Diary
Branch meetings are on the second Tuesday of the month, starting 7.30pm
Details of upcoming events within the branch area
- The Coopers Arms Dark Beer Festival - Crowborough
Saturday 31 January 2026
Coopers Arms, Crowborough
The branch are heading out of area for this great little festival:
If travelling by bus, the suggested itinerary is: 10am No. 291 Bus Crawley to Tunbridge Wells (TW), arriving 11:36am.
Beer, brunch and comfort stop at the TW Opera House Weatherspoons
12:48pm No. 29 Bus TW to Crowborough Cross, then a 15 minute walk to the Coopers Arms, arriving 1:30pm.
Leave Coopers Arms 4:15pm to get the 4:35pm No. 29 bus back to Tunbridge Wells.
Beer and comfort stop at Fuggles Beer Cafe in TW.
5:55pm 291 to East Grinstead, arriving 6:43pm
Beer and comfort stop at the Engine Room 291 or 400 bus to Crawley.
Metrovoyager 24 hour ticket costs £8.90 and is valid on Metrobus and Brighton & Hove buses. (Details on those companies' websites). - 2026 Ale Trail launch event
Saturday 7 February 2026 13:00
Engine Room, East Grinstead
2026 Ale Trail launch event. Hosted by our Pub of the Year, this a chance to kick off your collection of Ale Trail stickers in style, meeting at 1pm with the opportunity to visit other local Ale Trail venues during the day.
- North Sussex 2026 Ale & Cider Trail
Saturday 7 February – Friday 29 May 2026
Our Ale & Cider Trail returns for 2026, with an earlier start date, running from February 7th to May 29th. We have also slightly reduced the number of stickers you need to collect to be eligible for a prize.
The list of 35 venues has now been finalised and are listed on the poster shown here. The list includes 6 new venues compared to the 2025 Trail
The Trail will be launched on Saturday February 7th at the Engine Room in East Grinstead from 1pm, and will finish with a prize draw to select the winning Trailers at 7pm on Friday May 29th at the Kings Arms in Horsham.
Ale Trailers will need to pick up the Trail Leaflet, which will detail all the Ale & Cider Trail venues to visit and collect a sticker at each. Leaflets will be available at each venue and also at our Spring Equinox beer festival on March 20th and 21st where you will be able to collect the Festival sticker.
To receive a sticker, you need to spend money at each venue. We’d love it if that was a pint of the great local Ale or Cider available there, but we appreciate that might not always be practical.
A list of participating pubs is available HERE
There will be six prize winners this year, who will receive a voucher to spend in the Ale & Cider Trail venue of their choice. Top prize is a voucher for £60, for those who have collected 28 or more of the stickers. Two second prizes of a voucher for £40, for those who have collected 21 or more of the stickers. Three third prizes of a voucher for £20, for those who have collected 14 or more of the stickers. Each Ale Trailer can win no more than one prize.
If you want more info, please email ku.gro.armac.xessushtron@yraterces
- Branch Social
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Brewery Shades, Crawley
Usual Monthly second Tuesday event. Starting at the Brewery Shades, plus every chance will also visit the White Hart to get Ale & Cider Trail stickers at both
- Branch Meeting (Formal)
Tuesday 10 March 2026 19:30
Horsham Tap, Horsham
POTY and CPOTY selection evening.
For details of the shortlists and how to vote, please email ku.gro.armac.xessushtron@yraterces.
For more information on the selection process Pub of the Year (POTY) Selection Process
- Equinox 2026
Friday 20 – Saturday 21 March 2026
Drill Hall, Horsham
The Branch Beer festival returns to the Horsham Drill Hall.
Tickets will be on sale from early January.
REMEMBER - CAMRA members get in FREE!!
Click EQUINOX 2026 HERE for full details