Tendring CAMRA - 26th Clacton-on-Sea Real Ale & Cider Festival
Our 2023 festival is now over. Thanks to all who attended and all the volunteers who helped.
Please keep checking back for more news of our 2023 event
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At St. James' Hall, Tower Road, Clacton-on-Sea. CO15 1LE
From Wednesday 23rd to Saturday 26th August
18.00 to 22.00 Wednesday
11.00 to 22.00 Thursday, Friday, Saturday
70+ real ales (from cask and keykeg), ciders, perries, Essex wines, and Belgian and other International beers + free soft drinks for designated drivers
Food from 'Dayna's Diner' (Facebook) will be available.
The festival glasses are, this year, being sponsored by The Ship, Great Clacton (Facebook).
The beer cards are, this year, being sponsored by The Cross Inn, Great Bromley (Facebook).
Free entry to card carrying CAMRA members at ALL times - Non-members £2.50
Saturday evening live music: The Onion Band (from about 7pm)
CASK ALE LIST NOW AVAILABLE! - Click here (PDF)
CIDER LIST NOW AVAILABLE! - Click here (PDF)
KEY KEG LIST NOW AVAILABLE! - Click here (PDF)
CHECK CURRENT AVAILABILITY HERE!
The lists are likely to be revised a few times between when they were first uploaded and the festival opening!
Please note that the 3 Rivers International beer bar will have its own regularly updated programmes available at the festival.
This year we will be fundraising for Clacton Foodbank.
Information for Travellers
The festival is located in the St. James' Church Hall, in Tower Road, Clacton-on-Sea CO15 1LE. It is between St. James' Church and the Westcliff Theatre which is well signposted. It is about 15 minutes walk from Clacton-on-Sea railway station.
The bus stop opposite the hall is called "Westcliffe Theatre (o/s), on Tower Rd, Clacton [esxjataw]" in the Traveline Journey Planner. Because so many otherwise useful routes start and finish at Pier Avenue (at the time of updating this page) there are very few buses each day that can get you directly from the station to the hall quicker than walking, but there are a few so it is worth checking your route.
Click here to find the venue on OpenStreetMap.
Click here to see the route to the venue when walking from the station.
Click here for train timetables from Greater Anglia (valid from 21 May 2023).
NB: Planned maintenance work and details of which services are affected by the Saturday strike is detailed here.
Resources
Click here to download a FLYER - PLEASE HELP PUBLICISE THE FESTIVAL!
Facebook event page - why not invite your friends?
The STAFFING FORM is available in the members area of this website and has been (or will be) sent to branch members using the CAMRA Comms Tool - PLEASE HELP ORGANISE AND RUN THE FESTIVAL!
Thinking of camping or caravanning? Sites we know about are listed in this document (might be a bit dated). The OpenCampingMap website might be more up-to-date.