Shrewsbury and West Shropshire CAMRA

Committee Meeting
2025-05-13 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-08 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-09 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Prince of Wales, 30 Bynner St, Shrewsbury, SY3 7NZ, United Kingdom
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.

Public Transport Group Trip to Whitchurch
2025-05-15 10:30 - 18:00 | Trip starts at Shrewsbury Railway Station, Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2DQ, United Kingdom
Social and beer scoring trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to Whitchurch. Members and non-members welcome!

Trip Details

As the White Bear still seems to be shut, it leaves us with a maximum of 8 pubs serving cask ale to get round.

Travel Information

Most people travelling from Shrewsbury and beyond will be getting to Whitchurch by train, leaving a 10 minute walk from Whitchurch railway station into the town. The other option is by bus, which may be cheaper and takes you right into Whitchurch town centre but takes nearly three times as long as the train.

Shrewsbury to Whitchurch by Train: From platform 7B, get the 10:19 train which arrives in Whitchurch at 10:47

Shrewsbury to Whitchurch by Bus: From Stand L, either the Arriva 511 bus at 9:45 arriving at Whitchurch Bus Station at 11:10, or Arriva 512 at 10:45 arriving in Whitchurch at 12:00

Whitchurch to Shrewsbury by Train: Either the 16:26 arriving in Shrewsbury at 16:45, or the 17:41 arriving in Shrewsbury at 18:12, or the 18:28 arriving in Shrewsbury at 18:49

Whitchurch to Shrewsbury by Bus: The 511 bus from the Bus Station outside Tesco at 16:32 arriving at 18:02

Pubs

A suggested order of pubs is shown below. The Crafty Dragon have kindly offered to open an hour earlier than normal for us at 3pm.

Red Cow (opens at 10:00)

Black Bear (opens at 11:30)

Cock and Greyhound (opens at 12:00)

Old Town Hall Vaults (opens at 12:00)

Bull’s Head (opens at 12:00)

Old Eagles (opens at 11:00)

Crafty Dragon (will open at 15:00)

Wheatsheaf (opens at 12:00)

For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.

Festival Working Party
2025-05-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-17 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-01 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-02 19:00 - 21:00 and 1 more date | Prince of Wales, 30 Bynner St, Shrewsbury, SY3 7NZ, United Kingdom
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.

Beer Bus Trip to the Strettons
2025-05-23 19:00 - 23:30 | Trip starts at Salopian Bar, 29 Smithfield Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1PB, United Kingdom
Social and beer scoring trip by minibus from Shrewsbury to the Strettons. 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.

Branch Meeting
2025-05-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Admiral Benbow, 24 Swan Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1NF, United Kingdom
Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA branch meeting at the Admiral Benbow in Shrewsbury. Members and non-members welcome.

Note that the start time for branch 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 Branch meetings, please see the Branch Management section in the Our Branch page.

Beer Bus Trip to the Clun Valley
2025-06-07 11:00 - 18:00 | Trip starts at Salopian Bar, 29 Smithfield Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1PB, United Kingdom
Social and beer scoring trip by minibus from Shrewsbury to the Clun Valley. Please note that this is a Saturday trip. Departing from the layby on Smithfield Road near the Salopian Bar at 11am. 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.

Beer Day Britain
2025-06-15 15:00 - 19:00 | Tap and Can, 13 Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2AB, United Kingdom
Want to celebrate Beer Day Britain with other Shrewsbury beer enthusiasts? Need to escape Fathers’ Day events? Join our Beer Day Britain walkabout on Sunday – starting 3pm at Tap and Can and aiming for the National Cheers to Beer at 7pm in The Prince of Wales, Shrewsbury via a lively wander around some of Shrewsbury’s great pubs.

Public Transport Group Trip to Ludlow
2025-06-19 10:00 - 18:00 | Trip starts at Shrewsbury Railway Station, Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2DQ, United Kingdom
Social and beer scoring trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to Ludlow. Members and non-members welcome!

The Unicorn has just re-opened as a Black Country Ales pub, so we will have a possible 17 pubs serving real ale to choose from in or near the town centre.

Travel Information

Most people travelling from Shrewsbury and beyond will be getting to Ludlow by train, leaving a few minutes walk from Ludlow railway station to Ludlow Brewery, which will be our first beer stop. The other option is by bus, which takes 1 hr 15 mins and drops you off by the railway station. (Note: please double-check platform numbers and bus stands listed below when you get to the railway or bus station, as these can sometimes change)

Shrewsbury to Ludlow by Train: From platform 4, get the 10:47 which arrives in Ludlow at 11:17

Shrewsbury to Ludlow by Bus: From Stand N at Shrewsbury Bus Station, take the Minsterley Motors 435 bus at 9:55 arriving in Ludlow adjacent to the railway station at 11:10

Ludlow to Shrewsbury by Train: Either the 16:47 arriving in Shrewsbury at 17:17, or the 17:17 arriving in Shrewsbury at 17:47, or the 17:44 arriving in Shrewsbury at 18:11

Ludlow to Shrewsbury by Bus: Minsterley Motors 435 bus from outside the Compasses pub on Corve Street either at 15:55 arriving in Shrewsbury bus station at 17:11, or at 16:55 arriving in Shrewsbury at 18:11

Pubs

A suggested general order of pubs is shown below. As we have 17 on the list, no-one is going to get round them all, so generally people team up with some others and pick a subset of them to visit.

Ludlow Brewery (opens at 11:00)

Unicorn (opens at 12:00)

Bull Hotel (opens at 10:00)

Feathers (opens at 11:00)

Queens (opens at 12:00)

Old Street Tavern (opens at 12:00)

Olde Bull Ring Tavern (opens at 11:00)

Charlton Arms (opens at 11:00)

Wheatsheaf (opens at 12:00)

Blue Boar (opens at 11:00)

George (opens at 10:00)

Rose and Crown (opens at 11:00)

Church (opens at 11:00)

And for those staying a bit later:

Blood Bay (opens at 17:00)

Compasses (opens at 16:00)

Dog Hangs Well (opens at 17:00)

Bridge (opens at 16:00)

Hope to see you there!

For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.

Branch Meeting
2025-06-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Woodman, 32 Coton Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2DZ, United Kingdom
Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA branch meeting at the Woodman in Coton Hill, Shrewsbury. Members and non-members welcome.

Note that the start time for branch 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 Branch meetings, please see the Branch Management section in the Our Branch page.

Beer Bus Trip to Beyond Oswestry
2025-06-27 19:00 - 23:30 | Trip starts at Salopian Bar, 29 Smithfield Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1PB, United Kingdom
Social and beer scoring trip by minibus from Shrewsbury to rural pubs around and beyond Oswestry. 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.

Public Transport Group Trip to Whittington, Welsh Frankton, Ellesmere
2025-07-17 11:00 - 18:00 | Trip starts at Shrewsbury Bus Station, Raven Meadows, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1PE, United Kingdom
Social and beer scoring trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to Whittington, Welsh Frankton and Ellesmere. Members and non-members welcome!

For those that haven’t been before, Whittington is a picturesque village near Oswestry with two pleasant pubs, the Narrow Boat Inn near Welsh Frankton is in a superb position next to the canal, and Ellesmere has an interesting range of pubs including the White Hart, a regular Good Beer Guide entry. The Black Lion has recently reopened in Ellesmere, so that will be worth checking out too.

We will be going to 2 pubs in Whittington, 1 near Welsh Frankton, and up to 7 pubs in Ellesmere. Due to bus timings, we will get just under an hour in each of the first 3 pubs, but then just over two hours to do as many Ellesmere pubs as we can fit in. We may have to split up to cover them all.

Travel Information

We will meet at Shrewsbury bus station just before 11:00, to get the Oswestry bus, usually from Stand G. Please note that the bus times have changed since last year, so we are setting off a bit earlier from Shrewsbury, and the bus back from Ellesmere is now slightly later.

Shrewsbury to Whittington: 11:00 Arriva X5, arriving at 11:43

Whittington to Narrowboat, Welsh Frankton: 13:42 Lakeside 449, arriving at 13:46

Narrowboat, Welsh Frankton to Ellesmere: 14:46 Lakeside 449, arriving at 14:53

Ellesmere to Shrewsbury: 17:25 Lakeside 501, arriving at 18:10

Pubs

Whittington:

White Lion (opens at 11:30)

Olde Boot (opens at 12:00)

Welsh Frankton:

Narrow Boat (opens at 12:00)

Ellesmere:

Red Lion (opens at 8:00)

Swan (opens at 11:00)

Market Hotel (opens at 12:00)

Black Lion (opens at 12:00)

Vault (opens at 16:00)

Ellesmere Hotel (opens at 16:00)

White Hart (opens at 16:00)

Hope to see you there.

For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.

Branch Meeting
2025-07-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Crown, 28 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6BT, United Kingdom
Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA branch meeting at the Crown in Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury. Members and non-members welcome.

Note that the start time for branch 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 Branch meetings, please see the Branch Management section in the Our Branch page.

Beer Bus Trip to the Shropshire Hills
2025-07-25 19:00 - 23:30 | Trip starts at Salopian Bar, 29 Smithfield Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1PB, United Kingdom
Social and beer scoring trip by minibus from Shrewsbury to the Shropshire Hills. 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.

Public Transport Group Trip to Bishops Castle & Pontesbury
2025-08-21 10:00 - 18:00 | Trip starts at Shrewsbury Bus Station, Raven Meadows, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1PE, United Kingdom
Social and beer scoring trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to Bishops Castle & Pontesbury. Members and non-members welcome!

This month’s PTG trip will on Thursday 21st August to Bishops Castle and Pontesbury by bus. This is going to be a more relaxed trip than normal, as we only have 2 pubs available to visit in Bishops Castle due to the Three Tuns being temporarily closed. However, the two open pubs include the Castle Hotel which is a current GBG entry and has one of the best beer gardens in our branch area, and the Six Bells which normally has a choice of 5 real ales. We will also be calling in at Pontesbury on the way back to visit the Plough and the Nag’s Head, both decent pubs each with 3 ales on.

Travel Information

We will meet at Shrewsbury bus station at 10:00, to get the Bishops Castle bus, usually from Stand N. All buses are run by Minsterley Motors.

Shrewsbury to Bishops Castle: 10:05 553 bus from Stand N, arriving at 11:05

Bishops Castle to Pontesbury: 13:30 553 bus from opposite the Boar’s Head, arriving at 14:03

Pontesbury to Shrewsbury: 16:13 553 bus from outside the Nag’s Head, arriving at 16:40

Pubs

Bishops Castle:

Castle Hotel (opens at 11:00)

Six Bells (opens at 12:00)

Pontesbury:

Plough (opens at 2:00pm)

Nag’s Head (opens at 12:00)

Hope to see you there!

For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.

Branch Meeting
2025-08-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Cromwell’s Tap House, 11 Dogpole, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1EN, United Kingdom
Shrewsbury & West Shropshire CAMRA branch meeting at the Cromwell’s Tap House in Shrewsbury (TBC). Members and non-members welcome.

Note that the start time for branch 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 Branch meetings, please see the Branch Management section in the Our Branch page.

Beer Bus Trip to Wem and Ellesmere
2025-08-29 19:00 - 23:30 | Trip starts at Salopian Bar, 29 Smithfield Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1PB, United Kingdom
Social and beer scoring trip by minibus from Shrewsbury to Wem and Ellesmere. Note that the date of this trip has been changed from the 15th to 29th August due to clashing with other events. Departing at 7pm from the bus stop layby on Smithfield Road, just the other side of the Frankwell footbridge from the Salopian Bar. 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.

Beer Bus Trip to the Inner Loop
2025-09-06 11:30 - 18:00 | Salopian Brewery, Old Station Yard, Station Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 3DD, United Kingdom
Social and beer scoring trip by minibus from Shrewsbury to the “Inner Loop”, visiting rural pubs on the east side of Shrewsbury. Please note that this is a Saturday trip. Departing from the bus stop layby on Smithfield Road, just the other side of the Frankwell footbridge from the Salopian Bar, at 11:30am. Members and non-members welcome.

We are hoping to visit the Mytton and Mermaid at Atcham, Horsehoes at Uckington, Hare and Hounds at Withington, the Haughmond at Upton Magna, Corbet Arms at Uffington, Stanton Arms at Stanton-upon-Hine-Heath, and possibly the Tiddly at Ellerdine Heath.

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.

Public Transport Group Trip to the Strettons
2025-09-18 10:30 - 17:30 | Trip starts at Shrewsbury Bus Station, Raven Meadows, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1PE, United Kingdom
Social and beer scoring trip by public transport from Shrewsbury to the Strettons. Members and non-members welcome!

This month’s PTG trip will on Thursday 18th September to the Strettons by bus. We will have at 8 pubs to visit in Little Stretton, Church Stretton and All Stretton. These will include two Good Beer Guide pubs: the Green Dragon in Little Stretton and the Yew Tree in All Stretton. Also, the Old Bike Shop in Church Stretton has very kindly offered to open an hour earlier for us at 3pm.

Travel Information

We will meet at Shrewsbury bus station around 10:45, to get the 435 Minsterley Motors bus from Stand N.

Shrewsbury to Little Stretton: 10:55 435 bus from Stand N, arriving at the Green Dragon at 11:41

Little Stretton to Church Stretton: 12:50 435 bus from the Ragleth, arriving at the Church stop at 12:55

Church Stretton to All Stretton: 15:30 435 bus from the Beaumont Road stop, arriving at 15:35

All Stretton to Shrewsbury: 16:35 435 bus, arriving at 17:11

Pubs

Little Stretton:

Green Dragon (opens at 11:30)

Ragleth (opens at 12:00)

Church Stretton:

King’s Arms (opens at 12:00)

Buck’s Head (opens at 12:00)

Housmans (opens at 09:00)

Old Coppers Malt House (opens at 12:00)

Old Bike Shop (opening earlier for us at 15:00)

All Stretton:

Yew Tree (opens at 2:00pm)

Hope to see you all on the trip.

For more information about our Public Transport Group (PTG) trips, please see the About Our Events page.
