Data & Photo Credits

This page describes the sources used to build PubFilter's pub records and photographs, how they are credited, and what rights apply to reuse. Credit here supplements — it does not replace — attribution displayed beside each individual photograph on the site.

Pub data

How records are built

Each pub record in PubFilter is assembled through an approved import pipeline that draws on multiple documented sources. No single source is treated as definitive; evidence from each source is weighed and reconciled before a record is published.

Current sources include:

• CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) Sussex branch pub records — used as a reference for pub names, trading status and real-ale designation. See Sussex CAMRA Pub Guide.
• OpenStreetMap — geographic coordinates, address data and, in some cases, facility tags. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). See openstreetmap.org/copyright for full terms.
• Venue websites — facility details, descriptions and trading hours drawn from pubs' own public websites, where reviewed and approved through the pipeline.
• Other documented public sources — such as Geograph, local directories and review platforms — used as supplementary evidence only.

Data completeness and accuracy

Pub records can be incomplete. A field recorded as unknown does not mean the facility is absent — it means PubFilter has not confirmed it. Records are a snapshot: trading status, opening hours and facilities change. Always verify with the pub directly before visiting.

Dog friendliness marked check with pub is assumed based on typical patterns for that type of pub, not confirmed evidence. Character assessments are reviewed from venue descriptions and editorial records; they are not an independent rating or heritage-register verification.

Official food hygiene information

Food hygiene ratings and inspection dates are supplied by the Food Standards Agency and participating local authorities. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Food hygiene is separate from food quality or customer reviews. Ratings reflect the published inspection record, and local authority publication may be delayed. Scotland uses the Food Hygiene Information Scheme (FHIS), not the 0–5 FHRS scale. Check the linked official record for the latest information.

Photographs

Sources

Photographs shown on PubFilter are sourced from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph Britain and Ireland. These photographs were selected and approved individually through PubFilter's photo-verification pipeline. We also use photographs supplied directly for publication, with the contributor credited individually.

PubFilter does not use stock imagery, AI-generated images, or photographs of a different building as a placeholder for a pub we don't have a photograph of.

Individual credits

Every photograph displayed on the site carries its own credit, including:

• Photographer name or username
• A link to the original source page, where available
• A direct link to the applicable licence, where the image is used under a published licence
• Any material qualifications (e.g. that the photograph is historical and may not reflect the pub's current appearance)

Credits appear beside result-card photos and in the detail popup for each pub. This credits page summarises the licence types used; it does not replace those individual credits.

Licence types in use

Photographs obtained from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph are used under one or more of the following licences. The specific licence for each image is linked in that image's individual credit:

• Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 (CC BY-SA 2.0)
• Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
• Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 (CC BY 2.0)
• Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
• Geograph-specific terms — see geograph.org.uk/reuse.php
• Public domain / no known copyright restrictions (where asserted by Wikimedia Commons)

Some photographs are historical and may have been cropped or resized for display. Where a licence requires attribution of modification, the individual credit notes this. PubFilter does not claim to have taken any of these photographs.

Directly supplied photographs

The photograph of The Snowdrop Inn, Lewes is credited to Gyles Culver and was supplied for publication on PubFilter and is also used for homepage link previews. It is not offered under the Creative Commons licence of the previous photograph.

Hero and background imagery

The site's homepage hero uses a photograph of The Black Rabbit pub, Arundel, as a background image. Individual page backgrounds use CSS gradients only.

OpenStreetMap attribution