Social and beer scoring trip by minibus from Shrewsbury to Ludlow. Departing from Salopian Bar at 7pm. Members and non-members welcome. Places must be pre-booked with Dave Ricketts - he can be contacted using the email address below, or by phone after 4:30pm (SMS text preferred). For more information about our Beer Bus trips, please see the About Our Events page.
Social and beer scoring trip by minibus from Shrewsbury to the "Inner Loop", going around villages on the outskirts of Shrewsbury. Please note that this is a Saturday daytime trip. The displayed departure time from the Salopian Bar is approximate, and the exact time will be confirmed nearer the time. Members and non-members welcome. Places must be pre-booked with Dave Ricketts – he can be contacted using the email address below, or by phone after 4:30pm (SMS text preferred). For more information about our Beer Bus trips, please see the About Our Events page.
Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA committee meeting and branch meeting. The two meetings have been combined for this month due to Christmas getting in the way. Venue will be the Brick on Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury. Members and non-members welcome. For more information on what happens in Committee and Branch meetings, please see the Branch Management section in the Our Branch page.
Social and beer scoring trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to Ludlow. Members and non-members welcome! The outward train at 10:47 from Shrewsbury railway station arrives in Ludlow at 11:17. For those who prefer to use their bus pass, the 09:55 435 from Shrewsbury bus station arrives at Ludlow railway station at 11:10. First port of call will be Ludlow Brewery, next to the railway station. Suggested return trains for bus connections in Shrewsbury are the 16:20 train which arrives in Shrewsbury at 16:52, or the 16:52 which arrives at 17:25. Alternatively, the 15:30 bus from outside the Compasses arrives in Shrewsbury at 16:44. For those who want to stay later, the Blood Bay and the Dog Hangs Well both open at 17:00. For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.
Our annual Christmas Eve Shrewsbury Walkabout. This year, we will be starting at the Beacon on Copthorne Road at 12pm, then onto the Bricklayers Arms for 1pm, and down Frankwell towards town. Members and non-members are all welcome! If you don't want to walk out to the Beacon, there are buses that go from Shrewsbury bus station to the Richmond Drive junction on Copthorne Road, leaving about 100m to walk to the Beacon. The No. 11 Gains Park bus from Stand J at the bus station is the one to catch. This currently goes every 15 minutes throughout the day on Monday to Friday.
Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA committee meeting at the Prince of Wales. All members welcome. Note that the start time for the committee meetings will now be 7:15pm, to give people who are getting the train to Shrewsbury time to walk across town. For more information on what happens in Committee meetings, please see the Branch Management section in the Our Branch page.
Social trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to Shifnal. The first of this year's out-of-area PTG trips. Members and non-members welcome! Outward train 10:59 from Shrewsbury arrives Shifnal 11:23. The plan is to visit the pubs in the order below, although we may have to stagger our visit to the micropub depending on how many there are of us. What Pub information for opening times and beer selection is as follows:- Park House: 11:00 - Hotel with one beer Kings Yard: 12:00 - Micropub with four beers Crown: 12:00 - Four changing local beers Plough: 12:00 - Four changing beers Wheatsheaf: 12:00 - Marstons range Jaspers Arms: 12:00 - Four beers including Holden’s Golden Glow Anvil: 12:00 - Black Country pub with eight beers Winking Frog: 15:00 - Young persons pub. Had Doom Bar on my last visit to Shifnal Bell: 17:00 - Two beers Return trains to Shrewsbury are at 20 and 26 minutes past the hour. For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.
Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA festival working party, organising the next Shrewsbury Beer Festival. 7:15pm start at the Prince of Wales in Shrewsbury. Members and non-members welcome. For more information on these meetings, see the Festival Working Party section on the About Our Events page.
Social and beer scoring trip by minibus from Shrewsbury to Oswestry. The minibus will take us to some rural pubs near Oswestry and then into Oswestry centre itself, giving everyone the chance to visit CAMRA's national pub of the year, the Bailey Head. Departing from Salopian Bar at 7pm. Members and non-members welcome. Places must be pre-booked with Dave Ricketts – he can be contacted using the email address below, or by phone after 4:30pm (SMS text preferred). For more information about our Beer Bus trips, please see the About Our Events page.
Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA branch meeting at Cromwell's Tap House in Shrewsbury. Members and non-members welcome. For more information on what happens in Branch meetings, please see the Branch Management section in the Our Branch page.
A trip to Salopian Brewery on Thursday 6th February. This is a combined thank you trip for everyone who volunteered or helped in any way at the last Shrewsbury Beer Festival in September 2024, and also an official branch visit so any branch member is also welcome to come along. The bar will be open for us and there will be the opportunity to speak to brewing staff and to tour the brewery. There is a bus from Shrewsbury bus station that arrives in Hadnall at 5:43pm, leaving a five minute walk to the brewery, which will open for us at 6pm. There is a bus back at 8:01pm, otherwise the branch will pay for shared taxis back to Shrewsbury town centre. If you are interested in coming to the event, please let Norrie know using the email address below, so we can let the brewery know how many to expect. Thanks.
A trip using a hired bus to Tewkesbury Winter Ales Festival on Saturday 8th February. The bus is free for everyone who volunteered or helped in any way at the last Shrewsbury Beer Festival in September 2024, as a thank you for their hard work during the festival. Others are welcome to join us but a fare will be charged (price tbc). If you are interested in coming, please let Dave Ricketts know by text or email (his contact details are below), as he will need to know numbers beforehand. The bus will depart from the Salopian Bar at 8:30am. We should get back to Shrewsbury between 5pm and 6pm. If you know of anyone that helped with our festival who may not have heard about this thank you trip, please try and contact them and let them know the details. Thanks.
