The Sun in the Sands, Kidbrooke - pub details
Address: 123, Shooters Hill Rd, London, SE3 8UQ [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 2154)
Westcombe Park (0.8 miles), Charlton (0.9 miles), Kidbrooke (1 mile)
Pub suggested by Dave Jones on 31 Mar 2003
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> Current user rating: 4.1/10 (rated by 14 users)
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British Oak, Kidbrooke (0.1 miles), Royal Standard, Blackheath (0.5 miles), Hungry Horse, Woolwich (0.6 miles), White Swan, Charlton (0.6 miles), Bugle Horn, Charlton (0.6 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Sun in the Sands, Kidbrooke
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| Firstly this pub is in Blackheath and not Kidbrooke. I see the goings on in this pub on a daily basis. You often see drug dealing taking place ouside in the cars and vans and the smell of weed walking past on a saturday is very strong. Its full of rough chavs, avoid it like the plague! blackheath - 11 Dec 2009 14:26 |
| A man's pub. You have to walk past gangs of rough looking smokers to get in. Well, not walk past so much as walk through as they stand right in the doorway. Once inside it is large yet gloomy with an air of an abandoned and struggling local. There are menus on the tables offering food for around £6 which indicates some popularity, and a sense that more than just builders and dockers will come in here. Two cask pumps - Bombardier and London Pride. The Bombardier was off, and the Pride was dull and soapy, even though - bless her - the barmaid pulled it through several times to make sure it was fresh. There's a pool table area on the left, and a small backyard with chairs which serves as the beer garden (or alternative smoke room judging by the overflowing ash trays). I have always been curious about this pub as it gives it's name to a prominent interchange on the A2, is regularly mentioned on traffic reports, and is on the route of the London Marathon. In addition the pub and the area around it was declared a special conservation area in 1995 (The Sun in the Sands Conservation Area). The first mention of a pub on the site is in 1790 with the name Sun Ale House, though there is evidence that a building existed on the site in 1745, and it is likely that it was a pub at that time, as the community grew up around the pub. The building has been much altered over the years, and there is a difference of thought as to if the pub was entirely rebuilt in 1842 or if it retains some of the original 18th century structure. The name developed into it's current form due to the sandpits in the area. I have to say that while I didn't expect much, I was still rather disappointed that it was so lacking in character and appeared to be a little bit rough. The place is not exactly hideous, but is on the poor side of an average back-street local. SilkTork - 10 Sep 2009 18:32 |
| The interesting name is derived from the original Ye Sunne pub that would be lost in a cloud of dust as the local farmers drove their animals down the dirt tracks to Blackheath. The current pub dates from 1841 and these days it is more likely to be lost in the smog of car fumes from the nearby A2. The pub looks far better than it actually is. The interior is now one knocked through cavernous room which makes it spacious but far too open and devoid of any character. The beer selection is poor and unimaginative – the only Real ale (Courage Directors) was off on my visit. The pub seems to be geared towards football fans, pool players, karaoke singers and fruit machine addicts. I would be the first to sit down and watch football but the picture on the big screen was of decidedly poor quality. There seemed to be no restraint on the punters language and I get the impression that it attracts some quite unsavoury characters. It certainly generated a very rough ambience and it is not really a place that I can particularly recommend. RogerB - 29 Mar 2007 13:23 |
| good boozer,alrite ya get some dodgy looking fellas in there,but ya spend the time to get to know some of them you will see that the chaps are ok.tony the guv is a fair bloke as are his staff,nice bit of grub(got an indian kitchen)and the beer is proper.so give it a go you may be supprised.you have the added bonus of saturday night karaoke,even if the singing aint up to scratch its a right goog laugh.. bibboy64 - 10 Feb 2007 10:13 |
| This pub is terrible. I live round the corner from it and have driven past it countless times and was curious about it. Went in there on a saturday night with a few friends, hated it in there. It was Karaoke night, which i usually dont mind. But this was something else. Packed to the rafters, we were told to sit down by other customers, as they couldnt see the singers. Fair enough, but there wasnt any more chairs! Bar staff were ok though. The group of us who went in there decided it was a motorway freak pub. M1cky83 - 27 Sep 2006 16:10 |
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