Prince Albert (Rose's), Woolwich

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location:

Woolwich

address:

49 Hare Street, SE18 6NE

phone:

0871 258 8789*
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nearest stations:

Woolwich Arsenal railway station
(560m)

Woolwich Arsenal pier River Thames boat service
(590m)

Woolwich Dockyard railway station
(680m)

North Woolwich railway station
(710m)

King George V Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station
(1Km)

how to find it:

From Woolwich Arsenal station, cross General Gordon Place and walk down Powis Street (more or less straight ahead of you) for a few minutes - it's the main pedestrianised shopping street in Woolwich. Turn right into Hare Street (at Dorothy Perkins) and the pub is on your left, near the end.

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nearby attraction(s):

The Royal Artillery Museum (360m)

Woolwich is changing fast with wrecking balls aloft and the DLR imminent. Pubs here are changing too. However, after a period of closure and reopening under new management, Rose's hasn't changed much. The interior seems, well, cleaner but then smoking was banned whilst Rose's was dormant. A panoramic mural of the local Thames view has appeared, the pin-table has gone and the fine jukebox (Edgar Winter or Lindisfarne... hmm) has gone too, replaced by a digital descendant. Woolwich has not known decent drinking establishments for some years - the whole area has been under a cloud for a while. Rose's (confusingly also known as the Prince Albert) has always offered hope on the pub front, though; decent booze (three guest ales) helps. It's an old-school boozer that won't change its ways: further from the Boden-clad pinot noir matriarchs of, say, Battersea, it'd be hard to find. If that appeals, give it a try.

reviewed:
07/10/2008