{"id":8295,"date":"2026-04-07T12:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/8295\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:04:12","slug":"8-london-pubs-have-been-shortlisted-for-a-highly-prestigious-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/8295\/","title":{"rendered":"8 London pubs have been shortlisted for a highly prestigious award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PelicanDec21-037-Edit-1024x832.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"The bar area of the Pelican pub in Notting Hill\" width=\"1024\" height=\"832\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a data-force-follow=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/author\/katie-forge\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/profile-pic-3-scaled-e1681828629697-150x150.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-40 photo\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tStaff Writer\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\t7 April, 2026<\/p>\n<p>In a country that boasts over 45,000 boozers; it\u2019s rather tricky to know which of them are the best of the bunch. And so it\u2019s pretty darn convenient that the lovely lot over at Pub &amp; Bar Magazine have \u2013 once again \u2013 narrowed it down for us. Each and every year, the beer-buffs and ale-aficionados pub crawl their way across the UK in search of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-pubs-in-london\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-pubs-in-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">wonderful watering holes<\/a>. And having recently scoured every corner of the country, they\u2019ve announced the 252 pubs that are now officially in the running for their oh-so prestigious National Pub &amp; Bar Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The annual awards shine a spotlight on the very best of British bars and boozers, raising a glass to the spaces that \u2013 from start to finish \u2013 boast the best customer journeys. The 252 shortlisted establishments are scattered across a whopping 94 regions throughout the UK. But I suppose we\u2019ll stay in our own lane (for now) and point you in the direction of the 8 London locales that earnt themselves a comfy, coveted spot on the list of \u2018County Nominees\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"A pub dining room with lots of plants hanging from the ceiling\" class=\"wp-image-380806\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TheLordNorthbrook-Lee-Web-41-1024x683.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TheLordNorthbrook-Lee-Web-41-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A pub dining room with lots of plants hanging from the ceiling\" class=\"wp-image-380806\"  \/>Credit: The Lord Northbrook<\/p>\n<p>The London \u2018County Nominees\u2019<\/p>\n<p>City of London:<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool Street Chop House &amp; Tavern<\/p>\n<p>Roxy Ball Room, St Mary Axe<\/p>\n<p>The Star by <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-in-liverpool-street\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool Street<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greater London:<\/p>\n<p>94 County and Regional Winners will be crowned\u00a0at a fancy <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-things-to-do-london\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-things-to-do-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">London<\/a> ceremony in June. A series of \u2018Industry Choice Awards\u2019 will also be dished out at the event (voted for separately by 400 judges from the world of hospitality) alongside a Pub Group of the Year award, a Bar Group of the Year award, and a bunch of Highly Commended titles, too. Last year, The Red Lion &amp; Sun snapped up the London Pub &amp; Bar of the Year Award, whilst The Devonshire managed to get its hands on the Industry Choice Award. <\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the National Pub &amp; Bar Awards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalpubandbarawards.co.uk\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.nationalpubandbarawards.co.uk\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-tracked=\"1\" data-category=\"click_sales\" data-cp_smn_source=\"secretldn\" data-cp_smn_content=\"london-pubs-national-awards-shortlist\" data-cp_smn_term=\"text_cta_2\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Staff Writer \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 7 April, 2026 In a country that boasts over 45,000 boozers; it\u2019s rather tricky&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[4186,27,743,1730],"class_list":{"0":"post-8295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-bar","9":"tag-london","10":"tag-pub","11":"tag-social-drinking"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116363333630868858","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}