Welcome to the Arun and Adur Branch.

At Arun and Adur we love to campaign for real ales, visit many of the pubs in and out of our area and we also run the Worthing Beer Festival.

Our Area

Our branch covers the area between the rivers Arun (in the west) and Adur (in the east) and the A272 (in the north), with the sea being the southern boundary.

2026 Good Beer Guide

It is now time to begin selecting the pubs for the Arun & Adur section of the 2026 Good Beer Guide (GBG). The list has been sent out via email.

Your help is needed to check out the pubs on the list that are nearby to where you live or any that you may visit over the next couple of weeks. The pubs have been chosen based on the beer score data submitted by CAMRA members. We believe this gives a good indication of those pubs that consistently serve beer in good condition and of a high quality. If your experience of these pubs suggest something different to this, we would like you to let Colin, our Pubs Officer, know. You can email him at: pubs.officer@aaa.camra.org.uk.

We also need to know if you are aware of any significant changes such as change of owner, sale or closure or other reasons why a pub should not be on the list. 

We are holding a meeting on to review which pubs should be selected for the 2026 Good Beer Guide

February 26 2025

GBG Meeting

Selden Arms
Wednesday at 7pm
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41 Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, BN11 2DB.

Harveys Brewery Tour

On 25 February, members of our branch enjoyed a tour of Harvey's Brewery. We were expertly guided through the brewing process by their newest employee, Mr. Henry Kirk, who did an excellent job. The tour concluded with a tasting session in their tasting room, featuring Pells Pale, Old Ale, and Best Bitter, all served straight from the cask. Keep an eye out for announcements of future social events, which will be sent via email.

POTY Winners

We are pleased to announce that the winners of our 2025 Pub of the Year awards are as follows:

Pub of the Year
Selden Arms, Worthing.

Country Pub of the Year
Five Bells, West Chiltington.

Cider Pub of the Year
Green Man Cider & Ale House, Worthing.

We are in the process of arranging times and dates for the presentation of the awards. Once the details have been finalised, we will let you know, as we would love you to come along and join in the celebrations.

Thank you, if you were one of those who took the time and trouble to do the surveys for the PotY pubs. Your input is much appreciated. The more branch members we get doing the surveying the better as this helps balance out any individual bias and gives us more robust results.

Report for January 2025


"Beer scoring allows us as a branch to shortlist pubs for the Good Beer Guide"

There were 131 beer scores from 26 different scorers that covered 27 different venues. The scorers came from 8 different branches