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Branch News

Branch Events

  • 25 years at the Bird in Hand Tuesday 6 November 2018

    Graham and Celia Steward at the Bird in Hand in Henley have clocked up 25 years of owning/running the pub: the exact date was Saturday 3rd November. Marisa Francini, on behalf of the South Oxfordshire branch, presented them with a Special Award certificate to mark the occasion, and made a small speech, emphasising the following points:

    • It is a fantastic community pub with a huge number of regulars of all ages.
    • They are open every day of the week, lunchtime and evening. (Not all of the pubs in town do so).
    • They have appeared in 24 consecutive editions of the Good Beer Guide
    • It is a credit to them that they have managed to stick to their initial plan to run the pub as a wet-led business for 25 years without having to resort to an extensive food offer in order to survive. They do serve snacks though!
    • Their success is all the more remarkable, considering that the pub had been closed for a period of time before they took it on and brought it back from the dead. CAMRA estimates that 18 pubs a week are closing, but the Bird continues to thrive and prosper, and long may this continue!

  • Branch Pub and Brewery News (October 2018) Tuesday 23 October 2018

    Pub news:

    The Reformation has reopened.

    The Three Tuns, Henley, has a new landlord.

    Brewery news:

    Bell Street Brewery’s recent seasonal was Henley on Toast (4.1% ABV) was created in collaboration with Toast Ale, uses surplus bread from Lawlor’s bakery in Henley.
Calling all pub landlords and brewers in the Branch area

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Pubs as ACVs

We currently have 22 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.