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The Wibbley Wobbley was a pub situated inside a boat moored in Greenland Dock on the east side of the [[Locale Rotherhithe|Rotherhithe]] peninsula. [http://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/were-not-floating-plans-to-scrap-wibbley-wobbley-say-southwark-council/ According to the Southwark News], it was closed by 2015. |
Advertising itself as "England's only floating pub", the Wibbley Wobbley is a pub situated inside a boat moored in Greenland Dock on the east side of the [[Locale Rotherhithe|Rotherhithe]] peninsula. |
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The information below is retained for historical purposes. <div class="old_info"> Advertising itself as "England's only floating pub", the Wibbley Wobbley is a pub situated inside a boat moored in Greenland Dock on the east side of the [[Locale Rotherhithe|Rotherhithe]] peninsula. |
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* [http://www.southwarknews.co.uk/food-and-drink/00,news,9089,6490,00.htm Southwark News review] |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], October 2008.</div> </div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], 29 October 2008.</div> |
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category='Featured Article,Now Closed' edit_type='Normal edit' |
category='Featured Article,Pub Food,Pubs,River View,Smoking Area' edit_type='Minor tidying' |
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latitude='51.494280' locale='Rotherhithe,SE16' longitude='-0.032882' major_change='0' |
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phone='' postcode='' summary='Now closed; was a pub on a boat, moored in Greenland Dock on the Rotherhithe peninsula.' summary='A pub on a boat, moored in Greenland Dock on the Rotherhithe peninsula.' |
os_x='536541' os_y='179148' phone='020 7232 2320' summary='Now closed; was a pub on a boat, moored in Greenland Dock on the Rotherhithe peninsula.' postcode='SE16 7SZ' summary='A pub on a boat, moored in Greenland Dock on the Rotherhithe peninsula.' |
Advertising itself as "England's only floating pub", the Wibbley Wobbley is a pub situated inside a boat moored in Greenland Dock on the east side of the Rotherhithe peninsula.
It's a little cramped inside near the bar, though there's more room further back than you might expect. A floating pontoon attached to the side of the boat provides external seating space, which is quite nice on a sunny day (though note it's rather more wobbly than the boat itself).
Kake and doop visited on a Sunday Bank Holiday afternoon in May 2008. No cask ales, but they did have Old Speckled Hen on tap (£2.80/pint). They also had other standard pub fizz including Strongbow. There were a fair few other customers, most of them enjoying the weather outside on the pontoon, but we managed to get a table out there too.
Kake visited again on a Wednesday evening in October 2008. It was pretty much empty apart from a regular at the bar, a couple in a corner, and three young men unwinding after work. No piped music. Strongbow was £1.40/half.
They were doing food during our May 2008 visit, including "roast rib of beef with Yorkshire pudding and all the veggies" (£9.50) and "goats cheese, thyme and red onion tart with proper veggie gravy, asparagus and new potatoes" (£8.50) (photo of that day's menu); not sure whether food is served throughout the week.
Signage on the boat indicates that there's a restaurant upstairs called French Fred's, but the BITE comments linked below suggest that this is no longer actually in existence as a separate concern (and we didn't check).
Accessibility: Fairly steep set of steps down to get in, with very low handrail. Toilets are minuscule, with heavy enough doors that Kake momentarily thought she was locked in.
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