Summertime Pub Crawls
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Guide by
Andrew Humphreys, Peterjon Cresswell
Posted: Thu Apr 21 2005
Hammersmith
The pubs of Hammersmith reflect the split personality of one of west London's more colourful neighbourhoods. The Blue Anchor, Dove and Old Ship
are frequented by a mellow, moneyed crowd who like to play down at the
river's edge while enjoying the view and a spot of gastrofare.
Meanwhile the Brook Green Hotel and Salutation cater for a more down-toearth, characterful crowd in from the busy thoroughfares of King Street and Shepherd's Bush Road.
13 Lower Mall, W6 9DJ (020 8748 5774) Hammersmith tube. Open Mon-Sat 11am-11pm; Sun 12noon-10.30pm. Food served Mon-Fri 12noon-3pm, 6-9pm; Sat, Sun 12noon-4pm, 6-9pm.
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170 Shepherd's Bush Rd, W6 7PB (020 7603 2516) Hammersmith tube. Ground-floor bar
Open
Wed 8-11pm; Thur, Fri 8pm-12midnight; Sat 6pm-1am; Sun 7pm-12midnight.
First-floor bar open Mon-Thur 7am-11pm; Fri, Sat 8am-11pm; Sun
8am-10.30pm. Food served (first floor only) Mon-Thur 7am-9.30am,
12noon-3pm, 6-10pm; Fri, Sat 8am-10am, 12noon-3pm, 6-10pm; Sun
12noon-4pm, 6-10pm.
19 Upper Mall, W6 9TA (020 8748 5405) Hammersmith or Ravenscourt Park tube.
Open Mon-Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 12noon-10.30pm. Food served Mon-Sat 12noon-2.30pm, 5-9pm; Sun 12noon-4pm.
25 Upper Mall, W6 9TD (020 8748 2593) Hammersmith, Ravenscourt Park or Stamford Brook tube. Open Mon-Sat 9am-11pm; Sun 9am-10.30pm. Food served daily 9am-10.30pm.
154 King St, W6 0QU (020 8748 3668) Hammersmith tube.
Open Mon-Sat 11am-11pm; Sun 12noon-10.30pm. Food served daily 12noon-2.30pm, 5.30-9.30pm.
Late eats
Bagel Bite
20 Shepherd's Bush Green W12 8PH (020 8749 6411) Shepherd's Bush tube.
Open daily 24 hrs.
Catford
Despite
having a reputation that makes the Bronx appear a little on the genteel
side, Catford has plenty going for it. Not least a theatre, two
Japanese restaurants (one good, one even better), a giant black cat
perched on top of the shopping centre and a handful of decent boozers.
The best pubs are scattered to the four corners of SE6, with the first
technically in Lewisham SE13 and another sneaking into SE23. But hey,
who's counting? We covered the crawl on foot in well under three hours
and had time to rubbish our respective overpaid, underachieving
football teams and sink a leisurely pint in each. Beerhunters take
note: Catford Beer Festival, organised by CAMRA, takes place at the
Broadway Theatre on June 8-11 (see www.selcamra.org.uk for details).
354 Lewisham High St, SE13 6LE (8690 2054) Ladywell rail.
Open Mon-Sat 11am-11pm; Sun 12noon- 10.30pm. Food served Mon-Fri 12noon-6pm.
109 Rushey Green, SE6 4AF (020 8697 5028) Catford or Catford Bridge rail.
Open Mon-Sat 10am-11pm; Sun 12noon-10.30pm. Food served Mon- Sat 10am-10pm; Sun 12noon-9.30pm.
9 Winslade Way, SE6 4JU (8690 6206) Catford Bridge rail.
Open Mon-Sat 11am-11pm; Sun 12noon-10.30pm. Food served Mon-Fri 11am-3pm, 5-9pm; Sun 12noon-4pm.
319 Stanstead Rd, SE23 1JB (020 8690 5176) Catford or Catford Bridge rail.
Open Mon-Sat 11am-11pm; Sun 12noon-10.30pm.
55 Perry Hill, SE6 4LF (020 8291 9426) Catford Bridge rail/75, 181, 202 bus. Open Mon-Sat 11am- 11pm; Sun 12noon-10.30pm. Food served Mon-Sat 12noon-10pm, Sun 12noon-2.30pm.
Late eats
Tasty Kebab
111a Rushey Green, SE6 (020 8695 5382) Catford or Catford Bridge rail.
Open Mon-Thur 12noon- 1am; Fri-Sat 12noon-3am; Sun 12noon-1am.