ABOUT CAMRA
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale is an independent, voluntary organisation once (Dec 2019) with 192,289 members campaigning for real ale, community pubs and consumer rights. Down (Dec 2024) to a seven-year low of 146,5708 possibly due to the pandemic without beer festivals for renewals/new members.. But it could be that now members have been deprived of a monthly What’s Brewing paper and can only view information online that they find it no longer value for money? CAMRA acts as the champion for beer drinkers and pub-goers on issues ranging from protecting pubs from closing down, keeping the lid on the price of a pint and ensuring there is fair competition in the beer and pubs market. CAMRA supports well-run pubs as the centres of community life and believe their continued existence play a critical social role in UK culture.
NEWS
We are pleased to announce the following ELAC branch awards for 2026 - East London & City Pub of the Year - The Cock Tavern, 315 Mare St, London E8 1EJ East London & City Cider Pub of the Year - The Cock Tavern, 315 Mare St, London E8 1EJ East London & City Club of the Year - Leyton Orient Supporters Club, Oliver Road, London E10 5LG These winners will go forward as our entries in the respective CAMRA Greater London competitions. Congratulations to The Cock Tavern for achieving the double of both Pub of the Year and Cider Pub of the Year. This is the first time that this has happened in the time that the current committee members have been active in the branch. Many thanks to everyone that took part in the process, whether by nominating pubs or ranking the finalists. Dates for the presentations will be arranged in due course. Our branch was 50 years old in 2024. Back in the day (1980-1989) the branch produced a local newsletter named unsurprisingly enough, Pigs Ear. Here is the Nov/Dec 1981 edition. One from Feb 85. But before that Bas Clarke produced the East London Newsletter. Here is the first volume from December 1976, Volume 3 and Volume 6. Volume 7 , Volume 10, Volume 13 , Volume 14 , Volume 15 , Volume 17, Volume 18 , Volume 19 and Volume 20.Photograph a pub.
What do the following pub/bars have in common?, Bistrotheque, 23–27 Wadeson Street, E2 9DR, Gantry ,40 Celebration Avenue, E20 1DB, Bourbon, 387 Roman Road E3 5QR, 40ft Brewery Tap Bootyard, Abbott Street E8 3DP, Beer Merchants Tap, 99 Wallis Road E9 5LN. None have a picture on Whatpub. If you can help please send us your photograph. A list of all the pubs is here. A map with all the pubs plotted on them is here. Brewery History Society Website. The latest London Drinker is available here. CAMRA London Pubs Guide. London Beer & Pub Guide.Beer Barrels and Brewhouses Publication on
forgotten East End breweries. See here. PDF
here.
Do you know of any clubs not on this list?
Campaigning for real ale,
pubs & drinkers' rights
since 1971.
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Branch events
Thursday March 5th Leyton Orient Supporters Club was presented with their Club of the Year award. Steve Hall is pictured below with the club officials. Wednesday March 11th 8pm Branch Meeting, Boleyn Tavern, 1 Barking Road, E6 1PW. Sunday March 22nd 2pm Pig’s Ear Wash up meeting, Olde Rose & Crown 53 Hoe St, E17 4SA. The 2026 CAMRA Greater London AGM is to be held at 7.30pm on Monday 23 March, followed by a regional meeting, at The Trinity, 202-206 Borough High Street, SE1 1JX (adjacent to Borough Station). The Epping Ongar Railway (EOR) 2026 beer festival is scheduled to take place 24 to 26 July. This is a joint EOR / CAMRA event. Help is still needed to organise and set up the festival. If you can and help us out. Or email us. Anyone wishing to make social pub visits or any suggestions or give feedback is welcome to email James Skinner our Social Secretary.
Leyton Engineer E10 by Kim Rennie
WELCOME
Campaigning for real ale,
pubs & drinkers' rights
since 1971.
ABOUT CAMRA
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale is an independent, voluntary organisation once (Dec 2019) with 192,289 members campaigning for real ale, community pubs and consumer rights. Down (Dec 2024) to a seven-year low of 146,5708 possibly due to the pandemic without beer festivals for renewals/new members.. But it could be that now members have been deprived of a monthly What’s Brewing paper and can only view information online that they find it no longer value for money? CAMRA acts as the champion for beer drinkers and pub-goers on issues ranging from protecting pubs from closing down, keeping the lid on the price of a pint and ensuring there is fair competition in the beer and pubs market. CAMRA supports well-run pubs as the centres of community life and believe their continued existence play a critical social role in UK culture.
© Disclaimer and Copyright Notice: “All pages, their contents and related items are provided as is. Thus no liability, consequential or otherwise, rising from them is accepted. Where not already
belonging or assigned to others, all material remains our copyright. CAMRA East London & City 2025. Parts of this website were updated 27 December 2025..
WELCOME
Branch events
Leyton Engineer E10 by Kim Rennie
NEWS
We are pleased to announce the following ELAC branch awards for 2026 - East London & City Pub of the Year - The Cock Tavern, 315 Mare St, London E8 1EJ East London & City Cider Pub of the Year - The Cock Tavern, 315 Mare St, London E8 1EJ East London & City Club of the Year - Leyton Orient Supporters Club, Oliver Road, London E10 5LG These winners will go forward as our entries in the respective CAMRA Greater London competitions. Congratulations to The Cock Tavern for achieving the double of both Pub of the Year and Cider Pub of the Year. This is the first time that this has happened in the time that the current committee members have been active in the branch. Many thanks to everyone that took part in the process, whether by nominating pubs or ranking the finalists. Dates for the presentations will be arranged in due course. Our branch was 50 years old in 2024. Back in the day (1980-1989) the branch produced a local newsletter named unsurprisingly enough, Pigs Ear. Here is the Nov/Dec 1981 edition. One from Feb 85. But before that Bas Clarke produced the East London Newsletter. Here is the first volume from December 1976, Volume 3 and Volume 6. Volume 7 , Volume 10, Volume 13 , Volume 14 , Volume 15 , Volume 17, Volume 18 , Volume 19 and Volume 20.Photograph a pub.
What do the following pub/bars have in common?, Bistrotheque, 23–27 Wadeson Street, E2 9DR, Gantry ,40 Celebration Avenue, E20 1DB, Bourbon, 387 Roman Road E3 5QR, 40ft Brewery Tap Bootyard, Abbott Street E8 3DP, Beer Merchants Tap, 99 Wallis Road E9 5LN. None have a picture on Whatpub. If you can help please send us your photograph. A list of all the pubs is here. A map with all the pubs plotted on them is here. Brewery History Society Website. The latest London Drinker is available here. CAMRA London Pubs Guide. London Beer & Pub Guide.Beer Barrels and Brewhouses Publication on
forgotten East End breweries. See here. PDF
here.
Do you know of any clubs not on this list?
Thursday March 5th
Leyton Orient Supporters Club was presented
with their Club of the Year award. Steve Hall is
pictured below with the club officials.
Wednesday March 11th
8pm Branch Meeting, Boleyn Tavern, 1
Barking Road, E6 1PW.
Sunday March 22nd
2pm Pig’s Ear Wash up meeting, Olde Rose &
Crown 53 Hoe St, E17 4SA.
The 2026 CAMRA Greater London AGM is to
be held at 7.30pm on Monday 23 March,
followed by a regional meeting, at The Trinity,
202-206 Borough High Street, SE1 1JX
(adjacent to Borough Station).
The Epping Ongar Railway (EOR) 2026 beer
festival is scheduled to take place 24 to 26
July. This is a joint EOR / CAMRA event. Help
is still needed to organise and set up the
festival.
If you can and help us out. Or email us.
Anyone wishing to make social pub visits or
any suggestions or give feedback is welcome
to email James Skinner our Social Secretary.
