The branch held a launch this weekend for the new edition of the Good Beer Guide, at the Green Man in Prestwood.

Twenty-nine local pubs have earned the accolade of being included in the 2025 edition of the real ale “bible”. Pub selection was based on votes on beer quality by CAMRA members, collected across the course of the year.

The Green Man is a new entry in the 2025 guide, having reopened last year after a substantial refurbishment. This followed several years of closure.

Twenty years ago, there were six pubs in the village. That number rapidly declined to just two before the Green Man reopened, with only one remaining in the village centre, the nearby Chequers Tree.

The Green Man is run by Simon Bendix, Julie Nisbet and Jade Nisbet. As well as three well-kept real ales it runs events for the local community, such as karaoke nights, charity coffee mornings and Hallowe’en parties (both children’s and grown-ups).

Mike Clarke, Chair of the branch said, “Prestwood is one of our local villages that has been hard hit by pub closures over the past few years so it’s great to see the Green Man thriving again and serving the local community. It’s also good news to see a few other pubs in our area following the Green Man in reopening after closure, such as the Crown in Radnage and the Bow (previously the Long Dog) in Waddesdon.”

This year’s Good Beer Guide is published with two covers, featuring famous TV pubs, Coronation Street’s The Rovers’ Return and Emmerdale Farm’s Woolpack, to emphasise the pub’s role as a community hub.

The new edition of the guide can be ordered online from CAMRA or found in all good bookshops.