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N:The Princess of Wales
FN:The Princess of Wales
TEL;WORK;VOICE:20 8852 5784
ADR;WORK:;;1a Montpelier Row;SE3 0RL
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NOTE:For those who consider Greenwich to be a bit of a gauche tourist hangout, Blackheath forms the perfect antidote. Stretching out behind the royal park, walking across the heath is like peeling back layers of time, with not a single new building before you as you head towards the ancient village beyond. The Princess of Wales is one of two pubs that front onto the heath, and the only one that will allow you to take your drinks out into the greenery. As such, it is enormously popular, but thankfully it offers plenty to be worthy of all the attention. Design-wise, it has gone down the by-now-familiar stripped interior fittings, everything done in dark wood in the front and side bars, while there is an extensive conservatory at the back with sofas etc, and a fairly large beer garden beyond that. It offers a wide range of ales, upmarket continental beers (Budvar Dark and Fruli, for instance) and provides an excellent, if expensive, food menu. Can get a bit crowded at the bar, but overall it is a place well worth persevering with, particularly if you want to enjoy your vittles on the wide expanse of grass, at least during one of those rare occasions it stops raining.
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