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The Gladstone, Walworth, SE17

24 King & Queen Street
SE17
SE17 1DQ

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Walworth

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David Walton left this review about The Gladstone

Visited 07/07/26. Visited previously 10/02/20.

No cask. Keg offering of Heineken, John Smiths, Cruz, Fosters, Guinness, berries & cherries Old Mount cider, Moretti and Stella.

Neighbourhood venue with picnic bench seating at the front, with some cover along the frontage. Inside it is bare boarded, U-shaped with the bar counter following the inside shape of the venue. There is some tall stool seating at parts of the bar counter, with a leather banquette serving a regular table on the right-hand side and then some small tables with regular chairs at the front between the two entrances. Some regular tables down the left-hand side with a pool table at the rear of this side and a dartboard at the front. TV's showing the build-up to the second of the evenings WC games with a rhythmic Jamaican music soundtrack playing over the dull pre-KO audio pundit chatter.

On 23^rd September 2026 - rating: 5
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custodian 42 left this review about The Gladstone

Not the best of places, clientele and beerwise. Island bar offering keg only. Not one to come back to.

On 16^th October 2019 - rating: 2
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Gladstone

There's no real here - a below par half of Guinness was £1.70. I spotted a blackboard down at the end of the counter with some food dishes written on it, but no menus on the table and I didn't see anyone eating.

This is an archetypal estate pub. There are ironwork signs above the three doors, informing us that at one time the public bar was on the left, the off sales in the centre, and the saloon Bar on the right. It's opened up now, but the left hand area of the room still has the feel of a public bar as it contains both the dartboard and the pool table. Interestingly it's clear to see the original demarcation between the rooms as the (black painted and wood framed) tiled splash area surrounding the bar counter in the saloon and public bar areas is not present where the off sales used to be. Additionally, there are vestiges attached to the bar counter of the screening that would once have separated the off sales from the other two rooms. The counter is probably original inter-war (or possibly post-war), but although the floor's bare-boarded, the front of the counter is carpetted (!) so it's not possible to see the design.

There's some nice old wood paneling on the dado, but the island servery only has a small and insignificant bar back/stillion in its centre. All furnishings are normal tables and chairs. There's some outside seating at the front under a cheap-looking plastic cover.

This is obviously a locals' boozer. It's comfortable enough if you like bogstandard boozers, but the beer choice is wanting to say the least.

On 3^rd December 2017 - rating: 4
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