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Campaign for Real Ale

Whatpub updates to 8 April 2019

The following represent updates to CAMRA's WhatPub database took place between 4 March 2019 and 8 April 2019.

BEXLEY

BEXLEYHEATH, GOLDEN LION (Stonegate), 258 Broadway, DA6 8BE. Members discount is now 10% off real ales.

BEXLEYHEATH, WRONG 'UN (Wetherspoon), 234-236 Broadway, DA6 8AS. Westons Old Rosie regularly available

BROMLEY

BROMLEY, BARREL & HORN (Fuller's), 204-206 High Street, BR1 1PW. Members’ discount changed to 10% off real ales.

FARNBOROUGH, CHANGE OF HORSES (Ei Group), 87 High Street, BR6 7BB. According to the pub website it is currently closed for a ‘short undeterminable period of time’ since late March 2019.

CROYDON & SUTTON

COULSDON, FOX (Vintage Inns (Mitchells & Butlers)), Coulsdon Corner Fox Lane, CR3 5QS. Membership Discount of 20p off a pint of cask ale added (reflecting rest of the chain)

COULSDON, JACK & JILL (Star (Heineken UK)), Longlands Avenue, CR5 2QJ. Still closed but plans to reopen on 3 May 2019, under new management.

CROYDON, RANDALL TAVERN (Star (Heineken UK)), Fieldway, New Addington, CR0 9DZ. Real Ale now available in the form of Bombardier.

WORCESTER PARK, RUMOURS 25-27 Central Road, KT4 8EG. Closed and advertised as 'to let'

EAST LONDON & CITY

EC1, CHARTERHOUSE BAR, 38 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6JH. Reopened after a long closure as BEERHAWK, a bar and Bottle shop with 12 keg lines and 2 cask ales. Card sales only.

EC1, SERATA HALL (Albion & East), 207 Old Street, EC1V 9NR. A co-working space, bakery, distillery, bar and restaurant. 5 keg beers.

EC1, WILLIAM BLAKE (Stonegate), 174-180 Old Street, EC1V 9BP. Rebranded as a SPORTS BAR & GRILL. Real ale discontinued.

EC2, RAILWAY TAVERN (Greene King), 15 Liverpool Street, EC2M 7NH. No longer offers a CAMRA discount.

EC3, SIMMONS (Simmons), 35 Eastcheap, EC3M 1DE. Opening soon.

E1, MECHANIC BREWING COMPANY TAPROOM, Arch 22a, Cudworth Street, E1 5QU. Taproom for the Mechnic Brewing Company. 9 Taps and Bottles.

E1, OLIVER CONQUEST (Ei Group), 70 Leman Street, E1 8EU. Reopened as part of EI Group’s Bermondsey Pub Co managed division. At least two real ales, one was London Pride.

E1, SIR SYDNEY SMITH (Wellington), 22 Dock Street, E1 8JP. Now offers 50p off a pint of cask ale to CAMRA members.

E1, WATER POET (Spitalfields Bars), 11 Folgate Street, E1 6BX. Closed, whole area scheduled for redevelopment.

E1W, VICTUALLER, 69 Garnet Street, E1W 3QS. Closed in November. Being coverted to a gym [D3]. Was the Three Suns.

E4, KING'S HEAD (Stonegate), 2B Kings Head Hill, E4 7EA. Now offers 10% off real ales to CAMRA members.

E5, MERMAID (Grace Land), 181 Clarence Road, E5 8EE. Leaseholder now Ye Olde Pub Company Ltd (Freeholder SENTIDALE LIMITED)

E7, FOREST GATE HOTEL (Star (Heineken UK)), 105 Godwin Road, E7 0LW. Real Ale discontinued.

E8, MARTELLO HALL (--individual--), 137 Mare Street, E8 3RH. Opeartor now:- Albion & East

E8, ST JOHN AT HACKNEY BREWPUB, 16 & 17 Bohemia Place, E8 1DU. Renamed HACKNEY CHURCH BREW CO.

E11, LEYTONSTONE TAVERN (Coex Properties LLP), 119 Harrow Road, E11 3PX. Opeartor now:- Taverns East Ltd

E11, SOLVAY SOCIETY TAPROOM, Arch 223, Madeira Road, E11 4AF. Keg beer.

E13, ARMY & NAVY, 36 New Barn Street, E13 8JA. Closed. Unlikely to reopen.

E16, REACH BAR, Gallions Hotel, Albert Basin Way, E16 4BF. Renamed Galyons Bar & Kitchen.

E17, COLLAB (--unknown--), 198 Hoe Street, E17 4BF. Collaboration between Signature Brew and We serve Humans, a food vendor. At least 12 taps.

E17, QUEENS ARMS (Ei Group), 42 Orford Road, E17 9NJ. Opeartor now:- Youngertabbitt Limited

ENFIELD & BARNET

N10, MINSTREL BOY (Pridevale Properties), 156 Colney Hatch Lane, N10 1ER. Planning app to demolish and replace with 9 flats plus commercial space currently being appealed following refusal.

N12, FUDU LOUNGE, 713 High Road, N12 0BP. .Became a restaurant - now Children's activity centre

NW7, RISING SUN (Star (Heineken UK)), 137 Marsh Lane, NW7 4EY. Real Ale discontinued.

ENFIELD, FALCON (Radia Estates Ltd), 115 South Street, EN3 4PX. Demolished 2017.

ENFIELD, STATION TAVERN (Meet & Eat (Greene King)), 257 Green Street, EN3 7SH. Still closed. Freehold purchased by YEN OF LONDON LTD off CAPITAL HOMES SERVICES LIMITED Feb 2019.

KINGSTON & LEATHERHEAD

CHESSINGTON, CRICKETERS (Admiral Taverns), 81, Clayton Road, Hook, KT9 1NQ. Real Cider available in the Summer months.

KINGSTON, CANBURY ARMS (Ei Group), 49 Canbury Park Road, KT2 6LQ. Recently reopened after a major makeover. .

NORTH LONDON

N1, BULL (Castle (Mitchells & Butlers)), 100 Upper Street, N1 0NP. Real Ale discontinued.

N1, DUCHESS OF KENT (Wellington), 72 Prebend Street, N1 8PR. Closed.

N1, DUKE OF WELLINGTON (Frontier Pubs (Ei Group)), 119 Balls Pond Road, N1 4BL. No longer Locale accredited as real ale appears to be intermittently available.

N1, LEXINGTON (Wellington), 96-98 Pentonville Road, N1 9JB. Now offers 10% off real ales to CAMRA members.

N1, RADICALS & VICTUALLERS (Castle (Mitchells & Butlers)), 59 Upper Street, N1 0NY. Real Ale discontinued.

N6, RED LION & SUN (Greene King), 25 North Road, N6 4BE. No longer Cask Marque accredited.

N22, N22 BAR (--individual--), 242 High Road, N22 8JX. Closed c.2017 - planning app to convert ground floor to 10 bedroom HMO withdrawn

NW1, GOLDEN LION (--individual--), 88 Royal College Street, NW1 0TH. Now Locale accredited.

NW1, PACK & CARRIAGE (Macnei), 162 Eversholt Street, NW1 1BL. Reopened but without real ale and substantially reduced keg offering. More a reception area for the hotel upstairs.

NW5, OXFORD TAVERN (Maverick Pubs), 256 Kentish Town Road, NW5 2AA. Now offers CAMRA members 10% off real ales.

NW10, WILLIAM IV (Wellington), 786 Harrow Road, NW10 5JX. Real Ale confirmed as Wainwright and Young's Bitter.

W1, LORE OF THE LAND (Mitchells & Butlers), 4 Conway Street, W1T 6BB. Now Cask Marque accredited.

RICHMOND & HOUNSLOW

W4, DUKE OF YORK (ex Fuller's), 107 Devonshire Road, W4 2HU. Closed on Monday 8th April. Planning permission has been applied to turn it into flats.

BEDFONT, BELL ON THE GREEN (Star (Heineken UK)), 661 Staines Road, Feltham, TW14 8PA. Opeartor now:- GREGG & EVE UK LTD

BRENTFORD, MAGPIE & CROWN (Wellington), 128 High Street, TW8 8EW. Closed.

BRENTFORD, WATERMANS ARMS (Hawthorn Leisure), 1 Ferry Lane, TW8 0AW. Hawthorn Leisure was sold to NewRiver Retail.

HAMPTON COURT, KINGS ARMS (Hall & Woodhouse), Lion Gate, Hampton Court Road, East Molesey, KT8 9DD. Pub closed and being refurbished. Expecting to reopen June/July 2019

HAMPTON HILL, WINDMILL (Admiral Taverns), 80 Windmill Road, Hampton, TW12 1QU. Closed for conversion into housing.

RICHMOND, WATERMANS ARMS (Ram Pub Company (Young's)), 12 Water Lane, TW9 1TJ. Closed.

TWICKENHAM, BARMY ARMS (Greene King), The Embankment, TW1 3DU. Freeholder Aprirose following sale by British Land March 2019

TWICKENHAM, GEORGE (Greene King), 32 King Street, TW1 3SN. Freeholder Aprirose following sale by British Land March 2019

TWICKENHAM, TWICKENHAM CRICKET CLUB (--unknown--), The Green, TW2 5TU. Added to the database.

SOUTH EAST LONDON

SE1, BOTTLE SHOP, 128 Druid Street, SE1 2HH. Closed. Business taken into administration.

SE1, BRIDGE HOUSE (Adnams), 218 Tower Bridge Road, SE1 2UP. Having closed in 2018 when the tenant retired, the pub has been taken over, refurbished, reopened in March 2019 and renamed the RAVEN with an extensive range of cask and keg beers, by Bloomsbury Leisure who run the nearby Waterloo Tap.

SE1, HERCULES TAVERN (MADIGAN’S) (Fuller's), 2 Kennington Road, SE1 7BL. After several stints as restaurants of one form or another, the HERCULES is now back as a pub under the ownership of Fuller's. Extensive range of cask and keg beers and ciders. All day food including breakfast.

SE2, ABBEY ARMS (Ei Group), 31 Wilton Road, SE2 9RH. Closed for refurbishment and to become part of Dirty Liquor.

SE10, THIRSTY DRAGON, 166 Trafalgar Road, SE10 9TZ. A short lived venture that opened in summer 2018 and closed at the end of 2018

SE13, STATION HOTEL (Young's), 14 Staplehurst Road, SE13 5NB. Freehold owned by Greene King and operated by Young's (ex Redcomb)

SE18, STAR (Dirty Liquor (Ei Group)), 158 Plumstead Common Road, SE18 2UL. Reopened, however, the refurbishment of 2019 has seen many Victorian features from its predecessor and a rare surviving example of a 3 bar compartmentalised interior lost to make way for a large single room with painted bar brick walls. There are a couple of cask ales (Landlord, Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter or Hogs Back TEA) available along with good range of keg beers from local breweries.

SE18, TAPROOM SE18 (Hop Stuff Brewery), 15 Major Draper Street, SE18 6GD. Cqsk beers no longer from Hop Stuff but still from other mostly London microbreweries.

SE18, VOLUNTEER (Ei Group), 130-132 Plumstead High Street, SE18 1JQ. Closed, lease on the market.

SOUTH WEST ESSEX

GIDEA PARK, SHIP (Greene King), 93 Main Road, RM2 5EL. Owner now Smythe Inns Ltd

SOUTH WEST LONDON

SW2, CROWN & SCEPTRE, 2A Streatham Hill, SW2 4AH. Urban & Urban Ltd are the freeholders and LT management operate it on their behalf. No longer Cask Marque accredited.

SW9, GROSVENOR (Hamna Wakaf Limited), 17 Sidney Road, SW9 0TP. Repened March 2019 after nearly five years of closure. Serves 5 changing real ales.

SW11, POWDERKEG (Clapham Leisure), 147 St John's Hill, SW11 1TQ. Real Ale discontinued.

SW16, CHALKPIT, The High Parade, 20-21 Streatham High Rd, SW16 1EX. Opened November 2018. Food led, no cask beer; keg range served in two thirds measures and card payment only. Closed Mon & Tue.

SW16, HORSE & GROOM (Greene King), 60 Streatham High Road, SW16 1DA. Freeholder Aprirose following sale by British Land March 2019

SW16, LEIGHAM WELL (Ei Group), 1 Wellfield Road, SW16 2BT. No longer Cask Marque accredited.

MITCHAM, KINGS ARMS (Ram Pub Company (Young's)), 260-262 London Road, CR4 3HD. Sold by Young's to Ashira Holdings, Still operating as a pub.

WEST LONDON

SW1, SPEAKER (Bermondsey Pub Co (Ei Group)), 46 Great Peter Street, SW1P 2HA. Now Cask Marque accredited.

SW6, EEL BROOK (Marston Properties), 65 New Kings Road, SW6 4SG. The operator is Cirrus Inns. Reopened as the BROOK HOUSE, a mix of restaurant, pub, and bar. It's run by Mark Dyer and Eamonn Manson, a duo who have already achieved success with three other local pubs. The venue is mainly laid out for diners but casual drinkers can obtain a drink at the bar and some space is available for them. There is an all-day food menu as well as specific lunch and dinner menus, and on Sundays there are roast options. A 3.7% Greene King house beer is badged as Brook House. Old Speckled Hen is also sold.

SW6, MADDISONS (Ei Group), 474-476 Fulham Road, SW6 1BY. Closed.

SW6, SANDS END), 135-137 Stephendale Road, SW6 2PR. The owner is Cirrus Inns, the operator the DM Group.

W1, GEM (Stonegate), 10 Beak Street, W1F 9RA. Converted to BE AT ONE with no draught beer.

W2, 65 WESTBOURNE, 65 Westbourne Grove, W2 4UJ. Now part of First Restaurant Group

W2, DRAFT HOUSE (Draft House (Brewdog)), Unit 1, West End Quay, W2 1JX. Previously a Draft House, this site reopened as a BrewDog outlet in March 2019. This is their first bar with a designated "Desk Dog" reservable co-working space with power, a printer, and stationery. The food offering veers towards burgers/dogs/wings choices. 24 taps of craft beers are on offer including a real ale by BrewDog's definition but not yet by CAMRA's! So no cask beer!

W2, DAR MARRAKESH (Ei Group), 422 Edgware Road, W2 1EG. Owner now Bestplace (Ei Group).

W6, OLD SUFFOLK PUNCH (Maverick Pubs), 80 Fulham Palace Road, W6 9PL. Now offers CAMRA members 10% off real ales.

W11, RUM KITCHEN (Icarus Leisure Notting Hill Ltd), 6-8 All Saints Road, W11 1HH. CLOSED. To reopen in April 2019 as Little Yellow Door, the house parties-style bar and restaurant concept backed by Edition Capital

WC2, CHESHIRE CHEESE (Shepherd Neame), 5 Little Essex Street, WC2R 3LD. Closed for refurb.

WC2, DEVEREUX (Taylor Walker (Greene King)), 20 Devereux Court, WC2R 3JJ. Following a period of closure, this venue reopened in March 2019 as "a proper pub". It is located in a quiet courtyard in the Middle Temple heart of London's legal district. Wood panelling, booths, partitions and historical prints predominate. Features such as wi-fi and a large upstairs function room are in preparation. Toasties expected soon! Pride & Ghost Ship + 2 changing beers.

WEST MIDDLESEX

W3, CASTLE (Fuller's), 140 Victoria Road, W3 6UL. CAMRA membership discount reduced to 10% off real ales.

W3, PINX (--individual--), 48 High Street, W3 6LG. Planning granted to convert whole block to one retail unit.

W5, GROVE (Metropolitan (Greene King)), 1 Ealing Green, W5 5QX. Cider accreditation removed as Lilley's is not real cider.

GREENFORD, RAILWAY (Flaming Grill (Greene King)), 390 Oldfield Lane North, UB6 0AP. Freeholder now Aprirose following sale by British Land March 2019

HARROW, JUNCTION (Oak Tree (Mitchells & Butlers)), 8 Gayton Road, HA1 2DH. Real Ale (and real cider) discontinued. Handpump removed.

HARROW, OSCARS (Accor Hotels), Cumberland Hotel, 1 St Johns Road, HA1 2EF. Finally demolished in 2019 having closed in 2015.

NORTHWOOD, HASTE HILL GOLF COURSE (Hillingdon Council), The Drive, HA6 1HN. Bar closed and to let.

NORTHWOOD HILLS, LOCKER ROOM (--individual--), The Broadway, 29-31 Joel Street, HA6 1NZ.. Real Ale discontinued.

RUISLIP, HOP & VINE (--individual--), 18 High Street, HA4 7AN. Locale status removed as local beers are not guaranteed. Cider may not be real.

UXBRIDGE, ABROOK ARMS (Punch Taverns), 191 Harefield Road, UB8 1PW. Demolished 2019. Planning granted 2017 to demolish and replace with 18 residential units having closed in 2014.

UXBRIDGE, QUEEN'S HEAD (Greene King), 54 Windsor Street, UB8 1AB. Locale reaccredited from breweries such as Rebellion, Twickenham, Reunion

WEMBLEY, 182 (--individual--), 182-184 Preston Road, HA9 8PA. Bar / Restaurant originally opened in 1995 in retail premises as a private members club. The club aspect was removed from signage in 2016/7 and staff have confirmed the establishment is open to all. Usual keg beers. Happy hour Tue-Fri 12-4 £2.50 on selected pints.

WEMBLEY, THIRSTY EDDIE'S (--individual--), 412 High Road, HA9 6AH. Closed for over a year with the freehold for sale for £750,000