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location:
address:
37 Crosby Row, SE1 3YD
phone:
020 7378 1838
nearest stations:
Borough 
(350m) - zone 1
London Bridge 
(450m) - zone 1
Monument
(1Km) - zone 1
Elephant and Castle
(1Km) - zones 1/2
Cannon Street
(1Km) - zone 1
how to find it:
From Borough tube, cross the road onto Long Lane and the second turning on the left should be Crosby Row. The pub is on the left.
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nearby attraction(s):
London Dungeons (500m)
HMS Belfast (780m)
Globe Theatre (900m)
Like seeing the old Watney Coombe and Reid emblem outside a pub, spotting the 1970s Courage cockerel is a sign - a sign that you're about to enter an unreconstructed local's pub. In this case, that initial assessment was more or less correct. It's a diminutive place, not unattractive from the outside and comfortable enough within. Both clean and tidy, the landlord is friendly enough and a little back garden to offers somewhere for those smokers to go. The problem here - and it makes it difficult to give any sort of thorough assessment - was the lack of customers. Sure, it was a Tuesday night but one punter doesn't make for an atmosphere. It might pick up later in the week, but until we return the Whitesmiths Arms receives a humble two pint rating. Suffice to say there was nothing ostensibly wrong with this pub on our visit.
18/03/2008
pub features:(click on an icon to see an explanation)
beer garden with covered area for smokers
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