CAMpaign for Real Ale 

Local Branches of CAMRA

Stockport & South Manchester
North Manchester
Rochdale Oldham & Bury
Wigan
Macclesfield and East Cheshire
North Cheshire

Greater Manchester Region

Trading Standards

If you've been served short measure, or been given keg when you Asked for Cask, then the first thing to do is to tell the bar staff. If you're still not satisfied, you might want to contact

City of Manchester Trading Standards
Trafford Trading Standards

Travel Information

Streetmap
Greater Manchester Journey Planner
Day Tickets and Fares on buses, trains and trams in Greater Manchester

Cask Ale and how it's brewed

Cask Marque an accreditation scheme for pubs selling cask ale

Miscellaneous Beer and Pub Related

British Beer and Pub Association home page
Kegwatch for lost and stolen casks
Opening Times magazine
SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers)
Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood
Beer in the Evening, a wonderful searchable database of pubs with various people's opinions on them
British Beermat Collectors Society
The English Public House Database, a small non-commercial group of enthusiasts interested in the history, name derivations and signs of the English Public House, and also the developers of what they hope will become the most comprehensive data base of pubs
The Inn Sign Society, explaining how pubs got their names

Miscellaneous other

The British Vole Appreciation Society, now becoming one of Britain's most endangered animals - joke site, serious subject

The Middleton Pace-Egg Play, a mumming begging tradition going back centuries and performed in the pubs and bars of Middleton

The Autistic Society Greater Manchester Area, a small local charity working with people affected by Autism and Asperger Syndrome - visit the site and give them some money!