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The Trafalgar, SW19

23 High Path
SW19
SW19 2JY

Phone: 02085425342

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Merton, South Wimbledon

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Will Larter left this review about The Trafalgar

Situated in an area of redevelopment, with a big school opposite and new blocks of flats going up all around, this is the sole surviving older building. It has become a destination pub, for cask beers, ciders and craft keg. There is a campaign to keep it open, with the lease expiring soon and the owner asking too much of the operator to buy the freehold. A campaign has been set up, with a community buy out being proposed.

Back to the beer, and my halves of Surrey Hills Shere Drop and Burton Bridge Dark Shield are both NBSS 4 (respectively £4.80 and £6 a pint). The latter is a version of White Shield 5.6%, but made with dark malt and absolutely gorgeous.

The walls of the pub are decorated with imaginative paintings of the eponymous battle, and the ceilings feature pump clips from past beer offerings. A lovely pub, a bit rough around the edges but that's how I like them. Definitely worth seeking out.

On 17^th April 2026 - rating: 10
[User has posted 4733 recommendations about 4337 pubs]

Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Trafalgar

As with the previous reviewer, I re-visited this pub on a Saturday evening after a gap of almost 15 years. The pub has been closed for some of the intermediate time but I vowed to return after meeting the owner at the Ealing Beer Festival in 2024 or possibly 2023.

Situated up a residential back street in South Wimbledon, it will never attract much of a passing trade. However, it's certainly one of London's best real ale pubs.

The interior is a single room but with enough seating. On the evening of our visit, there appeared to be a tap takeover from the Ideal Day brewery in Cornwall. I ordered a couple of their beers, only to find there were 3 ciders I hadn't previously had! Ideal Day beers on were A Good Walk, Country Mile, Darkest Before Dawn & Other Earth. Also on were Squawk Pavo & Downlands Pine Ridge. Whilst we were there, Redemption Victorian Mild was also pulled through. Ciders were Against The Grain Stone's Throw, Duck Chicken Demons of Spills Hill & Easter Hill, All Day Something Good Cider Saison & Little Pomona Table Perry.

Craft beers were not neglected too with Anspach & Hobday London Black, Cloudwater Happy & Max Matters, Beak/Ucho Big Cosm, Beak/Pomona Island Hug, Holy Goat Solar Tomb & Balance New Moon. The beers I tried were both in good condition. Although the saison cider I tried was certainly an acquired taste.

As luck would have it, the owner turned up and we had a quick conversation with him too, recalling our meeting in Ealing. I'm not sure he recalled it though! I must make more of an effort to get back here much sooner next time.

On 15^th December 2025 - rating: 9
[User has posted 3459 recommendations about 3457 pubs]

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Moby Duck left this review about The Trafalgar

A revisit after almost fifteen years, it was a very good pub back then and possibly even better now and can only echo BF's recommendations below.Beers on my visit were Surrey Hills Shere Drop , Abbeydale Dark Mild, Newbarns Calcutta Pale, Unbarred Benchmark IPA and an excellent Howling Hops Export Porter plus another six or seven available in the garden from the mini beer festival running over the Easter weekend. I stayed longer than planned and will be back more often now.

On 30^th April 2025 - rating: 9
[User has posted 2306 recommendations about 2269 pubs]

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