Welcome to the home of South Oxfordshire CAMRA
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 and Brewery News
Friday 9 January 2026
The Perch & Pike in South Stoke and the Chequers, Berrick Salome have reopened.The Red Lion, Peppard, has successfully acquired planning permission for an extension, mainly to the kitchen.
The planning application to convert the Crown, Stadhampton, largely to a dwelling has been withdrawn and the pub is back on the market.
Branch, Regional & National Events
Note that only the first venue for socials is shown. Click through to the event’s page to find the full itinerary.
- Branch Pub Social in Reading Saturday 24 January 2026 12:00 Greyfriar, Reading
- Branch Social to Batemans Tap Takeover Thursday 29 January 2026 Sun, Whitchurch Hill
- Branch Meeting Wednesday 11 February 2026 20:00 Cross Keys, Wallingford
- Branch Pub Perambulation of Wantage Saturday 21 February 2026 12:00 Royal Oak, Wantage
- Regional Meeting Saturday 28 February 2026 12:30 Fountain Inn, Gloucester
- Branch Meeting Wednesday 11 March 2026 20:00 Black Horse, Checkendon
Other Local Events
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.