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London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates
Southwest London: Other locations – Carshalton

Contemporary pub (Independent)
4 North Street, Carshalton SM5 2HU
T 020 8773 4549 w www.thesuncarshalton.com f The-Sun-Carshalton
Open 1200 (1700 Mon)-2300 (2400 Fri-Sat, 2230 Sun). Children very welcome until 1900.
Cask beer 5 (Sharp’s or Timothy Taylor, 4 often unusual guests) Cask Marque, Other beer 3 keg, 5 bottles, Also 26 wines.
Food Upmarket pub grub, Outdoor Large beer garden, Wifi. Disabled toilet.
Mon poker, Tue quiz, Wed wine night, Thu gourmet supper club, monthly acoustic music, board games.

Carshalton boasts an outstanding small pub, the community run Hope (p216), which is well worth a train trip into suburbia on its own account, but the Sun, only a short walk from the station, has possibilities too. This cheerful, comfortable and rather eccentrically decorated place is a multipurpose community local, with a busy programme of events and promotions. A mix of spaces includes a rather blokey main bar complemented by a soft centred family room complete with high chairs and games. Expect to see Doom Bar or Landlord as a cask staple, with guests sourced from a large range of often small breweries. Acorn, Blindmans, Cheddar, Dark Star, Downton, Fyne, Thornbridge and Triple fff are among those featured in the pump clip display on the wall of the rear corridor leading to an extensive and very verdant garden. Perhaps not a soaraway Sun, especially give the local competition, but it might still make you beam.

National Rail Carshalton Cycling NCN 20, LCN+ 75 Walking Wandle Trail