The People’s Pub Of The Month – May 2026 Voting Now Open

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The People’s Pub Of The Month May 2026 voting poster with pint of beer and competition details for Pub Social
Vote for Britain’s best pub in The People’s Pub Of The Month competition hosted by Pub Social

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🍺🏆 Pub Social has officially launched its search for The People’s Pub Of The Month – May 2026 — and now the public gets to decide which pub deserves the title. 🏆🍺

Across Britain, pubs continue to play a huge role in local communities.

They are places where people meet friends, celebrate birthdays, watch football, enjoy live music, relax after work and spend time together. From tiny village inns and traditional ale houses to modern gastropubs and busy town-centre locals, every pub has its own atmosphere and loyal following.

Now Pub Social wants to find out which pubs people genuinely love the most.

HOW TO VOTE

👇 TO VOTE, PEOPLE MUST COMMENT IN THE COMMENTS SECTION BELOW THIS STORY 👇

To cast your vote, simply comment below with:

  • Pub name
  • Town/location
  • Why it deserves to win

📢 IMPORTANT:
Only votes left in the comments section below THIS article will count.

Votes on Facebook or other social media posts will not be included in the final total.

The idea behind the competition is simple — to create one place where pub lovers from across the UK can support the venues they care about most.

Supporting Britain’s Pubs

The competition has been launched as a fun way to celebrate pubs and encourage communities to support their locals.

Whether it’s:

  • a pub known for its atmosphere,
  • a great beer garden,
  • brilliant staff,
  • fantastic food,
  • live entertainment,
  • real ale,
  • or simply being the heart of the community…

Every pub has the chance to be nominated.

Pub Social is encouraging readers from all over the country to get involved and nominate pubs from their towns, villages and cities.

What The Winners Receive

The winning pub will receive:
🏆 Featured coverage on Pub Social
📸 Social media promotion
🍺 Major bragging rights as The People’s Pub Of The Month

One lucky voter who comments below the story will also win:
🍺 A £50 bar tab at the winning pub

Which Pub Will Take The Title?

Could it be:

  • a hidden countryside gem,
  • a famous historic inn,
  • a lively sports pub,
  • a small independent local,
  • or the pub that means the most to its community?

That decision now belongs to the public.

🍻 Voting is officially open.

Sophie Bennett
Sophie Bennett
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225 COMMENTS

  10. The sutherland arms, stoke on trent, amazing community pub, with awesome value boutique rooms above, friendly regulars, amazing staff, best pint of bass ive had

  11. The Brownlow Arms, Comber (N.I) represents something increasingly rare — a genuine traditional local pub that hasn’t sacrificed its identity to follow trends. Warm, welcoming, and full of character, it offers the kind of authentic atmosphere many modern pubs have lost. It’s not trying to be fashionable; it’s trying to be a proper pub — and that’s exactly why it deserves recognition.

    It’s also a true locals’ bar in the best sense of the phrase. The kind of place where people know who’ll be in, what seat they’ll be sitting in, and roughly what time they’ll arrive. That familiarity creates a sense of community you simply can’t fake. Regulars aren’t just customers — they’re part of the atmosphere and identity of the pub itself.

    With its old-fashioned charm, cash-only simplicity, and stove bringing warmth to the centre of the room, the Brownlow offers something increasingly hard to find: authenticity. It hasn’t tried to reinvent itself into a trendy gastropub or polished chain-style venue. Instead, it has stayed loyal to what it has always been — a proper local pub where conversation, character, and community still come first.

  14. The City Wall Wine Bar, Rochester
    A wonderful wine bar with a fantastic atmosphere, friendly staff and an excellent selection of wines. Always a great night out.

  15. Ker Street Social Club, Plymouth
    A true community venue that brings people together with live music, sport and a warm welcome for everyone.

  19. The Yorkshire Grey, Earls Croome, Worcestershire. Excellent food, welcoming and a great all round experience. Wonderful beer garden overlooking fields and The Malvern hills in the distance.

  20. The Yorkshire Grey
    Earles Coombe
    Fantastic food always get a warm welcome and all the staff are so friendly and efficient.

  21. The Old Colonial is everything a great local pub should be and more. What makes it even more impressive is the story behind it. A 24 year old barmaid took over what was a struggling pub with no previous experience of running a business and, in just 12 months, has completely transformed it into a thriving community pub.

    The passion and effort she has put into this place is obvious the moment you walk through the door. There is now fantastic weekend street food, live music, a welcoming atmosphere, and a genuine focus on real ale that deserves huge credit. It feels like a pub with real heart again.

    We genuinely could not speak more highly of what she is doing. It takes courage for a young person to take on something as challenging as a failing pub, especially in the current climate, and the local pub community should absolutely be getting behind people like her. The turnaround has been incredible and the Old Colonial is quickly becoming one of the best community pubs around.

    Old Colonial, Dunbottle Lane, Mirfield

  22. The Rock Inn, Yelverton, Devon… fantastic staff, stunning building, lovely food, great range of drinks, friendly atmosphere, dog and children friendly areas, dog and children free areas, large garden area, ideal location for tourist and locals to visit and park… and the annual music festival too..

  23. The Sir William peel in Sandy Beds.
    CAMRA PUB OF THE YEAR 2025/2026.
    Fantastic Ales&Ciders,Craft beers and larger,live events,customer outings,brewery visits.and a great atmosphere 👍

  24. Hog Noggins, Burslem – Stoke-on-Trent

    Hog Noggs is just a fantastic pub! It’s owned and run by fantastic people, and it’s such a friendly pub. It’s got lots of character with many of the building’s original features being maintained, and the team maximise the space available as best they can and welcome fantastic artists to entertain us every week, and they serve some great ales and shots! The atmosphere is just so much fun and very friendly, and we never fail to have a top time in there, especially after match days! The team cater for, and welcome, everyone! ❤️

    • The Crown Inn. Chasetown. A gem of a pub, the staff are always so welcoming. The atmosphere is always spot on.great entertainment every week. Great food. Always a fantastic night. The landlady is so nice and tries to make everyone feel at ease. Dog and children friendly. Plenty of parking opposite or behind pub.

  25. The Percy Arms
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    Fantastic staff, well positioned beer garden with plenty of seats,
    Brilliant atmosphere on match days and weekends

  26. I Ecco what James has said above. The old colonial in Mirfield is a real success story and Katie should be incredibly proud of what she is doing.

  27. Ws1 live lounge Walsall
    Mel and Russ go above and beyond , Free weekly live entertainment , Food available to order , Monday club where you can play pool and sing karaoke, Such a lovely venue , Clean throughout

  28. The ark tavern Brimington Chesterfield Derbyshire. With a new manager Ben as turned into a locals pub with good food and great ales. Started the darts team again and hopefully a new football team. It as a homely feel

  29. THE OLD WHITE LION BURY its always the best place to be! Friendly atmosphere great service and a safe place 👍

  30. The Cross Guns
    Northwood Stoke on Trent
    Brilliant pub with very friendly people, serves very good beer at very good prices, free sandwiches on a Sunday.
    This pub is a traditional boozer where everyone is welcome.

  31. The old white lion bury
    Janine and all staff make the pub what it is, friendly and welcoming, best landlady in bury Janine Jordan, always got a friendly ear ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  33. The Wheatsheaf Stores, Keelings Road, Northwood, Stoke.on.Trent.
    ‘Because it’s a home-from-home. Great ale, great licencees, great atmosphere – a true ‘local’.

  34. The throstles nest – congleton.
    Super friendly and welcoming staff, always go above and beyond to give the best experience possible. Love the atmosphere in there and theres always something going on in terms of music etc. one of the very few pubs in the area that ive noticed really help their disabled customers with whatever they may need, for example help with stairs, getting through tighter spaces etc. super dog and family friendly place. Staff are very knowledgeable about their stock compared to other pubs as well and can answer almost any question you may have!!

  35. The Prince of Wales, Congleton. A near constant flow of good live music, excellent home cooked pies on Wednesday, well organised open mic nights with lots of local talented musicians, legendary Kerry’s Karaoke, and a gorgeous pub dog!

  36. Prince of wales Congleton, It had Two fantastic people running it who support there staff and also promote an amazing amount of live music in the local area, the pub, as all great music venues have customers of all ages and for me I recognise that to make the atmosphere so very special, many thanks to Craig and Lacy

  37. The Crown & Thistle
    Kidsgrove

    They deserve to win as John is the best pub landlord I have ever met! He’s funny, the atmosphere he creates at the pub and his events such as bingo/quiz and other charity events he holds are always a great turn out! Absolutely well deserved winner!

  38. Prince of Wales, Congleton – the best pub in town – Lacy and Craig are brilliant, so friendly, live music, great atmosphere – I’m the treasurer for Congleton’s Royal British Legion, we hold our monthly meetings at the Prince and the support they give us not just at the meetings but events through the year is amazing and we appreciate it so much!
    And then there’s Jude the dog – possibly the coolest dog in the world 🩷

  39. Prince of Wales Congleton, Lacy & Craig are both amazing, the pub is always busy and such a great atmosphere. Very friendly, my go to pub in our town. Wouldn’t go else where

  41. The Throstles Nest, Buglawton Congleton, FANTASTIC pub brought back to life and bringing a whole community together again after years of being closed ,well done Michael and all the staff .

  45. THE CROWN AND THISTLE
    Kidsgrove
    Stoke-on-Trent
    Fantastic bar staff
    Live entertainment
    Friendly atmosphere
    Beer garden
    Everything you need for a great pub

  47. The Beverley, Bentilee.. always such a good atmosphere, everyone is always so friendly and the staff are amazing! Never a bad time in the Bev!

  48. Travellers Rest Goldenhill
    I’d like to nominate this pub because my partner & I drank in there when we had a weekend off together which wasn’t very often, but when my partner passed away with cancer so suddenly it was a very traumatic time for me but staff & customer were so kind & thoughtful they got me though the last 2 & 1/2 years with out there support & friendship I wouldn’t be here Today. Thank you to all staff & customers

  50. The crown and thistle in kidsgrove . Always friendly and amazing staff always makes you welcome and does a lot for charity and in my opinion goes along way and the landlord is always accommodating

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