The 16 Camra ‘Regional Pub of the Year’ winners will compete to be crowned ‘National Pub of the Year’ later in 2010.

Pubs are judged in a number of areas, which include customer service, decor, clientele mix, value for money, atmosphere and of course, the quality of the beer and cider.

The top 16 pubs all appear in the new Good Beer Guide and are described as follows:

The Bell, Aldworth (central southern)

(central southern) Guide Dog, Southampton (Wessex)

(Wessex) Ship & Castle, Aberystwyth (south/mid-Wales)

(south/mid-Wales) Salutation, Gloucestershire (southwest)

(southwest) Dove, Bury St Edmunds (East Anglia)

(East Anglia) Flower Pot, Maidstone (Kent)

(Kent) The Harp, Covent Garden (Greater London)

(Greater London) Royal Oak, West Sussex (Surrey/Sussex)

(Surrey/Sussex) Brewery Tap, Chester (Merseyside/Cheshire/North Wales)

(Merseyside/Cheshire/North Wales) Albert Tavern, Kingdom of Fife (Scotland/Northern Ireland)

(Scotland/Northern Ireland) Taps, Lytham St Annes (northwest)

(northwest) Surtees Arms, Durham (northeast)

(northeast) Knott Bar, Manchester (Greater Manchester)

(Greater Manchester) Ferryboat, Thorganby (Yorkshire)

(Yorkshire) Crown, Beeston (East Midlands)

(East Midlands) Beacon Hotel, Sedgley (West Midlands).

Source: Camra