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:
Mar 14 – Friday 5 route starting @ The Fox, Holgate Road
Mar 21 – Cycle Social route starting @ The Last Drop Inn, Colliergate
Mar 25 – Branch Meeting
Mar 28 – Club of the Year presentation @ Bishopthorpe Sports and Social Club
Apr 5 – Spring Pub of the Season presentation @ The Market Tap, Pocklington & East Yorkshire area bus trip
Apr 11 – Friday 5 route TBC
Apr 16 – Spring Pub of the Season presentation @ The Bootham Tavern
Apr 18 – Cycle Social route starting @ The Black Horse, Monkgate
Apr 25 – Cider Pub of the Year presentation @ The Slip Inn
Jun 19 – Pub of the Year presentation @ The Blue Bell
Further details of events can be found on our diary page.
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 quarterly 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 Summer 2024.
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.