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Bromley CAMRA Pub and Club of the year

The table below is a list of all the winners and runners-up of the Bromley CAMRA Pub of the Year and Club of the Year competition since the branch started running the competition.   Where two runners-up are shown, it indicates that the voting was tied.   Click on the pub name to see their CAMRA Experience website entry.

Below the table, we explain the selection process used by Bromley CAMRA.

	Club of the Year Winner	Pub of the Year Winner	Pub of the Year Runner(s)-up		Any further awards (being compiled)
2026	Orpington Liberal Club BR6	The Cockpit BR7	One Inn The Wood BR5		OLC received Greater London Regional CotY Cockpit received Greater London Regional PotY
2025	Orpington Liberal Club BR6	The Cockpit BR7	One Inn The Wood BR5		OLC received Greater London Regional CotY and National Club Finalist Cockpit received Greater London Regional PotY runner-up
2024	Orpington Liberal Club BR6	The Cockpit BR7	Star & Garter BR1	Three Hounds Beer Company BR3	OLC received Greater London Regional CotY Cockpit received Greater London Regional PotY (joint) runner-up
2023	Orpington Liberal Club BR6	The Cockpit BR7	Star & Garter BR1
2022	Orpington Liberal Club BR6	One Inn The Wood BR5	Star & Garter BR1
2020 - 2021	Orpington Liberal Club BR6	Star & Garter BR1	Real Ale Way BR2	One Inn The Wood BR5	OLC was a National Club Finalist
2019	Orpington Liberal Club BR6	Star & Garter BR1	Real Ale Way BR2	Red Lion BR1	OLC received Greater London Regional CotY
2018	Orpington Liberal Club BR6	Star & Garter BR1	One Inn The Wood BR5		OLC received Greater London Regional CotY
2017	Orpington Liberal Club BR6	The Greyhound (Keston) BR2	One Inn The Wood BR5		OLC received Greater London Regional CotY
2016	Orpington Liberal Club BR6	One Inn The Wood BR5	The Greyhound (Keston) BR2		OLC was a National Club Finalist
2015	Orpington Liberal Club BR6	One Inn The Wood BR5	The Shortlands Tavern BR2		One Inn the Wood received Greater London Regional PotY OLC received Greater London Regional CotY
2014	Orpington Liberal Club BR6	Queen's Head (Downe) BR6	The Shortlands Tavern BR2
2013	Orpington Liberal Club BR6	Grape & Grain SE19			OLC received Greater London Regional CotY
2012		Red Lion BR1
	Club of the Year Winner	Pub of the Year Winner	Pub of the Year Runner(s)-up		Any further awards

How Bromley CAMRA selects the Pub and Club of the year

The selection process involves the following stages, which are further detailed below:

1. Members are invited to nominate one pub and/or one club to be considered for the award (Mid Nov to early Jan)
2. Members are also invited to volunteer to be a member of the judging panels
3. Five pubs and two clubs will be shortlisted for judging (early Jan)
4. The results of the shortlisting are announced (mid Jan)
5. Members of the judging panels visit all the shortlisted pubs and/or clubs. Judging is carried out using the CAMRA standard judging criteria (mid Jan to mid Feb)
6. The winners and runner(s)-up are announced (early March)

The nomination stage

• The opening of the nomination period will be announced by an email sent to branch members and on social media
• All members of Bromley Branch are welcome to submit a nomination for one pub and/or one club
• All members of Bromley Branch are encouraged to volunteer to join the judging panel for the pubs and/or the clubs
• There is no limit to the number of judges who may take part

The shortlisting stage

• Shortlisting for judging is based on the number of nominations receive
• In the event of a tie for the 5th pub / 2nd club, the one selected for judging will be that which received the highest average beer score, as reported to the GBG Selection Meeting
• The results of the shortlisting will be announced via social media

The judging stage

• All judges are required to visit all of the shortlisted pubs and/or clubs during the judging periods
• Whilst visiting pubs/clubs judges are asked to not disclose that they are judging for an award
• Judging is carried out using the CAMRA standard judging criteria (as is used in the subsequent regional and national stages)
• At the end of the judging period, judges will meet to agree the award decisions.
• The judges’ decision is based on both:
  • the total number of points awarded by the judges and;
  • the ranking (order of preference) of the pubs/clubs by the individual judges
• In the event of there not being one pub/club being the winner on both counts, the judges will discuss the relative merits of the potential winners and make a decision on this basis.

Announcement of the winners

• The award decisions will be kept under strict embargo for a number of days to allow for:
  • Notifications to be given (subject to embargo) to the winners and runner-up
  • Preparation for announcements
• The first announcements of the winners and runners-up will be made via the Bromley CAMRA social media

Award presentations

• Bromley CAMRA will make arrangements with the winning pub and club for a presentation event at the pub/club to hand over a framed certificate in recognition of their achievement
• In practice, the presentation event may need to be some months after the initial announcement (due to fitting in with existing commitments and press dates for publications etc)
• The runners-up will also offered the opportunity to hold a presentation event

The next stage (the Greater London Regional Award)

• As soon as Bromley Branch has announced the names of the winning pub and club, that information is passed to Greater London Regional CAMRA for them to be included in the regional judging
• All 12 branches in Greater London each select a Pub of the Year and they all go forward for regional judging during the period April to July, with the regional winner normally being announced during July
• Not all branches in Greater London have clubs eligible for the Club of the Year competition, however those branch clubs which have been selected are also judged between April to July
• All branches in Greater London are expected to participate in the judging of the pubs and Bromley branch members are welcome to be involved in that judging (normally announced in our newsletter)

Which Clubs are eligible to enter the Club award?

• The only clubs which are eligible to be considered for the award are those which allow access to card-carrying members of CAMRA
• As at November 2025, only the following clubs are eligible
  • Beckenham RFC;
  • Orpington Liberal Club;
  • Royal British Legion Club, Hayes
  • Royal British Legion Club, Petts Wood (but currently no cask ale)
• If you are a member of a different club which you think might be interested in welcoming CAMRA members, please discuss it with the Secretary or Chair of your club. If they might wish to proceed, then please let us know

All questions or comments about Pub and Club of the Year in Bromley should be sent by email to ppac@bromley.camra.org.uk

Note: The Bromley CAMRA PotY/CotY Selection Process was updated in September 2026