CAMRA Gives Design Award to West Ealing Pub

The Forester wins in the Community Local category

The Forester pub in West Ealing. Picture: Fullers

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July 3, 2025

The Forester Pub in West Ealing has been revealed as a winner at the2025 CAMRA Pub Design awards being chosen as the Community Local of the year.

The competition aims to celebrate the most visually stunning, historically significant and lovingly restored pubs across the UK. It is judged by experts in design and conservation and run in collaboration with Historic England .

The local Grade II-listed pub features in CAMRA’s National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors, with its Edwardian fireplaces, art nouveau-style stained glass and even long-defunct remnants of gas lighting in the public bar. Owner Fuller’s was credited with carrying out what was described as a very respectful refurbishment of the building, carefully conserving the historic features, and adding a first-floor function room to enhance the facilities the pub has to offer its community. The pub reopened after this makeover in April of last year.

The national awards also saw pubs from Suffolk, Staffordshire and Wales win in various categories.

Judging panel chair Andrew Davison said: “The awards recognise the highest standards of pub architecture, rewarding artistic flair and painstaking historical conservation. From inviting street-corner locals to striking medieval coaching inns, there are some stunning pubs in the UK, and the craftmanship involved in making these venues a gorgeous place to enjoy cask beer and real cider or perry should rightfully be applauded. I encourage heritage enthusiasts and pub lovers alike to visit these inspirational buildings."

CAMRA's Awards Committee chair Gary Timmins added: “This year’s awards are tinged with sadness, as one of our winners, the Python’s Arms, has had to make the heart-breaking decision to close its doors for good. Due to the financial pressures facing all pubs across the UK, the local community has lost what should have been a valuable new social hub for generations to come. Within just a year from being converted into a beautiful pub, this rapid closure should be ringing alarm bells. Real action is needed to support the pub industry, otherwise we will lose many more locals in the near future.”

The Forester is at 2 Leighton Road, Ealing, W13 9EP.

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