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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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The Broadkasters at The Oval Tavern, Sun June 1, free entry
Posted in Addiscombe West, Art, Music, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, Croydon, Music, The Oval Tavern
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Blues at The Oval, free entry every Sunday, May-Jun listings
Posted in Addiscombe West, Music, Pubs, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Blues at The Oval, Oval Tavern, The Blackjacks, The Oval Tavern
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South London Bluegrass Sessions, Oval Tavern, Thu May 22
Posted in Addiscombe West, Music, Pubs, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Blues at The Oval, Oval Tavern, The Blackjacks, The Oval Tavern
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The Blackjacks, live at The Oval Tavern, free entry, Sun May 18
Posted in Addiscombe West, Music, Pubs, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Blues at The Oval, Oval Tavern, The Blackjacks, The Oval Tavern
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Free beer! Market Tavern to celebrate 10 years of Craft Union
A pub company is celebrating its 10th anniversary tomorrow where the drinks will be on them – for a limited period, terms and conditions apply, etc and so forth… On Wednesday, May 14, Craft Union is giving away 10,000 free … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Pubs, Surrey Street
Tagged Bromley, Craft Union, Market Tavern, Surrey Street, Sutton, Wallington
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Changing times, and quieter nights, for Croydon’s oldest pub
Our dogged culture correspondent KEN TOWL spent the night, and nearly six quid a pint, checking out the refurbed Dog and Bull, with its ‘banging’ tunes, new high security and its not-so-new beer garden. Photos: SHIRLEY BIGGIN-HILL When a dog … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ken Towl, Pubs, Surrey Street
Tagged CAMRA, Dog and Bull, Laine, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, The Dog and Bull
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The Eddie Angel Blues Band, free entry, Oval Tavern, May 11
Posted in Music, Pubs
Tagged Blues at The Oval, The Eddie Angel Blues Band, The Oval Tavern
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No one told us about 3am openings say Surrey Street residents
New owners of The Dog and Bull market pub have yet to submit a licensing application to stay open into the early hours every night. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Residents living in flats near Croydon’s oldest pub, The Dog and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Laine pubco, Pubs, Surrey Street
Tagged Butcher's Row, CAMRA, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, Dog and Bull, Laine, Punch Pubs, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, The Dog and Bull
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Happy Valley runners are now out and about every Friday
If you were inspired by last week’s London Marathon (and with 1.1million people registering in hope of running the 2026 race, there’s a good chance that you were), then a new group called Run Talk Run Coulsdon might be just … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Athletics, Coulsdon, Pubs
Tagged Coulsdon, Coulsdon Common, Farthing Downs, Happy Valley, Run Talk Run Coulsdon, The Fox, The Fox Coulsdon
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Coombe Wood House is providing what Croydon’s long missed
Our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, can never resist if invited out for a slap-up meal, so when offered the chance of revisiting one of the old haunts of her youth… It would take a person with a very strong constitution … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coombe Wood House Restaurant, Lloyd Park, Pubs, Restaurants
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Dog and Bull pub’s new owners accused of ‘cultural vandalism’
There’s a growing row down Surrey Street, where the centuries-old market pub, a Grade II-listed building, has yet to submit a licensing application for planned raves in the beer garden until 3 in the morning. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The … Continue reading
What a load of old Bull! Chain to rename Croydon’s oldest pub
EXCLUSIVE: The new owners of The Dog and Bull on Surrey Street are installing new sound systems for DJ sessions in the beer garden of the Grade II-listed building, as £125,000 refurb works over-run Surrey Street Market shoppers and pub … Continue reading
