East and Mid Surrey

Campaign for Real Ale

Campaign for Real Ale

Welcome to CAMRA in East and Mid Surrey

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.

Formerly known as the Reigate and Redhill branch, the 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.

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REDHILL BEER FESTIVAL

TBA Oct/Nov 2025

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 both.

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

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

  • The Great British Beer Festival is back and in 2025, for the first time ever, the Festival will be held at the iconic NEC in Birmingham, the UK’s premier events venue. This exciting new location means more space, more brews, and even more opportunities to celebrate the best in British and international beer.

    Join thousands of fellow beer lovers at the NEC, where you can sample hundreds of unique ales, ciders, perries and craft beers from around the world. Immerse yourself in interactive tastings, discover new flavours, enjoy live music, and experience the festival’s vibrant atmosphere in a way like never before.

    Click the image to purchase tickets on the GBBF website.

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2024 BRANCH PUB OF THE YEAR

Three Horseshoes

2024 BRANCH CLUB OF THE YEAR

Kingswood Village Club

2024 BRANCH CIDER PUB OF THE YEAR

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CAMRA's Good Beer Guide is the UK’s best-selling beer and pub guide.

See our guide on how and why it's important to Score Your Beer.

Your input helps curate The Good Beer Guide and ensures we promote venues serving top-notch cask ale. It's also a fantastic way to connect and share your passion for great beer.

Branch News

  • Drop Kick Cask Beer Day Saturday 7 December 2024

    Drop Kick Brewing are increasing their commitment to cask beers and are going to hold a Cask Beer Day at their taproom on the 7th of December, where there will be four cask beers available to choose from plus an exclusive discount for CAMRA members.

    The cask beer range will include:

    Roses - A brand new English Best Bitter at 4.4%. Light, toasty and caramel complex with a hint of earthy and floral hop flavours.

    Wallaby - An Australian IPA coming in at just 3.3%. Light and sessionable with a hint of stone fruit flavours. Easy drinking all day beer.

    Eagles - An American Pale Ale sitting at 4.7%. A modern APA with a slight haze and punchy mango flavours.

    Goldenlands - A British Pale at 4%. Light and crisp with a touch of citrus.

    Public Transport Information The tap room is a half mile walk from the bus stop at Chart Downs Estate on Metrobus service 22. This bus runs approximately every 2 hours during Monday - Saturday daytimes.
  • RBF 2024 Headlines Thursday 7 November 2024

    We had a very successful 2024 festival, selling some 4,000 pints of beer and nearly 300 pints of cider and perry. We welcomed over 950 people through the doors.

    Beer of the Festival was North Riding Brewery Choc N Nut Porter. Their Bakewell Tart Stout was the runner up.

    The Cider of the Festival was tied between Ampleforth Abbey Traditional and Newton Court Panting Partridge Perry.

    Our festival charity was, as usual, St. Catherine’s Hospice, and we raised a record £1,048 for them.

  • Titsey Festival Offer Friday 4 October 2024


    The Titsey Brewing Co Taproom have announced their first ever beer festival, due to be held on the 4th, 5th and 6th October 2024. Organised as a celebration of green hops, they will be producing a couple of their own Green Hop Beers plus another four from other breweries. They should have 18 beers in total at the event.

    There’s a special offer for CAMRA members - the normal entry fee is £6 per person which includes a glass and a token for one beer. If a CAMRA membership card is shown upon arrival, members will get a second beer token for free - that’s £6 for a glass and two beers.

    More details and tickets available at:

    https://titseybrewingco.com/event/beer-festival-2024

    Public Transport Information The Approach Road bus stop on Metrobus service 595 is a 5 minute walk to/from the tap room. This bus runs between Oxted and Westerham approximately every 2 hours during Monday - Saturday daytimes.
  • Pilgrim Secure The Cage Tuesday 24 September 2024


    Pilgrim Brewery have today announced that they have secured their newest pub.

    They have taken over the custodianship of The Cage in Reigate town centre.

    Pilgrim are not looking to make massive changes, although you may notice a couple of new additions behind the bar.

    A special opening event is planned but, in the meantime, the doors are still open.

    Public Transport Information The Cage is located in Reigate town centre and is easily accessible by both bus and train.

Branch Pub Guide

Check out our interactive map and guide to all of the pubs and clubs in the branch area that serve real ale.

The data is provided by WhatPub, which is CAMRA's online pub guide with details of over 30,000 pubs nationwide.

The map can be filtered by pubs that also are accredited to the LocAle scheme, serve Real Cider & Perry, those who accept CAMRA Vouchers, and those that offer a CAMRA Discount.