Branch Diary

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For more information on any of these events please contact our socials team by emailing socials@shantscamra.org.uk.

If you'd like us to email you details of what we're up to then join our "beerfests" and "shantscamra" mailing lists and we'll keep you informed! For information about where we've been and what we've done in the past, look at our diary archive page.

New for 2024 is a group of real ale socials.
Two of them are in regular venues, The Hour Glass, New Milton, and the Park Inn, Shirley, the other tours around Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire.
The planned itinerary for the year is on this poster:
Real Ale socials list
Full details for each event will be below. (Don's Spot only when in our branch area).

May 2025

Mon 5th
12:00 noon
King Alfred Buses to Wonston Arms
Winchester Broadway
King Alfred Buses will be running free heritage buses on this day in the Winchester area and we plan to use them to visit the Wonston Arms. Bus timetables are not released until about a week before and therefore exact details are not yet known. Keep an eye on this diary entry for updates nearer the date.
All heritage bus trips will be free but you are encouraged to support them by buying a timetable, see www.kingalfredbuses.org.uk.
 Contact David Pritchard for more information. Phone: 07984 963138.
Thu 8th
12:00 noon
Park Inn Thursday
Park Inn, 37 Carlisle Road, Southampton, SO16 4FN
Join us again for our monthly get together and enjoy a beer with some of our friends and CAMRA members from New Milton, Dorchester, Salisbury and Basingstoke. Everyone welcome whether a CAMRA member or not, you just need to enjoy good beer and good company.
For 2025 this event will be the second Thursday of every month.
 Contact Norman Clinnick for more information. Phone: 07974 837868.
Tue 13th
7:30pm
Branch AGM Followed by Branch Meeting @ Steam Town
Steam Town Brew Co., 1 Bishopstoke Road, Eastleigh, SO50 6AD
Join us for the Southern Hampshire CAMRA's AGM at 7.30pm at Steam Town Brew Co.

Find out what has happened within the branch over the last year, plans for the future and the opportunity to find out about other roles within the branch you could get involved in. All CAMRA members are warmly welcome, new or old.

The AGM will be followed by May's Branch Meeting where the 'in & outs' of our local branch/area are discussed, new and upcoming events are announced and our local Brewery Liaison Officers feedback what the breweries within our branch have been up to this month!

Any questions do not hesitate to contact me on via the details provided.
 Contact Owen Jackson for more information. Phone: 07568 488876.
Mon 26th
9:30am
Itchen Navigation Pub Walk
Start Woodmill, Southampton
Our annual stroll along the old Itchen Navigation towpath, calling in on a few pubs on the way. Depart from Woodmill Bridge, Southampton at 9.30am, reaching Winchester around 3 to 3.30pm. The Black Boy is open again on Monday afternoons so that is an option, but for the last three years we have been going to the Queen Inn so we may well stick with that. Possibly we'll go on to other pubs; you can always phone to find out where we are. Later on we usually finish off with a curry somewhere.

Join us en route if you like - we expect to be at Steam Town, Bishopstoke Road, Eastleigh at 11am*, and the Bridge, Shawford around 1.30pm. Please note that departure is at 9.30am. Steam Town is a pub and brewery that opened November 2017 and has quickly found much favour in Eastleigh, and it's on our route - just turn left, not right, at Bishopstoke Road!

*Steam Town very kindly opened early for us at 11am last year, and we hope it will do so again this year, so if joining us at Eastleigh then Steam Town at 11am is the place to be, though we have yet to confirm that yet, we will do so nearer the time.
 Contact Pete Horn for more information. Phone: 07968 809291.

June 2025

Thu 12th
12:00 noon
Park Inn Thursday
Park Inn, 37 Carlisle Road, Southampton, SO16 4FN
Join us again for our monthly get together and enjoy a beer with some of our friends and CAMRA members from New Milton, Dorchester, Salisbury and Basingstoke. Everyone welcome whether a CAMRA member or not, you just need to enjoy good beer and good company.
For 2025 this event will be the second Thursday of every month.
 Contact Norman Clinnick for more information. Phone: 07974 837868.
Fri 27th – Sat 28th Winchester Beer and Cider Festival 2025
Winchester Beer & Cider Festival, University of Winchester Student Union, Sparkford Road, Winchester, SO22 4NR
Back by popular demand for 2025, The Winchester Beer and Cider Festival will be held again at Winchester University Student Union. 

With up to 70 cask ales, 15 ciders/perries, and 'craft' beer, alongside a range of tasty food, soft drinks, and entertainment.

There are four sessions, tickets £10 per session, which includes a souvenir glass and festival programme.

The sessions are:
Friday 27th June 11.30-16.00 - 'Quiet session'
Friday 27th June 18.00-22.30 - Live music -'Flaxen Hill'
Saturday 28th June 11.30-16.30 - Quiz & 'Quiet session'
Saturday 28th June 18.00-22.30 - Live music - 'The 45s'

Entrance is by ticket only, tickets can be purchased by visiting the festival website -
https://winchesterbeerfestival.camra.org.uk/2025/tickets/

Or with cash only from The Hyde Tavern, Winchester; The Albion, Winchester; William Walker, Winchester and Belgium and Blues, Southampton.

For more details visit the website on:
https://winchesterbeerfestival.camra.org.uk/
 Contact Kevin Wooton for more information. Phone: 07708 698318.

 
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