Last Sunday saw the fourth Helen Bolton Cribbage Tournament to be held at The Retreat. Previous winners were: 1999 – David Gray and Di Whitaker2020 – Jo Dormer and Tilly Harrington2021 – no contest2022 – Jo Dormer and Tilly Harrington …
Friday 26 May to Sunday 28 May 2023Artists, dates and times will be confirmed here.
The Good Beer Guide from CAMRA is the UK’s best selling beer and pub guide. The Retreat is proud to be listed again. The Guide, which surveys 4,500 of the best pubs across the UK, is the definitive beer drinker’s …
It was, as ever, an hilarious afternoon with a high level of competition. Click here for the results.
Every year, the Reading & Mid-Berkshire CAMRA branch awards its Pub of the Year title to the pub voted for by branch members. It’s the most prestigious prize they can bestow. We are delighted to announce that The Retreat was …
Another hotly contested event. See the results, photos and a video.
The Retreat was pleased to host The Helen Bolton Cribbage Tournament for the third time. Tilly Harrington and Jo Dormer were the winners.
We are pleased to announce that The Retreat is one of the 24 pubs selected by Reading & Mid Berkshire CAMRA to be on the Reading Ale Trail 2022. And, we are especially excited that the Ale Trail will be …
We’re thrilled, we’re listed again! The latest edition of the CAMRA Good Beer Guide is published this week and The Retreat is listed again. We were originally listed in the first ever CAMRA Good Beer Guide in 1974. Out of …
Did you know that it’s International Beer Day on Friday 6 August? No? Neither did I. The good news is that we are in training and will be match fit for 6 August. Apparently, participants are encouraged to give one …
