Sunderland & South Tyneside CAMRA supports all pubs & clubs in the branch area serving cask ales & real cider. We also encourage any pub in the area to try selling cask ale.
The number of pubs serving cask ale at any given time is fluid as properties change landlords & ownership.
In recent years many pubs have struggled to survive, often due to “punitive” taxation & what is known as the beer tie.
In this current economic environment some local pubs face the most difficult times seen for many years. CAMRA asks anyone using this site to be our information source & keep us informed of changes to the information held on these pages. Please contact us with any pub related information.
DATABASES of PUBS:
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Our Branch Awards:
Each year we select our:
- “Pub of the Year” or PotY
- “Cider Pub of the Year” or CPotY
- “Club of the Year” or CotY
The winning venues go forward into CAMRA’s national competitions.
We also nominate a number of pubs or clubs as local entries for the CAMRA Good Beer Guide (GBG).
The processes we use to select the three award winners & how we select our GBG entries can be found detailed in this download: GBG entry selection & *otY processes (updated 2024.)
In addition to awarding a “Pub of the Year” we maintain a “Top 12” list of pubs:
Pub of the Year 2024 the "Top 12"
Pub | Location | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |
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1st | The Marine | South Shields | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
2nd | The Steamboat | South Shields | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st |
3rd | Cask Lounge | South Shields | 5th | 3rd | 7th | - | - |
4th | The Dun Cow | Sunderland City Centre | 4th | 8th | 10th | 5th | 6th |
5th | Fitzgeralds | Sunderland City Centre | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 7th | 12rd |
6th | The Steps | Washington | - | 7th | 11th | 6th | 10th |
7th | The Ship Isis | Sunderland City Centre | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd |
8th | Blues Micro Pub | Whitburn | 8th | 6th | - | - | - |
9th | The Avenue | Sunderland North | 11th | 10th | 6th | 8th | - |
10th | The Harbour View | Sunderland North | 7th | 9th | 4th | 4th | 5th |
11th | The Guide Post | Ryhope | - | - | - | - | - |
12th | The Peacock | Sunderland City Centre | - | - | - | - | - |