CAMRA in the                  

EREWASH VALLEY

CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) in the Erewash Valley started in 1996 when a small group of like-minded real ale people met at the Good Beer Guide listed pub The Dewdrop in Ilkeston. Their aim was to form the Erewash Valley branch of CAMRA in an area that was largely neglected by the neighbouring CAMRA branches of Nottingham and Derby.

We began life as a sub branch of Nottingham CAMRA until May 2000 when we decided to break free and step out on our own,  growing from strength to strength until we can now boast a branch membership of over 300 local members, a steady rise year on year of around 25%. However, it would be nice to welcome a few more at our branch meetings or on our social trips, so don't be scared - come along and join in the fun.!!

 Erewash Valley Branch.

 Now - I can hear a number of you asking  "Where is EREWASH VALLEY? " - well if you are a canal enthusiast you will probably know, but for those of you who aren't then the easiest explanation would be that the area covered by our branch is about 11 miles from north to south and 4 miles from east to west lying along the valley of the Erewash canal. Please see our branch area page for more details of the towns and villages covered.

 Time for a confession..... we are not primarily a campaigning branch; although we try to promote real ale and CAMRA aims and beliefs as much as possible on our travels, but we're more of a social loving bunch of people. We go out quite a lot, to meetings, on survey crawls, to beer festivals and mini-bus tours of the surrounding area and even further afield.

 Please see the Erewash Valley CAMRA Meetings'n'Socials page for details of forthcoming real ale events and details of contact names and numbers at Erewash CAMRA.