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Pub on the border of [[Locale Hackney|Hackney]] and [[Locale Homerton|Homerton]], roughly equidistant between [[Homerton Station]] and [[Hackney Central Station]]. It reopened in June 2015 after nearly three years' closure and a [http://web.archive.org/web/20141127161845/http://www.savethechesham.org/ lengthy local campaign] to stop a property developer converting it into flats. (See <a href="http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?id=Chesham_Arms%2C_E9_6DU&version=10">earlier version of this page</a> for a description pre-closure.)
 Now closed; was a pub in [[Locale Hackney|Hackney]], just behind Sutton House.
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It's clear from the interior that it was once two rooms, but these have now been knocked into one, giving a open space around the curve of the bar. Seating is primarily on low backless stools, but there are also a few upright chairs. A dozen stools lined up along the bar complete the arrangements. A door at the back leads to a small covered area of decking, with steps down to a patio and a walled-in grassy beer garden.
 It closed in October 2012, and [http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2012/12/10/chesham-arms-closed-for-development/ according to the Hackney Citizen] as of December 2012 there are plans to turn it into flats. There is [http://www.savethechesham.org/ a campaign] to retain it as a pub.
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The decor is traditional without being dated: dark varnished floorboards covered here and there with patterned rugs, exposed brickwork with iron stoves in the original fireplace spaces, old mirrors advertising Branston pickle, and a piano in one corner with its lid stacked high with board games.
 The information below is retained for people who want to know what it was like.
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[[Kake]] visited on a Wednesday early evening in September 2016. There were three or four other customers in when I arrived around 4:30pm, and several more turned up while I was there. Instrumental jazz was playing, not too loud. Service was friendly and welcoming.
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Pub in [[Locale Hackney|Hackney]], just behind Sutton House.
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There were three real ales on: Green Jack Morse XXX (&pound;2/half), Oakham JHB, and Redemption Rock The Kazbek. They also had Mendip Hills real cider on handpump.
 Run by the same people as [[Charles Dickens, SE1 0LH]], according to an advert in the April/May 2008 London Drinker magazine. The same advert claims "an ever-changing selection of up to six real ales will be available from microbreweries", and says that the quiz night is every Tuesday.
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According to their website as of September 2016, they are child friendly and dog friendly.
 There are two rooms inside, one on either side of the bar. One table has a couple of leather couches, and there's another couch alongside the wall. A few more tables are scattered between the two rooms, and there's a pool table.
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[[Kake]]'s verdict: I'd happily come back.
 On a visit in October 2008, there were indeed two sets of three handpulls, though only two of the six were on (Owd Fool, and Brakspear Bitter, &pound;2.60/pint). Another handpull had an Adnam's Bitter label, but it was turned around (the landlord appeared to be changing the barrel). Service was on the whole perfectly friendly.
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Accessibility: Two steps to get in, one of them quite large. Three more steps to the ladies'. More steps to the beer garden.
 There's a heated canopy in the garden for smokers. There's more seating in the garden down some stairs (not heated).
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* [http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/25098/ Pubs Galore comments]
* [http://eathackney.com/chesham-arms-15-mehetabel-rd-e9/ Eat Hackney review]
* [http://www.timeout.com/london/bars-and-pubs/chesham-arms Time Out review]
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* [https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/14596/ WhatPub entry]
 * [http://fancyapint.com/pub/3760 Fancyapint review]
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by Kake, September 2016. Opening hours taken from the Chesham Arms website, September 2016.</div>
 <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]] and Jo, 1 October 2008.</div>
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hours_text='Mon-Thu: 4:30pm-11pm; Fri: noon-11pm; Sat-Sun: noon-11pm'
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summary='Now closed; was a pub in Hackney.' website='http://www.cheshamarms.com/'

Now closed; was a pub in Hackney, just behind Sutton House.

It closed in October 2012, and according to the Hackney Citizen as of December 2012 there are plans to turn it into flats. There is a campaign to retain it as a pub.

The information below is retained for people who want to know what it was like.

Pub in Hackney, just behind Sutton House.

Run by the same people as Charles Dickens, SE1 0LH, according to an advert in the April/May 2008 London Drinker magazine. The same advert claims "an ever-changing selection of up to six real ales will be available from microbreweries", and says that the quiz night is every Tuesday.

There are two rooms inside, one on either side of the bar. One table has a couple of leather couches, and there's another couch alongside the wall. A few more tables are scattered between the two rooms, and there's a pool table.

On a visit in October 2008, there were indeed two sets of three handpulls, though only two of the six were on (Owd Fool, and Brakspear Bitter, £2.60/pint). Another handpull had an Adnam's Bitter label, but it was turned around (the landlord appeared to be changing the barrel). Service was on the whole perfectly friendly.

There's a heated canopy in the garden for smokers. There's more seating in the garden down some stairs (not heated).

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Last visited by Ewan and Jo, 1 October 2008.

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