Preston's Winckley Street Ale House named CAMRA Area Pub of the Year
A popular Preston micropub has been named CAMRA’s Area Pub of the Year, continuing a run of major accolades for the city centre venue.
Winckley Street Ale House has been crowned Preston’s winner by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), recognising the quality, range and consistency of its beer offering.
The award is part of CAMRA’s annual Pub of the Year competition, which begins at local branch level before progressing through regional and national stages to determine the UK’s best pub.
Run by Jonny Yates since late 2022, the Winckley Street Ale House is Central Lancashire’s oldest micropub and is well known for stocking an extensive selection of cask and keg ales, many of which are rarely seen elsewhere in the area.
The Preston honour follows the pub being named Autumn Pub of the Season in 2025, and it was also named runner-upin the CAMRA Central Lancashire branch’s overall Pub of the Year competition for 2026.
That judging saw the Malt ’n’ Hops in Chorley take the top branch award, with the Winckley Street Ale House finishing second after previously being runner-up for three consecutive years.
CAMRA judges praised the Preston micropub’s consistently high standards and its role in the city’s real ale scene, with the Area Pub of the Year title marking another milestone in its growing list of achievements.