George, Woodford

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location:

Woodford

address:

70 High Road Woodford Green, E18 2QL

phone:

0871 258 6499*
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nearest station:

South Woodford London Underground station
(470m) - zone 4

bus routes:

20, 179, W13

how to find it:

South Woodford station has two exits, both of which are not necessarily open at any given time. The quickest way to get to the pub is to leave by the George Lane (West) exit from the platform on which trains arrive from central London. Continue ahead along George Lane to the end, and you'll find the pub on the left at the end of the road. If that exit isn't open, leave by the George Lane (East) exit and then go through the subway under the railway just next to the station and proceed as above. Its less than a 10-minute walk in all.

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The George has a prominent location in the centre of South Woodford, next to the cinema, and it must be said, it's rather good. It might be described as a new style, old-school pub, a grand old early 18th century structure recently and smartly renovated to positive effect. The bar has a few sofas at one end, a dining-focused (although not exclusively so) nook around the corner and an outside drinking area. There are a couple of real ales on hand pumps, and a food menu that promises mostly fairly traditional pub-grub. Bar service was efficient and friendly. The lighting is pleasingly, moderately, subtle, but the music can, at times, be a little too loud in some parts of the pub. It's a comfortable, unpretentious and pleasing place to relax, something reflected by the wide mix of locals, young and old, drinking here. All in all, as pubs go, a minor and understated classic.

reviewed:
11/11/2005