Swindon & North Wiltshire CAMRA

CAMRA has been campaigning for real ale, pubs and drinkers' rights since 1971. It has a large national membership of over 114,000. Each member belongs to an individual CAMRA Branch in the UK - like this one.

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The Rising Tun - Summer 2010 Issue

The Rising Tun Summer 2010 Issue should now be available at a pub near you. If you think that your local does not get it and should stock it, get in touch with the Rising Tun Editor on the CONTACT US page.
There is an online copy on THE RISING TUN page.

Swindon Beer Festival 2010

The 24th Swindon Beer Festival will be held at the STEAM Museum, Kemble Drive, Swindon SN2 2TA from Thursday 4th to Saturday 6th November 2010. It will feature 100 beers, plus a selection of Ciders and Perrys. There will be 4 sessions:-

All sessions are payment on the door apart from Friday evening, which is by advance ticket only.

The admission fee includes a souvenir glass and programme. There will be a free pint for CAMRA members.

All sessions will have food available with a hog roast on Thursday and Friday evenings.

There will be music on the Saturday afternoon.

Wootton Bassett Rugby Club

Wootton Bassett Rugby Club will be holding their 3rd Annual Beer Festival on Saturday 25 September 2010, where a good range of Beers & Ciders will be on offer, the event is organised to coincide with the 1st home game of our 1st Team. The day starts at 12pm when the Beer Fest bar will be open together with Mini’s Rugby being played on the pitch followed by the 1st Team game at 3pm. Music starts around 6pm and will carry on until late into the evening, BBQ will be running all day.

Local pub database

We have got an online beer and pub guide covering this branch. It contains about 300 pubs, bars and hotels. Please click on the image to open it in a new window.
If you visit any of our pubs, just give us some feedback. If there has been no change to a pub, just let us know the date of your visit - no need for a survey. You can print or download the survey form as a pdf file. Pub Survey Form.pdf (10kb).
Pubs that have not had a survey for some time:
Bakers Arms, 121 Beechcroft Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN2 7RE
Crown, Broad Hinton, Swindon, SN4 9PA
Dolphin Hotel, Rodbourne, 28 Prospect Place, Swindon, SN1 3LQ
Horse & Jockey, 15 Gosditch, Ashton Keynes, SN6 6NZ
Lydiard Beefeater, Great Western Way, Swindon, SN5 8UY
Moonrakers, Cricklade Road, Swindon, SN2 5AA
Nine Elms, Old Shaw Lane, Shaw, Swindon, SN5 5PD
Outside Chance, 71 High Street, Manton, Marlborough, SN8 4HW
Patriots Arms, 6 New Road (B4005), Chiseldon, Swindon, SN4 0LU
Pelican, Bath Road, Froxfield, Marlborough, SN8 3JY
Plough, 26 Devizes Road, Swindon, SN1 4BQ
Rat Trap Highworth Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4TF
Saracens Head, High Street, Highworth, Swindon, SN6 7AG
Three Tuns, High Street (A4361), Wroughton, Swindon, SN4 0SA
Three Tuns, 1 High Street, Great Bedwyn, Marlborough, SN8 3NU
Village, Ramleaze Drive, Shaw, Swindon, SN5 5PY
White Hart, High Street, Burbage, Marlborough, SN8 3AA
White Hart, High Road, Ashton Keynes, SN6 6NX
Who'd a Thought It, Lockeridge, Marlborough, SN8 4EL
Windmill, Worsley Road, Freshbrook, Swindon, SN5 8LY
Woodshaw, Garraways, Wootton Bassett, SN4 8NE

Will There Be Archers Beers From Swindon Again?

The gates shut at this local landmark brewery on Friday 20 March 2009.

The remains were bought from the administrator.

Since then everything removable like barrels and brewing equipment appears to have been removed. An image of vultures picking over the bones comes to mind. The new owners in name do not seem to be interested in keeping up this tradition of local Swindon ales - RIP Archers brewery.
Archers ales are now part of folk memory like so many other beers that have disappeared before them.

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