Darlington

Diary

Branch Meetings and Socials

  • Darlington Town Walk - Hosting Wakefield Branch Saturday 24 January 2026 12:00 ORB Micropub

    Wakefield CAMRA are visiting Darlington for a town walk on Saturday 24th January.

    Some of our committee members have committed to meeting up and showing them around our real ale pubs. There is an open invite to all CAMRA members to join us. It's a great opportunity to come out and socialise with fellow CAMRA members from another part of the country whilst enjoying some great beer.

    We will be meeting at 12:00 in ORB.

    Meet in ORB
  • Steam Machine Beer Festival 14:00 Friday 30 – 22:00 Saturday 31 January 2026 Steam Machine

    Big Mash-Up: The Next Fermentation returns to mark Steam Machine’s 11th year, bringing together a mix of small-batch, collaborative and barrel-led beers that rarely appear on public taps.

    Across the weekend, more than 30 beers will be pouring, including eight Steam Machine beers, a curated range of guest breweries, and a dedicated Fellowship of Beer bar showcasing releases that are usually only available to members of the brewery’s subscription community.

    Those Fellowship beers include a honey braggot aged in an Irish whiskey barrel, a beetroot saison matured in a Spanish Rioja barrel, and a recreation of Brunswick Mumme brewed with wild botanicals based on 19th-century descriptions before being aged in a brandy barrel.

    Alongside these will be a wide spread of Steam Machine’s own beers, from barrel-aged imperial stouts and smoked porters through to West Coast IPAs, tank-poured pilsners and fruit beers, plus a small selection of winter styles from across Europe and the UK.

    Big Mash-Up is designed as a working-brewery festival rather than a generic tap takeover, with the brewing team behind the bar throughout the weekend and an emphasis on beers that sit outside standard production lines.

    The festival takes place at Steam Machine Brewing Company in Newton Aycliffe on the evenings of Friday 30th and Saturday 31st January.

  • Social Saturday - Northallerton Town Walk Saturday 31 January 2026 13:30 Darlington Train Station

    We have arranged to meet up with members of our neighbouring branch - North West Yorkshire - who will host us for a town walk in Northallerton.

    We will aim to meet at 13:30 in The Oddfellows Arms and will take in:
    The Buck Inn
    Stumble Inn
    The Little Tanner
    The Golden Lion

    There are regular train services from Darlington, the best option being the 12:58.

    There is also a Hodgsons Bus service No. 72 that takes 52 mins from Market Square to Northallerton High Street and runs every 2 hours from Stand M. The best options are 11:03am or 1:03pm.

  • February Branch Meeting Tuesday 10 February 2026 19:30 Darlington Snooker Club
  • Darlington Rugby Club Beer Festival Friday 6 – Sunday 8 March 2026 Darlington Rugby Football Club