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Category Archives: Pubs
Croydon goes conkers, Royal Standard, Sheldon St, Sat Oct 11
Posted in Activities, Fairfield, Pubs
Tagged Conkers, Croydon Flyover, Royal Standard, The Royal Standard
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Two more Croydon town centre pubs pull down the shutters
The Market Tavern is the latest Croydon pub to be closed. At the top of Surrey Street, the town’s historic street market, the pub was much-liked by younger drinkers who appreciated its lower prices. A Stonegate pub, the company opted … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Fairfield, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon, Surrey Street
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Little bit of Bavaria arrives by Croydon’s tram tracks this week
There’s to be a little drop of Bavaria in a corner of south London this weekend, when independent craft brewers Anspach and Hobday stage their Oktoberfest beer festival at their Croydon brewery. The event will feature three specially brewed German-style … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Anspach and Hobday, Business, Pubs
Tagged Ampere Way, Anspach and Hobday, Croydon Trams, Lederhosen, Oktoberfest
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Church Street pub where Penny performer sang of the great fire
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: From the Victorian age of gas lamps and music halls, DAVID MORGAN traces the history of one Old Town venue that delighted audiences for a quarter of a century The fire which consumed Croydon Parish Church in January … Continue reading
Music for October: The Oval Tavern’s line-up next month
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Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Music, Pubs, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, Oval Road, The Oval Tavern
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Music for September: The Oval Tavern’s line-up this month
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Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Music, Pubs, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, Oval Road, The Oval Tavern
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Sky-high prices force pubs to pull plug on televised football
Pub managers, landlords and landladies across Croydon have been forced to do some hurried new sums, as they face bills of £30,000 per year for a licence to show Premier League football on their bars’ televisions using Sky Sports. And … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Football, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, Football, Premier League, pubs, Sky Sports, Sky TV, The Builders Arms, The Spread Eagle, Whelans
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Hope wins eternal: Carshalton pub again named London’s best
The Hope on West Street, Carshalton, has been named London’s Pub of the Year for the seventh time. The Hope has only been operating under its current, community management for 15 years. CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has again … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Carshalton and Wallington, Pubs, Sutton Council
Tagged Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, Carshalton, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, Sutton, The Hope
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Porter brewed at Croydon brewery wins Beer of the Year award
A dark porter brewed close to the tracks of the Croydon tram network has been named Beer of the Year. Anspach and Hobday’s London Black has been voted the No1 British Beer of 2025 in the Top 50 UK Beer … Continue reading
Posted in Anspach and Hobday, Business, Pubs
Tagged Anspach and Hobday, Beddington Farm Road, Bermondsey, Croydon, London Black
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Coombe Lodge to close as part of Whitbread’s pubs sales
The Beefeater at Coombe Lodge, the large chain pub on Coombe Road near Lloyd Park, is to close on September 2, as its owners, Whitbread, continue to get out of the business of brewing (long gone) and selling of beer. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon
Tagged Beefeater, Coombe Lodge, Frank Lloyd, Lloyd Park, Premier Inn, South Croydon, Whitbread
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From ‘last orders’ to holy orders: pub in change of use scheme
Our south of the borough correspondent, SANDRA STEAD, looks into one of the more bizarre planning application received by the council, even by Croydon standards “Sins downstairs, forgiveness upstairs.” That was the shrewd assessment of one local when they heard … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Clark, Church and religions, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Parking, Planning, Property, Pubs, South Croydon
Tagged Blue Anchor, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dr Pastor Paul Enenche, Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Fairfield, London Borough of Croydon, Night-time economy, Restaurant Quarter, South Croydon, South End, Stairway, Tree House
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The Croydon Night of Dance 2025, Addiscombe, Tue Aug 19
The Croydon Night of Dance 2025, in aid of the Rotary Club of Croydon’s charities, is being staged on Tuesday August 19, promising “a night of music, mirth and magic, as a multitude of Morris maids and men do mingle … Continue reading
Trout, Clarkson’s lager and scotch eggs on a cathedrals walk
KEN TOWL, Inside Croydon’s regular walks guide, took a diversion last weekend, and with a group of old mates made a 20-mile pilgrimage between two of the finest medieval cathedrals in the world. They stopped at a pub or two … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Ken Towl, Pubs, Walks
Tagged Clarendon Way, Hawkstone Lager, Jeremy Clarkson, Ken Towl, pilgrimage, Salisbury, Salisbury Cathedral, Stockbridge, Trout Festival, Winchester, Winchester Cathedral
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Blues at The Oval with the Niall Kelly Duo, Sun Aug 3
Posted in Addiscombe West, Music, Pubs, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Blues at The Oval, folk, Niall Kelly Duo, The Oval Tavern
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Folk troubadour Alex Roberts at The Oval Tavern, Fri Aug 1
Posted in Addiscombe West, Music, Pubs, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Alex Roberts, Blues at The Oval, folk, The Oval Tavern
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Selhurst fans’ favoured pub to re-open as a bit of a Dark Horse
Less than six months since Croydon lost one of its more cherished old boozers, when profitable brewery Shepherd Neame opted to close The Two Brewers on Gloucester Road, its only pub in the borough, the place is set to re-open … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Pubs, Selhurst
Tagged Croydon, Fuller's, Selhurst, The Dark Horse, The Oval Tavern, The Royal Standard, The Two Brewers
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Blues at The Oval, free entry every Sunday, Jul-Aug listings
Posted in Addiscombe West, Music, Pubs, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Blues at The Oval, Oval Tavern, The Oval Tavern
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The Crown, Shirley, re-opens after ‘extensive’ three-week refurb
The Crown pub, just off the A232 in Shirley, has re-opened following what the owners describe as “an extensive” three-week refurb. The Crown, owned by Ember Inns, is on Wickham Road, and now offers customers “a fresher, modern design”. The … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Pubs, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Croydon, Ember Inns, pubs, Shirley, The Crown, Wickham Road
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Prizes in Porter and Sorter’s new quiz are far from Trivial
Pubs in and around Croydon are offering prizes worth up to £10,000 cash, holidays, concert tickets and instant win food and drink in a special Trivial Pursuit-themed game. Marston’s “Win A Wedge” gives locals the chance to win thousands of … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Business, East Croydon, Pubs
Tagged Caterham, Croydon, Marston's, Porter and Sorter, pubs, Sutton, The Ship, Trivial Pursuit
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Owner Ansari seeks to avoid Leslie Arms planning conditions
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Since 2000, a multi-millionaire property developer has been allowing a Grade II-listed pub to decay. Now, he wants to change the conditions of his latest planning permission. KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter, on the sorry tale of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs, Tony Newman, Uncategorized
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lloyd Park, Lower Addiscombe Road, Sadiq Khan, Sir Sadiq Khan, The Victorian Society, Tony Newman, Turkish Kangal, Yvette Cooper
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The sorry 25-year chronology of a once great Addiscombe pub
LESLIE ARMS TIMELINE Since 2020, the owner of the Grade II-listed Leslie Arms on Lower Addiscombe Road has submitted 13 separate planning applications for the building – 14 if you include his 2009 appeal against a refusal of a planning … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, History, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Anwar Ansari, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dr Anwar Ansari, Leslie Arms, Planning, pubs, Upper Addiscombe Road
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