For the second year running two North Shropshire venues are in the final four of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Business Awards in the Best Independent Beer Bar or Pub – Rural category.

 

The two pubs are the Crafty Dragon in Whitchurch and the Bailey Head in Oswestry. In fact all four finalists are the same as last year.

 

The Bailey Head was the winner in 2020 and Highly Commended in 2024. It has been a finalist for eight years out of the last nine. The Crafty Dragon has been a finalist for the last two years.

 

The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony in Liverpool on Wednesday, 18 March.

 

Northstowe Tap & Social, Northstowe

The Crafty Dragon, Whitchurch

The Bailey Head, Oswestry

The Brewers 1841, Ossett

 

Northstowe Tap & Social, Northstowe

The Crafty Dragon, Whitchurch

The Bailey Head, Oswestry

The Brewers 1841, Ossett

 

Royal Barn, Kirkby Lonsdale

Highly Commended

The Bailey Head, Oswestry

Vocation & Co., Hebden Bridge

 

Elephant & Castle, Wheathampstead

The Bailey Head, Oswestry

The Fox & Hounds Beer House, Caversham

 

The Fox & Hounds Beerhouse, Caversham

The Bailey Head, Oswestry

The Riverhead Brewery Tap, Marsden

Too Hoppy, Tavistock

 

The Royal Barn, Kirkby Lonsdale

The Bailey Head, Oswestry

The Salutation Inn, Ham

 

The Bailey Head, Oswestry

The Reading Rooms, Wheathampstead

The Wonston Arms, Winchester

Vocation and Co, Hebden Bridge

 

Bowland Beer Hall, Clitheroe

Kirkstall Bridge Inn, Leeds

The Star Inn, Halesworth

The Harvester, Southam

 

The Cove, Kingsbridge, Devon

The Bailey Head, Oswestry

Geese and Fountain, Croxton Kerrial, Lincolnshire

Red Lion Inn, Wiltshire

 

The Salutation Inn, Ham, Gloucestershire

Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells, Powys

The Old Workshop, Teignmouth, Devon

 

Yew Tree Inn, Bunbury, Cheshire