf the Rails, Unit 3 Magpie Works;

Lower Wield - Yew Tree;

Micheldever - Dove Inn, Andover Road;

Romsey - Three Tuns, on Middlebridge Street;

Sutton Scotney - Coach & Horses, Oxford Road;

Tichborne - Tichborne Arms;

Twyford - Phoenix Inn, High Street;


Upham - Brushmakers Arms, Shoe Lane;

Winchester -
Black Boy, Wharf Hill;
Fulflood Arms, Cheriton Road;
Hyde Tavern, Hyde Street;
Queen Inn, Kingsgate Road;
Wykeham Arms, Kingsgate Street;

Wonston;
Wonston Arms, Stoke Charity Road.

 

The Guide features 4,500 of the best pubs and beers across the UK and is out now;
CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2025:
 https://shop1.camra.org.uk/product/the-good-beer-guide-2025/