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ESSEX
SOUTHEND - in 1990 had a quick pint in a pub by the station when travelling round the country by train. So did the train driver who'd just driven me here!

ISLE OF WHITE - visited briefly in 1990 during my travels
RYDE - had a drink, lunch and played pool in a large pub while stuck on the island 'cos the little ferry wasn't running due to rough seas.

LONDON - I've visited over the years, occasionally for fun and in recent years quite regularly due to work (which I make fun by going to pubs).
BAYSWATER
* PRINCE EDWARD - Last visit: 2002 - came here a few times when staying nearby for work, a comfy pub with a central bar, good food and Badger beers.
* I have also been in another pub nearby, don't remember much about it other than it being busy and showing football on TV.
BLACKFRIARS & ST PAULS
* CENTRE PLACE - Last visit: 2010 - old pub in the shadow of St Pauls Cathedral, a narrow corridor with wood panelling and seating in booths along one side leads to a larger open room, ales were London pride and something else. A big screen TV and annoying loud music playing   photo  
* DOGGET'S COAT & BADGE - Last visit: 2010 - next to Blackfriars Bridge on the south river bank, an unpleasent looking 1970s ? building with several floors. The main bar is a large low ceilinged room down some steps, divided into various areas with comfy seating at the back and big windows at the front with river views, there's also a riverside patio. A big choice of ales from London Pride to guest beers from various breweries - part of the Nicholson pub chain  photo  
* I've also been in another pub on the south bank near here in 2000 ?, quite a modern looking place with real ale - I think it may of been the Founders Arms
BLOOMSBURY & OXFORD STREET
* THE BLOOMSBURY - Last visit: 2010 - a traditoinal pub on the corner of an interesting building. Inside is one long room, bare wood floor and wood panelled walls, leaded windows and 3 ales from Shepherd Neame.   photo
* CROWN - Last visit: 2010 - a small traditional Sam Smiths pub, one cosy room by a curved bar but divided into a couple of areas all with lots of dark wood. Also a yard to sit outside.
* THE PLOUGH - Last visit: 2010 - a typical London corner pub on a side street with big windows, dark wood and a fairly large L shaped interior around the long bar. Beers were from Fullers, Youngs & Greene King  photo
* QUEENS LARDER - Last visit: 2010 - small cosy corner pub on a pedestrian side street. Inside is small room with bare floor, wood panelled walls and lots of poster from the shows. 3 ales, 2 common brews but one was an interesting guest. Also a patio area out front  photo  website
* TOTTENHAM (Oxford Street) - Last visit: 2010 - average looking pub outside but has an impressive interior, one long narrow room with lots of dark wood, mirrors, paintings and other features. Several ales including London Pride and guests.  photo
COVENT GARDEN
* CROWN (7 Dials) - Last visit: 2011 - wedge shaped corner pub with bar floored areas either side of the central bar plus a small more cosy back areas with sofas. A few real ales, on my visit these included Woodfordes Wherry,
* HARP - Last visit: 2010 - busy, lively, small pub with a narrow bar room, bare wooden floor and decorated with mirrors, lots of old paintings and pump clips. A big choice of ales including from Dark Star and various guests from around the UK. There's also an upstairs room and the gents toilets are on a tricky corner of the narrow staircase!   photo   
* PUNCH & JUDY - Last visit: 2011 - in the market building, with a balcony bar upstairs and 'cellar bar' downstairs (obviously!) which I went in. A large low room with bare brickwork etc, this gives access to an 'outside' drinking areas in the market building far beneath the ornate roof - all very interesting! Nothing too exciting beer wise, Youngs and something else.  photo
* WHITE LION - Last visit: 2011 - a traditional London pub with long bar, bare wooden floor, lots of windows etc. A Nicholsons pub with a good choice of ales from some interesting breweries.
CRICKLEWOOD
* BEATEN DOCKET - Last visit: 2000 - came here once when staying with people nearby, a very large Wetherspoons pub but divided up into different areas to sit.
EALING
* GLOBE ? - Last visit: 1998 - went to a pub years ago when here with work, remember nothing about it but other people tell me it was the Globe nr Windmill Road
* PLOUGH- Last visit: 2009 - a big Fullers pub I called into for lunch, refurbished and opened out inside but still traditional feeling with bare brick, high ceilings, mirrors and different seating areas round the central bar. Plenty of ales, mostly from Fullers.  photo
EUSTON, GREAT PORTLAND STREET, FITZROVIA, TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD etc
* BREE LOUISE (Euston) - Last visit: 2011 - very close to the station, a traditional looking pub with one open room inside. Tables at the back and a bare boarded area to stand by the bar. A huge choice of ales (15 or more ?) including plenty of unusual guest beers, some on handpups but others served straight from the barrel. Always busy and lively on my visits  photo
* BRITANNIA (Euston) - Last visit: 2010 - upstairs within the station, a long open bar with balcony which looks down to the concourse. A few Fullers ales.
* DUKE OF YORK (Fitzrovia) - Last visit: 2010 - a large corner pub with an open room round a central bar, ales were Greene King etc, but also a more intesting guest
* DORIC ARCH - see Head of Steam
* EUSTON TAP (Euston) - Last visit: 2012 - a bar in one of the towers that once formed the old Euston station building. The one room bar is quite small,but there are steps leading to mroe room upstairs and also seating outside. Specialises in unusual beers, both lagers and real ales witha big and interesting choice. Dont worry if you see no handpumps on the bar, they're all on the back wall!
* FITZROVIA (off Tottenham Ct Road) - Last visit: 2010 - a pub with one open quite square large room with lots of dark wood, ales include London Pride/Youngs etc.
* GEORGE (Gt Portland St) - Last visit: 2010 - a typical London corner pub with one wooden floored room, big windows, tables on the pavement outside (which is where I sat so didnt pay much attention to the interior!) Green King ales, which thankfully included some more interesting guests     photo
* GREEN MAN (Gt Portland St) - Last visit: 2010 - a large pub, one open room on different levels and mostly set out for dining. Ales included the likes of London Pride, Spitfire etc.
* HEAD OF STEAM / now DORIC ARCH (Euston)- Last visit: 2011 - up some stairs just outside the station, once a Head of Steam pub but now renamed and run by Fullers. Sells a good mix of both Fuller's Ales and several changing guests from a variety of breweries. Plenty of railway memorabilia in one L shaped first floor room including a raised seating area and some seats in a little booth. Quite traditional feeling despite being in a 'modern' buidling, with lots of dark wood and big fireplace. It's a pub I've been to many times to enjoy a pint to celebrate the fact I'll soon be heading back north!   photo
* JACK HORNER (Tottenham Ct Rd) - Last visit: 2010 - large corner pub, one room with a big bar in the centre and lots of dark wood panels. Various Fullers beers on sale
* KING & QUEEN (Fitzrovia) - Last visit: 2010 - pub in an atttractive corner building, inside is one fairly small square open room with a high ceiling, big arched windows and lots of paintings of royalty. The ales were a mix of Adnams and ones from Cornish brewers.  photo
* MARQUIS OF GRANBY (Fitzrovia) - Last visit: 2010 - one roomed pub with a wooden floor, very busy on my visit so I sat outside. A few interesting ales
* NEWMAN ARMS (Fitzrovia) - Last visit: 2010 - an interesting little pub with a small basic L shaped bar room downstairs selling London Pride and guest ales, on my visit from Gales and Lancaster, while upstairs is a tiny wood panelled dining room specialising in pies   photo  
* RISING SUN (Tottenham Ct Rd) - Last visit: 2010 - traditional London corner pub with a big L shaped room round the bar, lots of dark wood etc and several handpumps with a mix of Fullers and Youngs ales
* ROYAL GEORGE (Euston) - Last visit: 2011 - 1930s style brick pub near the station, quite large inside and several ales, Youngs etc but also a couple of guests from smaller breweries.
* STAG (nr BBC Broadcasting House) - Last visit: 2010 - a small corner pub with London Pride and a guest ale, one room with wood panelled walls.
FLEET STREET & STRAND AREA
* EDGAR WALLACE (off the Strand) - Last visit: 2010 - corner pub with one small-ish square high ceilinged room (there's also an upstairs room), busy with after work suited chaps on my visit. 8 ales, mostly from small southern breweries (and one from West Yorks) and the walls are decorated with a huge number of pump clips. I had a decent burger here too.   photo    website
* GEORGE (Fleet Street) - Last visit: 2010 - an impressive looking mock Tudor pub, inside is one long room with ceiling beams etc leading to a cosy wood panelled area at the end with fireplace, armchairs and paintings on the walls. A few ales, Adnams and similar   photo  
* OLD BANK OF ENGLAND (Fleet Street) - Last visit: 2008 - just near the High Courts with a very impressive interior round a central bar, an ornate high ceiling with chandeliers and paintings on the walls, I had a very good pint of London Pride from the choice of Fuller's ales on sale   photo
* SEVEN STARS (behind Courts of Justice) - Last visit: 2010 - a cosy and quaint little pub, there's a small bar area and a couple of little rooms at either side. It's decorated with photos and old film/show posters and mirrors, and there was a pub cat snoozing at the bar. A few ales from Adnams, Darkstar and others - I liked this place very much!   photo  
* SHIP & SHOVELL (nr Charing Cross) - Last visit: 2010 - interesting pub with two completely seperate buildings either side of an alleyway. I went in the smaller of the 2 bars, a cosy little room with lots of bare wood, an area to stand by the bar, a couple of booths to sit in and a tiny snug. 3 ales from Badger brewery and a friendly Aussie lass serving!   photo   
HOLLAND PARK
* THE CASTLE - Last visit: 2010 - a corner pub with dark wood, bare floors and two seating areas, one by the bar and one up some steps at the back with a mix of comfy armshairs and sofas. Decent food, relaxing atmosphere and 4 ales inlcuding from Harveys and another small Southern brewery  photo
HATTON GARDEN
* OLD MITRE - Last visit: 2008 - hard to find, the entrance is down a narrow archway between shops. A very old pub, at the front there's a cosy little bar with wooden beams and fireplace and several ales with Adnams etc and guests (was a decent Yorkshire ale on my visit). Outside there's little courtyards and alleyways, some covered and at the back another room which was closed for a function which sadly meant the place was very busy with loud idiots in suits!  photo
HOLBORN
* CITTIE OF YORKE - Last visit: 2008 - very old (17th C ?) large pub, a corridor has doors to a small bar and a cellar bar, neither of which I went in. Instead I headed to the vast and impressive main bar at the back - a huge barn like room with very high ceiling, lots of dark ornate wood, archways and beams. There's lots of little booths to sit in along one side and at the back so it's cosy despite it's huge size. Along the other side is a very long bar, only bitter is Sam Smiths at their usual bargain
prices. photo
* HERCULES PILLARS - Last visit: 2010 - small interesting pub on a side street, one open room but on two levels with a mix of bar stools and cosy seating. Several handpumps, though most ales were off on my visit but had a decent pint of Youngs   photo
* PRINCESS LOUISE - Last visit: 2008 - another Sam Smiths pub but with an even more impressive interior. The large ornate central bar is surrounded by several little drinking booths accessed via corridors on each side, all divided up with lots of dark wood, glass and mirrors. There's also a front tap room with a curved window and slightly larger area at the back. Lots of tilework and other features - one of the most fantastic pub interiors I've ever seen photo
* SHAKESPEARE'S HEAD - Last visit: 2010 - a big Wetherspoons, one very long room but divided up into areas and with lots of dark wood panels. Usual W'spoons fayre including a good choice of ales
KENTISH TOWN - before going to see a band in 2000 went in a pub full of fellow 'gig goers', it had music on and a pool table but that's all I can recall.
MARLYEBONE & BAKER STREET AREA
* GLOBE - Last visit: 2011 - opposite Baker St tube, a large pub with a big bare floored open room, several doors and lots of windows along the front and seating on the pavement out front. Upstairs is the Sherlock Holmes room but I didnt venture up to see what that involves. Several expensive ales, Youngs, Bombadier and so on
* HARCOURT ARMS - Last visit: 2009 - traditional pub, a dark wooden interior round a central bar with TV sports. Was busy when I called in so didnt have much of a look round but I did have a good pint of London Pride (there were a couple of other ales too) and a big beef burger, which was the reason I visited   website
* METROPOLITAN - Last visit: 2011 - next to Baker Street tube station, a Wetherspoons in which the main room is a large hall with an ornate ceiling and pillars. Not the biggest choice of ales, but a couple of micros brews alongside more usual beers.
* WARGRAVE ARMS - Last visit: 2009 - corner pub with a long narrow rather basic 'L' shaped interior, seemed a traditional locals pub but was a bit lacking in ales on my visit, just a couple of Youngs beers on with a couple of empty handpumps. photo
 - also, in 2003 I visited two others pubs here, one was a traditional pub I had my tea in and the other was a more modern bar type place on the high street, don't remember the names of either.
MAYFAIR
* COACH & HORSES Bruton Street - Last visit: 2008 - old looking mock Tudor pub with stained glass windows etc, inside is a small cosy wood panelled bar with Fullers and guest beers plus good food (had my tea here) - the beer was pricey but food good value considering the area, its surrounded by some very posh shops! There's also an upstairs area I didnt visit.  photo
NOTTING HILL, NOTTING HILL GATE & KENSINGTON AREA
* ANGLESEA ARMS (South Kensington) - Last visit: 2010 - in a posh residential area, the front room is an open bar with big windows, lots of wood and a mix of seating including in small booths. There's also a restaurant area at the back and a patio out front. A good choice of beers with several guest ales from small breweries, there is food too but certainly in the evening it's rather upmarket (ie ££££'s !)  photo
* CHURCHILL (NHG) - Last visit: 2010 - an excellent, cosy and very interesting pub I've visited a few times. A traditional, dimly lit interior with the bar near the front & seating down either side with a couple of fire places and an unobtrussive TV showing sport. There's a choice of Fullers ales and a mixed lively set of punters from foriegn visitors to local 'characters'. But the thing that makes this a pub you wont forget is the amazing collection of objects hanging from the ceiling, chamber pots, old radios, lamps, jugs, rugby memerobilia, there's not a bare bit of ceiling and hardly a blank bit of wall either as they're covered with pictures, newspaper articles etc. And given the pub name, lots of Winston related items too. photo
* COCK & BOTTLE (N Hill) - Last visit: 2010 - corner pub on a side street with an attractive traditional interior, there's big windows, an ornate bar, lots of wood panelling and glass. There's a rooms to each side of the bar, one with a serving hatch. Beer was London Pride and a couple of intersting guests.  photo  
* ELEPHANT & CASTLE - Last visit: 2010 - a one roomed corner pub in a residential area, with bare floor and dark wood walls. 4 ales including guests, and food served
* HEREFORD ARMS (Gloucester Rd) - Last visit: 2010 - large old pub, though opened out inside, I called in here when passing by to get some food (see the Anglesea Arms above - I couldnt afford to eat there!). A few ales from Fullers and others, and OK food - still not cheap compared to home but I could claim it on expenses!
* PRICE OF WALES (Kensington)- Last visit: 2010 - an old narrow fronted pub, behind which is a long refurbished open room. Seats in a small ara at the front, then a long narrow bar area with high seats and set out for dining. A few Fullers and Youngs beers. photo
* OLD SWAN (NHG) - Last visit: 2010 - a fairly large open room with an wooden floor and the bar at the back. A few ales including Youngs and London Pride, been here a couple of times cos it was the only place nearby selling food in the eve, an OK place but nowt exciting.
* SCARSDALE TAVERN (Kensington) - Last visit: 2010 - on a posh residential side street, a rustic style pub inside with lots of wood, fake 'real' fires etc. The big bar is at the front with mirrors and a few handpumps inlcuding Fullers and guests from small southern brewers   photo   website
* UXBRIDGE (NHG) -Last visit: 2010 - been here a couple of times, a comfortable locals pub on a side street. Beer is London Pride and a couple of others and there's 2 small areas either side of the bar with fake 'real' fires, wood panelling anda nice cosy atmosphere . photo
PADDINGTON and nearby
* ARCHERY TAVERN - Last visit: 2001 - Badger beers on sale, I sat outside on the benches at the front so didn't notice too much about the inside.
* FOUNTAINS ABBEY - Last visit: 2010 - opposite St Marys Hospital, a large 'typical' London corner pub with bare wood, mirrors, big windows and a long bar with several ales including London Pride and Youngers.
* MAD BISHOP & BEAR - Last visit: 2009 - upstairs withi the railway station, there's a large 'outside' drinking area above the concourse and a modern silver front but behind is a traditional pub, one very big open room with dark wood, mirrors, a high ornate ceiling and a very long bar at the back. There's also a raised seating area to one side. Various beers from Fullers. photo
* VICTORIA TAVERN - Last visit: 2008 - been here twice several years apart, a smart looking white painted corner Fullers pub with a range of their ales. There's one comfortable open room, narrow by the big curved bar with wider areas at each end. An attractive interior with high ceilings, fireplaces, dark wood and mirrors. photo
RICHMOND - stayed with a friend who lives here one very rainy evening and did a pub crawl round the following:
* PRINCES HEAD - Last visit: 2009 - a Fullers pub with views out over the green. Inside has one room round the bar, seemed a locals pub with TV sport. We visited this one some food (had a good pie!), there were the usual Fullers beers.   photo
* RED COW - Last visit: 2009 - an interesting brick corner pub, inside there's a long narrow main room by the bar with with a mix of seating from high stools to sofas, dark wood, bare floors, fireplace and mirrors plus another small room hidden behind the bar. Several Youngs beers, not the cheapest (even for Richmond) but very nice and seemed a nice relaxed atmosphere in here.  photo  website
* ROEBUCK - Last visit: 2009 - uphill in a raised location with views over the park (well there would be, was dark when i visited!), a smart modernised but cosy interior divided up into several small rooms with lots of bare wood and brick, real fire and a mix of seating. The most interesting choice of ales of all the pubs tried with 3 ales from different little breweries.   photo
* WATERMANS ARMS - Last visit: 2009 - an old traditional pub on a steep side street leading to the river. Two little rooms either side of the small bar with wood paneling and various nautical memorabilia. There were 3 ales from Youngs   photo
* WHITE CROSS - Last visit: 2009 - on the bank of the Thames, downstairs is a small central bar with rooms either side though I didnt get much of a look at them as it was busy and we went upstairs where there's more seating. There's also a patio area by the river but we gave it a miss as it was hammering down! Youngs and other more common ales, but also a guest which was from Titanic. photo   website
* WHITE HORSE - Last visit: 2009 - a smart refurbished pub with an opened out room and more of a dining sort of place, but Fullers ales and a guest beer.   photo
SHEPHERDS BUSH and area - most of these were the choice of some work colleagues I was with, I'd had a few pints and wasnt paying much attention so descriptions arent great!
* BROOK GREEN HOTEL - Last visit: 2010 - big quite smart open plan place with Youngs beers, and an outdoor area
* DEFECTORS WELD - Last visit: 2011 - large corner pub near the green, 4 ales including Adnams and Southwold beers. Dark decor in the big open bar area, bare floors etc. Also a couple of more cosy areas with sofas etc
* THE GREEN - Last visit: 2010 - a corner pub, modernised inside with an open room but also some booths to sit in. Loud music, cheap food, ales including Fullers and Landlord.
* KINGS HEAD - Last visit: 2010 - a very old pub, wooden beams etc. A long narrow interior from the bar at the front leading to a large beer garden. A choice of Fullers ales.
* RICHMOND - Last visit: 2010 - down to earth and basic would be a polite way of describing it and most of the punters! A large open interior with central bar, pool table to one side, London pride was the beer.
ST PANCRAS
* EUSTON FLYER - Last visit: 2010 - large pub opposite the station, one very big open room inside but broken up into different areas and levels with a high ceiling and lots of bare wood. Plenty of ales, both from Fullers and other guests, though not cheap! Large TV screens showing football.
* MABEL'S TAVERN - Last visit: 2008 - Shepherd Neame pub with a number of their ales, though it was the first time I ever paid over £3 for a pint! Was busy with a mix of people just after 5pm, one opened out room, nowt special but seemed a decent sort of pub.
SOHO
* AINT NOTHIN BUT - Last visit: 2010 - a long narrow roomed 'blues bar', free to enter midweek when I called in but I noticed it charges for entry at times. Lots of blues music posters etc and regular live music, a band was setting up when i visited. 2 Adnams ales but also a guest from a micro brewery. website
* CAMBRIDGE - Last visit: 2010 - on Charing Cross Road, a corner pub at the bottom of a large building. One rather ornate room with mirrors, tiled ceiling, fake chandelliers and a good choice of ales from various brewers - part of the Nicholson's chain of pubs.   photo  
* CLACHAN - Last visit: 2010 - a large ornate building on a side street, inside is one room around a big central bar with some attractive features, lots of dark wood and a raised seating area at the back. A few ales including from Fullers and smaller guest brewers  photo
* COACH & HORSES - Last visit: 2010 - a slighlty careworn pub with one long room, pale wood panel walls, a piano and cartoons and Private Eye related photos on the walls. 5 handpumps, some common ales but also a couple of more intersting guest beers   photo  
* DOG & DOCK - Last visit: 2010 - a very pleasant old corner pub with an interesting interior, a small traditional bar area and a cosy little tiled back room (plus more room upstairs). Several ales, beside the usual London Price etc there's also a couple of unusual guests.  photo
* PILLARS OF HERCULES- Last visit: 2010 - a one roomed bar style pub in an older building, the narrow long bar area has little booths with stools to sit while there's wider areas with seating at the front and back. Several ales from Adnams, also a few other guest beers.   photo  
* SHIP - Last visit: 2008 - another corner pub, inside is one long open room though some nice features and various Fullers ales. photo
* THREE GREYHOUNDS - Last visit: 2010 - a mock Tudor but authentic looking pub, one small room with bare floor, beamed ceiling and dark wood panelling. A good choice of ales, London pride and guests - another pub now part of the Nicholson's chain.   photo  
WESTMINSTER
* BUCKINGHAM - Last visit: 2010 - on a back street near the Ministry of Justice. An attractive and refined feeling interior with one large open room, large interesting windows, high ceiling wood panels and lots of mirrors and pictures on the walls. Various Youngs ales on sale   photo  
* SPEAKER - Last visit: 2009 -a comfortable corner pub with one L shaped room round the long bar, bright with windows all round and some interesting sketches of MPs on the walls. Ales from Youngs plus also a couple of more unusual guests    photo  
* ST STEPHEN'S TAVERN - Last visit: 2009 - small interesting pub near the river and across the road from Parliament, there's a great view of Big Ben. Steps lead down to the cosy little bar room with dark wood panelling and ornate features, there's also a comfy back room and a balcony. 2 ales from Badger brewery.  photo
Nr VICTORIA STATION - can't remember the name of a traditional city centre pub went in during 2004, had good value food and a few beers on offer.
Nr TOWER OF LONDON - went in a big busy Wetherspoons pub here in 2000 - think it must have been the POMMELERS REST

NORFOLK
NORWICH - spent a bit of time here in 2003 for work reasons, a nice city with some fine pubs.
* ADAM AND EVE -Last visit: 2003 - a very old cosy little Adnams pub with several little rooms and low ceilings.   Photo
* BELL HOTEL - Last visit: 2003 - Wetherspoons pub in the City Centre, nowt special.
* CHAMPION - Last visit: 2003 - a down to earth lively real ale house across the road from the shopping centre, a big choice of interesting beers.
* COACH AND HORSES - Last visit: 2003 - a big wooden floored pub near station with several different areas and a large choice of beer including from Chalk Hill Brewery brewed on the site, good food and football on TV.
* COMPLEAT ANGLER -Last visit: 2003 - pub across the road from the station, it's best feature is a riverside patio making a nice place to sit and watch the boats go by. Several beers including Woodforde's Wherry which became a favourite during my stay in the city, also simple good value food, burgers and that.  Photo
* GLASSHOUSE - Last visit: 2003 - building converted to a modern wood and glass Wetherspoons with nice outside drinking area.
* MISCHIEF - Last visit: 2003 - a lively pub with a jukebox and some rather dodgy looking characters, guest beers and a downstairs game room. photo
* RIBS OF BEEF - Last visit: 2003 - my favourite Norwich pub, next to the river and with a narrow jetty reached via a downstairs room where you can sit with the river just below your feet. A choice of interesting beers, football on TV, a mixed crowd of people and a nice relaxed atmosphere.    Photo
* ROSARY - Last visit: 2003 - a little traditional pub heading away from the city centre not far from the station with a wide range of beers.
* ST ANDREW - Last visit: 2003 - a big Adnams pub, a basic bare wooden floors and walls type place. Also sells several beers from other breweries.
* STEAMPACKET -Last visit: 2003 - a smallish Adnams local.
* TRAFFORD ARMS - Last visit: 2003 - a bit of a walk from the city centre, a large brick pub in a residential area with Adnams and other beers, had my tea in here one night.
* WIG AND PEN -Last visit: 2003 - a very nice old local with good beers and good food.     Photo
* WILDMAN - Last visit: 2003 - noisy young persons city centre pub with juke box.

GREAT YARMOUTH - grim place, unless you like tacky shops, souless town centres & Jim Davidson. Went here one eve in 2003 when working in Norwich.
* GALLON POT - Last visit: 2003 - a refuge from the horrors of Yarmouth where I sat and read my paper and ate perhaps the hottest Chilli I've ever had in my life! A comfortable one room pub but split up on different levels, had the excellent Woodforde's Wherry and a few other beers on offer.
I also had a pint in a big smoky Wetherpoons pub in the horrible town centre near the bus station.

OXFORDSHIRE
OXFORD - in the early 1990s went to a couple of pubs here while visiting a clever friend. I'm not clever enough to remember which pubs we went in other than one little stone place down some stairs near the university.

SURREY - I know someone who lives in Surrey but have only visited a couple of times
BOOKHAM / GREAT BOOKHAM -
* ANCHOR - Last visit: 2004 - a busy local with real fish swimming in ponds outside and a few different beers but my mate down there says the landlord is a miserable sod and they certainly seemed desperate for us to leave on the dot of drinking up time!
* CROWN - Last visit: 2002 - a modern style bar but with some good beer (London Pride ?)
* ROYAL OAK - Last visit: 2004 - a smallish busy lively local, Adnams and several other beers. And got talking to a bloke who knows all about snakes, which interested me. .
* WINDSOR CASTLE - Last visit: 2004 - a big rambling pub sat outside for a pint, seemed OK.

EFFINGHAM
* LORD DOUGLAS HAIG - Last visit: 2004 - a big long pub , can't remember what beer it sold but was a friendly down to earth place.
* PLOUGH - Last visit: 2004 - a Youngs pub had a meal sat outside, seemed a nice comfortable rural style pub though was very busy and have to say the food was overpriced for what it was, even by Southern standards.

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