East and Mid Surrey

Campaign for Real Ale

Campaign for Real Ale

Welcome to the East and Mid Surrey Branch of CAMRA

The East and Mid Surrey branch of CAMRA (formerly the Reigate and Redhill branch) was founded on the 10th August 1975 at the height of the keg revolution. Our inaugural meeting was at the Nutley Hall in Reigate.

We changed our name to become the East and Mid Surrey branch at the 1998 AGM as we thought that described the area we covered better. The boundaries have changed several times, the last time in early 2009. The branch currently stretches over to the Kent border, down to the Sussex Border and across to Alfold.

The main towns in the area are Warlingham, Caterham, Oxted, Lingfield, Horley, Redhill, Reigate, Banstead, Dorking and Cranleigh.

REDHILL BEER FESTIVAL

TBA Oct/Nov 2024

The festival is held at Merstham Village Hall, which is located between Merstham railway station and the bus stop at The Feathers on the A23 (405 bus between Croydon and Redhill), and is less than 150 metres from each.

We aim to have around 65 real ales and 10 ciders on offer along with hot food.

News & Ale Magazine

News & Ale Magazine is the regular CAMRA magazine for beer drinkers in Surrey, Kingston-upon-Thames and the Surrey/Hants borders.

Pubs and Beer Scoring

A map and guide to the pubs and clubs in our branch area that serve real ale, and how to score your beer when you get there!

WhatPub is CAMRA's online pub guide with details of over 30,000 pubs nationwide and is constantly updated by volunteers from this and every other CAMRA branch.

LocAle is a CAMRA accreditation scheme to promote pubs that sell locally-brewed real ale.

An up to date list of accredited branch pubs is available on our LocAle page.

We also maintain a list of pubs that serve Real Cider and Perry.

CAMRA's Good Beer Guide

GBG 2024

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Latest Branch News

  • Cider and Festival Presentations Saturday 27 April 2024


    The afternoon of Saturday the 27th of April 2024 saw members of the branch assemble at Cobbett's Beer Shop and Micropub in Dorking to make a number of presentations.

    The first award went to Cobbett's themselves for winning our Branch Cider Pub of the Year for 2024, the second year in succession that they have won this title. Pictured below handing over the award is our branch chair, Rob Wells, surrounded by Tim and Helen from Cobbett's.

    The second award went to Barnard's Cyder for their Surrey Medium winning Redhill Cider of the Festival 2023, which is Barnard's first ever award. Produced locally in Abinger Hammer, their ciders can normally be found on sale at Cobbett's and were also available at this year's Farnham Beerex. Pictured below is our Redhill Festival Organiser, Martin Longhurst, making the presentation to Barnard's, along with some of their ciders currently on sale in the shop.

    Finally, we jointly presented both Cobbett's and Surrey Hills Brewery with the award for Redhill Beer of the Festival 2023 for Collusion XXX. As its name suggests, Collusion is an ongoing joint effort between the brewery and Cobbett's. Pictured again is Martin Longhurst handing over the awards.

  • Pubs and Brewing in East Surrey Thursday 25 April 2024

    Launching on Thursday 25th April 2024, and in collaboration with The Godstone Brewers, is a display on Pubs and Brewing in East Surrey at The East Surrey Museum.

    The museum is located at 1 Stafford Road in Caterham, and is open on Wednesday and Thursday from 1000 to 1700, and on Saturday from 1030 until 1600. Admission is free.

    For more details, check out the museum’s website at http://www.eastsurreymuseum.org.uk/

We also have an ‘X’ (Twitter) account that is updated regularly with all the pub and real ale news from around our branch area.

2024 Awards


PUB OF THE YEAR
Three Horseshoes


CLUB OF THE YEAR
Kingswood Village Club


CIDER PUB OF THE YEAR
Cobbett's

Upcoming Branch Diary Entries


Local Beer Festivals and Events