Had passed it earlier in the day to the others visited and looks not that remarkable from the outside as a CAMRA heritage pub. It was busy on my early evening visit with all tables taken and mostly for drinking from what I could see. Apparently got its name from being able to see the original Windsor Castle from the nearby Campden Hill before no doubt lots of local building afterwards. A 1933 refurbishment is said to have created the separated drinking bars inside and not the original build in 1830. Now has the Campden Bar, as etched on the outside door leading in and which I entered by. A two further external doors are marked on the etched glass doors as Private Bar and Sherry Bar. There is also an Ordinary Bar according to CAMRA's WhatPub. My major aim was to aim for the gents and not helped by it being upstairs on the steepest and narrowest stairs you could imagine. I was then beaten by 4 other chaps who raced upstairs just after me and knew exactly what door in the corridor to aim for. My aim was then to definitely wait outside for them to complete their business before the two urinals on the inside were accessible. After all that, I thought it best to head to the next heritage pub on the list. I left happy that I had managed a few photos of the very low ceiling heights for the doorways between the partitioned bars. This is where you had to duck going through, even if you were just slightly higher than a midget, and I was greatly relieved also that I had not added a bump to my head.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Timothy Taylor - Landlord
4.30
Not Tried
Sharp's - Doom Bar
4.00
Not Tried
St Austell - Tribute
4.20
Not Tried
12 May 2015 (Stephen Harris)
Very busy indeed in the early evening, with a somewhat upmarket crowd and lots of talk about finance markets. I found a seat in the ‘Sherry Bar’.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Windsor & Eton - Knight of the Garter
3.80
Expensive – but in superb condition, emphasising the lemon and lime hop flavours.
The pub is found in Kensington, Central London, W8 7AR.
An outstanding, multi-roomed pub situated in a very posh district and enhanced by refurbishment in 2014. Retains three separate front bars, divided by 1930s wood partitions. At least a couple more dining rooms to the rear, plus a courtyard garden. The pub is said to be so-named because when first built it was possible to see across the fields to Windsor Castle from the upper rooms – a rather fanciful claim.
We have visited this pub twice, seen 8 different beers and tried 1 of them.
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