I mean, obviously if you had asked this question 15 years ago the answer would be very different but the Hackney/dalston gaffs have been taken over by the ghastlies.
Generally I have always hated pub crawls, no objection to 3 pubs in a night, but walking in, drinking a pint quickly and then moving on has always been shite
Belsize Park to Chalk Farm to Camden was quite a nice walk then stagger down the hill and by the time you get to Camden it seems like a good idea to be there! Its many, many years since I have done that though and not sure whether there are still decent drinking pubs in Belsize Park and Chalk Farm.
Thing is, half way thru a pub crawl in South London you will want to poke your own eyes out and feel you have failed at existence irredeemably, whereas half way round a crawl in PH or Marylebone or NH or at a push Barnsbury you will feel you have bottled lightning and are going to rule the world from your table.
I just looked at Connaught Square on Streetview and there's a building that is completely blurred out, and you are blocked from going past it in navigation
Richmond is a top pub crawl. Proper boozers, country-style pubs and gastro types all within a 20 minute wander with some nice views of the park and the river. Got to be 15 or more.
not only do u have a decent collection of half a dozen pubs or more, some v v nice, u could actually literally crawl between them and it wouldn’t take too long for one night
There are loads of good options, but the answer depends on where all the participants live and what time of day you're doing it.
Richmond is great for an afternoon pub crawl, but if people are coming from the burbs, particularly North of That London, they can probably get to Prague quicker.
Richmond, is in the LONDON Borough of Richmond. You do know how it came about that certain places whilst were and are in London , have non London postcodes , like Kingston and Richmond came about ??
Richmond, but haven't drunk there for ages. Wimbledon. The village itself also if you're willing to go up the hill. 2/3 stops on the bus. 200 and the 94(?); not sure about the latter.
My taste in beer has changed, too, having lived in continental Europe. Blonde beers. Can't stomach 'brown' beers and English ales any more.
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six to ten
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six is a minimum, the max is flexible obv as pubs can be missed out
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I'd opt for zone 2. Hth.
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Depends on the crowd/mood obviously. Highbury and Stoke Newington offers a good range (old man, Gastro, beards and micro brewery ale).
We sometimes do a mini one in Highgate around xmas that is quite nice on a not too cold (and definitely not wet) day.
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Greenwich?
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Plus one for Highgate. That or/and Camden.
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De Beauvoir and you can add Cannonbury if you want to dial it up to 10.
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I mean, obviously if you had asked this question 15 years ago the answer would be very different but the Hackney/dalston gaffs have been taken over by the ghastlies.
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If you do greenwich you can turn a cabin of Boris' white elephant cable car into a pub and slam a couple of cans on a round trip.
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Camden? Urgh
Putney or Richmond
York has the most pubs per square mile i think
Generally I have always hated pub crawls, no objection to 3 pubs in a night, but walking in, drinking a pint quickly and then moving on has always been shite
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Barnsbury N1 a good shout. Can go to Cally Rd or Upper St for variety.
Highgate is good but not quite enough pubs.
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Infernos.
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Belsize Park to Chalk Farm to Camden was quite a nice walk then stagger down the hill and by the time you get to Camden it seems like a good idea to be there! Its many, many years since I have done that though and not sure whether there are still decent drinking pubs in Belsize Park and Chalk Farm.
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Putney is shite
da beaver is a good shout
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Primrose Hill.
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Kilburn high road
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Heh at laz in County Kilburn
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I used to live there, u bell ched.
Primrose Hill is a good shout
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You can do a good one in Camberwell (tho sadly The Bear is being refurbed)
Old Dispensary -> Joiners -> Grove -> Crooked Well -> Tiger -> Hermits -> Stormbird
The latter two will let you bring in food - you have several options for this just next door.
Buses go from Camberwell Green more or less everywhere.
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and if you wanted posher food add The Camberwell Arms (same people as The Anchor by Waterloo and the Canton Arms)
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Thing is, half way thru a pub crawl in South London you will want to poke your own eyes out and feel you have failed at existence irredeemably, whereas half way round a crawl in PH or Marylebone or NH or at a push Barnsbury you will feel you have bottled lightning and are going to rule the world from your table.
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For something more ambitious a figure of eight around Peckham Rye and Nunhead Cemetery.
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PH or Marylebone or NH or at a push Barnsbury
These are great if you want to be surrounded by bankers, city lawyers, Tony Blair and ex-pats. That doesn't really feel like a pub crawl.
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Depends on the pubs
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Yes Notting hill gate is best either side of the main road, or down towards Holland Park.
or Ladbroke Grove and Westbourne Grove
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Tony Blair lives in Connaught Square which is practically a dry state now
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Tufnell Park & Kentish Town. Bunch of very nice pubs and a brewery.
Spose you could go to Camden at the end if you're pissed enough to make bad life choices.
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Is that because of all the Arabs?
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I just looked at Connaught Square on Streetview and there's a building that is completely blurred out, and you are blocked from going past it in navigation
https://goo.gl/maps/TCVnyEEa94ERgjx8A
Is that Chez Tony? I've never seen anything like it on Streetview before.
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You can request that for your house, it’s nothing special.
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Richmond is a top pub crawl. Proper boozers, country-style pubs and gastro types all within a 20 minute wander with some nice views of the park and the river. Got to be 15 or more.
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you could do quite a good pub crawl in Islington but I'm pretty sure I've given you the details of that before
you could also do a good one around Broadway Market/London Fields/Vicky park
maybe peckham/east dulwich though less sure about that
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Islington - start from Angel station.
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Wimbledon Village has around 6 good quality pubs - plus more in town centre near the station natch
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nobody in their 40s should do pub crawls. FFS, you want to find a nice pub with good company and sit down and sink ale in a relaxed fashion
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That W7 one is a good call. Crouchie not what it was, sadly. The Fullback garden is pretty cramped, being on the roof. Else good.
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Richmond is a good shout.
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Stamford Brook to Hammersmith:
Start at the Raven Arms, then
Carpenter's Arms
The Black Lion
The Old Ship
The Dove
The Rutland Arms
The Blue Anchor
then into Hammersmith, maybe the RAMor the Stonemason's or similar.
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“nobody in their 40s should do pub crawls. FFS”
Guy, m77, most of the time I agree with what you post, but this is the most batshit mental sentence you have ever uttered.
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Bermondsey beer mile is quite fun, but I reckon Camden is ur best bet for actual fun as opposed to rofsnobbery.
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Bermondsey and Camden and Shoreditch are good if you like being surrounded by stag/hen dos
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...and who doesn't?
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notlaz I'm guessing
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Backstreets of Camden still offer a good crawl. The Constitution has been revived as a Young's house.
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seconded on the river area near hammersmith
not only do u have a decent collection of half a dozen pubs or more, some v v nice, u could actually literally crawl between them and it wouldn’t take too long for one night
tho u might not get in i suppose
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Young's beer is shit.
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Greenwich, though there isn’t much crawling basically a step or two only between pubs
the camberwell route above sounds a good one
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There are loads of good options, but the answer depends on where all the participants live and what time of day you're doing it.
Richmond is great for an afternoon pub crawl, but if people are coming from the burbs, particularly North of That London, they can probably get to Prague quicker.
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Richmond is miles away. And up itself.
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Apart from Richmond, all the areas mentioned are now stab central
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Lollers, yes Primrose Hill is stab central. Are you from the sandpit?
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The Camberwell one sounds good, I’ve pretty much done it a few times. The Bear though has been “under refurbishment” since about 2018.
I would want to end up in the Tiger for maximum chaos.
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@ reverend "Richmond is miles away" err its about 15 mins from Waterloo.
@ Ironside Wimbledon Village is stab central. Since when?
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And Waterloo is miles away
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Miles away from where? iRichmond is 9 miles from Waterloo and Wimbled about 7. Both about 15 minutes on the overland
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More of a psychological thing tbh. Richmond is in Surrey not London. Just ask the locals.
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Richmond, is in the LONDON Borough of Richmond. You do know how it came about that certain places whilst were and are in London , have non London postcodes , like Kingston and Richmond came about ??
Kingston and Richmond are not in Surrey
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I said ask the locals, not read me a history of unitary authorities
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Locals mostly who live in Richmond will say they live in south west London and not Surrey.
Ditto Kingston and Sutton
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Lol at Kingston Sutton and Richmon being in London. They're on the wrong side of the M25 m4.
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Richmond, but haven't drunk there for ages. Wimbledon. The village itself also if you're willing to go up the hill. 2/3 stops on the bus. 200 and the 94(?); not sure about the latter.
My taste in beer has changed, too, having lived in continental Europe. Blonde beers. Can't stomach 'brown' beers and English ales any more.
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Newcastle
you know it makes sense
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I’m not bothered about places being “stab central”, I lived in London for 15 years, I’m ok at not getting stabbed
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oh and shut up cookie, richmond is in london
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