Freemasons at Wiswell take first place in Top 50 Pubs List

Freemasons at Wiswell have continued to show it’s a little pub with big intentions and have become the first ever pub in the history of Good Food Guide to receive 7 out of 10. One of the Ribble Valley’s most sought after destinations for food and drink, The Freemasons also ranked 41st place in the Guide’s Top 50 Restaurants. The Good Food Guide is the UK’s bestselling restaurant guide. Reviewing and writing about restaurants, pubs and cafés since 1951, the Guide brings together the best places to eat out around the country. This is the latest in a long line of accolades achieved by patron Steven Smith and his team, including being the only pub last year to find its way into the top 100 of The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants, in association with Harden’s, finishing in 83rd place, as well as three rosettes in The AA Awards and top 50 in The Budweiser Budwar Gastropub Awards to name but a few.

Steven Smith said: “Words can’t explain how proud we are to be the first pub to achieve a 7 out of 10 in The Good Food Guide. We’re a little pub in the Ribble Valley that wants to offer its customers a gastronomic experience second to none and we believe that this achievement proves we’re doing that in spades. “Our ambition is to keep moving up the rankings, and so far, that’s happened every year. We’re seeing customers travel from afar to visit us and there’s no greater feeling than knowing you’ve made their visit worthwhile.”

See the top 50 pubs list below:

Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire
The Hand & Flowers, Buckinghamshire
The Red Lion, East Chisenbury,

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Wiltshire
The Royal Oak, Paley Street, Berkshire
The Sportsman, Kent
The Pipe and Glass Inn, Yorkshire
The Gunton Arms, Norfolk
The White Oak, Cookham, Berkshire
The Butchers Arms, Eldersfield, Gloucestershire
The Treby Arms, Devon
The Hardwick, Abergavenny
The Nut Tree Inn, Oxfordshire
The Stagg Inn, Titley, Herefordshire
The Star Inn, Harome, Yorkshire
The Harwood Arms, Fulham, London
The Plough, Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire
The Plough Inn, Longparish, Hampshire
The Hinds Head, Berkshire
The Masons Arms, Knowstone, Devon
The Broad Chare, Tyne & Wear
The Springer Spaniel, Cornwall
The Wellington Arms, Baughurst, Hampshire
The British Larder, Suffolk
The Sir Charles Napier, Oxfordshire
The Pony & Trap, Chew Magna, Somerset
The Star Inn, Sparsholt, Oxfordshire
The Felin Fach Griffin, Powys
The Duke of Cumberland Arms, West Sussex
The Richmond Arms, West Ashling, West Sussex
The Foxhunter, Gwent
The White Hart, Lydgate, Greater Manchester
The General Tarleton, Yorkshire
The Kinmel Arms, Conway
The Wheatsheaf, Combe Hay, Somerset
The Five Alls, Oxfordshire
The Bay Horse, Hurworth on Tees, Durham
The Bildeston Crown, Suffolk
The Malt House, Fulham, London
The Earl of March, West Sussex
The Kingham Plough, Oxfordshire
The Star @ Sancton, Yorkshire
The Black Swan, Oldstead, Yorkshire
Beckford Arms, Wiltshire
The Wheatsheaf Inn, Northleach, Gloucestershire
The Duke of York Inn, Grindleton, Lancashire
The Rummer, Bristol
Camberwell Arms, Camberwell, London
The Crown, Old Basing, Hampshire
Smokehouse, Islington, London
The White Horse, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk

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