Residents of Wanborough are gearing up for the return of the traditional village beer run.

The beer run is making a comeback for the first time in three years on Friday following the end of Covid restrictions.

Covid restrictions meant the beer run could not take place last year or in 2020.

The event has been taking place in Wanborough since the 1950s and is being planned to coincide with the “Big Picnic” Queen’s Jubilee village celebrations this year.

Participants sprint, jog & stroll between each of the village’s pubs, stopping to drink half a pint of ale at each stop in as little as 14 minutes.

In 1977 the present practice of each pub lining up the beers on a table outside the pub was adopted to ease congestion and in the 1980s the run was opened up for ladies to participate at the instigation of Sally Dickson, daughter of the then Plough landlord & landlady Dick & Eileen.

The annual beer run normally takes place on the late Spring May Bank Holiday Monday and attracts people from far and wide to participate in or to enjoy the pubs.

Up to 60 people are set to part with entry to the event now closed for participants.

The pubs in Wanborough which are taking part in the beer run are The Cross Keys, The New Calley Arms, The Plough, The Harrow Inn and the Brewers Arms.

Organiser, Michael Kent, said: “I’m looking forward to it, it’s good to see it back and it’s been well received.

“People are really excited to see it back.”