Isle of Wight pubs have been featured in a prestigious beer guide.
22 Island pubs have been recognised in the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide 2025.
Ryde features the most pubs that have been accoladed with four pubs mentioned, while Ventnor, Newport and Cowes all have three pubs listed.
Elsewhere, pubs in East Cowes, Niton, Freshwater, Sandown, Shorwell, Wootton and Yarmouth have all made the list.
It also singles out real ale breweries Goddards, Island Brewery, Wight Knuckle and Yates'.
Here is the full list, as featured in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2025:
- The Anchor Inn, Cowes
- Duke of York, Cowes
- Painters Arms, Cowes
- Ship and Castle, East Cowes
- Red Lion, Freshwater
- Vine Inn, Freshwater
- Bargeman's Rest, Newport
- Man in the Moon, Newport
- Newport Ale House, Newport
- No. 7, Niton
- Castle Inn, Ryde
- S. Fowler and Co., Ryde
- Solent Inn, Ryde
- Star Coffee and Ale House, Ryde
- Castle Inn, Sandown
- Culver Haven Inn, Sandown
- Crown Inn, Shorwell
- Crab and Lobster Tap, Ventnor
- Spyglass Inn, Ventnor
- Volunteer, Ventnor
- Cedars, Wooton
- Wheatsheaf Inn, Yarmouth
CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2025 is the 52nd edition of the guide, which saw 4,500 of the UK's best pubs surveyed.
It is available for pre-order now.
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