The Lord Nelson, North Cheam, Sutton

Official site of The Lord Nelson - www.greatukpubs.co.uk

Official site of The Lord Nelson - www.greatukpubs.co.uk

This is a Stonegate pubco pub, and is fairly typical of the brand – black clad staff, varnished pine panelling everywhere, and the usual illustrated glossy menus on all the tables. The food is the standard, and popular, pub grub range. The there ales they had on were GKIPA, Young’s Bitter, and Ringwood Boondoggle. The latter is branded as ideal for lazy summer days, but I nevertheless went for it on a snowy March afternoon. And at £ 2.80 a pint not to be niffed at either. This looks like a classic stand-alone inter-war pub. The interior has been completely re-modelled of course, but there several inter-connected drinking areas separated by the odd pillar, a bit of more modern glazed sceening, and vestiges of walls, one containing a see-through fireplace of the type so beloved of Ember Inns establishments. My favourite part of the pub was a quietish area on the right which had a few armchairs in it. I didn't see a dartboard, although it certainly had its fair share of fruit machines. The background music was being played at low volume. This one is OK as far as basic pubco pubs go. I certainly don't think it's worth going far out of your way to find, but it was a welcome sight as a refuge from a blizzard in March! I've been in many worse pubs.

Used to spend many a happy hour in here, back in the late 70s early 80s. Wonder what its like now?