Welcome to the South East London branch of CAMRA

Welcome to the South East London Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale - campaigning locally since 1974. Read more about CAMRA's campaigning aims and strategy.

Our branch area covers the boroughs of Greenwich, Lewisham and Southwark, and the parts of Lambeth with an SE postcode. Learn more about our branch and read a brief summary of our history.

We hold regular formal meetings and organise a social event most weeks, both within our branch area and beyond. Each year we also organise a one-day Spring Cider Festival in April and our main event, Dulwich Beer & Cider Festival, in May.

Check out the Calendar for more details of up coming events.

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Branch Pub Of The Year 2026

After judging visits by volunteers the overall winner of the branch Pub of the Year 2026 is Hand & Marigold, Bermondsey Street.

Congratulations to the licensee and all staff at this most worthy winner for achieving their success in competition with other great venues.

The pub will now compete in the Greater London Regional stage of the national competition and we wish them well as they go forward.

The four area winners were as follows:

SE1 postal district area: Hand and Marigold, Bermondsey.

Greenwich: Green Goddess: Blackheath Standard.

Lambeth and Southwark outside SE1: Mayflower, Rotherhithe.

Lewisham: Shirkers Rest, New Cross.

Thanks to all those who took part in the voting and the judging to determine the overall winner.

You can view a list of previous branch pub of the year winners in our Branch Archive.

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3rd Dulwich Beer and Cider Festival

This year’s branch beer festival was once again held at Dulwich Hamlet FC between Thu 21st and Sat 23rd May 2026.

Over 1,600 visitors attended, an amazing 29% more than in 2025, and we were blessed with glorious sunshine across all three days.

All 60 casks of beer sold out along with all the cider & perry, and the bottles/cans did a roaring trade.

We received many positive comments about the quality and range of our beers and ciders which was pleasingly to hear and makes all the hard work of our selection team worthwhile.

Undoubtedly, one of the main talking points among our visitors was the rare sight at a London beer festival of Mount St Bernard Tynt Meadow Trappist Ale in cask.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Tynt Meadow was voted beer of the festival, and Gregg’s Pitt took the honours for best cider/perry.

We were also delighted to have raised over £230 for St Christopher's Hospice.

See our Festivals page for more details.

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Spring Cider Festival 2026

This year’s cider festival was once again held at RocketVan, 92 Brandon Street, Walworth on Sat 25 April.

The weather was kind and over 200 visitors drank us dry with 35 different real ciders and perries being consumed.

Special thanks to the many guests who kindly donated their glass deposits to our chosen charity St Christopher’s Hospice raising almost £90 to support the excellent work they do.

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