Southampton Arms, London

Posted on 08. Mar, 2011 by Robert Gale in Pubs

Southampton Arms, London

A simple, basic pub, the Southampton Arms offers a great selection of real ales and ciders in a friendly environment.

The Interior

Once a failing Courage pub with uninteresting beers and equally uninteresting punters, the Southampton Arms was transformed in 2009 to a real ale and cider lovers paradise. The interior was stripped back to the bare boards and 18 handpumps were installed to dispense quality ales and ciders.

Consisting of just one long room, the pub can get busy which will mean sharing with a table with some friendly locals. To the rear of the pub you’ll find a small beer garden along with the outdoor gents toilets. Entertainment is straightforward and you won’t find any TVs or fruit machines. Instead, there’s a well used piano and a pile of vinyl and a turntable behind the bar.

Food and Drink

The Southampton Arms is proud to support beers from local/regional breweries including the nearby Camden Town Brewery, Brodie’s and Twickenham Ales as well as Dark Star, Summer Wine Brewery, St Peter’s, Thornbridge and Waveney Brewing Company. You can always find around a dozen or so beers (usually 10 cask and 2 keg) plus a good selection of ciders (around 6-8). Prices are very reasonable with all casks ales costing £2.95 a pint (March, 2011).

Food consists of well priced old-fashioned pub snacks such as pork pies, sausage rolls and joints of meat that are cut up for baps.

Visiting the Pub

There’s a bus stop directly outside the pub that is served by the 241 and C2 buses. A short walk away is either the Kentish Town underground station or the Gospel Oak overground station.

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Venue Location

Southampton Arms

139 Highgate Road

London

NW5 1LE

Tel: 020 7485 1511

www.thesouthamptonarms.co.uk

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Robert Gale likes beer, pubs and beer festivals. He also likes to take photos of beer, pubs and beer festivals. Most weekends of the year you can find him travelling around the UK (and sometimes beyond) photographing and reviewing good quality pubs and beer festivals. He also has a day job in the form of a web developer for Ozum.