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What is LocAle?
This is a scheme that has been originated by the Nottingham branch of CAMRA and Nottinghamhamshire Campaign for Better Transport. Essentially it is to encourage locally brewed ale to be available in pubs local to that brewery. This may in time encourage more pubs to put more local beer on instead of just the same old Nationals, which ultimately will mean more selection for the customer. This is a very big issue when considering climate change and the distances that beer has to be transported, sometimes hundreds of miles, usually by road from big National depots situated around the country. Especially when we have so many excellent breweries in or near most towns and cities around the country. You can watch a video featuring Castle rock brewery made by Dave Thornhill on the above link.

This scheme is completely run and sponsored by CAMRA in conjunction with The Campign for Better Transport as a campaigning issue and participating pubs do so on a voluntary basis.

We are hoping as a result of this campaign:

Customers will benefit as they will have the choice of drinking a quality local real ale

Licensees will benefit from increased trade as customers seek out their pubs to drink local beers

Licensees will also benefit from the additional publicity that the LocAle scheme will generate

The environment will benefit as these beers will have been delivered from just down the road rather than from hundreds of miles away

The local economy will benefit from the growth of the local breweries

The local community will benefit from a sense of  loyalty and pride towards local beers they can identify with

What is LocAle?
The criterion is 20 miles from the pub door to the brewery. This is a distance arrived at, and is particular to, the Nottingham branch area and has taken into account of the geographical location. In keeping with the name LocAle any beer has got to feel local, if the distance was made too big the danger is that this local feel will be lost. In other areas the local branch may feel that a lesser or greater distance may be more appropriate. For example if this scheme was set up in London the local branch may decide on a 10 mile radius or a branch in the remotes of Scotland may decide on 50 miles.

What about if a brewery is just outside the zone that you feel is local to Nottingham?
Then unfortunately they will not be acceptable to be a LocAle if over 20 miles away from the pub, The pub must be in the Nottingham area. The idea is hopefully other branches will take this scheme on and these breweries will fall into their branch area.

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What can you do to support the scheme?
This is very simple, all you have to do is try to get into the pubs in the scheme and ask for the LocAle, which should be apparent by the LocAle crowns attached to the pump clips.
One of the criteria for pubs to be in the scheme is that they must ALWAYS have at least one LocAle on at all time.

You can help monitor this by emailing localewatch@nottinghamcamra.org pubs that are on the list below that are not keeping locale on even briefly as it is important pubs do always have at least one locale on at all times, and also we want you to report on pubs that do keep the locale on so we look at both sides, the good and bad.		    
     

Progress - The scheme is now spreading to other camra branch areas around Nottingham and even cropping up at camra beer festivals. There are now 75 pubs taking part, listed below.

The scheme is now officialy going national, so you will be seeing LocAles in pubs all round the country. This will mean a future slight change in the logo to "camra LocAle"

   
     

Here is a list of pubs involved in the scheme where you can get LocAle
Admiral Rodney, Wollaton
Approach, Friar Lane, City Centre
Bell Inn, Old Market Square, City Centre
Black Horse, Caythorpe
Black Horse, Hose
Bramley Apple, Southwell
Bread & Bitter, Woodthorpe Drive, Mapperley Top
Bridge Inn, Dunham-on-Trent
Broadway, Broad Street, City Centre
Bunkers Hill Inn, Hockley, City Centre
Canalhouse, Canal Street, City Centre
Chequers, Beeston
Chestnut Tree, Sherwood
Company inn, Castle Wharf, City Centre
Conservative Club, Heanor
Crown, Old Dalby
Dew Drop Inn, Station Street, Ilkeston
Fellows Morton & Clayton, Canal Street, City Centre
Forest Tavern, Mansfield Road, City Centre
Fox & Crown, Newark
Fox and Crown, Church Street, Old Basford
Full Moon, Morton
Gatehouse, Derby Road, City Centre
Gladstone, Loscoe Road, Carrington
Globe, London Road, City Centre
Greyhound, High Road, Beeston
Grosvenor, Mansfield Road, Carrington
Hemlock Stone, Wollaton
Hop Pole, High Road, Beeston
Horse and Groom, Radford Road, New Basford
Horse and Jockey, Mill Street, Old Basford
Horse and Jockey, Nottingham Road, Stapleford
Horse Chestnut, Main Road, Radcliffe on Trent
Inn the Middle, Langley Mill
Joseph Else, Market Square, City Centre
Kean’s Head, St Mary's Gate, City Centre
Last Post, Beeston Square, Beeston
Lincolnshire Poacher, Mansfield Road, City Centre
Lion, Mosley Street, New Basford
Lord Nelson, Sutton-on-Trent
Mailcoach, Newark
Malt Shovel, Union Street, Beeston
Monkey Tree, Bridgford Road, West Bridgford
Moot, City Centre
Nag's Head, Old Great North Road, Sutton on Trent, NG23 6QJ
Newshouse, Canal Street, City Centre
Observatory, Ilkeston
Old Angel, Stoney Street, City Centre
Old Coach House, Southwell
Pilgrim Oak, Hucknall
Plough, St Peters Street, Radford
Poacher, Ilkeston
Queen Adelaide, Windmill Lane, Sneinton
Railway, Langley Mill
Red Lion, Heanor
Reindeer, Hoveringham
Riverside Farm, Queens Drive, Nottingham
Roebuck, St James Street, City Centre
Salutation, City Centre
Sample Cellar (Belvoir Brewery), Old Dalby
Sir Charles Napier, North Sherwood Street, City Centre
Southbank, Trent Bridge
Spanish Bar, Ilkeston
Spread Eagle, Caunton Road,Hockerton, NG25 0PL
Stick and Pitcher, University Boulevard
Stratford Haven, Stratford Road, West Bridgford
Three Crowns, Ruddington
Three Wheatsheaves, Derby Road, Lenton
Twitchell, Long Eaton
Unicorn's Head, Langar
Vat and Fiddle, Queens Bridge Road, City Centre
Victoria, Dovecote Lane, Beeston
Vine, Newark
White Horse, Ruddington
Woodlark Inn, Lambley


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