Here's an update on the latest news and information from West London branch of CAMRA.

Branch events

Why not join us on one of our branch socials or meetings? We'd love to see you! Here is a list of our events:

• January
  • Wed 22 (7/7.30pm) branch meeting: Bear (downstairs), 27 Spring St, W2 1JA
  • Tue 28 (2pm) Social, meet Scarsdale Tavern, 23a Edwardes Sq, W8 6HE
• February
  • Wed 5 (2pm) social - Barley Mow, 8 Dorset Street, W1U 6QW
  • Thu 6 to Sat 8 (from noon) SPBW Beer from the Wood mini-festival – Admiralty, 66 Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DS (this event is organized by SPBW, rather than CAMRA - for information see their website spbw.beer). UPDATE - this February event is unfortunately CANCELLED due to circumstances beyond our control, though if you were looking forward to this you may be interested to know that there will be a larger Beer from the Wood festival at Brentford on May 29th to 31st which you may like to attend instead!
  • Mon 17 (7/7.30pm) branch meeting – Distillers (upstairs), 64 Fulham Palace Rd, W6 9PH
  • Tue 25 (7pm) social - Cask Pub and Kitchen, 6 Charlwood Street, SW1V 2EE
• March
  • Wed 5 (2pm) social - Latymers, 157 Hammersmith Rd, W6 8BS
  • Tues 18 (2pm) social, Crown and Anchor, 137 Drummond St, NW1 2HL

Regional CAMRA news and events

• London Pubs Group continues its tours of historic pubs - for information see https://londonpubsgroup.camra.org.uk/events.
• Our neighbouring branches have regular socials and other events - for information see the websites of East London and City, North London, South East London, South West London, and West Middlesex. See the London CAMRA website for links to other Greater London branches.
• London Drinker is available in pubs across London and online at https://londondrinker.camra.org.uk/wordpress/ with details of CAMRA and beer related events across London, pub and brewery news, and more.

Pub and brewery news

• NW8, DUKE OF YORK (Stonegate/Old Spot Pub Co), 2 St Ann's Terrace, NW8 6PJ. Now part of the small London Frontier Pubs chain.

• NW8, LORD HIGH ADMIRAL (Westminster City Council/Stonegate), 95 Church Street, NW8 8EY. Closed in September. Planning granted in 2023 to demolish as part of the Church Street redevelopment.

• SW1, TIGER TIGER (A3D2), 29 Haymarket, SW1Y 4SP. Closed, to become hotel.

• SW1, WHITE FERRY HOUSE (Stonegate/PubLove), 1a Sutherland Street, SW1V 4LD. Real cider no longer sold.

• SW6, RETRO CAFE, 241 Munster Road, SW6 6BS. Breweries Street-corner cafe-bar, selling six keg beers including three "premium" foreign lagers. Cafe by day, music bar and diner by night. Live Classic Rock, Blues, Rock n Roll & Soul. "Admission free to live music but all donations to support the artists will be gratefully received".

• SW7, 1606 BAR (Rembrandt Hotel Ltd), 11 Thurloe Place, SW7 2RS. Smart conservatory lounge bar in this 190-room upmarket hotel. Afternoon tea is served here from 2.30 to 6.30, otherwise a range of sandwiches and more substantial pub food is available. Three keg beers/lagers are available but no cask ale.

• W1, BLUE POSTS, 28 Rupert Street, W1D 6DJ. Real cider no longer available.

• W1, BOOM BATTLE BAR, 70-88 Oxford Street, W1D 1BP. Part of a growing national chain of "experience bar" venues, this is a 15,000-plus square-foot venue offering augmented reality axe throwing and darts, shuffleboards, karaoke rooms, beer pong, Escape Hunt adventures and “crazier golf” alongside a drinks menu and a limited “Boom bites” street-food offering. Drinks include draught Guinness and various draught keg beers.

• W1, FREEDOM (Soho Bars), 66 Wardour Street, W1F 0TA. Closed for refurb.

• W1, JERUSALEM BAR & KITCHEN (Breakfast Group), 33-34 Rathbone Place, W1T 1JQ. Reopened as LUCY WONG, a cocktail and dim sum & light Chinese food bar. It is a basement site with a Costa Coffee outlet at ground-floor level. Some draught beers are available within the drinks menu. Note restricted opening hours.

• W1, LITTLE VIOLET DOOR, 9 Kingly Street, W1B 5PH. Part of the small "Little Door" chain of cocktail bars in London. The conceit is that this is a flatshare, turned into a cocktail bar/restaurant. A couple of draught keg beers are available plus bottles/cans and of course cocktails and wines. Food is available pretty much all the time but with separate lunch and brunch menus. See venue website for offers. There is a small seating area outside in Kingly Street, and of course inside.

• W1, MR FOGG'S PAWNBROKERS, 50 Dean Sreet, W1D 5BQ. Next door to the well-known French House pub, this is one of the growing London chain of Mr Fogg's cocktail bars, now all falling within CAMRAs definition of a pub. All the Fogg's venues are individual and quirky, and the conceit at this one is that Phileas Fogg's "wayward half-brother Frank Fogg (once a pawnbroker by trade) has opened the doors to his newly-acquired Victorian shop, selling a bizarre display of unique artefacts collected from around the world." The venue is split into three spaces, the Pawnbrokers Counter, the Strong Room & the Textiles Room. Aside from the drinks, the food offering is a small selection of nibbles, cheese and charcuterie.

• W1, NQ64, 53-54 Berwick Street, W1F 8SP. This basement Soho site just south of Oxford Street is part of a growing national chain of gamer-themed bars, offering a mix of retro gaming and drinks. The games include Time Crisis, Guitar Hero, Dancing Stage and Pac-Man, plus classic consoles; free to use for guests buying drinks. The drinks offer includes several gamer-themed cocktails plus a selection of craft beer, wines, spirits and soft drinks. No food offering. Dress code is smart / casual: no tracksuits/jogging bottoms/sports shorts. The site is also the emergency exit for the Simmons bar on the next street east, Wardour Street. The site had planning permission for demolition and rebuild retaining facade but this does not appear to have happened.

• W1, SIMMONS TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD, 17 Manette Street, W1D 4AS. Just a few yards off Tottenham Court Road in the small road leading to the "Pillars of Hercules", this is one of the London-wide Simmons cocktail bar chain. Disco, happy hour. Handy for the tube station & Elizabeth Line.

• W2, GREEN MAN (Macneil Ltd/Bestplace Ltd/Bestplace (Ei Group)), 308 Edgware Road, W2 1DY. No real cider.

• W2, MAD BISHOP & BEAR (Fuller's), Upper Level, The Lawn, Paddington Station Concourse, W2 1HB. Real cider no longer available.

• W6, HAMPSHIRE (Heineken), 227 King Street, W6 9JT. Closed, being refurbished.

• W6, LATYMERS (Fuller's), 157 Hammersmith Road, W6 8BS. 10% off real ales for CAMRA members.

• W6, PEAR TREE, 14 Margravine Road, W6 8HJ. No real cider.

• W8, KENSINGTON WINE ROOMS 127-129 Kensington Church Street, W8 7LP. Reopened by the team behind Allsopp’s Brewery and renamed BLUE STOOPS. One block north of the Churchill Arms this site, previously a wine bar, has been re-opened. It is named in homage to the original Blue Stoops in Burton-upon-Trent, where Allsopp's brewed from 1730. Allsopp's Best Bitter, India Pale Ale and Pale Ale available and a guest such as Kirkstall Three Swords. Allsopp's recommenced brewing in 2020 and the original Allsopp’s IPA now has pride of place on the pub’s bar. Allsopp's has also commissioned the manufacture of beer engines with high “swan necks”, allowing the pumping by hand of ale from the cellar up to customers, in a theatrical manner. Ale prices are reported as reasonable for the area. Also note the various brewery memorabilia and the marvellous Allsopp's mirror on the wall. A menu of seasonal English food is available including a short bar-food menu. But note that on Sundays, only the Sunday menu is offered in both the front bar and back dining room. The pub has also recently announced a collaboration with Blandy's, the Madeira winemaker. The pub has garnered very good reviews since it opened and The Times restaurant critic said after his visit "the headline on the Blue Stoops for me is that it is very good and not very expensive...it is a brilliant little pub trying out great new things".

• W14, HAND & FLOWER (Fuller's), 1 Hammersmith Road, W14 8XJ. Reopened following refurb.

• WC2, CHESHIRE CHEESE (Shepherd Neame), 5 Little Essex Street, WC2R 3LD. Reopened mid-October 2024 and real ale reinstated. Shepherd Neame Master Brew and Whitstable Bay Pale Ale and 2 Changing beers also from Sheps. Operated by Wellman Taverns who run a number of Sheps pubs and reported open seven days a week. Up to four cask ales should be available. Lunchtime menu of hot and cold sandwiches and now also doing evening meals with two menus: burgers in the saloon bar and sausage and mash etc in the upstairs newly re-done dining room.

• WC2, CLUBHOUSE 5 (Stonegate), 5 Lisle Street, WC2H 7BG. Renamed THREE LANTERNS.

• WC2, GEORGE (Greene King/ /Metropolitan), 213 Strand, WC2R 1AP. No real cider available.

• WC2, LE BEAUJOLAIS, 25 Litchfield Street, WC2H 9NJ. Very close to Charing Cross Road, this is one of the most famous wine bars in central London, and now in conformance with CAMRAs definition of a pub. The venue is authentically French with the ground-floor bar providing drinks and food, whilst downstairs is a members-only restaurant. The wines, beers and other drinks, and food offered are, of course, all French as are the staff. Regulars "clock in" via a wall blackboard with sliding in/out tabs against their names. A limited number of tables may be booked for lunch in the ground-floor bar but half are reserved for walk-ins. And no bookings are taken here for the evening. Well worth a visit to soak in the atmosphere; and of course the food and drink.

• WC2, ROADHOUSE, 35 Jubilee Market, The Piazza, WC2E 8BE. This venue is an amalgamation of 1A Tavistock Street and 35 The Piazza to form a 500-capacity underground restaurant and late night entertainment, live music and performance venue named STEREO. Drinks include various draught keg beers. The food menu includes bar snacks and an a la carte menu. "A dynamic and eclectic music programme each night - a house band will offer relaxed vibes, before the stage welcomes a rotating series of resident DJs and curated one-off artist performances." Some events may require an admission charge. Note restricted opening hours.

• WC2, ROYAL GEORGE (Gabrielle Properties Ltd/Mitchells & Butlers/Castle (Mitchells & Butlers)), 133 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0EA. Reopened following refurb.

• WC2, SALVADOR & AMANDA (The Breakfast Group), 8 Great Newport Street, WC2H 7JA. Closed for site redevelopment.

• WC2, SIMMONS LEICESTER SQUARE 28A Leicester Square, WC2H 7LE. This venue, with an entrance next to the Moon Under Water pub, is a glitzy underground cocktail bar in this very busy tourist area of central London. Disco dance floor, happy hour. Part of the London-wide Simmons chain.

• WC2, WHITE SWAN (M&B/Nicholson's), 14 New Row, WC2N 4LF. No real cider.

• Hammersmith Belle - has now reopened.

National CAMRA news

• More national CAMRA news and events can be found in CAMRA's online newspaper What's Brewing available at https://wb.camra.org.uk/.
• CAMRA also regularly produces a podcast 'Pubs. Pints. People' available at https://camra.org.uk/podcast/.
• The Good Beer Guide 2025 is now on sale at https://shop1.camra.org.uk/product-the-good-beer-guide-2025/. There is also a mobile friendly online Good Beer Guide app available at https://goodbeerguide.org.uk/ (also available on the new CAMRA website).
• The new CAMRA website https://camra.org.uk/ has been launched. WhatPub and the Good Beer Guide are incorporated in the new website, although the old websites are still available at the time of writing.
• The Great British Beer Festival Winter 2025 will be in Rotherham on 12th to 15th February.
• The CAMRA Members National Weekend and AGM 2025 will be in Torquay, 11th to 13th April.
• The Great British Beer Festival 2025 will be held in the NEC, Birmingham on 5th to 9th August.

For the latest news check out our Facebook page (please note: we are not posting on our X/Twitter page at present). Also for news from CAMRA across London see London Drinker, and the London CAMRA Facebook page.

Here's an update on the latest news and information from West London branch of CAMRA.

Branch events

Why not join us on one of our branch socials or meetings? We'd love to see you! Here is a list of our events:

• September
  • Tues 17 (7/730pm) branch mtg: Antelope (upstairs), Eaton Terrace, SW1W 8EZ. This meeting will kick off discussion about our 2026 Good Beer Guide entries.

  • Mon 23 (2pm) Hammersmith social: meet Blue Boat, Parrs Way, W6 9RU

• October

  • Fri 4 (2pm) Social: Temple Brew House, 46 Essex Street, WC2R 3JF

  • Tues 22 (2pm) St James’s Social; meet Two Chairmen, Dartmouth St. SW1H 9BP

• November
  • Tues 5 (7pm) Kensington social: meet Elephant and Castle, Holland St. W8 4LT
  • Mon 18 (2pm) Soho social: meet Shaston Arms, Ganton St. W1F 7QN
  • Wed 20 (7/7.30pm): branch meeting: Speaker (upstairs) 46 Great Peter St SW1P 2HA. (CAMRA discount).

Regional CAMRA news and events

• London Pubs Group continues its tours of historic pubs - for information see https://londonpubsgroup.camra.org.uk/events. Upcoming events: .
• Our neighbouring branches have regular socials and other events - for information see the websites of East London and City, North London, South East London, South West London, and West Middlesex. See the London CAMRA website for links to other Greater London branches.
• The August/September issue of London Drinker is now available in pubs across London and online at https://londondrinker.camra.org.uk/wordpress/ with details of CAMRA and beer related events across London, pub and brewery news, and more.

Pub and brewery news

• NW8, CLIFTON, 96 Clifton Hill, NW8 0JT.This is part of the Loci Pubs chain.
• NW8, LORD HIGH ADMIRAL (Stonegate/Craft Union), 95 Church Street, NW8 8EY. Reverted to tenanted.
• SW1, BELGRAVIA (Grosvenor Estate), 152 Ebury Street, SW1W 9JL. Renamed HOUSE BELGRAVIA. No longer sells real ale.
• SW1, COLONIES (Greene King), 25 Wilfred Street, SW1E 6PR. Reverted to PINEAPPLE.
• SW1, LANE7, Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, SW1E 6SQ. A large site in a corner of the giant Zig Zag Building in busy Victoria Street, this venue describes itself as a "bowling and activity bar" but also including mini golf, shuffleboard, beer pong, augmented darts, and an adults-only games arcade hall downstairs. The venue is part of a national chain with one outpost abroad in Berlin. Various draught keg beers are available plus Patty & Bun burgers. The bar is along the back wall and it's perfectly possible to just have a drink if you want one.
• SW1, M BAR VICTORIA ST (Land Securities), Unit 3, Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, SW1E 6SQ. Reopened as BAM KARAOKE BOX. Part of an international chain providing "drinks plus entertainment" this is a venue with a ground-floor bar plus an outside terrace. Down below in the BAM BAM Bar there is food, drink and live music before or after experiencing one of the 22 private karaoke rooms. Various keg and bottled beers are available, plus a limited but interesting food menu. BAM is an abbreviation of "boite a musique" or music box in English; as of course you knew.
• SW1, SPORTS BAR & GRILL VICTORIA (Network Rail/Stonegate), Unit 59 1st floor Victoria Main Line Station Terminus Place, SW1V 1JU. Closed future uncertain
• SW3, SURPRISE (Cadogan/JEG Inns), 6 Christchurch Terrace, SW3 4AJ. Now operated by Wren pubs.
• SW6, GEORGE & DRAGON, 47 Lillie Road, SW6 1UD (inside Ibis Hotel). Renamed BARNABY'S LOUNGE & BAR.
• SW6, WHOLE FOODS MARKET, 2-6 Fulham Broadway, SW6 1AA. Closed June 2024.
• W1, BONDS (Stonegate/The Chapter Collection), 11 Dering Street, W1S 1AR. No longer accepts CAMRA vouchers.
• W1, FINERY (Greene King), 23 Great Castle Street, W1G 0JA. Renamed NEW EXPLORER.
• W1, HANKIES AT PICCADILLY WEST END HOTEL (Shaftesbury), 67 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 6EX. Renamed HANKIES AT MONTCALM PICCADILLY TOWNHOUSE.
• W1, LOOP (Stonegate), 19 Dering Street, W1S 1AH. Closed, future uncertain.
• W2, LEINSTER ARMS (Stonegate), 17 Leinster Terrace, W2 3EU. Does not accept CAMRA vouchers.
• W6, CARPENTER'S ARMS (Stonegate), 91 Black Lion Lane, W6 9BG. In summer 2024 the pub was taken over by Wren Pubs as operator, also operating the Surprise in Chelsea and Walmer Castle in Notting Hill.
• W6, SWAN (M&B/Nicholson's), 46 Hammersmith Broadway, W6 0DZ. Recognised by CAMRA as a one star historic pub interior.
• W8, HANSOM CAB, 86 Earls Court Road, W8 6EG. An unspecified real cider is available.
• W11, DISTILLERY (UK Investments Ltd/Good Harbour Ltd), 186 Portobello Road, W11 1LA. Noted as closed and repossessed by landlord.
• W11, WALMER CASTLE (M&B/independent), 58 Ledbury Road, W11 2AJ. The operator is Wren Pubs which also runs the Surprise in Chelsea and Carpenter's Arms in Hammersmith.
• W14, HAND & FLOWER (Fuller's), 1 Hammersmith Road, W14 8XJ. Closed temporarily, for three-month refurb.
• WC2, ADMIRALTY (Fuller's), 66 Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DS. CAMRA discount reduced to 10%.
• WC2, CHESHIRE CHEESE (Shepherd Neame/Blighty Pub Company), 5 Little Essex Street, WC2R 3LD. Reported closed. Notices in the windows saying 'closed for a refurb under new management'.
• WC2, CLUBHOUSE 5 (Stonegate), 5 Lisle Street, WC2H 7BG. No longer sells real ale.
• WC2, MARQUIS (Shaftesbury/Morton-Scott Pub Company), 52 Chandos Place, WC2N 4HS. Morton-Scott Pub Company have bought the freehold.
• WC2, ROYAL GEORGE (M&B/Castle), 133 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0EA. Closed temporarily, reopening on 19th September 2024.

• The Blue Stoops pub in Kensington, on the site of the previous Kensington Wine Rooms and just north of the Churchill Arms, is due to open we think in late September. The pub owners have commissioned unique beer engines with high “swan necks”, allowing the pumping by hand of the ale from the cellar up to customers, in a theatrical manner. Further updates welcome!

• The long-expected Guinness microbrewery & visitor centre in northern Covent Garden, is now thought to be opening next spring. The Devonshire pub in Soho has become the first in the country to sell Guinness 0.0 alcohol-free on draught.

• The Punch Bowl in Mayfair has reopened with extended opening hours and now serves breakfasts.

• The Blackwood in Shaftesbury Avenue is due to open soon: “Crystal clear ultra-high-definition screens, roaring sound, mouth-watering food, perfect pints. With multiple bars spread across two floors, our new sports pub & kitchen Blackwood is set to be the home of live sport in London.”

National CAMRA news

• More national CAMRA news and events can be found in CAMRA's online newspaper What's Brewing available at https://wb.camra.org.uk/.
• CAMRA also regularly produces a podcast 'Pubs. Pints. People' available at https://camra.org.uk/podcast/.
• The Good Beer Guide 2024 is now on sale at https://shop1.camra.org.uk/product-the-good-beer-guide-2024/. There is also a mobile friendly online Good Beer Guide app available at https://goodbeerguide.org.uk/.

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

Here's an update on the latest news and information from West London branch of CAMRA.

Branch and other local CAMRA events

Why not join us on one of our branch socials or meetings? We'd love to see you! Here is a list of our events:

• June
  • Tues 4th 2pm Afternoon Pimlico social meet Morpeth Arms, Millbank, SW1P 4RW
  • Sat 8th 2pm Cask Pub and Kitchen 15th anniversary, Charlwood St, SW1V 2EE
  • Mon 24th 7pm meet Crown, Brewer Street, W1F 9TP
• July
  • Mon 8th 2pm Afternoon social Queens Arms, Queens Gate Mews, SW7 5QL
  • Weds 10th 2pm Social at Ealing Beer Festival - see https://ebf.camra.org.uk/ for further details of the festival.
  • Tues 23rd 2pm Afternoon social meet Guinea Grill, Bruton Place, W1J 6NL

Branch and regional CAMRA news and events

• Ealing Beer Festival is on 10th to 13th July. For details see https://ebf.camra.org.uk/
• London Pubs Group continues its tours of historic pubs - for information see https://londonpubsgroup.camra.org.uk/events. Upcoming events: 15 June 2024 - Daytime tour of Rotherhithe and Bermondsey.
• The June/July issue of London Drinker is now available in pubs across London and online at https://londondrinker.camra.org.uk/wordpress/ with details of CAMRA and beer related events across London, pub and brewery news, and more.

 Pub and brewery news

• SW1, ALCHEMIST, Unit A, Terminal House, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, SW1W 0AU. Bang opposite the Victoria station complex, and part of the expanding Alchemist chain of cocktail bar/restaurants. The company is reported to have invested £1.8m fitting out the 4,858 square-foot venue.

• SW1, GROSVENOR ARMS (Guoman Hotels), Clermont Hotel, 101 Buckingham Palace Road, SW1W 0SJ. Renamed SOAK. A couple of keg beers and various bottled beers are available.

• SW1, M BAR VICTORIA ST (Land Securities), Unit 3, Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, SW1E 6SQ. Became BAM Karaoke Box in mid-April 2024.

• SW1, MILLBANK LOUNGE (Hilton), Westminster Hotel, 30 John Islip Street, SW1P 4DD. Renamed WESTMINSTER BAR & GRILL.

• SW1, NO 11 PIMLICO ROAD (Darwin & Wallace), 11 Pimlico Road, SW1W 8NA. To become EBURY TOWN HOUSE.

• SW1, RED LION (Fuller's), 48 Parliament Street, SW1A 2NH. Reopened following refurb.

• SW1, WETHERSPOONS (Network Rail/Wetherspoon), Unit 5, Upper Concourse, Victoria Station, Terminus Place, SW1V 1JT. Reopened following a £1.3 million refurb when it expanded into neighbouring premises to provide more seating.

• SW3, CHELSEA PIG, 35 Old Church Street, SW3 5BS. After a period as the Chelsea Pig followed by a brief closure, this venue reopened in May 2024 under one of its old names, The PIG'S EAR. It's operated by the Gladwin brothers who are also behind restaurants like Rabbit in Chelsea and Sussex in Soho.

• SW6, BROADWAY BAR & GRILL (Stonegate), 474-476 Fulham Road, SW6 1BY. Reported closed and shuttered early May 2024.

• SW6, REDBACK (RedCat Leased Pubs Ltd), 490 Fulham Road, SW6 5NH. Redcat Leased Pubs went into administration in late March 2024 - this site is reported closed and boarded up.

• SW6, RYLSTON (Redcat Retail), 197 Lillie Road, SW6 7LW. Renamed ELEPHANT & BARREL No longer sells real ale.

• SW6, WHITE HORSE (M&B/Castle), 1-3 Parsons Green, SW6 4UL. ACV expired.

• SW7, CROMWELL TAVERN (Holiday Inn), 97 Cromwell Road, SW7 4DN. Closed with building hoardings around the entire block and no public access to site.

• WC2, MR. WHITE'S (Soho Estates), 20-21 Leicester Square, WC2H 7LE. Self-reported closed.

• WC2, NELL OF OLD DRURY (Shaftesbury/Stonegate), 29 Catherine Street, WC2B 5JS. Sign on the bar advertising 10% discount for CAMRA members.

• WC2, WHITE LION (M&B/Nicholson's), 24 James Street, WC2E 8NT. Reopened following refurb.

• W1, BE AT ONE (Stonegate) Lansdowne House, 59 Berkeley Square, W1J 6ER. Closed. Planning granted under 20/04428/FULL to demolish Lansdowne House containing Be at One.

• W1, BLUE POSTS (Shaftesbury), 28 Rupert Street, W1D 6DJ. No longer sells real ale.

• W1, BOISDALE, 12 North Row, W1K 7DF. Closed Feb 2023. Now Basta Qatari restaurant.

• W1, COACH & HORSES (Fuller Smith & Turner/Fuller Smith & Turner/Fuller's), 29 Greek Street, W1D 5DH. ACV expired.

• W1, DUKE OF YORK (Shaftesbury), 47 Rathbone Street, W1T 1NW. It was reported in mid-April 2024 that the pub freehold had been bought by McMullen's.

• W1, FAM, 31 Duke Street, W1U 1LG. On the corner of Duke Street and Picton Place, and is run by the same operator as Burlock rum bar round the corner and downstairs. FAM is a small cocktail bar at street level but also serves a couple of keg beers and Guinness, on draught.

• W1, GOAT TAVERN (Greene King), 3 Stafford Street, W1S 4RP. Real Ale reinstated. Greene King IPA and house bitter and a guest such as Timothy Taylor Landlord.

• W1, GREEN MAN (M&B/Oak Tree), 57 Berwick Street, W1F 8SR. Now Nicholson branded.

• W1, HARCOURT (Harcourt Pubs), 32 Harcourt Street, W1H 4HX. Closed along with other pubs under the same ownership.

• W1, SHAMPERS (Shaftesbury), 4 Kingly Street, W1B 5PE. Renamed DISREPUTE, a cocktail bar.

• W1, SIMMONS BOND STREET), 11 Woodstock Street, W1C 2AE. Closed early 2024. Lease on the market.

• W1, SIX STOREYS (Amsprop Ltd), 11 Soho Square, W1D 3QE. Google reports closed.

• W2, BRIDGE HOUSE (M&B/Castle), 13 Westbourne Terrace Road, W2 6NG. Reopened following refurb.

• W2, ROYAL EXCHANGE, 26 Sale Place, W2 1PU. Real Ale reinstated Sharp's Doom Bar and a guest.

• W2, VICTORIA (Church Commissioners/Fuller's), 10A Strathearn Place, W2 2NH. Reopened following refurb.

• W8, PIANO BAR & RESTAURANT (The Piano Group), 106 Kensington High Street, W8 4SG. Closed future uncertain following Piano Group moving its Kensington operation to the Royal Garden Hotel

• W9, ANGIES FREEHOUSE II, 33-35 Woodfield Place, W9 2BJ. Real Ale found! Wainwright Amber.

• W9, HERO OF MAIDA, 55 Shirland Road, W9 2JD. Following a period of closure, this site was taken over by The Public House Group and reopened in May 2024, as the HERO.

• W9, UNION TAVERN (Fuller's), 45 Woodfield Road, W9 2BA. Reopened following refurb.

• W11, E & O (Kott Ltd (Bahamas)/Asean Ltd/Ricker Restaurants), 14 Blenheim Crescent, W11 1NN. Stated on Tripadvisor as Closed.

• W11, PORTOBELLO STAR (Portobello Star Ltd/Santi & Santi Ltd/Marylebone Leisure), 171 Portobello Road, W11 2DY. Reopened.

• W12, GREEN (Stonegate), 172-174 Uxbridge Road, W12 7JP. Reopened under Craft Union format.

• W14, COLTON ARMS (RedCat Leased Ltd), 187 Greyhound Road, W14 9SD. Closed following the move of Redcat Retail Ltd into administration in late March 2024.

• W14, OLD OAK (Redcat), 180 North End Road, W14 9NX. Reported closed and boarded-up, April 2024.

National CAMRA news

• More national CAMRA news and events can be found in CAMRA's online newspaper What's Brewing available at https://wb.camra.org.uk/.
• CAMRA also regularly produces a podcast 'Pubs. Pints. People' available at https://camra.org.uk/podcast/.
• The Good Beer Guide 2024 is now on sale at https://shop1.camra.org.uk/product-the-good-beer-guide-2024/. There is also a mobile friendly online Good Beer Guide app available at https://goodbeerguide.org.uk/.

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

Here's an update on the latest news and information from West London branch of CAMRA.

Branch events

Why not join us on one of our branch socials or meetings? We'd love to see you! Here is a list of our events:

• August

  • Tue 6 (2pm) Covent Garden social: meet Nags Head, James St, WC2E 8BT

  • Wed 14 (from 7pm) London Pubs Group tour of Belgravia: meet Fox & Hounds, 29 Passmore St, Belgravia, SW1W 8HR. Then Antelope, Star Tavern, Grenadier, Nags Head. (CAMRA London Pubs Group event)

  • Mon 19 (2pm) Social: Kings Head, Hogarth Place, SW5 0QT

• September

  • Tues 3 (7pm) Paddington social: meet Mad Bishop & Bear, Paddington Station (upper level) W2 1HB

  • Tues 17 (7/730pm) Branch Mtg: Antelope (upstairs), Eaton Terrace, SW1W 8EZ

  • Mon 23 (2pm) Hammersmith social: meet Blue Boat, Parrs Way, W6 9RU

Regional CAMRA news and events

• London Pubs Group continues its tours of historic pubs - for information see https://londonpubsgroup.camra.org.uk/events. Upcoming events: Wed 14 (from 7pm) tour of Belgravia: meet Fox & Hounds, 29 Passmore St, Belgravia, SW1W 8HR. Then Antelope, Star Tavern, Grenadier, Nags Head.
• Our neighbouring branches have regular socials and other events - for information see the websites of East London and City, North London, South East London, South West London, and West Middlesex. See the London CAMRA website for links to other Greater London branches.
• The August/September issue of London Drinker is now available in pubs across London and online at https://londondrinker.camra.org.uk/wordpress/ with details of CAMRA and beer related events across London, pub and brewery news, and more.

Other local real ale events

Here are a selection of local events which promote real ale but are not organized by CAMRA. Please check the relevant websites to confirm details.

• Sat 3 & Sun 4 Aug (from noon) Mini-Woodfest: at the Ye Olde Mitre, 1 Ely Ct, Ely Pl, EC1N 6SJ over 3 & 4 August run by the SPBW. To guarantee entry to a session it is advisable to buy in advance a £5 beer token from the SPBW Online Shop or at the bar at ‘Ye Olde Mitre’. See the SPBW website for more information.
• Fri 23 & Sat 24 Aug: Big Swig beer festival, the Big Penny Social, E17
• Fri 30 Aug to Sun 1 Sep (from 3pm Fri): West London Trades Union Club at 33 Acton High Street W3 6ND will be hosting the first Acton Real Ale Festival. Sat & Sun noon-11pm.

Pub and brewery news

• SW1, OTHERWORLD, Nova, 85 Buckingham Palace Road, SW1E 5LB. Reported closed by Propel News 28 June 2024, along with sister sites in Hackney & Birmingham, due to cost pressures.

• SW1, RED LION (Fuller's), 48 Parliament Street, SW1A 2NH. Offers 10% off real ales to card carrying CAMRA members.

• SW1, RED LION (Fuller's), 2 Duke of York Street, SW1Y 6JP. 10% off real ales to card carrying CAMRA members reinstated.

• SW1, STAR TAVERN (Grosvenor Estates/Fuller Smith & Turner/Fuller's), 6 Belgrave Mews West, SW1X 8HT. Discount confirmed as 15% off real ales to card carrying CAMRA members.

• SW3, PIG'S EAR, 35 Old Church Street, SW3 5BS. Real Ale status confirmed as selling Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter.

• SW6, TEMPERANCE (Wellington/Stonegate/Stonegate (formerly Ei Group)), 90 Fulham High Street, SW6 3LF. As of early 2024 it was reported that the venue no longer sold any real ale.

• W1, ALBERT'S SCHLOSS, 20-24 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 7EU. Named after Prince Albert, this venue is part of the Trocadero revamp, and the fourth and biggest of the Alpine-inspired beer hall, bar and restaurant concept with sister sites in Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool. Formerly the Rainforest Cafe, it’s a £7m+ site set over two floors with 18,000 square feet of space and with room for more than 600 guests. There are five bars, a stage for live performances and an on-site bakery for Bavarian treats. Entertainment includes the Berlin 1920s-inspired Kunst Cabaret. The bars include a schnapps bar, and Ludwig’s Tavern on a raised stage overlooking the proceedings. The ground-floor Schenke Tavern is open every day from 9am. Pilsner Urquell is served from tanks and there are also all of Munich’s "Big Six" biers.

• W1, BBC CLUB W1. Relocated from nearby to the main BBC building in April 2024, and now sharing the Media Cafe space overlooking the newsroom. Audience members attending the Radio Theatre can now enjoy the two cask ales prior to shows.

• W1, HENRY'S CAFE BAR (Stonegate), 80 Piccadilly, W1J 8HX. Closed, future uncertain. The freeholder, Relsa Stratton Establishment, has now transferred the license into their name.

• W1, RED, 5 Kingly Street, W1B 5PF. Reopened as CAHOOTS TICKET HALL. Now a new 1940s-style pub from Inception Group, above the group’s pre-existing Underground and Signal Station cocktail bar areas. Period features include a tartan carpet and wallpaper, wood panelling and a coin-operated jukebox on the bar. There is a large outdoor terrace on Kingly Street. Cocktails include a Winston Churchill and a Vera Lynn in keeping with the 1940s theme. Some draught beers available. The food offering is small plates and nibbles.

• W1, SIX STOREYS (Amsprop Ltd), 11 Soho Square, W1D 3QE. Change of use granted to convert to members club.

• W2, CLEVELAND ARMS (Market Taverns), 28 Chilworth Street, W2 6DT. Real Ale reinstated:- Dark Star Hophead and Timothy Taylor Landlord plus a guest ale.

• W6, RICHMOND (Greene King), 55 Shepherds Bush Road, W6 7LU. Leased pub, no longer sells real ale.

• W8, KENSINGTON WINE ROOMS, 127-129 Kensington Church Street, W8 7LP. Closed, expected to reopen as The Blue Stoops pub in September 2024.

• W11, E & O, 14 Blenheim Crescent, W11 1NN. Closed, future uncertain.

• W14, CROWN & SCEPTRE (Heineken), 34 Holland Road, W14 8BA. Real Ale reinstated - Greene King Abbot.

• W14, KEEP OF BROOK GREEN (Heineken), 43 Blythe Road, W14 0HR. Renamed BIDDY MULLIGAN'S. No longer sells real ale.

• WC2, NELL OF OLD DRURY (Stonegate), 29 Catherine Street, WC2B 5JS. Converted to tenanted "Pretty Witty Pub Company Ltd", CAMRA discount no longer available.

• WC2, ROUND HOUSE (Fuller's), 1 Garrick Street, WC2E 9AR. 10% off real ales to card carrying CAMRA members reinstated.

• ARIADNE'S NEKTAR BAR, Latimer Road. The MyLondon website reports there has been a planning application submitted to reopen this pub (which closed in 2020), under the name The Volunteer (it had been named The British Volunteer).

National CAMRA news

• More national CAMRA news and events can be found in CAMRA's online newspaper What's Brewing available at https://wb.camra.org.uk/.
• CAMRA also regularly produces a podcast 'Pubs. Pints. People' available at https://camra.org.uk/podcast/.
• The Good Beer Guide 2024 is now on sale at https://shop1.camra.org.uk/product-the-good-beer-guide-2024/. There is also a mobile friendly online Good Beer Guide app available at https://goodbeerguide.org.uk/.

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