CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale) is a national consumer organisation whose main aim is to promote cask conditioned beer aka “real ale” and to preserve the place where it is drunk, the British public house. For more information on CAMRA‘s aims visit the CAMRA national web-site.
Keighley and Craven CAMRA are the local branch of CAMRA in the area covering the towns of Haworth, Keighley, Silsden, Skipton, Settle, Bentham, Ingleton, and Grassington. We span the boundary between the current English counties of West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. It includes the Worth Valley, famous for its steam railway and the Bronte sisters, and a large part of the southern Yorkshire Dales, with its spectacular limestone scenery. Click here, for a map of the branch area.
We are all ordinary people who enjoy a pint or two of real ale in convivial surroundings and have joined CAMRA to make sure we can continue to do so. There are over 450 CAMRA members in the Keighley and Craven area, many of whom are active in some way. We think we are a sociable bunch, so if you like real ale, why not join us! New members are always welcome.
To join, simply go to Join CAMRA on the national website and fill in the online form. Other ways to join are described on our “Join us” page.
We organise events and campaigns locally to further the aims of our parent organisation organisation. For more details check out the Campaigning and Events pages on this web-site. We also nominate pubs for national CAMRA publications, such as the annual Good Beer Guide, produce a thrice-yearly magazine. and maintain our local entries in the CAMRA national website. We used to produce our own local guides, though we tend to point people to the website these days for up-to-date information.
Our activities are planned and organised at our regular branch meetings (usually held on the first Tuesday in each month), with the help of our committee, elected at our Annual General Meeting, held in February each year. The current committee is:
If you wish to contact any of the members listed above, please do this through the Contact Us page on this website.
Above: Glynne and Julie venting beer at Keighley Beer Festival 2014.