The Northcote Review: A Pub on the Spine of Nappy Valley
The Northcote Review: A Pub on the Spine of Nappy Valley | A gastropub on the half-mile shopping street that gives Battersea’s ‘Nappy Valley’ its name, built over a buried river
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The Prince Albert Battersea Review: The Pub by the Trembling Bridge
The Prince Albert Battersea Review: The Pub by the Trembling Bridge | A grand corner local opposite Battersea Park, named for the consort whose bridge soldiers were ordered not to march across
The Victoria Battersea Review: A Queen’s Name, a Strong Score
The Victoria Battersea Review: A Queen’s Name, a Strong Score | One of Battersea’s best-scored pubs, flying the flag of the queen who gave her age, her park and half her borough its shape
Northcote Records Review: Live Music on Nappy Valley’s High Street
Northcote Records Review: Live Music on Nappy Valley’s High Street | A live-music bar borrowing the language of the record shop, set on the half-mile street built over a buried river
The Falcon Review: Britain’s Longest Bar at Clapham Junction
The Falcon Review: Britain’s Longest Bar at Clapham Junction | An 1887 Grade II pub-hotel with the longest bar counter in the country, a falcon in the stained glass, and a lost river in its name
Union Review: A Battersea Bar Named for the Act of Joining
Union Review: A Battersea Bar Named for the Act of Joining | A Battersea bar flying a name that means the oldest thing a drinking house does – bringing people together, joining them into one
JOIA Rooftop Bar Review: A Lisbon Jewel Atop the Power Station
JOIA Rooftop Bar Review: A Lisbon Jewel Atop the Power Station | A rooftop bar high above Battersea Power Station, bringing the spirit of Lisbon to the London skyline under a name that means ‘jewel’
The Beehive Review: The Pub Named for Industry Itself
The Beehive Review: The Pub Named for Industry Itself | A Battersea pub flying the great old emblem of industry and community – the beehive, symbol of busy, cooperative, collective work
Lockes Bar Review: A Near-Perfect Score by Clapham Junction
Lockes Bar Review: A Near-Perfect Score by Clapham Junction | One of the highest-scored rooms in the survey, near Clapham Junction, flying a name that hints at both a person and a philosopher
The Anchor Review: The Symbol of Hope Over a Battersea Door
The Anchor Review: The Symbol of Hope Over a Battersea Door | A Battersea pub flying one of the oldest and most hopeful symbols in the world – the anchor, emblem of steadfastness, safety and hope itself
Project Orange Review: A Bar That Sounds Like a Mission
Project Orange Review: A Bar That Sounds Like a Mission | A Battersea bar with a name that sounds less like a pub and more like a covert operation, flying the warmest colour in the spectrum
Bar Social Review: The Bar That Names Its Own Purpose
Bar Social Review: The Bar That Names Its Own Purpose | A Battersea cocktail bar flying the most honest name of all – it simply announces what a bar is for: being social
The Fox and Hounds Review: The Hunt Comes to Battersea
The Fox and Hounds Review: The Hunt Comes to Battersea | A Battersea pub flying the most rural of all English pub names – the hunt, the hounds and the fox, planted improbably in the inner city
Battersea Brothers Review: A Family Name Over an Italian Kitchen
Battersea Brothers Review: A Family Name Over an Italian Kitchen | An Italian cafe, bar and kitchen flying the warmest kind of name – the family, the brothers, the human hands behind the counter
Archer Street SW11 Review: Cocktails Under a Bowman’s Name
Archer Street SW11 Review: Cocktails Under a Bowman’s Name | A Battersea cocktail bar borrowing the name of Soho’s old musicians’ street, and with it the long shadow of the English bowman
Humble Grape Battersea Review: The Modest Name on a Strong Wine List
Humble Grape Battersea Review: The Modest Name on a Strong Wine List | A well-scored Battersea wine bar flying a deliberately modest name over a serious cellar – the humble grape doing very ambitious things
The Merchant of Battersea Review: A Shakespearean Pun by the Common
The Merchant of Battersea Review: A Shakespearean Pun by the Common | A lively local near Clapham Common flying a name that turns a Shakespeare title into a Battersea joke – the merchant of the south London manor
The Chelsea Pensioner Review: A Pint for the Scarlet-Coated Veterans
The Chelsea Pensioner Review: A Pint for the Scarlet-Coated Veterans | A pub named for the scarlet-coated old soldiers of Wren’s Royal Hospital Chelsea, founded by Charles II for men broken by age and war
Vagabond Wines Review: The Wandering Bottle on Northcote Road
Vagabond Wines Review: The Wandering Bottle on Northcote Road | A self-pour wine bar on Northcote Road with a near-perfect score and a name that celebrates the wanderer, the drifter and the restless glass
The Roundhouse Review: The Pub Named for the Engine Shed
The Roundhouse Review: The Pub Named for the Engine Shed | A Battersea pub flying a name from the age of steam – the roundhouse, the circular engine shed where locomotives were turned and tended
The Duke of Cambridge Review: A Quiet Battersea Local Under a Royal Title
The Duke of Cambridge Review: A Quiet Battersea Local Under a Royal Title | A quaint, easy-going Battersea pub flying a royal dukedom that has passed down the centuries to the future king
Hawkins Forge Review: The Blacksmith’s Pub on Battersea Rise
Hawkins Forge Review: The Blacksmith’s Pub on Battersea Rise | A Battersea Rise pub that trades on the memory of the blacksmith’s forge, wearing its ironworking past in exposed brick and wall art
Blame Gloria Review: The Bar That Names a Scapegoat
Blame Gloria Review: The Bar That Names a Scapegoat | A Clapham Junction cocktail bar and late-night party room with a name that hands you your excuse before the evening has even begun
Be At One Battersea Rise Review: The Highest Score, and a Zen Command
Be At One Battersea Rise Review: The Highest Score, and a Zen Command | The top-scored room in the whole Battersea survey, flying a name that is half cocktail bar and half instruction in mindfulness
The Junction Review: A Pub Named for the Busiest Rails in Britain
The Junction Review: A Pub Named for the Busiest Rails in Britain | A Battersea pub taking its name straight from Clapham Junction – the busiest railway junction in Britain, and the engine that built the modern neighbourhood
The Plough Review: The Oldest Working Name in the English Pub
The Plough Review: The Oldest Working Name in the English Pub | A Battersea pub flying one of the most ancient and honest names in the English trade – the working tool of the ploughman, and the stars overhead
The Lighthouse Review: A Beacon Two Miles From the Sea
The Lighthouse Review: A Beacon Two Miles From the Sea | A Battersea pub flying the name of a coastal beacon in a neighbourhood without a coast – and the Prat finds the landlocked lighthouse rather poetic
The Thieves Review: The Bar Bold Enough to Warn You
The Thieves Review: The Bar Bold Enough to Warn You | A Battersea bar with the cheek to name itself after the very people you were told to watch for – and the Prat rather admires the nerve
Harbour Bar Review: A Safe Haven Too New to Judge
Harbour Bar Review: A Safe Haven Too New to Judge | A brand-new Battersea wine bar with but a single review, flying one of the warmest names of all – the harbour, the safe haven from the storm
Searcys Champagne Bar Review: Bubbles in the Art Deco Turbine Hall
Searcys Champagne Bar Review: Bubbles in the Art Deco Turbine Hall | A champagne bar in the Art Deco Turbine Hall A of Battersea Power Station, run by London’s oldest catering house, founded by a Victorian confectioner