Best Smoking Area finalists

The finalists for the Great British Pub Awards were announced this week.

There are 14 categories including a new award for Best Smoking Area (supported by JTI and Save Our Pubs & Clubs).

The finalists in this category are:

• The Fountain, Soham, Cambridgeshire
• Ye Olde Whyte Lyon, Orpington, Kent
• The Woolly Sheep, Skipton, Yorkshire
• The Blind Beggar, East London

The winners will be announced on Thursday September 8 at the Hilton Park Lane Hotel, London.

PS. The advertisement above will appear in next week's Morning Advertiser (or, to give it its full title, The Publican's Morning Advertiser).