Diary
Branch Meetings and Socials
- Branch Meeting and Quoits Competition
Tuesday 16 June 2026 19:00
Darlington Quoits Club 1846
It's our annual branch Quoits Competition!
For those who haven't attended before, we hold a branch meeting at the Quoit Club at the slightly earlier time of 7:00pm, This is followed by our branch Quoit competition where we play for the Malcolm Dunstone Cup.
This is very much a fun event open to everyone whether you've ever thrown a quoit or not. It's always a highlight of the branch calendar so please come along.
Current Cup Holder Paul Appleton receiving the trophy in 2025:
- Glastonbeery Beer Festival
12:00 Friday 26 – 23:00 Sunday 28 June 2026
The Georgian Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees
3 day beer festival held at the Georgian Theatre Music venue over what would normally be the Glastonbury weekend.

- June Survey Bus Trip
Saturday 27 June 2026
Darlington Market Square
We are continuing our survey trips around the rural areas of the branch. This time we heading south of Darlington. As usual, this is open to CAMRA members and non-CAMRA members.
- 12:45pm Pick up Aldborough St. John
- 1:00pm Pick up Darlington (behind Dolphin Centre)
- Chequers Inn, Dalton-on-Tees
- Black Bull, Great Smeaton
- Beeswing, East Cowton
- Herdsman, North Cowton
- Duke of Wellington, Wellbury
- Lord Nelson, Appleton Wiske
- 7:30pm Darlington drop off
- 7.45pm Aldborough St. John drop off
Cost = £18 CAMRA members, £20 non-CAMRA members.
To reserve a place, please pay by bank transfer using the details below and use your name as a reference:
Sort Code: 05-04-04
Acct No.: 13224466and drop a line to social@darlo.camra.org.uk to let us know.
Alternatively you can give cash to any of the branch committee members.
Sign Up sheet
Number Name CAMRA Member Y/N? 1 Ian Taylor Y 2 Pete Fenwick Y 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 - Barnard Castle Meet Up
Saturday 15 August 2026 13:00
Old Well Inn
Members of the committee will be heading to Barnard Castle to give Barney branch members chance to meet up, say hello and talk about CAMRA issues.
We will finish with a walk around the town's best real ale pubs for those who want to join us.