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The New Cross Turnpike (Wetherspoon)

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Stickle PikeExcellent1
Banks's - Ringwood FortyninerExcellent1
White Horse - War HorseGood1
Exmoor (now brewed by Hogs Back) - FoxNot Tried0
Hook Norton - Old HookyNot Tried0
Cotleigh - Kookaburra BitterNot Tried0
Theakston - Grouse BeaterNot Tried0
Bath Ales - Hefeweizen HareNot Tried0
Mauldons - Silver AdderNot Tried0
Wadworth - Cambridge Brewing Heather AleNot Tried0
Thwaites - Summat SpecialNot Tried0
Marston's - Ishii Brewing Minagof Pale AleNot Tried0
Hydes - Over a BarrelNot Tried0
Greene King - Suffolk SpringerNot Tried0
Shepherd Neame - Fremlins BitterNot Tried0
Adnams - BroadsideNot Tried0
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Best Bitter (use Marston's entry now please)Not Tried0
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Directors (use Banks's entry now please)Not Tried0
Greene King - AbbotNot Tried0
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)Not Tried0
Hambleton - Stallion AmberNot Tried0
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Bombardier (was Bombardier Glorious English) (use Eagle entry now please)Not Tried0
Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - KoroibosNot Tried0
Picture 1. The New Cross Turnpike, Welling, Greater London
Michael Croxford

Visits Details

06 Nov 2012 (Philip Pirrip)
Early evening. Lots of confusion on what festival ales were on or off with pump clips at all sorts of angles.
BeerABVScoreNotes
White Horse - War Horse4.90GoodVery malty dark ale. Not to my taste
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Best Bitter (use Marston's entry now please)4.00Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
Exmoor (now brewed by Hogs Back) - Fox4.20Not Tried
Cotleigh - Kookaburra Bitter4.40Not Tried
Bath Ales - Hefeweizen Hare4.70Not Tried
Wadworth - Cambridge Brewing Heather Ale4.00Not Tried
Marston's - Ishii Brewing Minagof Pale Ale4.30Not Tried
31 Jul 2012 (Philip Pirrip)
Last knockings visit. Still doing good business.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Banks's - Ringwood Fortyniner4.90ExcellentIn excellent condition but I feel this beer has lost a lot of its flavour in recent times so not the luxury it once was
Adnams - Broadside4.70Not Tried
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Best Bitter (use Marston's entry now please)4.00Not Tried
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Courage Directors (use Banks's entry now please)4.80Not Tried
Greene King - Abbot5.00Not Tried
Greene King - Ruddles Best (was 3.7%)3.40Not Tried
Hambleton - Stallion Amber4.20Not Tried
Eagle (formerly Wells & Young's, formerly Charles Wells, formerly Wells) - Bombardier (was Bombardier Glorious English) (use Eagle entry now please)4.10Not Tried
Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons whilst its new brewery was being built) - Koroibos4.50Not Tried
10 Apr 2010 (Alenomore)
Early Saturday evening visit and a good festival range on.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Jennings (since closure now brewed at Marston's) - Stickle Pike3.80ExcellentIn good condition here.
Hook Norton - Old Hooky4.60Not Tried
Theakston - Grouse Beater4.20Not Tried
Mauldons - Silver Adder4.20Not Tried
Thwaites - Summat Special4.00Not Tried
Hydes - Over a Barrel4.10Not TriedNeeded but "coming soon"?
Greene King - Suffolk Springer5.50Not Tried
Shepherd Neame - Fremlins Bitter3.50Not Tried

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About The New Cross Turnpike

The pub sign. The New Cross Turnpike, Welling, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent36
Good101
Acceptable66
Poor15

Website.

The pub is found in Welling, Greater London, DA16 3PB.

Ex retail premises (NatWest Bank) in Bellegrove Road, decent and typical conversion, airy and on a number of different levels which includes a balcony area. Equipped with 2 banks of 6 handpumps. Re-opened in February 2016 after a fire over the autumn bank holiday in 2015. BEWARE sometimes seems to randomly apply a late night bar to entry well before advertised midnight closing time.

We have visited this pub 193 times, seen 393 different beers and tried 151 of them.

Map location

Postcode: DA16 3PB