Aylesbury Vale & Wycombe

Campaign for Real Ale

Campaign for Real Ale

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  • Central Southern Region Pub of the Year Wednesday 31 July 2024

    The final Central Southern Region Pub of the Year is the Bell at Aldworth. Second is the Cross Keys at Wallingford and third is the King's Arms at Tring.

    The presentation to the Bell will take place on Saturday 7th September between 2 and 3.

  • Organised Trips to Our Rural Pubs Friday 14 June 2024

    We’d like to hear from our members about the prospect of organising trips to our more rural pubs and have opened an online survey (link below) to canvass opinions.

    At our last branch meeting we discussed organising trips to visit some of our excellent rural pubs that are normally impossible or very difficult to reach on public transport. Our branch covers a large rural area, from Granborough and North Marston north of Aylesbury, to Worminghall, Ludgershall and Brill to the north-west, Turville and Hambleden to the south plus many small villages within the Chiltern Hills. There are some superb pubs in these areas which can only be accessed by private vehicles.

    According to demand, we would hire transport (minibus or possibly a large people carrier) which would be driven on an itinerary that visited several pubs in one trip, probably with an average of 45 minutes to 1 hour in each pub (e.g. 4 or 5 pubs in an afternoon or evening trip). We would aim to pick people up from central points in our large towns to which they would be returned at the end of the trip (although with evening trips we would try to drop people off as close to home as practicable).

    We are open-minded about whether this would be an all-day session or whether trips could be afternoon or evening only (or possibly combined). To gauge interest in this idea, we’ve created an online survey for members to register their interest, highlight the areas they’d like to visit, where they would be travelling from and the price they would consider paying towards the cost of the transport, etc.

    If you are interested in a day or half-day visiting country pubs without the hassle of public transport or needing to find a designated driver then please fill in the survey by following the link below.

    Rural Pubs Survey

    We will report back with the results. The survey will remain open until 30th June. If there is enough interest then we would look to organise a trip in August or September.

  • Swan Supping Spring 2024 Issue Thursday 16 May 2024

    The Spring 2024 edition of Swan Supping is now available on the website as well as in print form in the pubs and clubs of the branch. To echo the editor's opening comments 'Apologies for making you all wait for so long between issues. We do intend to get back to a more regular schedule.'.

Events


  • Oxford Beer Festival Social Thursday 10 October 2024 18:00
  • Reopened Pub Social Saturday 12 October 2024 12:00
  • Chiltern Brewery Tour Thursday 24 October 2024 14:00

    Up to 16 people can be accommodated on the tour but there must be a minimum of 10 (usually it is 14) for the tour to go ahead.

    If you’d like to be on the tour then please email ku.gro.armac.wva@tcatnoc.hcnarb or contact a committee member as soon as possible or by Saturday 5th October at the latest.