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The Anchor, Battersea, SW11
SW11
SW11 2AT
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Reviews of The Anchor (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
David Walton left this review about The Anchor
Visited 04/02/25
Cask was L Pride the one dispensing out of two hand pumps. Keg was Fosters, Carlsberg, John Smiths, Guinness, SB original and dark fruits, Brixton Reliance Pale Ale, Cruz, Moretti, Peroni, Amstel.
Sport orientated pub re-opened just before Xmas 2024 after a sizeable closure. There is some outside space on both roadsides of the venue. Inside the venue is sort of U shaped with the bar counter following that shape opposite the front entrance. Tiled around the bar counter with the area to the right-hand side bare boarded with a corner red leather banquette in the front right-hand corner. Tall tables with high backed stools in the rest of the area with a big screen on the rear wall. Some stools at the bar counter. Area at the front of the bar counter is carpeted with some regular tables and chairs opposite the front side. Area to the left-hand side of the entrance has some nice small tables with attractive upholstered chairs and to the left-hand edge had a space just large enough to fit a pool table on a bare boarded floor and which seemed to be the main reason the small number of chaps in here were here for. Another couple of TV's on this side were tuned into Sky Sports News and were silent with good volume interesting music being played.
On 22nd May 2026
- rating: 5
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Tris C left this review about The Anchor
It’s difficult to date this pub; it could be Victorian or perhaps rebuilt when the estate went up. It closed around 2023 to reopen in late 2024 under the stewardship of Craft Union.
With a sign expressly banning the wearing of sports’ wear, the exterior is now quite smart; it’s a decent looking pub compared to most estate-style pubs. There’s occluded glass, through which you can’t fail to see Six Nations flag nonsense, the glass not sufficiently occluded to shield the visitor from pulsing red, green and blue lights and multiple sports’ TVs at the time of my Saturday 8.20pm visit. There’s a bouncer then darts and pool, an eclectic mix of local customers, the place doing good business.
I didn’t take to the place however and given the ambience, decided not to stay for a drink.
On 22nd February 2025
- no rating submitted
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Anchor
This former two bar estate pub has now been knocked through into one internal space around the central large square serving area, but it still retains the feel of being an Irish back street local.
Eclectic mix of clientele when I visited which I put down to the Anchor being the only traditional pub experience for a sizeable chunk of this part of the Battersea Thames path which has undergone serious regeneration in recent years. And on this fine weather weekday afternoon office workers from the nearby completed glass palaces mingled with local old boys and a serious amount of builders obviously working on the glass palaces yet to be completed.
Although one internal space now it still feels like two different ends of the pub, both with large flat screens and the northern end has a photo and memorabilia homage display to Chelsea FC, the centre piece of which looks like a genuine Stamford Bridge SW6 road sign.
As well as copious chrome draft pumps with the usual Lager and Guinness suspects there are two ale hand pumps, one on each end of the bar, meaning you have to walk round the entire bar length to see what on. Sambrook’s Wandle and Doombar were on for my visit but frankly neither of these was up to much and I got the impression that this place moves a lot more lager than it does ale.
Not a destination pub by any means but scores by being the only traditional offering for quite a distance on this south bank side of the Battersea section of the Thames path.
On 17th August 2014
- rating: 6
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Clapham Junction, 0.49 miles, 9 min walk (show)
Clapham Junction, 0.49 miles, 9 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Car Park : No last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Darts : Yes last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Function Room : No last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Hot Food : No last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Live Music : Yes last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : Yes - Sky Sports/TNT. - last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Micropub : No last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Quiz Night : No last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Real Cider : No last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
- WiFi : Yes last updated 22 February 2025 by Tris C
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