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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.  [https://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.

The information below is retained for historical purposes.

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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.

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 (&pound;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 &pound;1.40/half.

They were doing food during our May 2008 visit, including "roast rib of beef with Yorkshire pudding and all the veggies" (&pound;9.50) and "goats cheese, thyme and red onion tart with proper veggie gravy, asparagus and new potatoes" (&pound;8.50) <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/2525552654/ photo of that day's menu]</small></small>; 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 they'd locked themself in.

<div class="getting_here"><b>Getting here:</b> The map link on this page is accurate; note that many online maps have the pointer in the wrong place (the centre of the postcode).</div>

See also:
* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/5470/ Beer In The Evening comments]
* [http://fancyapint.com/pub/2347 Fancyapint review]

<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], October 2008.</div>
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