CELEBRATIONS are in order at The Beer Engine in Skipton after it was crowned best pub in Yorkshire by the Campaign for Real Ale - the first in Craven for more than 10 years.

Hot on the heels of it being named branch pub of the year in March by Keighley and Craven CAMRA - the latest accolade puts the Albert Terrace pub in the top 16 in the country, and in the next round of voting for national pub of the year.

Scores are voted on by CAMRA members, and are based on a pub's ambiance, community involvement, welcoming atmosphere, and quality, well kept cask ales.

Colleen Holiday, head of the Craven CAMRA Branch, said members were extremely proud and delighted to have the Yorkshire Pub of the Year in their branch area, and the first for more than a decade.

Yorkshire has around 5,000 pubs, so to be named the best in Yorkshire is an accomplishment the pub and its team of dedicated staff is proud of, says its owners, business partners, Steve Gregory and Adam Davies.

They said: “To be named regional pub of the year is an achievement we just never even thought we would win, we are still wrapping our heads around it, but we dedicate this to the amazing staff, friends and customers that make the pub the amazing place it is to enjoy craft beer that it has become.

"It is just wonderful news, and an absolute testament to the effort and hard work our team put in to making everyone feel welcome, we truly could not be more proud of them, and our customers, who make the Beer Engine the warm, inviting and lovely place to enjoy a beer that it is."

Steve and Adam are due to receive the regional award by Keighley and Craven CAMRA on September 2, when they are hoping as many of their customers will attend and help with the celebrations.

The business partners have had the Beer Engine since September 2020. Steve originally managed it for the previous owners for about five years before he and Adam bought it. Last year, the pub expanded into the premises next door.

The Beer Engine is open 12 midday until 10pm every day, serving up to six cask ales, and six craft keg beers, with wines, bar snacks, ciders, craft cans and Belgian beers, along with an array of non-alcoholic products.