We are delighted to announce that the winner of South Oxfordshire CAMRA Branch Pub of the Year 2022 is the Crown, South Moreton. It was a tight competition amongst the seven worthy candidates, with all pubs scoring large numbers of votes, but the community-owned Crown came out on top. The pub serves fresh cask ales from local breweries The Loose Cannon Brewery and Amwell Springs Brewery Co. amongst others.

Licensee of the The Crown Inn, South Moreton, Di Humphrey, on hearing the news, commented: “It’s been such an honour to run our community pub and for that to be formally recognised by CAMRA is absolutely amazing”.

The other pubs in the competition who are all at the heart of their communities and serve great cask ale were the Bird in Hand, Henley on Thames; the Fleur de Lys, East Hagbourne; The Plough, Long Wittenham; the Plum Pudding, Milton; the Red Lion, Brightwell cum Sotwell and the Spire & Spoke, Watlington.