Pubs

Our branch currently has an allocation of 10 pubs that can be entered for inclusion in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide (2009).

Surveying for this publication is a year-round activity for the branch and culminates in February each year when we vote for the pubs we want to go into the guide that will be published in October in readiness for the following year.

Pubs are selected on several key factors but most important is beer quality. Beer quality however is so often a barometer of everything else and if a pub keeps a good pint it generally excels at being a pub!

We are gradually populating this page with full write-ups and photographs of the pubs listed in the Good Beer Guide as well as those being considered for inclusion.

The Tendring pubs currently selected for inclusion in the Good Beer Guide are as follows:

• Railway Tavern, Brightlingsea
  This unassuming community brew pub is famous for its Crab & Winkle Mild.
• Cross Inn, Great Bromley
  This excellent country pub is cosy yet spacious.
• Snooty Fox, Great Bromley
  Another rural community local with superb food.
• New Bell Inn, Harwich
  The buzzing hub of all that is Old Harwich.
• Apple Tree, Little Clacton
  Another great pub with strong community links.
• Olde Cherry Tree, Little Oakley
  Branch Pub of the Year 2008!
• Red Lion, Manningtree
  England's smallest town just has to have an excellent community pub.
• White Hart, St. Osyth
  Superb village local.
• Cherry Tree, Tendring
  A real country pub with fantastic food.
• White Hart, Weeley
  A pub to appeal to everyone with an excellent, ever-changing beer list.

Pubs that are being considered for future inclusion:

• Royal Fusilier, Aingers Green
• Stranger's Home, Bradfield
• Village Maid, Bradfield
• Rosebud, Brightlingsea
• Geisha Hotel, Clacton-on-Sea
• Moon & Starfish, Clacton-on-Sea
• Royal Oak, Dovercourt
• Lock & Barrel, Frinton-on-Sea
• Plough, Great Clacton
• Ship, Great Holland
• Red Lion, Kirby-le-Soken
• Ship, Kirby-le-Soken
• Haywain, Little Bromley
• Maybush, Great Oakley
• Crown, Manningtree
• White Hart, Manningtree
• Castle, Ramsey
• Bell, Thorpe-le-Soken
• Rose & Crown, Thorpe-le-Soken
• Queen's Head, Walton-on-the-Naze
• Waggon, Wix