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Huntingdonshire branch of CAMRA

The Campaign for Real Ale is the pub-goers champion. We promote fine beers in great pubs and defend the rights of the drinker. If you drink beer or like pubs CAMRA is the place for you!

If you want to know more about CAMRA, start here.

This web site will show you who we are, what we do and how to join us. Here you'll find details of the branch and our campaigning activities (About Hunts CAMRA), and keep up to date on local pub and brewery news (News).

LocAle Read more about our LocAle scheme promoting locally brewed beers.

Check out our branch diary for details of meetings and social events (Diary), listings of local pubs and local breweries (Pubs), and information about our St Ives and St Neots beer festivals and other local beer festivals (Festivals).

If you want to carry on drinking good beer in great pubs join CAMRA and protect your pleasure.

For more information on CAMRA nationally have a look at the CAMRA National web-site.

St. Neots "Booze on the Ouse"

The 33rd "Booze on the Ouse" Beer Festival will be the St Neots Beer Festival Priory Centre, Priory Lane, St Neots Thursday 18th - Saturday 20th, March, 2010. 50+ real ales will be available over the course of the festival. Local ciders will be available, as well as a variety of foreign beers.

Opening times:
Thursday 5pm-10.45pm
Friday All day; 12 noon-10.45pm
Saturday All day; 12 noon-10.45pm

Volunteers always welcome!. CAMRA members who wish to help out at the festival should contact the festival organiser, Andy Shaw, by emailing: festival@huntscamra.org.uk.

Pub of the Year: Chequers at Little Gransden

The Chequers at Little Gransden is once again the Huntingdonshire CAMRA branch Pub of the Year. Run by the same family for almost 60 years, this village local also now features beers brewed on site by Bob Mitchell at his "Son of Sid" brewery (some of which will be available at the upcoming St. Neots Beer Festival).

The Green Man at Leighton Bromswold was also highly commended by the branch committee.

Local Pub Guide

Queens Head - Needingworth

Sample a selection of the best pubs in the branch area. This list is updated every 3 months, and the pubs are selected based on continuous beer quality surveying by local CAMRA members. If you are a local CAMRA member and would like to help in the surveying, please login to the Members area.

CAMRA Email Discussion Group

If you are a member of CAMRA and you live in the old county of Huntingdonshire, please subscribe to this group to participate in branch discussions via email about Real Ale in Huntingdonshire, including local beer festivals, pub and beer news, social trips, meetings, campaigns and the branch website.

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CAMRA National News

Last Chance Saloon for Large Pub Companies to Reform

CAMRA, has welcomed the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee Report on Pub Companies which demands major reform in the way the Large Pub Companies operate.

CAMRA condemns Tetley's cask transfer move

CAMRA has today expressed its discontent at the move by Carlsberg UK to ship its iconic Tetley's cask brand from its Yorkshire heartland to Marston's of Wolverhampton.

Yorkshire pub judged 'Best in Britain' - 17/02/2010

The Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield, has once again been crowned National Pub of the Year for 2009 for the second year running, making it the first pub in history to win the award in consecutive years.

CAMRA appoints new National Chairman - 16/02/2010

CAMRA has today appointed a new National Chairman to lead its 110,000 members.

OFT re-opens inquiry into UK pubs market - 05/02/2010

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has reached agreement with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to stay its appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal challenging the OFT's initial response to CAMRA's super-complaint in October 2009.