Welcome
Welcome to the website for West London CAMRA! This site is dedicated to West London Branch interests which right now means which right now mean choosing our Pub of the Year, actively supporting the Sustainable Communities Act and publishing a local guide to pubs within the SW1 postal area.
POTY
Thanks to the many of you who have contributed beer scores over the past year, West London Branch’s pubs for the 2010 Good Beer Guide have been selected and a shortlist drawn up for Pub of the Year 2009. Any one of these six pubs could rightfully hold the title, but only one can be put forward for regional judging, and we need your help once again.
For the first time ever, West London CAMRA members can vote online for their favourite three pubs. We traditionally operate a ‘proportional representation’ system, which means that your top favourite pub scores 3 points, your second choice, 2 points and your third choice 1 point. The pub with the most points by 23 March 2009 will be declared West London CAMRA Pub of the Year.
This year’s choices are, in alphabetical order:
- The Antelope – Eaton Terrace, SW1
- The Cleveland Arms – Chilworth Street, W2
- The Mitre – Craven Terrace, W2
- The Seven Stars, Carey St, WC2
- The Star Tavern – Belgrave Mews, SW1
- The White Horse, Parsons Green, SW6
To register your choices, please click here. Your CAMRA membership number will be required. Votes will also be accepted by email at poty@westlondon-camra.org.uk.
Sustainable Communities Act
After 5 years of persistent campaigning CAMRA, as a lead member of the Local Works coalition, achieved a great campaign victory that saw the Sustainable Communities Act become law in October 2007. In October 2008, The Government invited Local Authorities to ‘opt in’ to the Act. Actively supporting it is one of the useful and direct ways you can help to preserve our pubs.
The Act will enable CAMRA to pursue measures including:
- Increasing the number of pubs eligible for rate relief
- Ensuring full planning permission is require for convert a pub to another use
- Outlawing the use of restrictive covenants that prevent a closed pub being reopened
- Allocating funding to initiatives to promote local beers
For further information and a sample letter to write to your local councillor urging your local authority to opt in, if they have not done so already, please click [HERE]. This is the essential next step in making the Act work for us.
‘Round the Houses– A Guide to pubs in SW1 Next Year’s Guide – You Decide!
The award-winning West London Pub Guide, published in 2005, is a highly-prized collector’s item. The last of its breed as a comprehensive, wide-area guide, CAMRA branches are now turning towards smaller, local area guides that are easier to update in today’s rapidly-changing pub landscape. We are currently completing surveys for ‘Round the Houses, a Guide to pubs in the SW1 postal area. If you want to contribute, all you have to do is visit a designated pub, complete a form confirming basic details (address, telephone number, opening hours, facilities, etc.) and put your creative talents to use writing a brief description. For further details, please contact Kimberly Martin...
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