The Sportsman
📍 St Johns Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 5AY
About The Sportsman
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The Sportsman, traditional real ale pub and winner of Camra Heritage design award and Huddersfield CAMRA Pub of the year 3 years running, 2011, 2012 & 2013 is situated in the centre of Huddersfield. Our passion is cask ale and we specialise in local microbreweries including our own in-house brewery. We have 8 real cask ales, 11 draught pumps offering a varied selection of world beers. We are Cask Marque accredited and feature in CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Homemade food, served daily; real fire; beer garden; and free WiFi.
Special events throughout the year.
We also have our very own nano brewery in the cellars of the Sportsman; brewing unique, finely crafted real ales for you to enjoy.
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📍 St Johns Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 5AY
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Showing 5 of 1,026 reviews from Google Maps.Last updated 31 January 2026.
Have been here a couple of times, before and after town games. Great drinking pub with an amazing aray of craft, cask and bottled beers. Last went with my daughter on Tuesday after a depressing defeat against Blackpool. Oktoberfest had started so there was a great range of german beers on offer. I started with a weissebeer Dunkeld, which was delicacies, followed by the Rothaus Pils. Couldn't believe I could get it in Huddersfield. I used to travel to Karlsruhe and the black forest and had it many times there. I then had the Ayinger Kellerbier, which was also nice. However, I saved the best until last. Abinger Celebrator. A dark, rich and intense brew which was both delicious and moreish. I don't usually drink beers over 5.5%, so this was risky, but it paid off! Well worth a visit. It's always busy with great beers, great atmosphere and a really cosy drinkers pub! I didn't eat and wasn't aware of food options, but I wasn't looking to anyway. A must visit pub if in Huddersfield!
Great beers from knowledgeable and friendly staff... and crisps. If you know then you know
Always a lovely atmosphere, and the range and quality of beers is fantastic. Bloody 'ell, they even had Magic Rock's Dairy Freak on draught the last time I was in. Simply sublime!
We attended the beer and crisps festival. It was great 18 different flavours of crisps we tried. And countless beers. What a great experience with the extra cost. Staff were friendly and polite.
One of the best pubs in Huddersfield. A great range of cask and keg beers. Regular meet-the-brewer events are definitely worth attending. Check out the hanging gardens of Huddersfield out back 😉