Freemasons at Wiswell take first place in Top 50 Pubs List

Freemasons at Wiswell have continued to show it’s a little pub with big intentions and have become the first ever pub in the history of Good Food Guide to receive 7 out of 10.

One of the Ribble Valley’s most sought after destinations for food and drink, The Freemasons also ranked 41st place in the Guide’s Top 50 Restaurants.

The Good Food Guide is the UK’s bestselling restaurant guide. Reviewing and writing about restaurants, pubs and cafés since 1951, the Guide brings together the best places to eat out around the country.

This is the latest in a long line of accolades achieved by patron Steven Smith and his team, including being the only pub last year to find its way into the top 100 of The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants, in association with Harden’s, finishing in 83rd place, as well as three rosettes in The AA Awards and top 50 in The Budweiser Budwar Gastropub Awards to name but a few.

Steven Smith said:

“Words can’t explain how proud we are to be the first pub to achieve a 7 out of 10 in The Good Food Guide. We’re a little pub in the Ribble Valley that wants to offer its customers a gastronomic experience second to none and we believe that this achievement proves we’re doing that in spades.

“Our ambition is to keep moving up the rankings, and so far, that’s happened every year. We’re seeing customers travel from afar to visit us and there’s no greater feeling than knowing you’ve made their visit worthwhile.”

See the top 50 pubs list below:

1. Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire


2. The Hand & Flowers, Buckinghamshire


3. The Red Lion, East Chisenbury, Wiltshire


4. The Royal Oak, Paley Street, Berkshire


5. The Sportsman, Kent


6. The Pipe and Glass Inn, Yorkshire


7. The Gunton Arms, Norfolk


8. The White Oak, Cookham, Berkshire


9. The Butchers Arms, Eldersfield, Gloucestershire


10. The Treby Arms, Devon


11. The Hardwick, Abergavenny


12. The Nut Tree Inn, Oxfordshire


13. The Stagg Inn, Titley, Herefordshire


14. The Star Inn, Harome, Yorkshire


15. The Harwood Arms, Fulham, London


16. The Plough, Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire


17. The Plough Inn, Longparish, Hampshire


18. The Hinds Head, Berkshire


19. The Masons Arms, Knowstone, Devon


20. The Broad Chare, Tyne & Wear


21. The Springer Spaniel, Cornwall


22. The Wellington Arms, Baughurst, Hampshire


23. The British Larder, Suffolk


24. The Sir Charles Napier, Oxfordshire


25. The Pony & Trap, Chew Magna, Somerset


26. The Star Inn, Sparsholt, Oxfordshire


27. The Felin Fach Griffin, Powys


28. The Duke of Cumberland Arms, West Sussex


29. The Richmond Arms, West Ashling, West Sussex


30. The Foxhunter, Gwent


31. The White Hart, Lydgate, Greater Manchester


32. The General Tarleton, Yorkshire


33. The Kinmel Arms, Conway


34. The Wheatsheaf, Combe Hay, Somerset


35. The Five Alls, Oxfordshire


36. The Bay Horse, Hurworth on Tees, Durham


37. The Bildeston Crown, Suffolk


38. The Malt House, Fulham, London


39. The Earl of March, West Sussex


40. The Kingham Plough, Oxfordshire


41. The Star @ Sancton, Yorkshire


42. The Black Swan, Oldstead, Yorkshire


43. Beckford Arms, Wiltshire


44. The Wheatsheaf Inn, Northleach, Gloucestershire


45. The Duke of York Inn, Grindleton, Lancashire


46. The Rummer, Bristol


47. Camberwell Arms, Camberwell, London


48. The Crown, Old Basing, Hampshire


49. Smokehouse, Islington, London


50. The White Horse, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk