Welcome to the Heart of Warwickshire Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). This site has information about our branch, including our planned events, contact details, downloadable copies of the branch magazine, the “Beer and Ragged Staff“, our local pubs and breweries and our annual beer & cider festival.
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2025 Harbury Beer & Cider Festival
Tickets are now on sale for the 2025 Harbury Beer and Cider Festival. Please scan or click on the QR Code to visit the ticket store.
You can also sign up to volunteer at the festival.
Branch News
Stratford-upon-Avon Beer Festival
All are welcome to the 17th Stratford-Upon-Avon Beer and Cider Festival at Stratford Racecourse. Opening times are Friday 6 June 12:00-23:00, and Saturday 7 June 11:00-22:00 (or when the beer runs out). Entry is £10 in advance or £12 on the door for which you get £5 of drink tokens, a non-refundable glass and a souvenir programme, with CAMRA members receiving an additional free half pint.
There will be up to 50 cask beers and 20 ciders chosen from near and far. Some of the highlights are two commemorative beers from Uley brewery, who are celebrating their 40th birthday, limited edition beers from Butcombe along with the Hung, Drawn ‘N’ Double Port from the excellent local brewery, North Cotswold, which has four bottles of Port added to each cask of beer. A full list and other details are on the festival’s website and Facebook page.
There is live music on Saturday afternoon, food vendors will also be on site both days and dogs and children are welcome. Please check the website for travel information.
Camping is also available.
Pub Of The Year Competition
Congratulations to The Old Post Office in Warwick for once again winning the branch Pub Of The Year and continuing its record of being in the top three pubs in the branch every year since opening in 2014. The OPO will now progress to the next stage of the competition, the County Pub Of The Year. The full results can be seen on the Pub Of The Year page.
Butchers Arms, Bishops Itchington
We’re pleased to report that Tiffany and Jason Giles have taken over the Butchers arms in Bishops Itchington from 8 January 2025.
They have run pubs in the local area area for several years, all of which became Cask Marque accredited, and they were awarded Rugby CAMRA’s “Most Improved Pub” award in 2010.
2025 Good Beer Guide
Congratulations to the 12 pubs in our branch area that are in the new 2025 Good Beer Guide.
- The Ale Hub, Warwick
- The Benjamin Satchwell, Leamington Spa
- The Cape of Good Hope, Warwick
- The Case Is Altered, Five Ways
- The Crown, Harbury
- The Eagle, Warwick
- The Four Penny Pub, Warwick
- The Harvester, Long Itchington
- The New Inn, Leamington Spa
- The New Inn, Norton Lindsey
- The Old Post Office, Warwick
- The Wild Boar, Warwick
Warwick Pub Walk
The landlords of the five Warwick pubs featured in the 2024 Good Beer guide have produced a leaflet describing a walk around the pubs. Full details are here.
CAMRA Good Beer Guide
CAMRA’s flagship publication is the Good Beer Guide, which lists all of the pubs serving the best real ale in the country.
