The guide, which reviews over 4,500 pubs across the UK, is the definitive beer drinkers’ guide to the very best pints in a variety of styles of pubs to suit individual tastes and it features plenty of Hartlepool and East Durham boozers. You can buy CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2020 here.
1. Royal George, Old Shotton
"Pub and restaurant situated on the old village green, reopened after a major refurbishment of a virtually derelict establishment in 2014." Photo: Google Maps
2. Anchor, Hartlepool
"When Camerons Brewery discovered that it owned an adjacent derelict pub, they converted it into the brewery’s tap and visitor centre." Photo: Google Maps
3. The Causeway, Hartlepool
"Marvellous multi-roomed, red-brick Victorian building, dating from 1862, and Camerons’ unofficial brewery tap for more than a century. " Photo: Google Maps
4. Hops and Cheese, Hartlepool
"Run by enthusiastic hosts fulfilling a vision of bringing home a flavour of the contemporary tapas-style bars experienced on their continental holidays, this welcoming bar represents something modern, original and different." Photo: Google Maps