Tendring CAMRA - 28th Clacton-on-Sea Real Ale & Cider Festival
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At St. James' Hall, Tower Road, Clacton-on-Sea. CO15 1LE
From Wednesday 20th to Saturday 23rd August
18.00 to 22.00 Wednesday
11.00 to 22.00 Thursday, Friday, Saturday
50+ real ales, ciders, perries, Essex wines, + free soft drinks for designated drivers
Food from 'The Cheese & Pie Man' (Facebook) will be available.
The beer cards are, this year, being sponsored by The New Bell, Harwich (Facebook).
Free entry to card carrying CAMRA members at ALL times - Non-members £3.00
Saturday evening live music: The Onion Band (Facebook) (from about 7pm)
CASK ALE LIST NOW AVAILABLE! - Click here (PDF)
CIDER 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!
This year we will be fundraising for 'The Saturday Drop-In' held at St James' Church Hall
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 18 May 2025).
NB: Planned maintenance work 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 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 (which is very dated). The OpenCampingMap website might be more up-to-date.