Every year, all branch members can be involved in selecting the branch Pub of the Year.
The winner is presented with a certificate and goes through to the next stage:
the Cumbria Pub of the Year, which is chosen from each of the four Cumbrian branches of Camra.

The winner of this then goes head to head with the winner of the Lancashire branches
and one is chosen to become the West Pennines Pub of the Year,
and finally, all the regional winners are compared and a national Pub of the Year is chosen.

Cumbria Pub of the Year
West Pennines Pub of the Year
2008
Manor Arms, Broughton in Furness


West Cumbria
Pub of the Year 2008
Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater


West Cumbria Pub of the Year 2007
Dog & Gun, Keswick

Cumbria Pub of the Year 2007
The well-deserved Prince of Wales, Foxfield.

West Cumbria Pub of the Year 2006
Wasdale Head Inn

Cumbria Pub of the Year 2006
The well-deserved Wasdale Head Inn.

Regional (West Pennines) Pub of the Year 2006
The very well-deserved Wasdale Head Inn.

Pub of the Year this year, 2004, 2003 and runner-up in 2002, is the Kirkstile Inn at Loweswater. This is a hugely popular choice, it having been a pub of the season, too, in 2002. Members again enjoyed a Saturday afternoon visit there, some getting the chance to look at the micro brewery, now producing additional beers.
Two articles to read: 2003, 2005

(Previous years' winner, for four years, the Bitter End, Cockermouth ....
further details....)

CAMRA branches in Cumbria selected the Manor Arms in Broughton-in-Furness as the Cumbria Pub of the Year. Owned and run by Dave Varty and son Scott, the Manor has led the way in a real ale boom in the small market town of Broughton. The Manor stands on the corner of the Georgian square in the centre of Broughton; regular beers are Coniston Bluebird, Taylor?s Best Bitter, and Yates Bitter; there are t hree guest beers ? always something interesting ? and draft Liefman?s Kriek. It beat off strong competition from the Kirkstile Inn and the Greyhound at Shap to win the Cumbria nomination. An award was presented to Dave and Scott during the Cumbria launch of the 2005 Good Beer Guide on 18th September Congratulations to Dave and Scott.

The Manor Arms at Broughton in Furness faced the Cartford Hotel, home of the Hart brewery at Little Eccleston, in a head-to-head, to win the West Pennines regional award. This success means that the Manor has reached the final stages of the competition and is one of sixteen regional winners.

It will now compete against the three other Northern winners: the Arden Arms in Stockport; the Ship in Middlestone, Co Durham; and the Port Royal in Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, to get to final four. The overall winner will be announced during National Pubs Week, 19th - 26th January 2005.

could be the Manor! Wait with bated breath and watch this space!

The Cumbrian Club of the year 2004 is the Rugby Union Club on Warwick Road in Carlisle, where excellent Yates Bitter and Tetleys Bitter, and occasional guest beers are served.

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