How to Find Solihull CAMRA Branch Socials and Meetings

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Open the Solihull and District CAMRA website at solihull.camra.org.uk and use the Branch Diary and Branch Socials pages in the side menu (or the drop-down menu at the top) to see upcoming dates. The homepage also lists the next few months of events directly below the welcome text, so you can often confirm a date without leaving the front page. Branch meetings appear with both venue and start time, for example the Forest Hotel in Dorridge and the Fieldhouse in Solihull.

Where the information sits on the site

The site's navigation groups the relevant pages together:

Page What it shows
Branch Diary The branch's dated programme of events
Branch Socials Upcoming social outings, such as the Christmas Crawl
Branch Meetings Meeting dates, times and venues
Local Beer Festivals & Events Festivals in and around the branch area
Previous Branch Socials / Previous Branch Beer Festivals Archive of past events

The homepage summarises the nearest items under "Coming up Branch Socials" and "Coming up Branch Meetings", so it works as a quick check before you commit to travelling.

Checking a specific event

  1. Go to the homepage and scan the "Coming up" lists for the month you are interested in.
  2. If the event you want is not shown, open Branch Diary from the menu for the fuller programme.
  3. Note the venue and start time — meetings are typically listed as, for example, "Monday 2 November 2026 20:00, Forest Hotel, Dorridge".
  4. For socials, check Branch Socials for the meeting arrangement, since a crawl or outing may not start at a fixed pub.

As listed on the site at the time of writing, upcoming items include:

  • Branch Socials: Christmas Crawl, Saturday 12 December 2026
  • Branch Meetings: Monday 2 November 2026, 20:00, Forest Hotel, Dorridge; Saturday 7 November 2026, 12:00, Young Members Autumn Forum; Wednesday 2 December 2026, 20:00, Fieldhouse, Solihull

Dates and venues change, so treat these as a snapshot and confirm on the Branch Diary page before setting out.

If you cannot find what you need

The site also carries a Contacts page and a membership contact for the membership secretary, which is the route to take if a meeting detail looks out of date or you want to ask about attending as a non-member. The Solihull Drinker magazine archive, including editions back to 1982, is useful for seeing how regular socials and meetings have historically been organised, but it is not a substitute for the current diary.

For the wider pub side of the branch, the Pub Guide and Pub Awards and Recommendations pages sit alongside the diary, and the site notes that the 2027 Good Beer Guide is available through the national CAMRA shop.