Swindon & North Wiltshire CAMRA

CAMRA has been campaigning for real ale, pubs and drinkers' rights since 1971. It has a large national membership, over 130,000 and growing. Each member belongs to an individual CAMRA Branch in the UK - like this one.

If you're not already a member, do join online at CAMRA Membership.

Beer Festivals

Salisbury Winterfest XV 27 - 28 January 2012

The Salisbury Winterfest XV will take place 27 - 28 January 2012.
Please visit the website for more details.

25th Swindon Beer Festival 27 - 29 October 2011

This year's Swindon Beer Festival has been a very successful event. We counted over 2100 visitors. We also had numerous positive comments. If you would like to make a comment or a suggestion, please get in touch.
We are extremely pleased that 25 Silver Pigs Stout specially brewed by Ramsbury Brewery for this event was voted Beer Of The Festival.

Weighbridge Brewhouse

Swindon's latest micro brewery opened its doors in the former Archers Brewery building on Penzance Drive on Friday 12 August 2011.
The feedback from the owners suggests that it is very successful, attracting a lot of interest and custom.
Four beers are brewed on the premises now. The bar also features guest beers on handpump.
Four Weighbridge Brewhouse beers were on tap at the Swindon Beer Festival (27-29 October 2011 at STEAM).

Local pub database

We have got an online beer and pub guide covering this branch. It contains about 300 pubs, bars and hotels. Please click on the image on the left to open our pub database in a new window.
If you visit any of our pubs, just give us some feedback. If there has been no change to a pub, just let us know the date of your visit - no need for a survey. You can print or download the survey form as a pdf file. Pub Survey Form.pdf (10kb).

Here is a list of pubs within the branch that could do with a survey:

Abbey Mead, Abbey Meads Village Centre, Elstree Way, Swindon, SN25 4YX
Bell, Purton Stoke, SN5 9JG
Blunsdon House Hotel, The Ridge, Blunsdon, SN26 7DA
Bolingbroke Arms, Hook, SN4 8DZ
Boundary House, 1 The Street, Moredon, Swindon, SN25 3ER
Brookhouse Farm, Middleleaze Drive, Swindon, SN5 5TZ
Carpenters Arms, Old Vicarage Lane, South Marston, Swindon, SN3 4ST
Carriers Arms, Highworth Road, South Marston, Swindon, SN3 4SE
Cold Harbour, Ermin Street, Blunsdon, SN26 8DJ
Crown, Broad Hinton, SN4 9PA
Crown Hotel, Everleigh, SN8 3EY
Dolphin Hotel, Rodbourne Road, Swindon, SN2 2AF
Fox & Hounds, 10 High Street, Haydon Wick, Swindon, SN25 1HX
Goldfinger Tavern, St Michaels Avenue, Highworth, SN6 7DN
Harrow, High Street, Wanborough, SN4 0AE
Lydiard Beefeater, Great Western Way, Swindon, SN5 8UY
Manor, Cheney Manor Road, Swindon, SN2 2NX
Manor Farm, Lady Lane, Haydon Wick, Swindon, SN25 1JE
Queensfield, 98 Queensfield, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN2 7SY
Red Lion, High Street, Avebury, SN8 1RF
Royal Inn, 51 High Street, Wootton Bassett, SN4 7AQ
Royal Oak, Cues Lane, Bishopstone, SN6 8PP
Silks On The Downs, Main Road, Ogbourne St Andrew, SN8 1RZ
Tawny Owl, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Haydon Wick, Swindon, SN25 1WP
Wheatsheaf, 32 Newport Street, Swindon, SN1 3DP
Windmill, Worsley Road, Freshbrook, Swindon, SN5 8LY
Woodshaw, Garraways, Wootton Bassett, SN4 8NE

Swindon and North Wilts CAMRA now feature on Facebook

The Swindon and North Wiltshire CAMRA branch are now active on Facebook! If you wish to follow further updates on the real ale scene in this part of the world, please feel free to join. We can be found under the group name, Swindon and North Wilts CAMRA.

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