Bat and Ball, Broad Half Penny Downback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Went in here with my Father as part of a walk around Hambledon and the surrounding area. As my Dad is an avid cricket fan, he loved the old cricketing ephemera dotted around the pub, and the fact that the birthplace of modern cricket was across the road. As a Fullers pub, it had the usual suspects in London Pride, HSB, and Seafairers etc, but they did have some cards on the table showing Fullers seasonal autumn beers that were coming to the pub. Only complaint was the price. Two pints were £7.80! I wasn't bowled over by that!
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Good jazz on the second Wednesday of the month from Harry Strutters Quartet.
A welcoming atmosphere, but you have to eat if you want to be in the same room as the musicians.
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cricket sarted here but finished pub when Dick moved on
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Worst pub now since food went downhill - avoid it
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An excellent pub. Stunning views. Gorgeous food, all home made by the chef. Landlord a really great guy. One of my all-time faves.
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A very pleasant pub, opposite Broad Half Penny Down Cricket Club. Lots of cricket memorobilia inside. Well worth a visit.
blamm - 31 Aug 2008 14:40 |
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This is where it all started, Cricket, I mean, not Beer! The pub has been through hard times, but is now as much a museum to the days when Hambledon thrashed England, and Richard Nyren ruled the world. The original frontage still exists, but there are a myriad of extensions to the back and side, which have deprived the pub of much of its character. Food is expensive, and quite frankly, not that imaginative, but pleasant, but the beer has always been good, though not of the cheapest! It is the museum to the "Cradle of Cricket" that draws most people here, and, though small and not that well lit - and notwithstanding that you have to ask people to move if you want to see the exhibits close to! - it is both informative and interesting, with artefacts and illustrations, scorecards and portraits dating back to the very beginnings of the game, until the MCC took over the organisation and the rule-making. A pub for enthusiasts, then, somewhere to go for a reason, but one which, if you are interested in what it offers, will be very well rewarded.
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Chef now at Bird In Hand ?
anonymous - 1 Dec 2006 13:32 |
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