Branch Awards
Each year the branch selects a Pub Of The Year (POTY) and a Country Pub Of the Year. Our chosen POTY then goes forward to the county, and then to the regional competition (in our case Surrey and Sussex) where a single pub is selected as the finalist to represent the region.
Each of the sixteen regional finalists then competes in the next round of the competition, hoping to be named one of the four super-regional finalists from which just one pub is selected to be CAMRA National Pub Of The Year.
We may also choose to select a Cider Pub Of The Year for pub consistently selling traditional cider in good condition.
Any CAMRA member can nominate a pub for an Arun and Adur Branch Award. An award can be made for consistently serving high quality and an expansive range of local real ales and ciders. Please email the Pubs Officer with any of your recommendations.
Pub Of The Year
Our Pub Of The Year for 2023 is the Five Bells at West Chiltington
We had a small but enthusiastic group at the presentation on the 30th April. Bill & Joan were very pleased to receive their award and confirmed that on September 3rd, it will be exactly 40 years since they took over at the pub, when it was still a King & Barnes tenancy. We all stayed for what everyone said was a superb beef roast.
Pub Of The Year
Our Pub Of The Year for 2022 is the Selden Arms at 41 Lyndhurst Rd, Worthing, BN11 2DB
The results were very close again this year and we have given a 'Highly Commended' award to The Brooksteed Alehouse at 38 South Farm Rd, Worthing, BN14 7AE.
We didn't award a cider pub of the year this year..
Pub Of The Year
Our Pub Of The Year for 2020 is the Fox & Finch Alehouse at 8 Littlehampton Road, BN13 1QE
We didn't award a cider pub of the year as there were only two people who surved the pubs in the shortlist..
Pub Of The Year
Our Pub Of The Year for 2019 is the Green Man Ale & Cider House 17 South Street, Tarring, BN14 7PA. The Green Man was also chosen as our Cider Pub Of The Year.
The results were very close again this year and we have given a 'Highly Commended' award to The Steam Packet, Littlehampton.
Pub Of The Year
Our Pub Of The Year for 2018 is the Green Man Ale & Cider House 17 South Street, Tarring, BN14 7PA. The Green Man was also chosen as our Cider Pub Of The Year.
Our Country Pub Of The Year for 2018 is the The Five Bells Inn Smock Alley, West Chiltington, RH20 2QX.
The results were so close this year that we also gave 'Highly Commended' awards to The Brooksteed Alehouse and The Parsonage Bar & Restaurant
Beer/Cider of the Festival
Tiramisu Stout by Sussex Small Batch. Here's a photo of Jim Brown with
his certificate for Beer of the Festival presented at the South Farm Road Christmas
Market and Winter Food Fest. 
Rhubarb Rendevous by South Downs Cider. Here's a photo of Giles Reid
with his certificate for Cider of the Festival presented by Nigel of
Anchored in Worthing. 
Pub Of The Year
Our POTY was Anchored In Worthing which was also nominated as Regional POTY and made it to the Regional finals (i.e. one of the best 16 pubs in the UK)
Country Pub Of The Year
Our Country Pub Of The Year was the Five Bells at West Chiltington
Beer/Cider of the Festival
Darkcider by Lilley's. Here is a picture of James Lilley holding the awards. 
Special Awards
Following the 21st Worthing Beer Festival in 2017, we made some special awards to recognise the outstanding lifetime contribution that members of the local branch had made by volunteering for all 21 events! They were Allan and Angie Moores and Stuart Elms. Without their continuity of service, the beer festivals might never have happened. A debt of gratitude from all the Branch!
Pub Of The Year
Our POTY was the The Brooksteed Alehouse which was also nominated as Regional POTY and made it to the Regional finals (i.e. one of the best 16 pubs in the UK)
Country Pub Of The Year
Our Country Pub Of The Year was the Five Bells at West Chiltington
Beer/Cider of the Festival
Darkcider by Lilley's.
Pub Of The Year
Our POTY was the The Parsonage Bar and Restaurant.
Pub Of The Year
Our POTY was the The Parsonage Bar and Restaurant.
Pub Of The Year
Our POTY was the The Sportsman Inn, Amberley.
Pub Of The Year
Our POTY was the The Sportsman Inn, Amberley.
Pub Of The Year
Our POTY was the The Sportsman Inn, Amberley.