The UK's best fish and chip shops – did your local chippy make the top 20?

A shortlist of the 20 fish and chip shops who have netted a place in the final of a prestigious competition have been revealed.

The National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish and which celebrates one of the nation's favourite dishes, will be held on January 23, 2020.

A host of seaside locations made it into the top 20 including Rockfish in Devon and Hooked@31 in Pembrokeshire.

There are also a few Northern chippies hoping to batter their competition such as Fish & Chips @ Weston Grove in Chester and Shap Chippy in Cumbria.

Restaurants such as the Bearded Sailor in Leeds and the Cod’s Scallops in Nottingham are also hoping to hook the prize.

London Belmont Bay Fish Bar in Harrow also made the cut.

Each shop is carefully assessed by judges on a variety of elements including: sustainable sourcing policies, menu development and innovation and staff training policies.

The quality of fish and chips on offer and the levels of customer service provided will also be put under the microscope.

The top 20 UK fish and chip shops

1. Belmont Bay Fish Bar, Harrow, London
2. Carron Fish Bar, Stonehaven, Grampian
3. Dolphin Takeaway, Duncannon, Country Tyrone
4. Fiddlers Elbow, Leintwardine, Herefordshire
5. Fish ‘n’ Fritz, Weymouth, Dorset
6. Fish and Chips at Weston Grove, Chester, Cheshire
7. French’s Fish Shop, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
8. Hiks, Swansea, West Glamorgan
9. Hook & Line, Leeds, West Yorkshire
10. Hooked@31, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
11. Low’s Traditional Fish & Chips, Aberdeen, Grampian
12. Mike’s Traditional Fish & Chips, Eastleigh, Hampshire
13. Rockfish, Brixham, Devon
14. Seafare Guildford, Guildford, Surrey
15. Shap Chippy, Penrith, Cumbria
16. The Bearded Sailor, Leeds, West Yorkshire
17. The Chip Shed, Warwick, Warwickshire
18. The Cod’s Scallops, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
19. The Frying Squad, Bangor, County Down
20. Walnut Tree Traditional Fish and Chips, Milton Keynes, Hertfordshire

Did your local make the cut? (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Brits spend around £1.2 billion on fish and chips per year according to figures.

An average portion of fish and chips has around 1,000 calories and 52g of fat.