Branch Diary
- Branch Social to Lewes
Saturday 15 November 2025
Test venue
Branch social by bus to Lewes for the Brewers Arms, 91 High Street, 9th annual beer festival. Catch the Brighton & Hove 29 bus at 10.48am from Royal Victoria Parade (stop K2 outside Metrobank) via TW rail station to arrive in Lewes at 12.15. Option of taking in other Lewes pubs while there before catching the return 29 bus at 16.51 to arrive at Crowborough Cross to break the journey at 17.40. Choice of 29 buses back to TW until late but the 18.46 arrives in TW at 19.06. Those starting from further afield from TW and without a bus pass can buy a Discovery ticket to cover all bus journeys (see above).
Brewers Arms Lewes
Crowborough Cross
- Branch Social to Cellars Alehouse Maidstone
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Test venue
Branch social to the Cellars Alehouse, Maidstone for their Green Hop festival from 5pm onwards. Travel by train or bus. The 16.08 train from Sevenoaks (Tonbridge 16.18) arrives at Paddock Wood at 16.24, then change and a 7 minute connection to arrive at Maidstone West station at 16.54. The Cellars is a short walk away. Return trains from Maidstone West are half hourly until late. Arriva bus 7 leaves Tunbridge Wells rail station at 15.14 via Tonbridge Castle (15.57) arriving at Maidstone West at 16.55. Return buses are hourly at 14 minutes past the hour.
Cellars Alehouse Green Hop Festival 2025
Cellars Alehouse Maidstone
- Branch Social to Petteridge and Tunbridge Wells
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Hopbine
Branch social by bus to the Hopbine, Petteridge, followed by the Ragged Trousers, Tunbridge Wells - recently taken over by the Hopbine owners. Catch the Hams Travel 297 bus from TW rail station at 12.15 (Monson Road stop M at 12.17) arriving at Petteridge Lane, Brenchley at 12.44, then a 10 minute walk along the lane to the Hopbine. Return on the 297 at 14.56 from Petteridge Lane arriving in TW at 15.30. It is then a short walk to the Pantiles and the Ragged Trousers.
Hopbine Petteridge
Ragged Trousers Tunbridge Wells