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Pub in Cheam.

Previously owned by Mitchells & Butlers, it was sold to the Stonegate Pub Company in mid-late 2010. However, it appears that the staff and management are unlikely to change, and indeed as of October 2010 there are signs up around the pub aimed at easing the transition photo.

It has a number of separate areas inside, as well as some seating out the front and a fairly big paved beer garden with picnic benches.

Kake and James visited on a Tuesday evening in October 2010 visit. The beer was notably cheap; Harvey's Sussex Best was £2.40/pint and Young's Bitter was even cheaper at £2.15/pint (London Pride was also available).

There were quite a few people in — groups, couples, and even one or two people who seemed to have come on their own to have their dinner there. Music was playing; a reasonably eclectic combination including The Specials, The Who, and various hits from the '80s. A flatscreen was showing the news with subtitles and no sound.

Notably, they have a cash machine that doesn't charge for withdrawals (at least as of October 2010).

Accessibility: No steps to get in. Step-free to the bar and at least some of the seating once you're in. A shallow ramp to the room at the left of the bar (from which the toilets are accessed). Not sure about access to the beer garden though.

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Last visited by Kake and James, October 2010.
OS X co-ord: 524286 OS Y co-ord: 163784 (Latitude: 51.359013 Longitude: -0.214732)
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