Palmers Brewery — Estate Digital Health Report

Name: Palmers Brewery Estate Digital Health Audit
Creator: PubPostPro
License: https://pubpostpro.co.uk/about

Pub Health Index v2.0 — 51 Pubs Audited Across 7 Digital Pillars

Prepared August 2026 by PubPostPro

Complimentary Estate Audit

Executive Summary

We audited all 51 Palmers Brewery pubs across Dorset & West Country using our proprietary Pub Health Index — a 100-point scoring system measuring 6 pillars of digital health using publicly available data only.

6 pubs reach "Thriving" status (Band A). A significant portion of the estate (1 pubs, 2%) sits in Band D — Critical — meaning they are effectively invisible to the digital-first customer who now drives 70%+ of pub discovery.

The strongest performers — Crown Inn (Bridport), Pilot Boat (Lyme Regis), Royal Oak Inn (Charmouth) — show what's possible when individual publicans invest in digital. But these are exceptions. The estate average is 61/100, firmly in "Stable" territory.

This represents a significant untapped opportunity. A coordinated digital programme across the estate could lift 1+ pubs from Critical to Stable within 90 days.

Pubs Audited

Estate Average

Band B (Stable)

Band C (At Risk)

Band D (Critical)

Band A (Thriving)

Health Band Distribution

A — Thriving (80-100)6 pubs (12%)

12%

B — Stable (60-79)19 pubs (37%)

37%

C — At Risk (40-59)25 pubs (49%)

49%

D — Critical (20-39)0 pubs (0%)

F — Invisible (0-19)1 pubs (2%)

Estate Pillar Averages (out of max)

All 51 Pubs — Ranked by Health Score

#	Pub Name	Location	Score	Band	Rep	Vol	Pres	Eng	Web	Resp	Cont
1	Crown Inn	Bridport	83	A	15	17	16	17	undefined	undefined	4
2	Pilot Boat	Lyme Regis	83	A	15	17	16	17	undefined	undefined	4
3	Royal Oak Inn	Charmouth	82	A	17	17	16	17	undefined	undefined	0
4	Watermans Arms	Totnes	82	A	17	17	16	17	undefined	undefined	4
5	Cobb Arms	Lyme Regis	81	A	13	17	16	17	undefined	undefined	4
6	New Inn	Kilmington	81	A	17	13	16	17	undefined	undefined	4
7	Anchor Inn	Seatown	79	B	17	17	16	10	undefined	undefined	4
8	King William	Catcott	79	B	17	13	16	17	undefined	undefined	4
9	New Inn	Cerne Abbas	79	B	17	13	16	17	undefined	undefined	4
10	West Bay Hotel	West Bay	78	B	15	17	16	17	undefined	undefined	0
11	White Horse	Litton Cheney	78	B	17	13	11	17	undefined	undefined	4
12	Fox and Hounds	Cattistock	77	B	17	13	16	17	undefined	undefined	0
13	Royal Oak	Drimpton	77	B	17	9	16	17	undefined	undefined	4
14	Rose and Crown	South Petherton	76	B	13	13	16	5	undefined	undefined	16
15	Royal George	West Coker	76	B	17	13	11	5	undefined	undefined	16
16	Great Lyde	Yeovil	75	B	15	13	11	5	undefined	undefined	16
17	Ship Inn	Lyme Regis	73	B	15	9	16	17	undefined	undefined	4
18	Thimble Inn	Piddlehinton	73	B	17	17	16	10	undefined	undefined	0
19	Bicknoller Inn	Bicknoller	72	B	17	13	11	17	undefined	undefined	0
20	Bridport Arms	West Bay	71	B	15	17	16	10	undefined	undefined	0
21	Greyhound	Beaminster	70	B	17	13	16	10	undefined	undefined	0
22	George Inn	Chideock	68	B	17	17	16	5	undefined	undefined	0
23	New Inn	Shipton Gorge	66	B	17	13	16	5	undefined	undefined	0
24	Three Horseshoes	Burton Bradstock	65	B	17	17	11	5	undefined	undefined	0
25	Marquis of Lorne	Bridport	64	B	17	13	11	5	undefined	undefined	4
26	Whod A Thought It	Glastonbury	54	C	13	17	6	0	undefined	undefined	4
27	Ilchester Arms	Symondsbury	53	C	17	17	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
28	Ropemakers	Bridport	53	C	17	17	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
29	George Hotel	West Bay	52	C	15	17	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
30	Market House	Bridport	52	C	13	17	6	0	undefined	undefined	4
31	Royal Standard	Lyme Regis	52	C	15	17	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
32	Sea Trout Inn	Staverton	52	C	17	17	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
33	Ferry Inn	Salcombe	51	C	13	17	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
34	Half Moon	Melplash	51	C	17	13	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
35	Phelips Arms	Montacute	50	C	17	13	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
36	Swans Nest	Exminster	50	C	13	17	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
37	Crown Inn	Puncknowle	49	C	17	13	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
38	Crown Inn	Uploders	49	C	17	13	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
39	Hare and Hounds	Waytown	49	C	17	13	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
40	Red Lion	Beaminster	49	C	15	13	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
41	Axminster Inn	Axminster	48	C	15	13	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
42	Five Bells	Whitchurch Canonicorum	47	C	17	9	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
43	George Hotel	Bridport	47	C	15	13	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
44	New Inn	Eype	47	C	15	13	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
45	White Lion	Broadwindsor	47	C	17	9	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
46	White Lion	Bridport	46	C	15	13	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
47	Lord Nelson	Bridport	45	C	17	9	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
48	Loders Arms	Loders	44	C	17	9	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
49	New Inn	Stoke Abbott	44	C	17	9	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
50	Three Horseshoes	Powerstock	44	C	17	9	6	0	undefined	undefined	0
51	Oddfellows Arms	North Allington	17	F	13	4	0	0	undefined	undefined	0

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Methodology

Each pub is scored across 6 pillars using publicly available data only — no pub cooperation required. Scores are based on data gathered August 2026.

Review Reputation — real Google star rating/17

Review Volume — real Google review count/17

Social Presence — a real Facebook/Instagram page and website confirmed to exist/16

Website Quality — a real Google Lighthouse audit (performance, SEO, best practices, accessibility)/17

Social Engagement — real posting frequency on Facebook/Instagram in the last 90 days/17

Content Freshness — whether the website has a blog/news/events section and how recently it was updated (a disclosed heuristic, not a hard measurement like the other five pillars)/16

Health Bands: A (80-100) Thriving | B (60-79) Stable | C (40-59) At Risk | D (20-39) Critical | F (0-19) Invisible