The Falcon, Clapham Junction - pub details
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Address: 2 St. Johns Hill, Clapham Junction, London, SW11 1RU [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 295)
Clapham Junction (0.1 miles), Wandsworth Town (0.9 miles), Wandsworth Common (1.3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- TV, Sky TV, Big screen
- Fruit machines, Quiz machines (itbox)
- Food served, Real ale
- Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
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> Current user rating: 6.3/10 (rated by 130 users)
> Local guides: London pub guide, South West London pub guide, Clapham pub guide
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user reviews of the Falcon, Clapham Junction
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| High standards maintained in this Nicholsons pub where the ale quality thankfully matches the ale quantity.We sampled the Golden Arrow (Cottage Brewing),Blonde(Lancaster),Cornish Mutiny(Wooden Hand),Bankers Draft(Wickwar) and Haggis Hunter(Harviestoun) which was the pick of this well kept selection.Encouraging to see a lot of younger drinkers (blokes and birds) hitting the real ale ,good quality bar snacks now served until 10pm to soak up the alcohol and despite being busy all night,the bar service remained crisp and efficient.Top quaffing pub. Bucking_Fastard - 1 Feb 2010 11:05 |
| I still like this pub. The funny thing is though I prefered it when it wasn't a Nicholsons, though being this doesn't put me off in the slightest. It does have a fine range of beers on the pumps (10 when last in on Saturday) and has great character to it. I just prefered the "old" Falcon as the atmosphere was slightly better. Still not one to miss though. Oakman100 - 5 Jan 2010 11:02 |
| Large, imposing pub occupying a prominent corner position on a busy road junction just outside Clapham Junction station. Its impressively ornate Victorian interior, including much wood pannelling and coloured stained falcon - logo windows earn it a place in CAMRA's National Inventory of Unspoilt Interiors. Note also the mini-snug with wood and glass screens as you come in from the main entrance and the stained glass in the rear room with the skylights. It's a long continuous bar counter that serves round a huge central bar servery with a notable high bar back with etched mirrors. The bar counter serves a number of interconnecting drinking areas. The pub was acquired several years ago by Nicholsons whose restoration, including bringing in chandeliers, has brought out the best of the traditional interior. One dreads to think what the Wells and Youngs "sensitive refurbishment" brigade would have done to this splendid place! Prior to Nicholsons arrival, ordering a pint of real ale required a certain leap of faith - on occasions only the London Pride was on and quality left room for improvement. Real ale trade seemed to be negligible and the pub seemed to have more than its fair share of scallies. We now have a thriving pub with a broad customer mix. There's 3 separate banks of handpumps strategically situated around the bar with usually about 12 different real ales on offer. I've often thought that that's too many, but, in fairness, I've never had a pint that's below par. One of the difficulties is that staff serving at one bank of pumps never seem to know what the other pumps round the other side of the bar are offering and if - as I encountered the other day - you come in with a couple of friends and each wants a pint from a different bank of pumps, it becomes a bit of a nightmarish experience. The pub is listed in the CAMRA 2010 Good Beer Guide. On recent visits, I've had decent pints of Purity Amber Ale, Doom Bar, Harveys, amongst others. Being very close to a busy station like Clapham Junction means that the pub is invariably crowded, but it's streets ahead of your typical station pub and you should definitely pop in if you get the chance. JohnBonser - 2 Dec 2009 13:29 |
| Impressive heritage pub just a minutes walk from Clapham Junction station. A vast traditional bar features a large range of hand pulls, I think there were eleven beers on when I visited early on a Tuesday lunchtime, & that was with several turned round. Tried the local Sambrooks Wandle, wasnt impressed tho, that could be the beers not my type rather than the pub doing wrong... definitely worth a revisit. pcummings - 29 Nov 2009 19:18 |
| Not being much of a fan of Nicholson's pubs and (particularly) the way they keep their beer, I was astounded when I entered this place which I had previously ignored when walking past many times before. A fascinating heritage interior, with a decent selection of different beer on handpump on each segment of the sub-divided oval-shaped bar. Better still, they had a real ale festival on with a total of 49 different brews on offer (main bar plus temporary stillages in the back room. Much, much better than I expected. rpadam - 6 Nov 2009 23:09 |
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