CAMRA H A L I FA X & CALDERDALE . HEBDEN ROYD REAL ALE PUBS (A Permanent Beer Festival) Pre-Festival Mini Pub Guide. Hebden Royd – Including all cask ale premises in Central Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Heptonstall, Colden, Widdop & Pecket Well Every effort has been made to ensure the information in this leaflet is correct. CAMRA Halifax & Calderdale cannot accept any responsibility for errors or inaccuracies. Inclusion in this leaflet does not guarantee beer quality WHAT IS THE PRE-FESTIVAL MINI PUB GUIDE? The CALDERDALE BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL, organised and run by the Halifax and Calderdale CAMRA Branch (Campaign for real ale), has been held at the beautiful Hebden Bridge Town Hall for the last three years, so hopefully has become a welcome addition to the drinking scene in Hebden Bridge in late summer, complementing the wide and varied pubs, micro pubs and bars in the town as a whole. To commemorate this partnership between the festi- val and the town we now call home, we have decided to publish this mini pub guide that is available in pubs and bars in Hebden Bridge and its surrounds. providing you the drinker/ visitor the opportunity to call into these establishments, try excellent cask ales and maybe food offerings during the two weeks leading up to the festival itself, during and beyond. The CALDERDALE BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL is already known for its quality of its cask ales, ciders & perry and its friendly welcoming all-round enjoyable atmosphere, so it was felt that this positive experience could be extended to more people. The PFMPG is all about pro- moting the excellence of cask ale, diversity and history of pubs in Calderdale district and its wide-ranging multitude of venues Above all the Pre-Festival Mini Pub Guide is designed to get you the drinker and visitor out and about around the HX7 postcode exploring and discov- ering new places, villages, little hamlets and all they have to offer. All the pubs and bars listed are on or near a regular bus route but many can be walked to by a gentle stroll around Hebden Bridge; although some are for the more adventurous walker to undertake. It is rec- ommended that if you are travelling to the more further afield places that you clarify open- ing hours before you commence your journey by using WhatPub.com for all the up to date information about pubs and bars in the Calder valley. WHATPUB.COM WhatPub.com is a web site that has a data base of over 35,000 pubs and bars covering the whole of the UK. It is a fully searchable site that the user can specify what type of establishment they are looking for; a valuable tool when visiting an area you might not know. You can search by pub name, town or district and select criteria you are looking for so maybe a pub that does food or is near the railway station, allows dogs, has real cider, live music or TV for watching sporting events, children friendly, disabled ac- cess or even accommodation. WhatPub.com can help you select your ideal venue and it is totally free to use, just download onto your smart phone or tablet device or PC. CAMRA Halifax and Calderdale. www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk 2 THE GREAT OUTDOORS Walking around Calderdale is a great way to explore the borough and breathe in some of the freshest air, with many tracks and paths going to all points of the compass. Calderdale is blessed with some of the most fantastic countryside the Southern Pennines has to offer, from secret hidden valleys to open moorland, secluded glens to forestry areas plus rivers, reservoirs and lakes. There are several local and na- tional waymarked paths crossing the borough to others offering the rambler circular routes of varying lengths. The canals of Calderdale give an easy walking level route travelling through open countryside alternating with industrial sites offering the walker a snapshot of life past and present along the route of this once important ar- tery towards Calderdale’s prosperity. Plus, with a goodly amount of canal/countryside inns throughout the borough, a quality cask ale and a bite to eat are not far away. PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFORMATION The Calder valley is very well served by public transport with regular bus and train services, with most areas being at least on or near ac- cess to regular bus services. Plus, with a range of off peak and saver tickets available, getting around the valley doesn’t have to be an ex- pensive business, but as with any public transport please check with operators before you start your journey. By using public transport, you can combine the experience of visiting the town of Hebden bridge and its surrounding villages and discover pubs you may not have visited before and find quality real ales on your travels. There are regular bus and train services that go in and out of Hebden Bridge. Train ser- vices are run by Northern Railway and travel between Leeds - Manchester and Blackpool – York, all services call in to Hebden Bridge station, which is only a short 10-minute stroll from the town centre, there are also connecting services to other parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire via stations on these main routes. First Bus operates the majority of main services in the Calder valley but many of the outly- ing villages and hamlets are served by a variety of small bus companies so please check before you travel on these buses as some saver tickets/passes are not always valid on these smaller companies’ buses. For up to date information on public transport in West Yorkshire www.wymetro.com Metro line (local travel) 0113245 7676 CAMRA Halifax and Calderdale. www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk 3 CAMRA Halifax and Calderdale Branch (Campaign for Real Ale) is part of an independent, voluntary organisation campaigning for real ale, community pubs and consumer rights. Currently CAMRA has around 195,000 members in Britain and across the world and has been described as the most successful consumer campaign in Europe CAMRA supports well-run pubs as the centres of community life – whether in a rural or urban area - and believe their continued existence plays a critical so- cial role in the UK’s culture. CAMRA also supports the pub as the place in which to consume real ale (also known as cask-conditioned beer, or cask ale) and try to one of the over 7,000 different beers now produced across the UK by over 1,700 different breweries. CAMRA is financed by membership subscriptions, sales of books and merchandise and pro- ceeds from national and local beer festivals. CAMRA is a not for profit company, limited by guarantee. Activity locally is organised by the CAMRA Halifax & Calderdale – This branch organises the Calderdale Beer and Cider Festival – which is the flagship event in the Branch calendar. Oth- er main branch activities are- nomination of pubs and then surveying those pubs / bars for potential selection to go into the Good Beer Guide, the National Campaign’s flagship publi- cation, now in its 46th edition. (out mid September 2018), We also nominate and vote for the pub or bar that is making an outstanding contribution to promotion of cask ales and pub going locally (on a seasonal basis) Of course, it’s not all official stuff. Yes, we do hold Branch and open Committee meetings on a monthly basis and we also hold sub-meetings of groups of members who wish to be involved in more in-depth branch activities like the web site or beer festival steering group, to name just two. Socially we have a committee member whose sole mission is to organise a wide range of social events and activities. These range from visiting pubs by area doing `research’ of course, public transport rambles, inter-branch socials (meeting up with fellow members from different parts of the UK), brewery visits and tastings plus being a member gives you the opportunity to volunteer at any CAMRA beer festival throughout Great Britain. So why not visit our web page and see just what we organise and campaign for in and around Cald- erdale? Membership costs from just £25.00 per year and offers a whole host of benefits. THE CAMPAIGN FOR REAL ALE. CAMRA is Britain’s largest single-issue consumer group and acts as a powerful voice promoting well-run community pubs, real ale and consumer rights . PULLING TOGETHER TO PROTECT PUBS AND PINTS ! People from all walks of life join CAMRA, they are brought together by a love of real ale, the traditions of the great British pub, and a desire to protect them and more. CAMRA Halifax and Calderdale. www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk 4 PINTS, CAMRA, ACTION! CAMRA has been protecting the tradition of great British pubs and everything that goes with them for over 45 years. CAMRA has helped save hundreds of pubs, along with getting real ale back in the hands of pub goers across the land! We, the beer drinkers friend have also secured cuts in beer duty and pressured govern- ment to establish a Pubs Code THINKING OF JOINING CAMRA? visit www.camra.org.uk/joinup for more information and joining instructions. www.hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk for information on the Branch and its activities MEMBERSHIP of CAMRA includes: Special offers on entry to over 200 Beer Festivals The exclusive monthly newspaper – What’s Brewing and the quarterly Beer Mag- azine Discounts on CAMRA’s books including the best-selling Good Beer Guide. The Real Ale Discount Scheme where you receive discounts on pints at partici- pating pubs.