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N:The Coach and Horses
FN:The Coach and Horses
TEL;WORK;VOICE:020 8876 2695
ADR;WORK:;;27 Barnes High St;SW13 9LW
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NOTE:It's easier to get from London to Newcastle than it is to get from any other part of London to Barnes, especially with a Rail Replacement Bus Service in operation and copious rain having reduced the Thames path to a vat of ankle-deep mud. Stretched out amongst the thick riverbank foliage like a cinematic stage set, Barnes does, however, repay the effort expended in getting there with some considerable olde worlde charm, not the least thanks to this pub. A venerable and highly traditional old coaching inn, it is set back from the spoiled mega-boozers that sit by the river , in what I suppose passes for the centre of Barnes. Outside loos, nice beer garden, lovely bar area that looks unchanged in generations, Youngs/Wells beers, and seats that scream to be sat in all day long form an irresistable pub architecture, added to by mottled glass that catches the afternoon light in that pleasant, woozy I've-got-better-things-to-do-but-this-is-just-too-nice sort of way. Good food, laid-back atmosphere and lovely barstaff make for a top notch drinking experience.
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