South Oxfordshire

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Congratulations to all of the publicans in our branch who have made it into the Good Beer Guide 2026!

Working our way clockwise from top right, we have John at the Spire & Spoke, Watlington; Graham and Celia at the Bird in Hand, Henley-on-Thames; Corinne at the Red Lion, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell; Jez and Mandy at the Plum Pudding, Milton; Di and Zoe at the Crown, South Moreton; Rodney at the George, Sutton Courtenay; Shane at Loddon Tap Yard, Dunsden; Liam at the Plough, Long Wittenham; Heather and Karolina at the Catherine Wheel, Henley-on-Thames; Dave at the Cross Keys, Wallingford; Les & Julie at the Leathern Bottle, Lewknor; Joseph and Amy (deputising for Lottie) at the Greyhound, Whitchurch-on-Thames; and Ruth and Darren at the Fleur de Lys, East Hagbourne. Not pictured: the Flowing Spring, Playhatch.

Branch, Regional & National News

  • Pub of the Year 2026 Shortlist Friday 23 January 2026

    We are pleased to announce that the 5 pubs that have been selected for our shortlist for Branch Pub of the Year 2026 are:

    Branch members are strongly encouraged to visit these pubs in the next couple of months. Email votes can commence now; in-person votes will take place at the March branch meeting.

    While we are well into the process of choosing this year’s Branch Pub of the Year, the National Pub of the Year 2025 has just been announced as the Tamworth Tap who has now won it for a unique third time!

  • Branch Pub and Brewery News Monday 19 January 2026

    The Perch & Pike in South Stoke and the Chequers, Berrick Salome have reopened.

    The Red Lion, Peppard, has successfully acquired planning permission for an extension, mainly to the kitchen.

    The planning application to convert the Crown, Stadhampton, largely to a dwelling has been withdrawn and the pub is back on the market.

    The Maltsters Arms, Rotherfield Greys has closed due to heavy losses.

    The Coachmakers Arms, Wallingford has been abandoned by the Henley Pub Co and taken on by Gary Flux (It is still owned by Brakspear).

    The Royal, Wallingford re-opened on Friday 16th January. It will be run by Lynn, previously of the Coachmakers.

    Phantom Brewery has collapsed, apparently £2M in debt. Consequently, Echoes in Henley has closed too.

    The SOX Brewery Taproom in Ipsden is closing on Friday 23rd January. It is not yet known where it will be moving to.

    The tenants of the Six Bells, Warborough are working out a six-months’ notice with Brakspear.

    B-MAN Brewery is opening a taproom in Salter’s Boatyard near Donnington Bridge, Oxford.

    The Old Post Office, Wallingford freehold is on sale for £1.25M.

    Landlord changes have taken place at the Miller of Mansfield, Goring and the Station Garden, Didcot.

Branch, Regional & National Events

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Latest Soxon Ale Magazine

Click or tap the cover to read our latest branch magazine, silver medal winner in the 2024 CAMRA Magazine of the Year awards!

Attention Branch members

If you are a fully paid up member of CAMRA, please do visit the Members' Area, where we endeavour to keep all of our members appraised of the latest news relating to Good Beer Guide nominees, Pub of the Year and Season candidates, and general beer scoring trends. You will also find minutes of our monthly Branch meetings for the last 12 months, as well as for our most recent AGM.

Calling all pub landlords and brewers in the Branch area

If you are throwing a beer-related event at your pub or brewery we would love to hear about it! Please contact us to let us know about your event and we will post it here as well as on our social media.

Pubs as ACVs

We currently have 5 pubs as Assets of Community Value (ACVs) in the branch. If you would like to find out more about protecting your local with an ACV, take a look at the help on our main website.