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The Campaign for Real Ale branch for the boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and City of Westminster.

July-August 2025 news

Here's an update on the latest news and information from West London branch of CAMRA.

Branch events

Why not join us on one of our branch socials or meetings? We'd love to see you! Here is a list of our events:

  • July
    • Tue 22 (7pm) evening social, meet Grenadier, Wilton Row, SW1X 7NR
  • August
    • Wed 13 (3.45pm) Hammersmith Bridge Social joint with Richmond & Hounslow Branch: 3.45pm Blue Boat (Distillery Wharf, Parr's Way, W6 9RU); then, 5.15pm Blue Anchor (13 Lower Mall, W6 9DJ); 6.15pm Bridge (204 Castelnau, SW13 9DW); and, 7.30pm Red Lion (2 Castelnau, SW13 9RU).
    • Tue 26 (2pm) Charing Cross Social: 2pm Stranded (430 Strand, WC2R 0QN); then, 3pm Lemon Tree (4 Bedfordbury, WC2N 4BP); and, 4pm Salisbury (90 St. Martin's Lane, WC2N 4AP)
  • September
    • Wed 10 (2.30pm) Hammersmith Broadway Social: 2.30pm Distillers (64 Fulham Palace Road, W6 9PH); then, 4.15pm Craft Beer Co (17-18 Broadway Shopping Centre, W6 9YD); and, 5.30pm William Morris (2 King Street, W6 0QA).
    • Tue 23 (2pm) St James's Lions Social: 2pm Red Lion (23 Crown Passage, SW1Y 6PP); then, 3pm Golden Lion (25 King Street, SW1Y 6QY); and, 3.45pm Red Lion (2 Duke of York Street, SW1Y 6JP).
Branch and regional CAMRA news and events
Pub and brewery news

  • NW1, SPORTS BAR & GRILL (Stonegate), Melcombe Place, NW1 6JJ. Handpumps removed – no cask beer.

  • NW8, LORD'S TAVERN (Marylebone Cricket Club), St John's Wood Road, NW8 8QP. No cask beer.

  • SW1, BAY & BRACKET (Stonegate), 17-19 Artillery Row, SW1P 1RH. No cask beer.

  • SW1, BROWNS BAR & BRASSERIE (M&B), 2 Cardinal Walk, SW1E 5AG. Reopened.

  • SW1, GOAT (Stonegate), 333 Fulham Road, SW10 9QL. Closed, awaiting refurb under new operator Aldrich Inns.

  • SW1, TIGER TIGER (A3D2), 29 Haymarket, SW1Y 4SP. Reopened as LUXE.

  • SW1, WONDERVILLE (Crown Estates), 57-60 Haymarket, SW1Y 4QX. This venue appears to have closed for the time being and is boarded up.

  • SW3, ADMIRAL CODRINGTON (Butcombe Brewery), 17 Mossop Street, SW3 2LY. Closed for a three-month refurb, to reopen end Sept 2025.

  • SW3, BOOKBAR. This is a bookshop, wine bar, and events space in the heart of Chelsea just off the Kings Road, the second opening from BookBar.

  • SW3, BUTCHER'S TAP & GRILL (Stonegate/Tom Kerridge), 25-27 Tryon Street, SW3 3LG. Renamed CHALK.

  • SW3, PHENE (Young's (ex City Pub Company), 9 Phene Street, SW3 5NY. No longer Cask Marque accredited.

  • SW5, SPROUT, 1-15 Templeton Place, SW5 9NB. Sprout is a cocktail bar in the Templeton Garden Hotel, and accessed through the hotel which opened in April 2025.

  • SW6, ARAGON HOUSE (Young's (ex City Pub Company)), 247 New Kings Road, SW6 4XG. No longer Cask Marque accredited.

  • SW6, DURELL ARMS (Greene King/Metropolitan), 704 Fulham Road, SW6 5SA. Refurbished. Real ale removed in the process and so no longer Cask Marque accredited and no CAMRA discount.

  • SW6, EIGHT BELLS (Yellow Panda Pub Co), 89 Fulham High Street, SW6 3JS. Cask ales are £4 per pint for CAMRA members.

  • SW6, FULHAM FOOTBALL CLUB, Stevenage Road, SW6 6HH. Multiple alcohol licences were granted to Fulham Football Club in May 2024 as part of a £100 million development scheme. At ground-floor level there is an impressive curved foyer named Riverside Market containing various street-food outlets and two bars. The development is being marketed under the overall name Fulham Pier and the website given is their website not the football club's. Inside the foyer the London Essence Cocktail Bar sells a range of drinks including various keg beers and outside the Enemigo Riverside Bar caters for those who do not want to come inside! Note that on match days the area will be closed to the public and the Thames Path will divert again. Further alcohol venues will open in due course.

  • SW6, MARKET HALL (London Underground), 472 Fulham Road, SW6 1BY. Reopened as WALHAM GREEN . Closed for over three years this Grade II listed building has now become a JDW venue named Walham Green, which was the name for Fulham Broadway underground station until 1952. The building was the former entrance and ticket hall of the underground station. The pub redevelopment reportedly cost almost £3 million; it has over 4,700 square feet of customer area, set over its ground and first floors plus a first-floor roof terrace (600 square feet). There is an open kitchen and natural daylight from the rather magnificent glazed roof above; the upstairs seating area has windows looking down on the bar and for the less agile, there is a lift to the upstairs. JDW has also retained certain of the old-style shop fronts. On the opening date three regular cask ales (Abbot, Ruddles, Doom Bar) plus six guest ales were reported. And if you do not want to queue at the bar and are tech-savvy, there is an 'app station' with beer wall allowing pours of popular drinks.

  • SW6, MITRE (SW6) (HPUT A Ltd/Stonegate/Inda Pubs), 81 Dawes Road, SW6 7DU. Now Cask Marque accredited.

  • W1, BLUE POSTS (Greene King), 18 Kingly Street, W1B 5PX. Reopened following refurb.

  • W1, SHASTON ARMS (Shaftesbury/Hall & Woodhouse), 4 Ganton Street, W1F 7QN. Closed, to reopen autumn 2025 as a gastropub.

  • W1, DUKE OF YORK, 45 Harrowby St. Cask ale handpumps removed.

  • W1, WINDSOR CASTLE (Manica Properties), 27-29 Crawford Place, W1H 4LJ. Closed in 2016. Planning app to covert to hotel submitted.

  • W1, CHERRY TREE YARD, 50 Shepherd Market, W1J 7QS. This is a cafe-bar in the upmarket Shepherd Market district of Mayfair, also serving wine, operated by the growing London wine bar chain Mayfair House Group.

  • W1, CLEMENCE BAR, 46 Shepherd Market, W1J 7QS. This is an Italian restaurant and cocktail bar in the upmarket Shepherd Market area of Mayfair, operated by the growing London wine bar chain Mayfair House Group.

  • W1, BLIND PIG, 8-10 Pollen Street, W1S 1NQ. Reopened as MOTCOMBS, a restaurant and cocktail bar, now in conformance with CAMRAs definition of a pub.

  • W1, BURLINGTON ARMS (ex-City Pub Company), 21 Old Burlington Street, W1S 2JL. Now operated by Mosaic. Sells a real cider.

  • W1, MASONS ARMS (Greene King), 38 Maddox Street, W1S 1PY. Standard 10% cask discount for CAMRA Members available.

  • W1, MEWS OF MAYFAIR, 10 Lancashire Court, W1S 1EY. Closed and the various premises seem to have merged back into the buildings fronting onto other streets. As at mid-2025 many of these back doors had Landlord Repossession Notices on them.

  • W1, DUKE OF YORK (McMullen), 47 Rathbone Street, W1T 1NW. Reopened as a McMullen managed pub with their three regular cask beers available.

  • W1, NEWMAN ARMS (Shaftesbury), 23 Rathbone Street, W1T 1NG. Now owned and operated by Aldrich Inns.

  • W1, ANGELIQUE'S WINE HOUSE, 18-19 St Christopher's Place, W1U 1NN. Wine bar and shop, also serving a small food selection including cheese and charcuterie sharing platters. Drinks available also include spirits and a bottled beer. The site is operated by the growing London wine bar chain Mayfair House Group.

  • W2, DANIEL GOOCH, 40 Porchester Road, W2 6ES. Following various planning applications and attempts to market the site as a pub, Westminster Council agreed dated 17 April 2025: "Use of ground and mezzanine levels as flexible commercial (Class E) use and provision of associated cycle parking; infill of existing undercroft at ground floor level and installation of new entrance fronting Porchester Road."

  • W2, FOUNTAINS ABBEY (Greene King), 109 Praed Street, W2 1RL. Closed for refurb.

  • W2, NOTTING HILL HARBOUR CLUB, 1 Alfred Road, W2 5EY. Renamed DAVID LLOYD NOTTING HILL. The restaurant and bar area has one draught keg lager.

  • W2, PRIDE OF PADDINGTON (Heineken/ex-City Pub Company), 1-3 Craven Road, W2 3BP. No longer Cask Marque accredited (Young’s Policy)

  • W6, PLOUGH & HARROW (Atlas Hotels (Group 2) Ltd/Wetherspoon), 120-124 King Street, W6 0QU. Closed by JDW at the start of June. The site had been on their disposal list for some long time.

  • W9, FRANKFORT ARMS (Stonegate/Craft Union), 518 Harrow Road, W9 3QA. Closed, licence temporarily suspended following serious assault. It is reported that its owner Craft Union Pub Company says it wants to rebrand the Harrow Road pub under a new name and find new operators.

  • W11, COCK & BOTTLE (Young's (ex City Pub Company)), 17 Needham Road, W11 2RP. No longer Cask Marque accredited due to Young’s policy.

  • W11, DISTILLERY, 186 Portobello Road, W11 1LA. After various incarnations and periods of closure this site is now PERMIT ROOM, an all-day bar-cafe styled on Bombay pubs and operated by Dishoom. The name is inspired by the illegal drinking culture in many states after India's independence in 1947; by 1973 the law was relaxed and it became possible to apply for a permit to say you could drink alcohol. The food is Indian-style apart from the breakfast menu which is Anglo-Indian! Options include kids' portions and local home-delivery. The bar walls feature art from both local and South Asian artists. Note that whilst the licence permits sale of alcohol from 8am, up to 10am sale of alcohol must be ancillary to meal consumption.

  • W12, POCKET WATCH (Brakspear Pub Co), 434 Uxbridge Road, W12 0NS. Now the HAWTHORN. After a period of closure, this site reopened with a new name and under new management. The Hawthorn is managed by Publican Pubs run by Peter Creed & Tom Noest, who operate five upmarket gastropubs in the Cotswolds. The focus in the Hawthorn is on simple pub food, with a straightforward drinks menu and beer selection; beer remains tied to Brakspear who own the pub. Food is sourced as much as possible from existing Cotswold suppliers and includes bar snacks, steak nights, chicken nights, and Sunday roasts. The food has been described in reviews as "great value". Two handpumps for cask ale. Toilets are upstairs.

  • W12, QUEEN ADELAIDE (Greene King), 412 Uxbridge Road, W12 0NR. Closed towards the end of June. Staff say it will not be reopening (at least as a GK managed pub)

  • W14, ALBION (Heineken UK/individual/independent), 121 Hammersmith Road, W14 0QL. No longer Cask Marque accredited.

  • W14, ELM (Yellow Panda Pub Co), 206 North End Road, W14 9NX. Cask ales are £4 per pint for CAMRA members.

  • W14, STUMBLE INN, 1 Russell Gardens, W14 8EZ. Converted from a dry cleaners, this is now a cocktail and wine bar but three keg beers and some bottles are also on offer. Bar nibbles plus cheese & charcuterie boards are available to eat.

  • WC2, BOW STREET TAVERN (Shaftesbury/Young's (ex City Pub Company)), 37 Bow Street, WC2E 7AU. No longer Cask Marque accredited (Young’s Policy)

  • WC2, CECILIA'S WINE HOUSE, 42 Drury Lane, WC2B 5AJ. Wine shop and small bar. There is a small tapas-style food menu plus cheese & charcuterie platters. A couple of draught beers are on offer within the drinks list. The venue is card-only. The site is operated by the growing London wine bar chain Mayfair House Group.

  • WC2, COURTYARD WINE CELLARS, 17B & 18B The Marketplace, Covent Garden, WC2E 8RB. This is a 2,500 sq. foot cafe and wine bar with 100 covers and over 1,000 wines from 100 wine regions and across 10 different countries. The food offering is sharing cheese and charcuterie platters, plus salads, small dishes, and pizza. The site is operated by the growing London wine bar chain Mayfair House Group. Note that alcohol may not be served until noon, and that after 9pm it must be accompanied by food consumption under the terms of the licence.

  • WC2, DIRTY MARTINI, 11-12 Russell Street, WC2B 5HZ. Closed. It is thought that the site and the neighbouring Tutton's unit will be converted into the Harry’s bar and restaurant brand.

  • WC2, FREEMASONS ARMS (Shepherd Neame), 81-82 Long Acre, WC2E 9NG. Closed for refurb & name change under new management. Set to reopen under the name The Bull and The Egret.

  • WC2, NELL GWYNNE (Young's (ex City Pub Company)), 1-2 Bull Inn Court, WC2R 0NP. . No longer Cask Marque accredited (Young’s Policy)

  • WC2, NELL OF OLD DRURY (Shaftesbury/Stonegate), 29 Catherine Street, WC2B 5JS. No longer Cask Marque accredited.

  • WC2, SALSA! (Stonegate), Temple Place, Victoria Embankment, WC2R 2PH. Closed, future uncertain.

  • WC2, STRANDED, 430 Strand, WC2R 0QN. This is the latest outlet to be opened by Bloomsbury Leisure Group, hence is sister to the Euston Tap. Stranded is close to Charing Cross mainline station, at the eastern end of the splendid West Strand building, the very large triangular site split in two on its Strand frontage by the imposing glass entrance doors of Coutts Bank. There is an entrance on the Strand and another one round the corner on William IV Street. There is a 13-metre Czech-built bar with four cask ale handpumps at the right hand end of the bar as you look at it, and against the rear wall, not on the bar. The T-bar of five rotating keg beers is adjacent, mostly from smaller brewers. The main feature of the bar - at left hand side- are the Budvar dispenses with Original, Nefiltr (unfiltered), Dark and 0.0% and more. There is a noodle bar on site for eats and the coffee bar is open from 8am.

  • WC2, TEMPLE BREW HOUSE (Young's (ex City Pub Company)), 46 Essex St, WC2R 3JF. No longer Cask Marque accredited (Young’s Policy)
  • WC2, TUTTONS, 11-12 Russell Street, WC2B 5HZ. Closed, it is thought that the site and the neighbouring Dirty Martini unit will be converted into the Harry’s bar and restaurant brand.

 

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Upcoming events

07 May 2026;
02:00PM -
Marylebone social
20 May 2026;
02:00PM -
Shepherd Market social
26 May 2026;
07:30PM -
Branch AGM

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