The 2023 guide has now been revealed and our Harrogate district is well represented with 22 establishments listed from the town centre to Beckwithshaw, Knaresborough to Masham and Lofthouse to Ripon.
Here, we take a look at all the pubs which have made it into the CAMRA good books… which ones have you been to?
17. Knaresborough
Mitre: 4 Station Road, HG5 9AA (opp railway station) (01423868948) Timothy Taylor Boltmaker; 4 changing beers (often Ilkley, Rooster’s). Opposite Knaresborough’s Grade II-listed railway station and signal box, this Market Town Taverns pub offers a modern split-level bar with wooden flooring throughout. Photo: Gerard binks
18. Harrogate
Blues Cafe Bar: 4 Montpellier Parade, HG1 2TJ (01423566881) 4 changing beers (often Isaac Poad, Ossett, Rooster’s). A small single-room cafe bar in the town centre, modelled on an Amsterdam cafe bar. Photo: Gerard Binks
19. Masham
White Bear: Wellgarth, HG4 4EN (01765689319) Theakston Best Bitter, Lightfoot, Old Peculier; 1 changing beer (often Theakston). Theakston’s only pub, an award-winning venue and a great favourite with the locals as well as directors and staff from the brewery. Photo: Gerard Binks
20. Harrogate
Devonshire Tap House: 10 Devonshire Place, HG1 4AA (01423568702) Timothy Taylor Boltmaker; 7 changing beers (often Brass Castle, Harrogate, Wilde Child). A cosy old pub, rescued, restored and renovated in 2014, then refurbished and reopened again by new independent operators in 2019. Photo: Gerard Binks