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The Snooty Fox, Crawley
Three Bridges
Postal town: Crawley
RH10 1LX
Reviews of The Snooty Fox (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Pub SignMan left this review about The Snooty Fox
Located directly opposite the station, this large roadside Greene King pub has the feel of a family-oriented diner, with a vast open-plan interior. The space features parquet flooring and a prominent U-shaped bar at its centre, adorned with traditional wooden panels, an elephant head brass footrail, and a mirrored bar back. The front area is mostly filled with backless benches, perimeter banquettes, a pool table, and several slot machines, and was notably busy with children and families during my visit. To the rear, a raised section to one side was fenced off for a private event, while the back-left area offered a more relaxed setup with armchairs, high tables, and a fireplace. Decor included grey wood panelling with warm-coloured paint or patterned wallpaper above, and a mishmash of wall art, branded chalkboards, and sports-themed paraphernalia. TV screens throughout showed live football with the sound on.
Old Golden Hen was the only cask ale available, with four more clips on the pumps but all supposedly not yet ready. Lilley’s Pineapple cider was also on one of the handles. The Golden Hen was drinkable but unremarkable and there's no sense that cask ale is in any way a priority. The pub was lively and clearly popular with families, although the service was nothing much to write home about and I can't say it was a particularly welcoming place - maybe a day of listening to screaming kids takes the edge off your customer service skills.
In many ways, this is the sort of reassuringly disappointing pub experience you'd expect from somewhere directly opposite a train station - dull beer, miserable service, unimaginative interior - it all checks out. Add in the fact that it's been branded as a family dining venue and it's hard to find plus points. In mitigation, there aren't too many options in the vicinity, so an open pub is at least better than nothing, the sports coverage may be of interest to some and they at least have a drinkable ale option, with clips suggesting you might expect a wider range at certain times. Not on my revisit list, but it'll just about make do if you miss your train.
Date of visit: 2nd February 2025
On 2nd September 2025
- rating: 5
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Strongers . left this review about The Snooty Fox
The Snooty Fox is a large pub opposite Three Bridges railway station that was very busy during my visit early on Friday evening a couple of weeks ago. The large crowd was partly due to a work party having a Christmas buffet and the fact that there was six inches of snow outside and the trains were running on a limited service with many cancellations. The queue at the bar would have been unacceptable under most circumstances, but the governor was under a lot of pressure as only one of his staff had been able to make it into work – or so I would like to believe. The food is cheap pub grub and is served from midday until 21:00 everyday and the Pride was off, but Harveys Best was available alongside the standard draught products. The Guinness was well served and slipped down nicely as I watched the cars struggle by on the roads lacking grit outside. There is a dartboard on the right hand side of the pub and a pool table on the left and plasma screens can be found throughout for showing Sky Sports including 3D when it is shown.
There are three picnic tables outside the front of the pub and some more towards the rear where there is a car park and a fenced in seating area that was closed during my visit due to the weather conditions.
I found some of the other customers to be a little objectionable, but I thought this place was perfectly acceptable for a station pub.
On 18th December 2010
- rating: 6
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London Waterloo East, 1.48 miles, 28 min walk (show)
Crawley, 1.66 miles, 32 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 31 August 2022 by paulof horsham
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 31 August 2022 by paulof horsham
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 10% - last updated 01 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : Yes last updated 31 August 2022 by paulof horsham
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 31 August 2022 by paulof horsham
- Darts : Yes last updated 18 December 2010 by hondo .
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 31 August 2022 by paulof horsham
- Karaoke : Yes last updated 08 October 2022 by paulof horsham
- Live Music : Yes last updated 31 August 2022 by paulof horsham
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 18 December 2010 by hondo .
- Micropub : No last updated 31 August 2022 by paulof horsham
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 18 December 2010 by hondo .
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 23 June 2014 by Dave McNally
- WiFi : Yes last updated 31 August 2022 by paulof horsham
