Ye Olde Rose & Crown, Walthamstow, E17

This is another good pub in Walthamstow. The ales on were Fuller's seasonal Red Fox, Doom Bar, Tring Pelican, Elgood's Saturday Night Fever, and Crouch Vale Amarillo. That's a pretty good showing. It's essentially unchanged since Ray's visit last year, being a down to earth and honest pub. I like the leaded light windows, even if they are a modern addition - maybe someone will visit in a hundred years and see them as a heritage feature. The single storey room on the right must be a later addition, as inside at the back of it is a mosaic floor with the name of the pub as well as some original tiling. This has to have been an original entrance to the pub. Where we sat there were some paintings on the wall, which were clearly for sale as there was a price (£300) under one of them. This is a comfortable and friendly pub selling good beer. That works for me.

Official site of Ye Olde Rose & Crown - www.yeolderoseandcrowntheatrepub.co.uk

Official site of Ye Olde Rose & Crown - www.yeolderoseandcrowntheatrepub.co.uk

Ye Olde Rose and Crown is a nice looking Victorian pub that is situated in the middle of Walthamstow. Once inside there is a large L shaped room with the bar facing,there is a large raised area to the front right,the seating is a mix of normal tables and chairs and a few pew type seats. There was a very good choice of real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Trumans Best Bitter which went down well,the other brewery beers i noted were from Flipside and Crouch Vale,there were many more beers on the bar. This was a really nice pub to end my Walthamtsow crawl in. Pub visited 21/3/2015

First time to visit this impressive, large Victorian pub and theatre in the heart of Walthamstow and very difficult to improve on some of the excellent descriptions already provided. It wasn’t so busy for my early Saturday afternoon visit and the raised area to the right of the entrance was actually being used for a clothes sale. Not the type of thing that attracts me to a pub but it was pulling a few non drinking vistors in and any misconceptions I may have had over this evaporated as I approached the bar. It looks like they are continuing to add to the impressive pump clip collection with a good range of changing ales and for my visit all six pumps were in operation dispensing Deverels Tall Hot Blond, Cottage Brewery Cyclops, Cornwall Coastal Brewery Golden Hind, Bowman Moo Moo, Eland Brewery Old School and a craft lager in the form of the Viennese from Wharf Bank, and the couple I tried were in top form. Didn’t really have high hopes of this one but well exceeded expectations and was a good venue to kick off a crawl from Walthamstow Central station.