December 2018
December Strolling Social
Our final Strolling Social of 2018 will be on Saturday 15 December when we’ll go out of our branch area and visit some of the best pubs in Ely. We’ll be spending 30 minutes to an hour in each pub. Turn up when you like and leave as you wish. We’ll gather from noon beside the river at the Cutter on Annesdale. Our second stop will be the Drayman’s Son on Forehill before going up the hill to 3@3 on…
Find out more »January 2019
Branch Coach Trip.
Branch coach tour visiting some of our rural pubs. Saturday 19 January. It will leave from the Station Road / Tenison Road junction at 11am and will return there at around 7pm. Essentially it’s a mystery tour so you won’t know where we’re going until we arrive. We don’t charge for the tour but we do run a raffle (£5 a ticket) that contributes towards the cost of the coach. You will need to pay for food, laid on by…
Find out more »February 2019
Good Beer Guide Meeting and Social
There will be a Good Beer Guide voting meeting on Saturday 9th February, at the Castle, Cambridge.
Find out more »Strolling Social – February
The next Strolling Social, organised by our pubs officer, Ali Cook is on Saturday 16th February.
Find out more »March 2019
Cambridge CAMRA Gala Night
April is CAMRA's Community Pubs Month. Cambridge & District CAMRA gets the ball rolling early by holding its 2019 Gala Night towards the end of March. This is when we announce our Pub of the Year, our Club of the Year, our Cider Pub of the Year and our Dark Ale Pub of the Year. We'll honour our Real Ale Champion and present a Lifetime Achievement Award. We'll also make presentations to the city and rural winners of our New…
Find out more »April 2019
April Strolling Social
April is CAMRA's Community Pubs Month. Our April Strolling Social will be visiting some village pubs along the No13 bus route. Our Strolling Socials start around midday and finish around 7pm. You don't need to be there for the whole thing. Join us and leave as you will. This time we’ll be starting at 12:20 in the Old Red Lion, Horseheath. We’ll then move to Linton to visit the Waggon & Horses, the Dog & Duck, the Crown Inn and…
Find out more »April Minibus Tour
April is CAMRA's Community Pubs Month. One of the ways we'll be celebrating it is by having a minibus tour of round some of our harder to reach village pubs to the south and west of Cambridge. We pick up near the train station at 11 and may have a second pick up at the Golden Hind. The tour ends at 7-7:30pm. We don't charge for the transport but we do expect participants to enter the raffle that contributes towards…
Find out more »Meet the Cambridge Beer Festival Volunteers at the Alex
The Cambridge Beer Festival is one of the country’s biggest festivals. But none of it would happen if it weren’t for the 400 or so volunteers who put it together, run it, and tidy it all up again afterwards. Volunteering is fun and fulfilling. You don’t have to commit to a minimum amount of time. You don’t need any experience. Just show up with a willing pair of hands and a sense of enthusiasm and you will be welcomed, supported,…
Find out more »May 2019
Meet the Cambridge Beer Festival Volunteers at the Haymakers
The Cambridge Beer Festival is one of the country’s biggest festivals. But none of it would happen if it weren’t for the 400 or so volunteers who put it together, run it, and tidy it all up again afterwards. Volunteering is fun and fulfilling. You don’t have to commit to a minimum amount of time. You don’t need any experience. Just show up with a willing pair of hands and a sense of enthusiasm and you will be welcomed, supported,…
Find out more »June 2019
June Strolling Social
Our June Strolling Social will be on Saturday 15 June and will visit Cambridgeshire pubs along the Kings Cross rail line. We’ll meet up in the Jester next to Ashwell & Morden Station at 12:25. Spending 25 minutes to an hour in each pub we’ll also visit the British Queen, Meldreth, the Dolphin and the Black Horse Melbourn, and the Green Man and the Plough, Shepreth. The Plough not only has a range of beers on offer but is also…
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