Duke of Wellington, Shoreham-By-Sea

A rather striking looking building from the outside, the interior has been rather half-heartedly refurbished with wooden flooring over the original and a functional light wood bar. The pub has a rather bohemian feel and unusual decor such as the display of old vinyl records with the centre labels replaced with Dark Star brewery beer mats. Now an L shaped area however looking at the front elevation I reckon there would have been two doors in the middle between the bay windows, leading to seperate rooms. Seating is banquettes which have seen better days, small stools and bar stools. Candles are set into Jack Daniels bottles, there are toby jugs hanging over the bar, a selection of board games and reference material randomly chucked on a chair back. There is also a piano(with tourism leaflets all over the top), a bar billiards table and a dartboard. The TV was off. The leaded windows deserve a mention with their stained glass upper sections depicting various objects/characters. The main attraction however is the Dark Star beers, four handpumps, three on yesterday dispensing Hophead, American Pale Ale and The Argos Ale. There is also Thatchers Cider from a plastic barrel. It's shabby, untidy but really rather good, and the service was friendly too. Good stuff.

Nicely refurbished pub worth the walk from the railway station. Great range of Dark Star ales with a bit more room than their pub the Evening Star in Brighton. Wasnt so busy on our last visit as in other years.

As a Dark star fan I was pleased when they opened up a pub in shoreham. The beers here are superb and over the first year the venue has been refurbished.They have live bands on Fridays and sometimes Sundays,and Roy and the rest of the staff are great. Well worth a visit!