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location:
address:
16 Southville, SW8 2PP
phone:
0871 984 2839*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.
nearest stations:
Stockwell 
(640m) - zone 2
Wandsworth Road 
(690m)
Clapham High Street
(1Km)
Queenstown Road (Battersea)
(1Km)
Clapham North
(1Km) - zone 2
how to find it:
From Stockwell tube, the easiest way is to exit the tube, turn left, and head along South Lambeth Road. Then it's a left down Lansdowne Way all the way to Wandsworth Road. Turn left along Wandsworth Road then take your first left up Southville. From Wandsworth Road train station: head right along Wandsworth Road then turn right up Southville.
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Living up to its name, this place is not the sort of pub you'd expect to find off the busy Wandsworth Road. Being on the edge of Larkhall Park adds a certain rural touch which the cosy size and amiable atmosphere of the pub build on. The usual Young's fayre (and interior) is on offer, though no sign of their seasonal beers being on tap. The back bar is adorned by caricatures whom we take to be locals (we're sure we matched up the picture to the drinker for at least one customer). It's the sort of neighbourly pub where knocking out illustrations of your fellow drinkers doesn't seem out of the ordinary. A little charmer in an otherwise dour environment.
13/05/2006
Sky TV
outdoor seating
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