CAMRA Branch Website of the Year 2024
Welcome to the Shrewsbury and West Shropshire branch of CAMRA
As members of the Campaign for Real Ale, we are passionate about real ale and our aim is to preserve and promote real ale and real cider, along with the pubs that provide them. If you’re a fan of traditionally brewed beer, looking to explore something new, or would like to get involved in our campaigning activities, then please get in touch.
Our members are very welcoming and we’re always happy for new people to join us. With our regular events, pub trails, and our famous Shrewsbury beer festival, there’s always something happening. Discover new tastes, make new friends, and support our local breweries and pubs. Hope to see you soon!
Whether you are already a member of CAMRA, or just a fan of Real Ale, Real Cider or our wonderful Shropshire pubs, we hope you will find something of interest on our website.
If you’d like to meet up with other Real Ale enthusiasts, why not come along to one of our regular social events and say hello. We are a friendly bunch and new faces are always very welcome.
If you want get more involved, there is a wide range things you can do, from simple beer scoring to taking on one of the committee roles. Please see our Getting Involved page or get in contact.
About CAMRA
Find out more about one of the most successful consumer organisations in Europe, and our vision to have quality real ale, cider and perry and thriving pubs in every community.
Join CAMRA
Why not become a CAMRA member and become part of our campaign. Find out how to join up and see what benefits your membership package includes.
National CAMRA
For more information about the Campaign for Real Ale on a national level, have a look at the national website which contains a wealth of information about our campaign.
What's New?
Pub Campaigns
Fox at Little Ryton
The community group, the Friends of the Fox at Ryton have reached their target of £200,000 in pledged donations, and consequently have been able to apply for a government grant from the Communities Ownership Fund. If successful, this will give the local community the funds needed to purchase the pub. The decision on the grant should have been finalised in June but due to the election, it has been postponed. We wish them good luck!
Website Changes
Shrewsbury Beer Festival
The full beer list, and list of ciders and perries, have now been added to the Shrewsbury Beer Festival 2024 page. For more details, have a look at our festival page here.
Shrewsbury Pub Trails
On the Pubs to Visit page, you can now click through to see some suggested pub trails in and around Shrewsbury town centre. All the trail descriptions have now been completed and you can view them by clicking here.
Next Events
Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA committee meeting, at the Prince of Wales, Shrewsbury. All members welcome. Note that the start time for the committee meetings held at the Prince of Wales will now be 7:15pm, to give people who are getting the train to Shrewsbury time to walk across town to the pub.
Social and beer scoring trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to the Strettons. Note that the PTG trips for September, October and November have been changed round to accomodate a visit to the Stretton Ale House in Church Stretton which re-opens in October. This October trip is now on Thursday 17th instead of the Friday. Details will be confirmed about a week before the trip starts. Members and non-members welcome! For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.
Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA Annual General Meeting and Branch meeting at the Prince of Wales, Shrewsbury. Members and non-members welcome.