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Three Salmon, Several Ks, and a Tun: Daytime Crawl of Kingston, Malden Manor, and New Malden


Saturday 16 October 2010.

A text version of the crawl notes is here: Crawl Notes - Kingston, Malden Manor and New Malden

All welcome to join the crawl, whether a CAMRA member or not.

1. Druid's Head

Arrive: 12.00 Noon

Address: The Druid’s Head, 2-3 Market Place, Kingston, KT1 1JT

Real ales: Greene King Abbot, IPA and Ruddles County are usually available here plus one seasonal beer and one guest beer.

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Directions to next pub: Turn right out of the pub and walk along into Eden Street. From the bus stop by the Guild Hall catch a K1 or K4 bus to the Lower Marsh Lane stop, alight from the bus and cross over Villiers Road to

2. Duke of Buckingham

Arrive: 2.45 PM.

Address: The Duke of Buckingham, 104 Villiers Road, Kingston, KT1.

Real ales: No real ale is served here but Caledonian Deuchars IPA, Courage Directors and Theakston’s Old Peculier are sold in bottles.

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Directions to next pub: On leaving the pub, retrace your steps to the bus stop and catch a K1 bus (it departs at 03, 18, 33 and 48 minutes past the hour on a Saturday) to Malden Manor station in Manor Drive North. This is a hail and ride section of the route so you can alight from the bus wherever you like but as near to the junction of Manor Drive North and Sheephouse Way (a roundabout) as possible would be ideal. Cross over the road to

3. Manor

Arrive: 4.15 PM.

Address: The Manor, Manor Drive North, Malden Manor, KT3.

Real ales: Courage Best and Greene King IPA are usually served here.

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Directions to next pub: On leaving the pub, cross over Sheephouse Way, hail a K1 bus and stay on it until you get to the junction of Malden Road and Burlington Road (the stop is called The Fountain). Alight from the bus and cross over the road to


4. Fountain

Arrive: 5.15 PM.

Address: The Fountain, 120 Malden Road, New Malden, KT3.

Real ales: Green King IPA and Young’s Bitter are usually served here.

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Directions to next pub: On leaving the pub, cross over the road and hail a 213 bus to the junction of Coombe Road and Sycamore Grove. Alight from the bus and cross over the road to

5. Royal Oak

Arrive: 6.00 PM.

Address: The Royal Oak, 90 Coombe Road, New Malden, KT3.

Real ales: Greene King IPA, Wadworths 6X and Young’s IPA are usually served here.

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The Regional and National Inventory descriptions in these notes are extracts from a book published in July 2008 by CAMRA called London Heritage Pubs: An Inside Story. Historic Pub Interiors in the Capital by Geoff Brandwood and Jane Jephcote. The book has descriptions and photographs of all 156 pubs currently on the London Regional Inventory.