Heritage Pubs
Britain's Historic Pub Interiors
Unspoilt pubs — here is your definitive guide to the nation's most important historic pub interiors. Since the 1960s few pubs have escaped major changes but this website helps you seek out the best historic examples we have left. They range from simple unaltered village pubs to glorious late-Victorian extravaganzas. Each is very special in its own way.
This list has been compiled by CAMRA's Pub Heritage Group and is the product of over thirty years of careful research. It identifies pubs with intact traditional interiors or which have features and rooms of national importance.
PDF files for currently listed pubs in Scotland can be found directly via Scotland's Real Heritage Pubs (Online Guide) or indirectly via Historic Scotland: Raising the Bar (you may have to scroll down to find the PDF link). A Britain's Best Real Heritage Pubs PDF is also available, or regional Heritage Pub Guides can be purchased as books from the CAMRA Shop (just enter the word Heritage in the search field to find them all).
If you are a potential pub operator or owner, see the benefits of running a pub with an important historic interior. If you are a planning official, review how we work to protect pubs with important historic interiors. If you are a CAMRA member, and you would like to volunteer to help Pub Heritage Group, read about the surveying we do.
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Historic pub interiors
Outstanding Conversions and Restorations
In recent years, large numbers of pubs have been restored and many created in buildings previously used for something else. There have also been new pubs built that are worthy of admiration and recognition. CAMRA is recording the best of these pubs and highlighting them for all to enjoy. The project identifies and promotes interiors of outstanding architectural or design quality in pubs that have been converted, restored or newly built.
Quality can derive either directly from the previous incarnation of the building or from the manner in which the interior has been adapted and fitted out for pub use or both, delivering an authentic pub experience. The purpose is to raise awareness and enjoyment of the best pub design of the last fifty years.
CAMRA aims to inspire pub owners and others to pursue excellence when converting or restoring buildings for pub use, thereby establishing standards against which future conversions, restorations and new builds can be judged.
We also showcase pubs recreated in museums where visitors can enjoy a pint in an authentic setting.
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