[Welcome] [About the Branch]

Welcome to the North London Branch of CAMRA (Campaign For Real Ale), which covers the postal districts of WC1 and most areas of North and North West London not in the Boroughs of Enfield and Barnet. CAMRA was formed in 1971 as the voice of the beer-drinking consumer, at a time when real ale was rapidly disappearing from our pubs, and now has over 100,000 members.

Here in North London we monitor what is happening in the brewing industry, whilst also checking the beer quality and range in our pubs.

Each year CAMRA publishes the Good Beer Guide and all of the entries are pubs selected by local branches for the quality of their real ales, not easy when we have around 800 pubs in our area. And to help us get around them, we meet every week, usually on a Tuesday, and visit a selection of pubs with an official Branch Meeting every few months. Details can be found on the Diary page.

We have also produced a series of guides to pubs that serve real ale in various parts of our area - WC1, N1, NW1/NW5 and latterly NW3/N6. Details of these Guides can be found on the Local Pub Guides page, with entries being regularly updated in our on-line pubs guide.

One major problem is the number of pubs that are closing and being converted into flats, restaurants or offices. Every CAMRA branch has a pubs officer, whose job is to monitor the situation, and North London CAMRA will always campaign vigorously when a pub under threat is worth saving. See the Contacts page for details.

The London Drinker Beer and Cider Festival is organised by the Branch and takes place every March at the Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, WC1 and is the best way to find a range of real ales, ciders, perries and foreign beer all under one roof. Details can be found at the Festival pages.

The branch produces an email newsletter. This is a basic text-only email sent out overnight every Thursday with the main aim of advertising the forthcoming socials. It also contains news and information from within the branch area including forthcoming beer festivals and a full list of known beer festivals in the Greater London area. The list is run by Yahoo! Groups and is open to non-CAMRA members and those outside of our branch. You can join yourself at the weblink below if you already have a Yahoo! profile or else contact us and we will add you manually.

Join at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/camranorthlondon/

And finally, look out for our glossy newsletter published five times a year, The Full Pint, which is available free in pubs throughout our branch area. Outlets are listed on the newsletter Where To Find It page.

So if you'd like to get involved come along to our events and if you are not a member, why not join CAMRA and make your voice heard. You can do this by going to CAMRA's national website.

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