South Oxfordshire

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Congratulations to all of the publicans in our branch who have made it into the Good Beer Guide 2026!

Working our way clockwise from top right, we have John at the Spire & Spoke, Watlington; Graham and Celia at the Bird in Hand, Henley-on-Thames; Corinne at the Red Lion, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell; Jez and Mandy at the Plum Pudding, Milton; Di and Zoe at the Crown, South Moreton; Rodney at the George, Sutton Courtenay; Shane at Loddon Tap Yard, Dunsden; Liam at the Plough, Long Wittenham; Heather and Karolina at the Catherine Wheel, Henley-on-Thames; Dave at the Cross Keys, Wallingford; Les & Julie at the Leathern Bottle, Lewknor; Joseph and Amy (deputising for Lottie) at the Greyhound, Whitchurch-on-Thames; and Ruth and Darren at the Fleur de Lys, East Hagbourne. Not pictured: the Flowing Spring, Playhatch.

Branch, Regional & National News

  • Branch Pub of the Season for Spring selected Monday 6 April 2026

    We are very pleased to announce that our Spring Pub of the Season is the King William IV at Ipsden!

    The pub is in an idyllic rural part of our branch, surrounded by open fields, most likely filled with lambs at this time of the year - a perfect setting to sip down a well-kept pint of Brakspear Gravity, which is always served straight from the cask.

    We will be presenting the award certificate on Friday 10th April at around 5pm

  • Wallingford clean sweep of awards Monday 6 April 2026

    We are extremely pleased to announce that the Cross Keys, Wallingford has not only been voted as our branch Pub of the Year but also our branch Cider Pub of the Year for 2026!

    Huge congratulations to landlord and lady Dave and Emma Howse, who work tirelessly to provide a superb mix of cask ales always in great condition, as well as continue to run a thriving and popular pub with masses of events throughout the year!

    The Cross Keys will now go through to the county round of the competition where it will be up against the Butcher’s Arms, Balscote, the Crafty Pint in Witney, and the King’s Arms in Wantage. Best of luck!

    Our Wallingford award winners do not stop there either, as we are extremely pleased to announce that our branch Club of the Year for 2026 is the Comrades Club!

    The Comrades’ is our first winner for a while and it fully deserves the accolade with 2-3 cask ales always available (4 at busy weekends) as well as 2 real ciders, all to be consumed in extremely comfortable surroundings.

    Huge congratulations to Oz and the team!

    We are embarking on a festival of certificate presentations on Friday 8th May starting at the Cross Keys shortly after 5pm, and then at the Comrades’ Club at 8pm. We hope you can join us to celebrate!

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Latest Soxon Ale Magazine

Click or tap the cover to read our latest branch magazine, silver medal winner in the 2024 CAMRA Magazine of the Year awards!

Attention Branch members

If you are a fully paid up member of CAMRA, please do visit the Members' Area, where we endeavour to keep all of our members appraised of the latest news relating to Good Beer Guide nominees, Pub of the Year and Season candidates, and general beer scoring trends. You will also find minutes of our monthly Branch meetings for the last 12 months, as well as for our most recent AGM.

Calling all pub landlords and brewers in the Branch area

If you are throwing a beer-related event at your pub or brewery we would love to hear about it! Please contact us to let us know about your event and we will post it here as well as on our social media.

Pubs as ACVs

We currently have 5 pubs as Assets of Community Value (ACVs) in the branch. If you would like to find out more about protecting your local with an ACV, take a look at the help on our main website.