Welcome to our branch website.

The purpose of the site is to highlight activities within our area primarily in the areas of brewing, cider making and supporting pubs. It also provides reference material to members and the general public on how to resist pub closures and details of some of the local campaigns.

We organise social events both within the branch area and beyond. We try to make these a mix of both weekday evenings and weekends.

Check out the Diary for more details up coming events.

See a brief summary of our history here.

Pub Of The Year 2026

After judging visits by volunteers the overall winner of the branch Pub of the Year 2026 is Hand & Marigold, Bermondsey Street.

Congratulations to the licensee and all staff at this most worthy winner for achieving their success in competition with other great venues.

The pub will now compete in the Greater London Regional stage of the national competition and we wish them well as they go forward.

The area winners were as follows:

SE1 post code area: Hand and Marigold, Bermondsey

Greenwich: Green Goddess: Blackheath Standard

Lambeth and Southwark outside SE1: Mayflower, Rotherhithe

Lewisham: Shirkers Rest, New Cross

Thanks to all those who took part in the voting and the judging to determine the overall winner.

3rd Dulwich  Beer and Cider Festival

This year our popular festival will be returning to Dulwich Hamlet FC from Thu 21st to Sat 23rd May 2026, open 12.00-10.30pm each day (may close earlier on the Sat if the beer and cider run out).

We will have an initial selection of 50+ cask beers, 20+ ciders/perries, plus bottled/canned beers. Hot and cold food also available.

See our Festivals page for more details, including a link to the beer and cider lists when available.

Spring Cider Festival 2026

This year’s cider festival was once again held at RocketVan, 92 Brandon Street, Walworth on Sat 25 April.

The weather was kind and over 200 visitors drank us dry with 35 different real ciders and perries being consumed.

Special thanks to the many guests who kindly donated their glass deposits to our chosen charity St Christopher’s Hospice raising almost £90 to support the excellent work they do.