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The Fox & Pheasant (Free House)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%)Acceptable2
Greene King - AbbotPoor2
Timothy Taylor - LandlordGood1
St Austell - TributeNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Fox & Pheasant, Chelsea, Greater London

Visits Details

23 Feb 2022 (Jack William)
Just time to slot in a visit early evening before a match at Craven Cottage. Walked past the almost empty Chelsea Pensioner 20 metres away to find a warm and welcoming traditional pub. 2 bars and a very smart restaurant area at the back. Darts being played in the left hand bar. Friendly bar staff.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Timothy Taylor - Landlord4.30Good
St Austell - Tribute4.20Not Tried
18 Mar 2014 (Magnus Greel)
Late evening post match, very busy with celebrating Chelsea fans.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%)3.40Good
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
10 Sep 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Watched the first half of the Ukraine v England football World Cup qualifier match on TV.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Greene King - Abbot5.00Acceptable
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%)3.40Not Tried
10 Sep 2013 (HSB)
16:45 Last stop on the planned tour as the additional pubs had eaten into the time. Wedding party in the right hand bar.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%)3.40PoorUsual horrible Greene King taste.
10 Sep 2013 (ChrisE)
Mid afternoon, the right hand bar was full with people wearing white carnations, and enjoying plates of sandwiches, so we occupied the other bar. The ordering of rounds was starting to get a bit confused so I missed out on a beer.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Greene King - Abbot5.00UndrinkableJust a small taste of somebody else's half-pint.
Greene King - IPA (was 3.6%)3.40Not Tried

About The Fox & Pheasant

The pub sign. The Fox & Pheasant, Chelsea, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent-
Good2
Acceptable1
Poor1

Website.

The pub is found in Chelsea, Greater London, SW10 9UJ.

Located in Billing Road just set back from the main road in the shadow of Chelsea FC football ground. A real inter-war time-warp set in a private, gated-off road. It was built in 1896 as the Prince of Wales, changed its name to Bedford Arms about ten years later and then to Fox and Pheasant in 1965. It was licensed simply as a beer house until as late as 1953. As you enter there is a small lobby with an off-sales hatch to the servery and doors to the public bar (left) and the rather larger saloon bar (right). Everything is quite low-key and what we see is typical of run-of-the-mill pub-fitting between the wars. The servery has glazed areas on each side, which house the spirits and glasses, etc. The rear doors and windows have attractive dimpled glass with green bands. All the fittings are from the inter-war refit as are some quite delightful tables and chairs with raked or curved legs. It’s a real pity the tiled frontage has been painted over. Ex Charrington. There are 2 handpumps in each of the 2 bars. Sold by Greene King to James Blunt the singer-songwriter in March 2017 and subsequently closed. Developments are awaited with bated breath. Re-opened in June 2018 with a conservatory added and a dining room upstairs too.

We have visited this pub 5 times, seen 4 different beers and tried 3 of them.

Map location

Postcode: SW10 9UJ