IT’S the best pub in Barnsley.

That’s the Crown Inn in Hill Street, Elsecar, according to the town’s branch of the Campaign For Real Ale.

The family run pub - owned for four years by Stuart and Tina Wood together with their daughter and son in law Sarah and Matthew Fabricius - has received a glowing report from CAMRA experts.

The judges said: “This great pub is previous award winner but this is the first time it has won the pub of the year accolade.”

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle