A PUB near Cirencester has been honoured in a competition based solely on genuine guest reviews.

The Colesbourne Inn, in Cheltenham Road, has been awarded the Top Rated status in the Simply The Guest awards by laterooms.com.

These particular awards are the only ones in the UK based just on the reviews of the customers.

Achieving the Top Rated status means the The Colesbourne Inn received an average review score of more than 80 per cent across 30 guest reviews left in the past year on the hotel booking site.

This year’s ceremony was hosted by TV presenter Alex Brooker at The Savoy Hotel in London.

Manager at the pub Trevor Johnson said he was delighted to have been recognised.

“It is firm recognition of the unrivalled quality we insist on here and the hugely exacting high service standards that we have become renowned for.”

And awards host Alex Brooker said he would be mentioning the inn to his agent the next time he goes travelling in the Cotswolds area.

He said: “It’s great to be involved with these awards as now I’ll know where to stay in 2015.”