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Bolton Branch
CAMRA campaigns for real ale, real pubs and consumer rights. We are an independent, voluntary organisation with over 100,000 members and have been described as the most successful consumer group in Europe. CAMRA promotes good-quality real ale and pubs, as well as acting as the consumer’s champion in relation to the UK and European beer and drinks industry. We aim to:
- Protect and improve consumer rights
- Promote quality, choice and value for money
- Support the public house as a focus of community life
- Campaign for greater appreciation of traditional beers, ciders and perries as part of our national heritage and culture
- Seek improvements in all licensed premises and throughout the brewing industry
Why not join us today if you care about great quality real ale and pubs?
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Branch Contacts – click here
Next Branch Meetings:
| 25 January 2012 – 8.15pm - The Alma, Bradshawgate. |  |
| 15 February 2012 – 8.15pm - The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square. Please note that this is a change of date, due to Good Beer Guide voting. |  |
Next Regional Meetings:
7th Jan 2012 – 1pm at the Buffet Bar, Stalybridge Railway Station, Rassbottom Street, Stalybridge , hosted by High Peak Branch. Click Here for journey planning / train times at the Transport for Greater Manchester website.
15 Jan 2012 – Regional Cider Meeting – 4pm (Branch Cider Officers) and 5pm (open Meeting) at the training rooms, The Waterhouse, Manchester. Click here for a map.
What’s On / News in Brief
| National Cider Pub Of The Year The search is on for the National Cider Pub or Club of the Year. For full details, Click Here |
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| Seven Days To Save The Pub We need your help to persuade your MP to support a fair deal for pubs tied to the large pub companies. This important issue is being debated and voted upon in Parliament on Thursday 12th January and we need your MP’s support. Please take 2 minutes to help – Click Here |
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| Good Beer Guide 2013
Pub nominations are now open. For the online nomination form please click here. Nominations can also be made at branch meetings. |
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| 18-21 January 2012 - National Winter Ales Festival
Sheridan Suite, Manchester. |
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| 30 March – 1 April 2012
CAMRA Members Weekend. Full details of branch trip to follow. |
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Important Links
National CAMRA Website – Click Here
Bolton Trading Standards – If you have concerns about short measures, top-ups refused – in short, if you are being ripped off, contact Trading Standards. Click Here or phone 01204 336586
Public Transport – Bus and Train timetables and route planners for Greater Manchester are available via Transport for Greater Manchester. Click here to visit their website, or phone 0871 200 2233 (7am to 8pm, Monday to Friday, and 8am to 8pm at weekends and bank holidays)
Not From Bolton? Details of other Greater Manchester branches are available by clicking here, and for further afield at the CAMRA national website – click here.
Contribute to this Website
PUBLICANS: let us know what beers you are currently serving and if you are hosting any ale-related events – click here.
PUB-GOERS and FESTIVAL ORGANISERS - what’s happening with your local pubs? Are you organising a beer festival? If you have any news to share, click here .
NEWS AND RESOURCES – Have you been on a pub crawl or had an excellent pub experience? Have you seen a great ale-related website that you think we should link to? Or is there anything at all that you have come across that will be of interest to visitors to this site? Tell us about it – click here.
Join CAMRA
Benefits include £20 worth of JD Wetherspoon vouchers, holiday discounts, plus:
Exclusive members newspaper – ‘What’s Brewing’
A monthly colour newspaper informing you of beer and pub news and detailing events and beer festivals from around the country.
Exclusive members magazine – ‘BEER’
A quarterly copy of the magazine ‘BEER’ which is packed with superb features on pubs, beers and breweries.
Free / Discounted entry to over 160 beer festivals
Free or discounted admission to the 160 + beer festival that CAMRA organise, including the Great British Beer Festival.
Branch Social Activities
CAMRA is organised into 200 branches that cover the UK. Each branch runs a variety of socials events for their members.
Active Campaigning
Have the chance to campaign to save pubs and breweries under threat of closure, for the right to receive a Full Pint and a reduction in beer duty that will help Britain’s brewing industry survive.
Discounted Membership of the CAMRA Beer Club
The CAMRA Beer Club has been set up to provide a home delivery service to enthusiasts. All CAMRA members receive a £5 discount on each mixed case of 20 beers.
Book Discounts
CAMRA produce a variety of books every year and as a member you are entitled to discounts on all of the books we produce including CAMRA’s best-selling, annual Good Beer Guide.
DISCLAIMER
The views expressed on this site are not necessarily those of the Campaign for Real Ale Ltd. or the Bolton CAMRA branch. Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the information on this site is accurate and up to date, no responsibility for errors and omissions can be accepted. Links to external websites do not imply any official CAMRA endorsement of the opinions or ideas expressed therein, or guarantee the validity of the information provided. Links to commercial sites are in no way an endorsement of any vendor’s products or services.
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