The White Horse in Chilgrove, West Sussex (Picture: The White Horse)

Britain’s best pubs have been named in the National Pub & Bar Awards 2018.

The awards took place at BAFTA 195 in London on 23 May and honoured the best boozers in the business.

The White Horse in Chilgrove, West Sussex was this year’s overall winner, beating 93 other pubs to claim the crown. It also took home the title of best pub in the South East because, well, it’s greedy.

You’ll find the cute little pub nestled in the foot of the South Downs near Chicester, just moments from Goodhood country estate.


It prides itself as a ‘quintessentially British pub’, and chefs create menus from fresh local produce sourced directly from the woodlands, farms and country estates that surround them.



On the menu you’ll find things such as local game pie, ham hock terrine, and baked cauliflower with pearl barley and cheddar.

We should also point out that they have an entire martini menu, and make an espresso martini with amaretto.

You can even stay at The White Horse, and they have two rooms which feature private patios and large hot tubs to soak in while watching absolutely nothing go by in the surrounding rolling countryside.

But of course, there’s a world outside of the South Downs – who won big elsewhere?

The Half Moon in London caters for many different diets (Picture: The Half Moon)

The Half Moon in Herne Hill was London’s winner, which is a restored, Grade II-listed hotel.

Handily, you can still book a night’s stay there.

The menu caters for many dietary requirements, with mains including 35 day aged Hampshire sirloin steak, sauteed gnochchi with Laverstoke mozzarella, and chargrilled vegetable and pine nut salad.

Britain's best pubs London – The Half Moon (10 Half Moon Lane, London SE24 9HU) East Midlands – The Railway (Station Road, Lowdham, Nottingham NG14 7DU) West Midlands – The Fitzherbert Arms (Nr Stone, Swynnerton ST15 0RA) South East – The White Horse (1 High Street, Chilgrove, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 9HX) South West – Port Gaverne Hotel (9 Port Gaverne, Port Isaac PL29 3SQ) East of England – The White Horse (Main Road, Brancaster Staithe PE31 8BY) Yorkshire and the Humber – The Botanist (5A Leopold St, Sheffield S1 2JG0) North East Scotland – The Old Mill Inn (Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH) Wales – The Bull (Castle St, Beaumaris LL58 8AP0) North East – South Causey Inn (Beamish Burn Road, Stanley DH9 0LS) North West – The Church Inn (Church Lane, Mobberley, Knutsford WA16 7RD0 North West Scotland – The Plockton Hotel (41 Harbour St, Plockton IV52 8TN) South East Scotland – Innis & Gunn (81-83 Lothian Rd, Edinburgh EH3 9AW) South West Scotland – West on the Green (Templeton Building, Glasgow Green, Glasgow G40 1AW) Northern Ireland – Walled City Brewery (70 Ebrington Street, Derry-Londonderry BT47 6FA)

The Botanist in Sheffield is a bloody delight (Picture: The Botanist)

Chef James Graham was also given a nod at the awards for his work as executive chef at The Pointer in Brill, Buckinghamshire.

He accepted the Samsung Pub Chef of the Year award, thanks to his culinary delights such as homemade sausage rolls and home-cured salmon – made using produce from the pub’s very own farm.

Road trip around the country sampling booze and food, anyone?

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