The Coach & Horses, Carshalton

Currently closed by order of the licensing authority. http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/Carshalton-pub-temporarily-closed-drug-taking/story-16529299-detail/story.html

The Coach and Horses is a small U shaped local’s boozer that was busy on the Friday evening I visited a month or so ago. Live music is advertised for every weekend and a band was just getting ready to start before I left. There is a dartboard that had some seating on the oche so no darts when the pub is busy. Poker is hosted every Tuesday night from 19:30. The bar is stocked with standard draught and I counted three hand pumps, one of which was unused leaving Bombardier and Greene King IPA as the ale choices. I managed a quarter of a pint of Bombardier before I had to give up as it was minging. There are better pubs in the immediate area so I doubt that I’ll find myself in here again anytime soon.

Very much a locals boozer,the interior is small and groups around a bar running along a rear wall.The exterior is very traditional with fine glazed tiling and leaded windows with harlequin colours.My visit was part of a pub crawl and the sudden influx of strangers did elicit some polite questioning from a few regulars.A small band was just about to start up,and given the ale selection was ,I seem recall,GK IPA and Adnams Broadside(mine not great) it felt appropriate to make this a brief visit.