The Village, Walthamstow, E17

The Village Pub is situated on Orford Road, in the heart of Walthamstow Village. It underwent a bit of an internal makeover a couple of years ago to keep in with the increasing gentrification of the surrounding Walthamstow Village area and, although I cannot comment on whether this was positive or negative as I had never visited before, the current incarnation is still pretty good and it looks like they have avoided the trap of becoming a bland Gastro pub and, although clearly a modern interior, it still has enough of a traditional feel about it. Internally it is mainly one open space with a wooden floor by the bar section with bar stools and a couple of tables against the far wall opposite the bar, and then carpeted seating sections either side of the main entrance as you enter and then in the larger space beyond the bar. Then there is a separate smaller snug type room at the back with a good collection of period black & white photos of Walthamstow. And outside there is a large paved seating area with one section under a permanent roof and the rest under umbrellas. The food menu is more traditional pub menu than gastro and we had a couple of the light options from the lunchtime menu which were perfectly fine. As well as having Peroni, Kronenbourg, and Erdinger on draught, it is a Free House and there are five Real Ale hand pumps on the bar. Deuchars and Adnams seem to be regular options with Adnams Bitter and Broadside and Deuchars IPA being on for our visit. But then the other two were from smaller local breweries with Hound Dog from the Growler Brewery and the local Hackney Brewery Best Bitter. All the ones we tried were well kept and I wouldn’t have any issue for a return visit when next in the locality.

Randomness Guide to London - Village entry

Randomness Guide to London - Village entry