The Tankard, Walworth, SE17

This pub actually looks quite inviting from a distance but the closer you get the more you actually wonder if you should step through the door. The Tankard, or HE TANK RD as the current signing would have it is clearly in need of some TLC, especially as a few of the leaded glass exterior windows are smashed and it’s only the thick mesh on the inside which stops the glass falling into the pub. If the two doors on each side of the pub had not been wide open I would have assumed this one had shut down. A big banner above the door on the Walworth Road side proclaims Sky Sport Racing available and a pavement chalk board advertises Carling and IPA. I chose to venture in and as this is a Greene King owned pub the IPA refers to GK IPA but sadly in keg form only. Even with me in the number of TV screens outnumbered the number of punters inside the pub (there were a few more on the benches outside to be fair) but the TV screens were showing the racing as advertised. I didn’t linger long.

Another standard London pub. One room with the bar in front of you as you enter from the side street. Four TVs showing two different football matches. Keg only.