CAMRA - Campaign for Real Ale, Berkshire South-East Branch

Local Ale (LocAle)


LocAle is a nationwide Camra campaign to encourage pubs to stock at least one locally-brewed real ale, of acceptable quality.

The concept of LocAle was developed by the Nottingham branch of CAMRA, following the takeover and subsequent closure of the Hardy's and Hanson's brewery in Kimberley, near Nottingham, by Greene King.

Beer was being brewed in Suffolk and transported to Nottinghamshire; not only was the beer no longer local, but the number of miles travelled to deliver the beer was not friendly to the environment.

The experience in Nottingham has been very positive, and now many more pubs there sell beers from local brewers. Pub goers also like to see pubs selling a local beer, even if they are not real ale (or even beer) drinkers.


CAMRA - Berkshire South East Branch

Here in Berkshire South East we have a number of breweries which, although not right on our doorstep, we can easily classify as local.

However, currently we do not have that many pubs in our area regularly selling beers from these local brewers. But we hope that the LocAle campaign will address this.


Our LocAle Accredited Pubs
Town / VillagePub(s)
AscotJagz,
Station Hill,
SL5 9EG
BinfieldJack o'Newbury,
Terrace Road North,
RG42 5PH
BracknellOld Manor,
Grenville Place,
Church Road,
RG12 1BP
SandhurstRose & Crown,
108 High Street,
GU47 8HA
WinkfieldCottage Inn,
Winkfield Street,
Maidens Green,
SL4 4SW
White Hart,
Church Road
SL4 4SE
WokinghamCrispin,
45 Denmark Street,
RG40 2AY
Square Bar,
8 Market Place
RG40 1AL
Victoria Arms,
1 Easthampstead Road
RG40 2EN

We wish to accredit more pubs under the LocAle scheme, so let us know if your local is selling locally-brewed beers, of good quality. We want to help promote LocAle, by campaigning for pubs to stock a local beer, and to provide point of sale material in support of this.

But it is also down to you, the drinker, to make your voice known about local beers. Ask the licensee at your local to try and obtain a beer from one of the breweries listed on this page – many will be very pleased to supply if they are allowed! And, if your local pub DOES put one of these fine ales on, let us know, so we can publicise the fact in our newsletter and on this website.

Our LocAle Breweries
Abbey Ford logoAbbey Ford

Chertsey, Surrey
Andwells logoAndwells

Andwell, Hampshire
Ascot Ales logoAscot Ales

Camberley, Surrey
Binghams logoBinghams

Ruscombe, Berkshire
Crondall logoCrondall

Crondall, Hampshire
Farnham logoFarnham

Farnham, Surrey
Hogs Back logoHogs Back

Tongham, Surrey
Loddon logoLoddon

Dunsden Green, Oxfordshire
Longdog logoLongdog

Basingstoke, Hampshire
Rebellion logoRebellion

Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Sherfield Village logoSherfield Village

Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire
Tillingbourne logoTillingbourne

Shere, Surrey
Tripple fff logoTriple fff

Four Marks, Hampshire
Twickenham Fine Ales logoTwickenham Fine Ales

Twickenham, Middlesex
Two Bridges logoTwo Bridges

Caversham, Berkshire
West Berkshire logoWest Berkshire

Yattendon, Berkshire
Windsor & Eton logoWindsor & Eton

Windsor, Berkshire
Zero Degrees logoZero Degrees
(Brew pub / restaurant)

Reading, Berkshire



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WEBSITE LAST UPDATED: 5th February 2012