Kelham Island Tavern, Kelham Island, Sheffield

How on earth do CAMRA pick their national pub of the year? Lord only knows but this place won it in 2009 and 2010. It is a good pub but, for me though, it doesn't stand out from other really good pubs I have been in but someone has to win I suppose. We found the locals to be friendly. Barnsley Bitter was fine as was my chip butty. It's a good place to visit and being so close to the Fat Cat you can have a permanent beer festival between the two pubs.

Another fantastic pub in an old industrial area of Sheffield with a great range of ales and continental beers. A really nice modern extension into the old back yard is surrounded by sub tropical plants that are lit up at night. This really is an oasis between brick walls of old industry and car parks and really worth a visit on the Valley of Beers pub crawl. Another pub that has a good range of people visiting it, both young and old.