CAMRA felt a high-profile award for pubs would raise the profile of real cider for pub visitors as well as encouraging more piubs to stock local cider.

Here are the winners and runners up of the Cider Pub of the Year awards:

2010 Overall Joint winners

• Prince of Wales, Foxfield, LA20 6BX – 01229 716238
• Hop & Vine, Hull, HU1 3TG, 07500 543199

2009 Winner

• The Orchard Inn, 12 Hanover Place, Bristol, Bristol, BS1 6XT. 08721 077 077

2009 Runners up

• Arkwright Arms, Derbyshire, S44 5JG
• Penrhyn Arms, Gwynedd, LL30 3BY
• Stand Up Inn, West Sussex, RH16 2HN

2008 Winner

• Square and Compass – Worth Matravers, Dorset, BH19 3LF. Tel: 01929 439 229

2008 Runners up

• Coopers Tavern – 43 Cross Street, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 1EG. Tel: 01283 532 551
• Odd one out – 28 Mersea Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7ET. Tel: 01206 578 140
• Valley Bar – 51 Valley Road, Scarborough, Yorkshire, YO11 2LX. Tel: 01723 372 593

2007 Winner

• Valley Bar – 51 Valley Road, Scarborough, Yorkshire, YO11 2LX. Tel: 01723 372 593

2007 Runners up

• Bell Inn, Bulmore Road, Caerleon, Monmouthshire, NP18 1QQ. Tel: 01633 420 613
• Pembury Tavern, 90 Amshurst Road, hackney, London, E8 1JH. Tel: 0208 986 8597
• Square and Compass – Worth Matravers, Dorset, BH19 3LF. Tel: 01929 439 229

2006 Winner

• Old Poet’s Corner, Butts Road, Ashover, Derbyshire, S45 0EW. Tel: 01246 590 888

2006 Runners up

• Banham Barrel, The Appleyard, Banham, Norfolk, NR16 2HE. Tel: 01953 888 593
• Penrhyn Arms, Pendre Road, Penrhynside, Conwy, Gwynedd, LL30 3BY. Tel: 0778 067 8927
• Square and Compass – Worth Matravers, Dorset, BH19 3LF. Tel: 01929 439 229

2005 Winner

• Miners Arms, New Road, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL15 4PE. Tel: 01594 562 483

2005 Runners up

• Brandy Wharf Cider Centre, Brandy Wharf, Waddingham, Lincolnshire, DN21 4RU. Tel: 01652 678 364
• Wellington, 37 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham, B2 5SN. Tel: 0121 200 3115
• White Horse, Village Lane, Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, SL2 3UY. Tel: 01753 643 225