Not already a member?
Join our community and
- Rate & review pubs
- Upload pictures
- Add events
JOIN for free NOW
Chat about:
Disappointment of the week with Real Ale Ray
on the Pub Forum
Image posted by Just a quick pint, then I'm off
Submitted on Monday, 31st December 2018
With picture contributions to 9808 other pubs
View all this pub's pictures (11 more images)
Detail Pages
The Swan, Crawley
Crawley
RH11 7AY
Served areas
Reviews of The Swan (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Steve C left this review about The Swan
The Swan is a pub of two halves with a small comfortable and quiet bar with fireplace to the left and larger bar to the right that was busy with an after-work local crowd during a recent Friday visit. There is a dartboard to the right rear just before a door to the pool room. There are at least two televisions and Sky Sports is advertised. These were off during my visit in favour of some background music. Live music is held here on Fridays and Saturdays and there is a DJ from 16:00 on Sundays. Tuesday is open mic night; the pool table is free on Wednesdays and there is a weekly quiz on Thursdays.
The bars support a standard keg range and there are nine hand pumps across the two bars. Timothy Taylors Boltmaker, Ruddles County and Fullers London Pride were available from both bars. The third bank of three hand pumps in the quieter bar was unused. The plethora of old pump clips around both top bars is evidence that there is a rotating cask ale range. The only food I noted as being advertised was the homemade beef stew for £5.50. I would be surprised if this was the only available hot food.
I found this to be a decent local boozer that I would return to visit.
On 2nd November 2019
- rating: 7
[User has posted 5228 recommendations about 5196 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Swan
Difficult to tell how old this recently reopened pub is since the dark red brickwork and tile hanging has been a local building style for a very long time. Anyway, the etched glass is old enough to feature Smoking Room on one window, but the three rooms around the main counter have been partially opened out at some stage (although the central section with the dartboard is devoid of furniture and there are only a few benches around the rear pool table). However, there is also another smaller, tapered bar around the side with more seating. Doom Bar and Pride available from two of the three handpumps, but Exmoor Christmas Ale (£3.80) was also being dispensed directly from a cask on the counter.
On 31st December 2018
- rating: 6
[User has posted 8086 recommendations about 8086 pubs]
Please Note: This review is over a year old.
David Collett left this review about Swan Inn
After getting a good soaking walking from the station to find this pub, I was disappointed to be told that it no longer serves any cask ale. I chose a bottled beer from Sharp's (a red IPA with a nautical name I can't remember) which was okay and drank it quickly while looking at all the beer mats adorning the walls and ceilings representing cask ales that they have served in the past. Friendly barmaid otherwise the rating would have been lower.
On 23rd October 2017
- rating: 3
[User has posted 6 recommendations about 6 pubs]
View more reviews of The Swan (8)
Pubs Galore is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
- Official site of the Swan, contains details of forthcoming events - theswanpubcrawley.co.uk
- Facebook - The Swan
- CAMRA WhatPub :: The Swan - whatpub.com
Pub Details
Pub details supplied by members of this site to the best of their knowledge. Please check with pub directly before making a special trip.
- Accommodation : No last updated 11 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 09 September 2013 by Pub SignMan
- Beer Festivals : Yes - October - last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 09 June 2023 by paulof horsham
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 11 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Car Park : No last updated 11 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 11 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Darts : Yes last updated 09 September 2013 by Pub SignMan
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 11 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Function Room : No last updated 11 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Hot Food : No last updated 12 December 2013 by Moby Duck
- Jukebox : No last updated 11 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Karaoke : Yes last updated 11 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Live Music : Yes last updated 12 December 2013 by Moby Duck
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 09 September 2013 by Pub SignMan
- Micropub : No last updated 11 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Pinball : No last updated 09 September 2013 by Pub SignMan
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 09 September 2013 by Pub SignMan
- Real Ale : No last updated 28 October 2017 by Will Larter
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 11 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- WiFi : Yes last updated 11 September 2015 by Aqualung .
