Hinckley & Bosworth Branch

Until September 2008, when we became a full Branch, we were a sub branch of the Leicester Branch

Our first meeting was at the Black Horse in Hinckley on the 7th September 2005

From 2005 to 2009 our membership has increased from 100 to over 200. Our aim is to bring together the members in the Hinckley & Bosworth area

We have monthly meetings and frequent trips and visits

Our monthly meetings are held at pubs in our area, usually the first Tuesday in the month, see the diary

About CAMRA

CAMRA is an independent, voluntary, consumer organisation. Membership is open to all individuals, but corporate entities such as breweries and pubs are not members. CAMRA is governed by a voluntary unpaid national executive, elected by the membership. There is a small professional staff of fourteen responsible for central campaigning, research, administration of membership, sales and so forth.

CAMRA is financed through membership subscriptions, sales of products such as books and sweatshirts, and from the proceeds of beer festivals. We receive no funding from the brewing industry other than a limited amount of advertising in our monthly newspaper "What's Brewing". We are a not for profit company limited by members guarantee and our accounts are lodged annually with Companies House.

CAMRA saved real ale, it is no exaggeration to say, and as a result saved many independent breweries. No new ale breweries were set up in the UK for the fifty years before we were founded. There are now around 300 new brewers producing real ale, part of a massive real ale revival.

Our membership passed the 90,000 mark in early 2008. The two growth areas in the beer market are for premium lagers and real ales, as we see a more discerning drinker.

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