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Campaigning for real ale and pubs in West London.

The branch of the Campaign for Real Ale for the London boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and City of Westminster.

January 2020 news

Here's an update on the latest news and information from West London branch of CAMRA for January 2020. Further news can be found in the December/January edition of London Drinker.

 

Branch events
  • January
    • Tue 14 branch mtg: (7pm/7.30) Harp (upstairs), 47 Chandos Pl. WC2N 4HS.
    • Thu 23 Fitzrovia soc: (7pm) Jackalope, 43 Weymouth Mews, W1G 7EQ; (8pm) Stag’s Head, 102 New Cavendish St, W1W 6XW; (9pm) Ship, 134 New Cavendish St, W1W 6YB; (10pm) King & Queen, 1 Foley St, W1W 6DL.
  • February
    • Thu 20 brch meeting (7pm/7.30): Star Tavern (upstairs), 6 Belgrave Mews West SW1X 8HT.
    • Wed 26 Covent Garden social: (7pm) Moon under Water, 28 Leicester Sq, WC2H 7LE; (7.50pm) Salisbury, 90 St Martin’s La, WC2N 4AP; (8.35pm) Lamb & Flag, 33 Rose St, WC2E 9EB; (9.20pm) Lemon Tree, 4 Bedfordbury, WC2N 4BP; (10pm) Harp, 47 Chandos Pl, WC2N 4HS.
  • March
    • Tue 10 branch meeting (7pm/7.30): Speaker (upstairs), 46 Great Peter St. SW1P 2HA.
    • Thu 19 At Leisure in Victoria social: (2.30pm) Willow Walk, 25 Wilton Road, SW1V 1LW.
    • Tue 31 Temple social: (7pm) Devereux, 20 Devereux Ct, WC2R 3JJ; (8pm) Edgar Wallace, 40 Essex St, WC2R 3JF; (8.50pm) Cheshire Cheese, 5 Little Essex St, WC2R 3LD; (9.30pm) Temple Brew House, 46 Essex St, WC2R 3JF; and possibly one more pub.
Other CAMRA events
Pub events
  • None reported.
Branch and regional CAMRA news
  • The December/January issue of London Drinker is out in pubs across London and online with all the latest news about pubs, CAMRA and beer related events.
 Pub and brewery news
  • A new Duke of York near Victoria station has opened following the demolition of the previous pub on this site as part of the ongoing modernisation of the whole area, the new pub has arisen phoenix-like from the ashes of the old! The pub has been restored in splendid Edwardian style with trademark Sam Smith's dark wood and etched glass.
  • Stonegate is to sell eight of their pubs in the West London branch area, among the 42 they are selling across the country as part of the agreement to get Competition and Markets Authority approval for their acquisition of Ei Group.

 

For the latest news check out our Facebook and Twitter pages! Also for news from CAMRA across London see London Drinker, and the London CAMRA Facebook page.

Presentation to the Victoria

As is usual at this time of year, we’ve been busy presenting the winners of the West London CAMRA Pub of the Year award with their certificates. The award is presented following a vote by branch members, and normally we present a third, second and first place award. The results were counted and this time we had a draw for second place!

The Victoria in Strathearn Place, W2 (a short walk from Paddington station) was one of the joint second place winners. It’s a great historic pub with a warm welcome, good food and well-kept beers including a wide range of Fuller’s beers and a guest beer. The ornate interior (featuring in CAMRA’s National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors) is a wonderful survivor from the mid-Victorian period – refurbishments of other pubs from the late-Victorian period onwards mean that such pub interiors are very rare indeed.

Pictured is our branch chairman Les Maggs presenting the award. We’ve also presented the other joint second place award to the Temple Brew House, and I’ll be writing about that here soon. The final presentation to the overall winner, the Cask Pub and Kitchen, Charlwood Street, Pimlico will be on Sunday 9th June from 5pm.