The Swan, Crawley

Two rooms with the bar in between, bare boarded floors, wainscotted walls, etched windows with The Swan motif, real fires in exposed brickwork fireplaces, the log fire giving off a welcoming smell from the back room. A pool table is well situated in a seperate area. A dartboard is available too. Rather shabby and careworn but none the worse for that. Live bands on Friday/Sat evenings, two screens in the main room were showing seperate cup games yesterday lunchtime. No sign of food, this is a drinkers pub. A few film posters and a bit of bric a brac form the decor. Pride, HSB, Abbot,Spitfire and Greenjack Ripper were the selection. I almost ordered the GR until a friendly punter tipped me off it was 8.5%..it was a bit early for that, although we did share a half as an add on to our last round. The beer mat collection suggests a better selection than the above, and if Ripper is the one guest, its a bit odd to have one so strong. A good spot though and I'll pop in again when we visit Crawley next season.

A good pub, serving good beer and doing good business - in Crawley! Popped in for last weekend's Sussex Beer Festival (1648 Brew Master the pick for me). Plenty of people packed into the yard at the back - many oddly dressed, but then it was Halloween.

Official site of the Swan, contains details of forthcoming events - theswanpubcrawley.co.uk

Official site of the Swan, contains details of forthcoming events - theswanpubcrawley.co.uk