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Our branch covers a wide area and I'm sure many changes to our pubs still remain unreported. Maintaining branch pub records is relying on just a few people reporting news of changes to keep our branch online news and pub records up to date.
More reports and pub surveys are needed!!
If you are reading this and know of a change of beer range, opening times, management, closure etc. please report it to the Branch. This information will give the branch a better perspective of what's happening to our pubs and the availability of real ale that can also be made available to a wider audience via the web site, and also in the regular Capital Pub Check section of the London Drinker Magazine.
Alternatively please send your feedback/comments directly to the CAMRA Branch via email: whatpub@rh.camra.org.uk
At our 2024 AGM the following committee and non-committee members were re-elected.
The Branch AGM Minutes can be seen here.
Chairman*: Bob Gordon
Secretary*: Damian Smeaton
Branch Contact: George Gimber
Treasurer*: Andy Pirson (but not for any future Beer Festivals)
Membership Secretary*: Charles Owens
Meeting Minutes/Note taker: Richard Northmore
Social secretary: Bob Gordon
Branch Contact, Webmaster, WhatPub/Pubzilla Database and GBG Co-ordinator : George Gimber
Public Affairs Officer: John Austin
Brewery Liaison: (see committee page)
Twickenham Beer & Cider Festival Organiser: Bob Gordon
Cider & Perry Representative: Phil Harrison
Pubs Campaign Co-ordinator: Vacant
Branch Clubs officer: Vacant
Branch Young Members' Contact: Robin Moore
*Denotes mandatory positions. Other posts are discretionary as is the number of additional people on the committee.
| Posted | News item |
|---|---|
| 4th Oct |
Teddington pubs praised in CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2025 in local online news website. |
| 28th Sept |
The Queens's Head at 123 High Street, Cranford, will be closed from Monday 23rd September to October 7th for a refurbishment. |
| 26th Oct |
The October/November issue of the London Drinker Magazine is now available online: londondrinker.camra.org.uk/LD/2024/LDvol46_5_HR.pdf |
| 23rd Sept |
Its been reported that the Crown & Anchor in Chiswick is closing October 19th 2024. Advertised on the Fleuret's website (Ref. LA-424102), Tenure To Let. Leasehold: The property is available on a lease on FRI terms at a guide rent of £45k pa. The lease will be tied for the purchase of beers, ciders, spirits, wines and minerals, and apparently has taken on by another company. |
| 12th Sept |
We are sorry to report that there will not be a Richmond & Hounslow Branch BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL this year (2024). |
| 22nd Aug |
The Queens Head pub on Sutton Lane North is planning to reopen this Thursday (22 August) after being closed since May. It has been taken over by new management - Paul and Seda Durham. |
| 14th Aug |
There will be live music and food with 10 different beers to try including two brand new beers. It all takes place on the 31st August 2024 between 1-7pm at 18 Mereway Road, Twickenham. TW2 6RG. www.twickenham-fine-ales.co.uk |
| 12th Aug |
The Builders Arms on Field Lane, Teddington. This pub has been closed since June 2022 and has finally been sold and refurbishment work is in progress inside. A note on the window confirms the pub will reopen and goes on to state, "...the place is basically a building site for the next 8-10 weeks with floors, walls and ceilings being removed and replaced", please follow our Instagram page for updates - buildersarmsteddington". signed Barry. The Plough in East Sheen Published on Twickenham Nub News yesterday: "A long-running dispute between Fuller's Brewery and the previous tenant of the Richmond pub re-emerged, forcing the garden to close on 30 July. However that would not last long, as yesterday (11 August) The Plough reopened its beer garden to punters after an agreement was reached with the previous landlord, Tony O'Neil." |
| 7th Aug |
The Swan at 22 High Street Hampton Wick, has closed. |
| 1st Aug |
The Hogarth in Teddington reopens on the 9th August. The August/September issue of the London Drinker Magazine is now available online: londondrinker.camra.org.uk/LD/2024/LDvol46_4.pdf Trade News from the August/September issue of the London Drinker magazine: |
| 31st July |
The New Inn in Ham has closed because of Gypsies on The Common and will stay closed until they’ve moved on. The Hand & Flower may also similarly respond to this situation. Update: The 'travellers' have now been moved on and pub reoped. |
| 9th July |
JKS Restaurants and publican Dominic Jacobs have confirmed that their third pub together will open on Wednesday, 17 July, featuring two private dining rooms, a covered outdoor courtyard and a south-facing front terrace. The pub will be renamed and called The Hound in the former The Crown site in Chiswick High Road. Housed in the walls of a historic Victorian police station. The beer list is reported to feature established breweries such as Sambrook’s and Harbour Brewing Co. |
| 29th Jun |
The Rifleman in Twickenham was used in June as a location for filming parts of new sixth series of the critical aclamed ITV Crime Drama 'Unforgotten'. |
| 15th Jun |
Bootlegger Bars secures the former basement bar and restaurant 'Richmond Vault Beer Cellar' for its sixth site and renamed it the Bootlegger Vault. The speakeasy-inspired bar opened 7th June 2024. No cask ale expected. Marston's PLC, the company that owns the Pitcher & Piano bar and restaurant chain has confirmed plans to shut its Richmond site on June 15th as part of Marston's PLC plan to cut its costs and increase annual profits. |
| 3rd Jun |
The licensee of Railway Bell 'the dip', Station Road, Hampton, Seamus O'Kane died in April 2024 and the pub subsequently closed. It will probably reopen once a new licensee is established. The June/July issue of the London Drinker Magazine is now available online: londondrinker.camra.org.uk/LD/2024/LDvol46_3.pdf |
| 26th May |
The Queen's Head, 12 Sutton Lane North, Chiswick Read more on Chiswick's Local website. Boycott of Chiswick Pub Threatened after Management Ousted |
| 10th May |
Rightmove are advertising 10-12 Water Lane, Richmond, TW9 for sale. Offers in Excess of £1M with a note that Business unaffected by the sale. The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of the existing tenancy of the Watermans Restaurant and Bar. |
| 7th May |
The Morning Advertiser has reported that Heineken are to invest £39m to upgrade and reopen more than 60 closed UK pubs. Some of the sites that Star Pubs & Bars (owned by Heineken) is said to be reopening this year include the Roxy’s Steak & Tap, 11 London Road, Twickenham - a restaurant with bar that closed in 2017. The premises have previously been known as: Palm Grill, Blue's Smokehouse, Twickenham Tavern, Grand Union and the Black Dog its original name till 1975. |
| 14th Apr |
BRYAN BETTS R.I.P Bryan a Branch Member, died very unexpectedly and suddenly of cancer in February at age 61. See his Obituary published in the CAMRA London Drinker Magazine April/May issue. |
| 26th Mar |
The April/May issue of the London Drinker Magazine is now available online: londondrinker.camra.org.uk/LD/2024/LDvol46_2.pdf |
| 9th Feb | The Roebuck on Richmond Hill reopened 11th January 2024 after a comprehensive and beautifully implemented four-month renovation. The pub serves three regular beers; Greene King Abbot, House Beer (Roebuck Pale Ale 4% ABV) and Greene King IPA. Three changing beers typically include: Exeter Brewery Darkness, Oakham Citra and Sambrook's Junction (6th Feb 2024). |
| 8th Jan |
The Mawson Arms, 10 Chiswick Lane South, London, W4 2QA This ex Fullers pub that has been closed for some time now has a boarding sign from NextGen Real Estate erected stating, "Public House To LET on a new Lease".
See more on the NextGen Real Estate website. |
| Updated: 4th October 2024 |
