York CAMRA is a branch of the national Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). CAMRA is a well-established national organisation with more than 160,000 members which aims to promote traditional real ale and pubs.
Upcoming Events
Our next events are:
July 4 – August 31 : Ale Trail – Collect stamps to gain free entry to our beer festival. Find out more here: https://york.camra.org.uk/ale-trail/
July 11 – Friday Five Social – Bootham Tavern, Eagle and Child, The Last Drop Inn, The Blue Bell, Brew York Tap Room
July 12 – Cycle Social Summer Special meeting at The Crystal Palace, Holgate Road for 12:30pm
Aug 2 – Bus Trip to Easingwold Area & Pub of the Season presentation @ The George Hotel
Aug 29 – Pub of the Season presentation @ The Volunteer Arms
Further details of events can be found on our diary page.
FESTIVAL TICKETS NOW ON SALE
Tickets for our Beer and Cider Festival in September are now on sale!
Buy your tickets here: https://tckty.camra.org.uk/e/394/york-beer-cider-festival-2025
2025 Branch Awards
After surveying and votes by members, the following pubs have been awarded our branch awards for 2025:
Pub of the Year – The Blue Bell, Fossgate
Cider Pub of the Year – The Slip Inn, Clementhorpe
Club of the Year – Bishopthorpe Sports and Social Club, Bishopthorpe
Ouse Boozer – our branch magazine

Our magazine, Ouse Boozer, is distributed free to real ale pubs in the branch area and available to download from the branch website.
Advertising is available at competitive rates for pubs and breweries. If you would like to enquire about quarter page, half page or full page adverts, please email Jordan Hennessy via comms@york.camra.org.uk
Our latest issue is Spring 2025.
Check out the archive for issues going back to 2012.
York Branch Area
The York branch covers an extensive geographical area, which includes Selby, Tadcaster and rural parts of North and East Yorkshire, as well as the city of York itself.