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.
Navigate around the site using the menu bar above (or the 3-line “hamburger” icon on a mobile device) and click on the bear logo to return here. There is a search bar at the bottom of every page.
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
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.
2024 Pub of the Year
The results are now available for the 2024 Pub Of The Year.
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. It is available as a book and as an app for your phone. The app also includes all of the data from CAMRA’s WhatPub guide, which lists virtually all the pubs in the UK, even if they do not sell real ale and is invaluable when you’re out and about.
