The Althorp, Wandsworth Common, SW17

Visited 05/08/26. Visited previously 26/10/22. Cask was Youngs Original, Hog's Back TEA and Stan's Big Apple cider from Thatchers. Keg was Deya Steady Rolling Man, Modelo, Pravha. Estrella and the AF version, Hawkstone lager, Jubel peach and the lime lager, Asahi, Neck Oil, Guinness, and Aspall. Another popular venue, with outside covered seating at the front. Inside bare boarded with the bar counter along the left-hand wall to the front of the venue. The front bar is where the action is. Seating via a mix of regular tables served by leather banquettes along the walls and then some tall tables in the floor space in front of the bar counter. There are a lot of framed photos and paintings on the wall opposite the bar counter. Down a couple of steps beyond the end of the front bar is another seating area, less manic on my mid-evening visit with some regular tables served by regular chairs and a leather bench along the rear wall. A good amount of framed stuff filling the walls in this space also. There is a rear area beyond that, probably in play when dining is the focal part of the week, but not seemingly in play on my visit. No screens and no piped music, a decent venue that relies on punter interactions and chatter.

Official site of The Althorp - www.thealthorp.co.uk

Official site of The Althorp - www.thealthorp.co.uk