A SALISBURY pub has been named the local Pub of the Year for a second time.

The Duke of York, on York Road, has been given the award due to the "quality and range of its real ales", as well as for the pub’s "community focus". 

It comes after the pub decided to increase it's opening hours in January to combat the rising costs rather than passing the additional expenses onto the customer.

The award is voted for by the Salisbury and South Wilts branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

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Landlord Jonty Newbery and pub manager of the Duke of York pub (York Road) were presented with the certificate by the chairman of the Salisbury and South Wilts branch Ian Turner.

Ian said: “The quality of the beer at the Duke of York is outstanding, with seven handpumps, and you know that all seven will provide you with excellent quality ale so you can be certain that you have found a great pub.

“My congratulations to Paul, Jonty and the rest of the Duke of York team who have made the pub a real ale destination and a wonderful community pub.”

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Jonty Newbery said: “I would like to thank CAMRA, all our staff and also our customers for supporting us. The team at the Duke of York work very hard to make it an excellent pub and serving top quality real ale is very much part of that.”

Dating from Edwardian times, it was built originally for Folliott’s, a brewery in Salisbury and was taken over by Ushers of Trowbridge in 1919. The Ushers name is still on the pub sign along with the white rose, which is the heraldic badge of the royal house of York.