The Guide surveys the best pubs across the UK – and is the definitive beer drinker’s guide for those seeking the best pints in the nation’s pubs.
It features 4,500 pubs, 1,700 brewers and 5,000 beers – and the foreword for the latest edition is written by Sir Ian Rankin who, with his fictional detective Rebus, both frequent the Oxford Bar, in Edinburgh, as featured on the cover of this year’s Guide.
This year, the Guide reveals 137 breweries have closed, and only 57 new breweries have opened, with 812 new entries featured.
Ash Corbett-Collins, CAMRA chairman, said: “The Good Beer Guide is fiercely independent, just like the brewers making the best beer. It is the result of the time and effort of our volunteers across the UK to find the pubs serving the best kept cask beer.
“This year, we released our flagship report, ‘Beer in the UK’, alongside our campaign to expose how ‘Big Beer’ is dominating the UK beer market, and how ordinary drinkers and independent brewers lose out as a result. Because of that, we need the Competition and Markets Authority to start a formal investigation of the UK on-trade beer market. If you agree with us, please join CAMRA, buy the Guide, and find amazing independently brewed beers for yourself.”
The pubs listed here aren’t the only ones in Bedfordshire to make the 2027 Guide – but to find the full list you can order The Good Beer Guide on the CAMRA website.
5. The Bell, Odell
The Bell is described as a handsome, thatched village pub with a large, family-friendly garden near the River Great Ouse. A series of linked but distinct seating areas help retain a traditional pub atmosphere. Good value pub grub is served, including scampi and chips and a Sunday roast. There is occasional live music. A popular stop for walkers and cyclists with the Harrold-Odell Country Park just down the lane. Photo: CAMRA
6. The Oddfellows Arms, Toddington
A cosy and attractive, 700-year-old, two-bar traditional ale house with heavily beamed ceilings and many original features and real fires on winter nights. Outside tables at the front overlook the village green and the 13th century church and there’s a patio garden to the rear. Photo: CAMRA
7. Crown, Willington
A lively, community free house with a single, large, L-shaped bar, now offering a wider range of cask beers. Traditional pub meals are served with a roast on Sunday. Locally sourced ingredients are used whenever possible. Fish and chips are available to take away. There is an occasional quiz on Sunday evening. CAMRA North Bedfordshire Community Pub of the Year 2026. Photo: CAMRA