Guide highlights UK's top unsploit pubs

	CAMRA'S TOP 10 NATIONAL INVENTORY PUBS
	1. The Bridge Inn, Topsham, Devon 2. The Crown, Belfast 3. The Dyffryn Arms, Pontfaen, Pembrokeshire 4. The Fleece, Bretforton, Worcestershire 5. The Garden Gate, Leeds 6. The Horseshoe Bar, Glasgow 7. The Red Lion, Snargate, Kent 8. The Salisbury, Haringey, London 9. The Trip to Jerusalem, Nottingham 10. The Victoria, Durham

September 13, 2006: The country's most unspoilt pubs are featured in the 2007 edition of the Good Beer Guide, published today by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

The lists guide the reader to a rich variety of pubs ranging from humble rural gems to magnificent Victorian drinking palaces.

The traditional pub has been ravaged by change over the past few decades and CAMRA has put huge efforts into identifying the last-remaining examples.

The new Good Beer Guide identifies 188 pubs which are still much as they were half a century ago. In addition, the guide lists a further 63 examples where there are particular features or rooms in otherwise altered buildings which CAMRA considers to be of truly national importance.

CAMRA is publishing its list of National Inventory pubs to bring wider appreciation of them.

Paul Ainsworth, chair of CAMRA's Pub Heritage Group, said: “We want owners to realise what precious assets they have and to use the positive benefits of heritage to enhance their businesses.

"If you have a genuine historic pub interior, what's the point of going to the trouble and expense of revamping it into one that's no different from thousands of others?”

Geoff Brandwood, CAMRA's historic pubs case worker, added: “We hope users of the new Good Beer Guide will visit these very special places and so play a part in ensuring their survival for future generations to enjoy.”

l The Good Beer Guide 2007 is available from CAMRA priced £14.99. Order by calling 01727 867201, or order online at www.camra.org.uk