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location:
address:
78 Norman Road, SW19 1BT
phone:
0871 984 3954*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.
nearest stations:
Collier's Wood 
(520m) - zone 3
South Wimbledon
(530m) - zones 3/4
Morden Road 
(1.1Km)
Merton Park
(1.1Km)
how to find it:
Colliers Wood: Exit tube, cross the road and head left down Merton High Street passing the King's Head pub. Turn right up Grove Road then left and then right onto Norman Road. The pub will be ahead of you on the right. South Wimbledon: Head down Merton High Street before taking a left up Haydons Road. Turn right down Gilbert Road onto Norman Road. The pub will be ahead of you on the right.
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An old suburban boozer, now home to the only pub in London owned by the Hopback Brewery. It's a pub that plays to its strengths - the beer. A pint here and you may well have a Damascene conversion to real ale. Two pints and you'll be talking about "hoppy aromas" and "malty flavours". It's a place harking back to pubs of the past. No sign of a TV (if there is one it wasn't on) and bar food only at lunchtimes. There's also a back bar for darts (with a photo of Andy "The Viking" Fordham next to the board). But the main activity of the punters here (mostly chaps of an age to have seen National Service) is for a couple of beers and a natter. Even if you're south of the river it feels a stretch to get here, but give it a look if you can (pints down to 1.50 on Wednesday nights). Some surprise this was named "Time Out Best Pub 2004", and in most respects a solid three pinter, this one edges a four rating through the sheer quality of its beer.
2/8/2004
real ales
outdoor seating
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