Apart from regular branch meetings and socials, we also organise other ways of having fun and drinking beer. Our events have included pub crawls, visits to breweries, Treasure Hunts (actually that's just a pub crawl by another name), working at or visiting beer festivals, surveying pubs for the Good Beer Guide, a bowling match, a Beer and Curry night, CAMrambles (yes, another name for a pub crawl) and even a lecture on Old Pubs and Taverns of Salford (a sort of virtual pub crawl really).

Non-members are welcome at most of our events and meetings. Come along, enjoy a few drinks with us, and tell us what you think of the pubs in your part of the world! But get in touch with us first, so we'll know who to look out for. (Contrary to popular opinion, it's not that easy to spot CAMRA members in a pub, although it's fair to say we're unlikely to be the ones drinking Miller Lite from the bottle.)

For up-to-date details and other information (like which bus to catch), just send us an e-mail.

This page was last updated on 2nd February 2010

Please note that our branch business meetings are usually held in the upstairs room of either
the Black Lion, on the corner of Blackfriars Street and Chapel Street in Salford,
or else the Unicorn on Church Street in Manchester.

February 2010
Wednesday	3rd	Social - 8.00 p.m. at the Star Inn, Back Hope Street, The Cliff, Higher Broughton, Salford.
Wednesday	10th	Good Beer Guide 2011 selection meeting for Manchester city centre - 8.00 p.m. at the King's Arms, Bloom Street, Salford. (Sorry, CAMRA members only! Please bring your membership card!)
Wednesday	17th	Branch Meeting - 8.00 p.m. prompt at the Black Lion (upstairs room) on the corner of Blackfriars Street and Chapel Street, Salford.
Wednesday	24th	Good Beer Guide 2011 selection meeting for pubs outside Manchester city centre, plus the final vote - please note the early start - 7.30 p.m. at the Unicorn (upstairs room) on Church Street, Manchester. This is the final selection and voting on our branch's nominations for GBG 2011. (Sorry, CAMRA members only! Please bring your membership card!)
March 2010
Wednesday	3rd	Ancoats & Oldham Street Crawl - 7.30 p.m. at the Crown & Kettle on Oldham Road; 8.10 p.m. at The City on Oldham Street; 8.40 p.m. at the Northern, perhaps looking in at Gulliver's on the way; 9.20 p.m. at the Castle Hotel.
Thursday	11th	Social - 8.00 p.m. at the Golden Lion (Holt's beers), on the A666 in Clifton. Catch the No. 8 bus from Shudehill Interchange in Manchester at 1935 or 2000 (stops outside the pub).
Wednesday	17th	Branch Meeting and Annual General Meeting - 8.00 p.m. prompt at the Unicorn (upstairs room) on Church Street, Manchester. (CAMRA members should bring their membership cards with them if they want to vote on any of the motions at the AGM.)
Wednesday	24th	Social - at the Stanley Arms in Patricroft. Catch the No. 10 or No. 67 bus from Shudehill Interchange in Manchester at 1900, 1905 or 1935 (they stop close by).
Wednesday	31st	Cask Ale Week No. 1 Event - A Cathedral Yard Crawlette - 7.30 p.m. at Lloyd's No. 1 in the Printworks (Dantzic Street), then on to Cathedral Yard - 8 p.m. at the Crown & Anchor, 8.40 p.m. at the Old Wellington, finishing in the Mitre Hotel.
April 2010
Saturday	3rd	Cask Ale Week No. 2 Event - Chapel Street Grand Crawl - starting at 1 p.m. in the Black Lion on the corner of Blackfriars Street and Chapel Street, then working our way westwards towards Salford Cathedral and Salford University; 1.40 p.m. at the Rover's Return; 2.10 p.m. at the Mark Addy; then via the Egerton Arms and the Eagle ( Collier Street) to the King's Arms on Bloom Street; on through the New Oxford and finishing at about 6.30 p.m. in the Crescent on The Crescent.
Wednesday	7th	to be advised
Saturday	10th	Regional Meeting (chaired by our branch) - 1 p.m. prompt at the Black Lion on the corner of Blackfriars Street and Chapel Street, Salford. Star Guest: Mike Benner, CAMRA's Chief Executive, will speak and answer questions about the new fighting fund set up to appeal against the Office of Fair Trading's ruling on Pub Chains' beer price to tenants policy, and other matters.
July 2010
Saturday	17th	The 18th Annual Independents' Day Treasure Hunt - Advance notice! - the 2010 event will be somewhat later in the month than usual to avoid clashes with the World Kickball Cup. If you've done this before, you know what to expect. If not - the annual Independents' Day Treasure Hunt combines a pub crawl with a pub quiz, and offers the chance to tour interesting pubs around central Manchester and prove how clever (or warped) you are while doing so. Your team* will answer a short quiz giving you the names of the pubs to be visited during the day. You then tour these pubs, enjoying beers from local and other independent breweries, while answering questions in each pub. Return to the starting point by early evening for food and to find out who's won. The winners receive beer tokens and the ceremonial shield, and hopefully will take on the challenge of setting the 2011 Treasure Hunt. Whether or not you know Manchester's pubs, this is a great opportunity to visit some you might not have found on your own. * and if it's just you, turn up anyway - there's always a team that could use another brain! If you're still wondering how a real ale treasure hunt works, have a look at this Survival Guide, plus one we did earlier.

Some of the pubs we visit can be difficult to find, so the street names include a link to the very wonderful Streetmap.co.uk.

You can also use the North West Journey Planner for bus, train and tram times. The GMPTE site also has a Bus Timetable Library where you can download individual route timetables.

And while you're on the Internet, you can even check if your train is on time. The National Rail website gives details of any problems on the national network.

 

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