New Inn, St. John's Wood

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location:

St. John's Wood

address:

2 Allisten Road, NW8 6LA

phone:

0871 258 7661*
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nearest stations:

St. John's Wood London Underground station
(540m) - zone 2

Swiss Cottage London Underground station
(1Km) - zone 2

Chalk Farm London Underground station
(1.2Km) - zone 2

Marylebone railway station London Underground station
(1.4Km) - zone 1

Maida Vale London Underground station
(1.4Km) - zone 2

how to find it:

Turn left out of St. Johns Wood Tube onto Acacia Road and take the third right onto Ordnance Hill. At the end turn left onto Johns Wood Terrace and turn right at the end onto Townsend Road. New Inn will shortly be on the right.

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nearby attraction(s):

London Zoo (730m)

Lord's (800m)

Abbey Road Studios/Zebra Crossing (890m)

Street View - click to see the area around the New Inn

The mental image conjured up by St. John's Wood might well consist of elegant Georgian houses, upmarket boutiques and ladies who lunch. But in a rare moment of light relief only minutes away from this potential Richard Curtis film location, lies the New Inn. Sitting at the edge of a perfectly nice council estate, anywhere else this would be described as a stripped-out affair. Here, however, monikers aren't needed; its simply a very good pub. The predominantly older locals, all looking unusually dressed-up, clearly didn't mind us interlopers in their pub. So while we sat, eating our rather good food, we listened to the excellent live over 60s blues band 'George & Friends' and looked around us; there was laughing, joking and chatting - all friendly and genuine. Did we find the New Inn on an unusually good day? Maybe, but we wish more pubs were like this.

reviewed:
28/10/2008