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All links checked: 30-Aug-2004

News & discussion groups

Cambridge-CAMRA discussion group
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Cask-UK discussion group
CAMRA Beer Festival discussion group
uk.food+drink.real-ale news group
uk.food+drink.real-ale FAQ

Local Pub Guides

Local Secrets
A local guide to pubs, restaurants and much more, plus special offers for members.
A Guide to Cambridge Pubs
By the Branch Secretary, concentrating on Central Cambridge and "a real choice of real ale in real pubs".
Cambridge Pub Guide
By Tim Mills and Daniel Gordon, featuring the famous Tube-style map.
Pub Users Bible
By Bert Kenward.
Cambridge Pub Guide
Part of the Cambridge Search Engine set of sites.

General Local Info

Cambridge Web Guide
The definitive guide to Cambridge Web resources, including public transport info.
Rail
First Capital Connect, One Railway, and National Rail pages may be useful.
See also our own article A Summer Trip Out (Isleham/Soham/Fordham)
Central London Pubs may be useful for Cambridge <-> London transport tips.
County Council Transport & Streets
Info on road transport info and Park & Ride.
Cambridge City Centre Access
The County Council system for guiding vehicles into the City.
Tourism Cambridge - City Map
showing major roads, traffic restrictions and car parks.
Cammap
"How, what, why, when, what?" Includes pubs.
CamCity
Map, street directory and searcher

Info for Jesus Green (the Summer Beer Festival)

Multimap, showing streets.
The Festival is on Jesus Green, the big empty space between Park Parade and Victoria Avenue.
Note: that map doesn't show the traffic restriction - bollards - just beyond the "St" of "Magdalene St", in Bridge Street. Private motor vehicles are in effect banned from Magdalene Street.
The Park Street car/cycle park is at the "Pl." of "Portugal Pl.".
Cycle parking:
There's a secure 24-hour cycle parking facility in the Park Street car park.
Car parking:
Nearest major car park is Park Street, accessed via Jesus Lane only (see the Cambridge City Centre Access scheme).
Chesterton Road (the part next to Jesus Green) has some pay & display parking; from there cross the river via the footbridge, which is by Jesus Lock.
Festival goods in/out:
see the Cambridge City Centre Access scheme.
Direct access to the Green for delivery vehicles is via Victoria Avenue.

Trade News & Beer Writers

The Publican
The weekend trade paper, strong on company news and research.
Protz On Beer
CAMRA's "Colonel Protz".
The Beer Hunter
Michael Jackson.
Quaffale
Excellent list of all breweries.
Beermad
Excellent list of all beers.

Related Campaigns and Groups

CAMRA
East Anglia branches
Great British Beer Festival

Local Breweries
East Anglian Brewers (link not working as of 6-Mar-2005)
A co-operative of East Anglia brewers
Tastes of Anglia
"The Eastern Region's Food and Drink Group".
Promoting the fine food and drink produced in the region
British Beer and Pub Association (formerly the BLRA)
The main trade association.
Society of Independent Brewers
The voice of the smaller brewers.
Independent Family Brewers of Britain
A similar organisation for the likes of Fullers, Charles Wells and JW Lees.
Cask Marque
The campaign for consistent beer quality.
Cask Marque in the Branch area.
Campaign for Real Food (link not working as of 6-Mar-2005)
Campaigning for healthy eating, high quality and honest descriptions and against poor-quality, "convenience" foods.
Pipedown
The campaign for freedom from piped music.
SPBW
The Society for the Preservation of Beer from the Wood
Regulars Reunited
The pub regulars' version of (school) Friends Reunited, this seems to list nearly all pubs, including postcode and map.

Other Beer and Pub Guides; Newsletters

beerintheevening.com
A site with pub listings for many places, including Cambridge, and with reader-contributed reviews.
www.pubs4us.co.uk
Another site listing lots of pubs and offering web hosting to pubs.
The Tap Room
An independent newsletter covering Essex (mainly).
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Beer and Brewing
The library of Beer-related resources on the Web.
The Pub History Society
Discover Gravity In Essex
A site devoted to gravity-dispensed beer in Essex.


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