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O-K from Ossett to Knottingley

website of the Campaign for Real Ale

in Wakefield (01977-707096)

bookmark us for the latest pub, club and ale news!

first pictures from the Reindeer Inn's new Cap House brewery

HEALTH WARNING

(from the "A Swift One" blog)

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STOP PRESS: Lists for the 2011 Festival have now been posted, so click below for the Festival Page!

Where's Wakefield?

Why are we OK?

Who's Who

Breweries & Maltings including brewery visits

Getting Around

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Branch Diary & Activities inc Brewery Visits, Belgium & Lots More

Wakefield CAMRA Beer Festival 2011

Where can I get a decent pint (and food)?

Pubs & Clubs of the Season and Year

Links including CAMRA nationally

TOPIC

LocAle up and running in Wakefield District!

(click on the banner above for a guide)

our regularly updated listing of Pub, Club and other Non-CAMRA Beer Festivals

new pages for new breweries: Revolutions, James & Kirkman and Thomas Elstone

Ale on DVD - a growing collection of reviews of beer and pub-themed film and tv work, which first appeared in O-to-K magazine

Pictures from the new Great Heck Brewing Company (Top-Beer-in-Festival Votewinner) - includes a link to a Picasa Web Album (just outside the Wakefield CAMRA area but in former Osgoldcross Rural District!) also Great Heck Day 2010

January 2009 Visit to Clark's Brewery - Picasa Web Album

A new Fernandes page for a new era, with links still to the old one

Picasa Web Album of October 2009 Branch Visit to Ossett Brewery

Pontefract Liquorice Festival - where Liquorice Stout was on sale

The Story of Henry Boon Clark, a brewing soldier of fortune, including his signature at last!

Five Towns Brewery - first pictures

Bob's New Brewery at the Brewers Pride

Wakefield Beer Festival with link to a Web Album of 2009 photos

click to visit Fawcetts Maltings with us- it's spectacular!

for pictures from recent Branch Visits including Kirkstall and Ridgeside

for pictures of Ossett Brewing's huge new brewery including first pictures of the new cool store

Some recent awards to local pubs: Pub of the Season Winter 2009 is O'Donoghues Wakefield with the Brewers Pride Ossett as runner-up. Club of the Year for 2009 is Alverthorpe WMC Click for Alverthorpe Presentation. 2009 Autumn Pub of the Season Award goes jointly to The Hop in Wakefield and the Brewers Pride at Healey, Ossett. Spring Pub of the Season 2010 is the Steampacket at Knottingley. Pub of the Year 2009 is the Reindeer Inn at Overton Web Album . Pub of the Year 2010 is the Brewers Pride, Healey, Ossett with Runner-Up the Reindeer at Overton. Pub of the Season Winter 2011 is the Robin Hood at Pontefract with the Cricketers Arms at Horbury as Runner-Up. Pub of the Season Spring 2011 is the Cricketers Arms at Horbury with the Junction at Castleford as Runner-Up. Pub of the Season Summer 2011 is the Junction, Castleford.

DisabledGo - info on Public Houses and Bars in Wakefield District

What live music is on at our local pubs?

Fancy your own pub? NCPLH from local organization Acre Training could be your first step!

We used to get letters from America

click to read all including Montréal 2006

email us! You can be sent our latest 32 page magazine as a series of 16 or 32 .jpg screengrabs. Also you can view our updated Calder & Hebble Ale Trail as a Picasa Web Album (still under construction).

Updated 31stJanuary 2012 to include updated Branch Diary, more beer festivals and latest brewery visits including Ridgeside and Kirkstall. Pages are now being edited with Microsoft Sharepoint Designer - website editor on a steep learning curve after 13 years using FrontPage! Links to additional pages on the former Whitley Bridge Brewery should now have been eradicated. However several pictures can be seen on this album or this Jalbum.