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The Fellowship Inn (formerly The Fellowship & Star; The Fellowship) (Free House)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Five Points - Citrus PaleExcellent1
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London PrideGood1
Brockley - New World IPAAcceptable1
London Brewing Co. (Bohemia) - London LushAcceptable1
Anspach & Hobday - The Fellowship Inn Cooper's BitterNot Tried0
Brockley - Pale AleNot Tried0
Sharp's - Doom BarNot Tried0
Picture 1. The Fellowship Inn (formerly The Fellowship & Star; The Fellowship), Bellingham, Greater London
Picture 2. The Fellowship Inn (formerly The Fellowship & Star; The Fellowship), Bellingham, Greater London
Picture 3. The Fellowship Inn (formerly The Fellowship & Star; The Fellowship), Bellingham, Greater London

Visits Details

20 May 2023 (Philip Pirrip)
Latish evening visit. Sad to see such a large place virtually empty. Were a few well dressed, bow-tied and fine dresses people wandering about but did not seem to be drinking. Came across rather soulless. £5 a pint may be steep for the neighbourhood.
BeerABVScoreNotes
London Brewing Co. (Bohemia) - London Lush3.80AcceptableServed too chilled and with an unwarned of slight haze. Killed the flavours
Anspach & Hobday - The Fellowship Inn Cooper's Bitter3.70Not Tried
24 Sep 2022 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening visit as thought ought to try it out after Wednesday's re-opening. Quite unchanged from my previous visit. A barn of a place with all dark wood, nooks and crannies.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Five Points - Citrus Pale4.20ExcellentDelighted the ale was so cool and held good head and lacing after the false start of what seemed like a warm glass to touch at first. However £5 a pint a bit stiff for the area and will limit my future visits
Brockley - Pale Ale4.10Not Tried
Anspach & Hobday - The Fellowship Inn Cooper's Bitter3.70Not TriedObviously re-badged The Ordinary Bitter which has appeared as a house beer in a number of venues of late
16 Jun 2019 (Philip Pirrip)
Mid evening visit. Good to see this house open once more, with the areas previous closed off on my previous visit all back in use. Re-pubs a big geographical gap. Clearly still a work in progress with things like the cinema still to be commissioned.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Brockley - New World IPA4.10AcceptableNo pre-warning it would be hazy. The guts were unnecessarily ripped out of the beer by a viciously tight sparkler. I smarted at £4.90pp
Sharp's - Doom Bar4.00Not Tried
20 Aug 2013 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Meant to try this place out for years. Very friendly welcome and conversation.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Fuller's (part of Asahi Europe) - London Pride4.10Good

About The Fellowship Inn (formerly The Fellowship & Star; The Fellowship)

The pub sign. The Fellowship Inn (formerly The Fellowship & Star; The Fellowship), Bellingham, Greater London

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent1
Good1
Acceptable2
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in Bellingham, Greater London, SE6 3BT.

Large estate pub right next to Bellingham railway station in Randlesdown Road. In CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors Part Two. It was an ‘improved’ public house built in 1923-4 by F.G. Newnham, the house architect of the brewery Barclay Perkins and Co. Built as part of the London County Council’s Bellingham Estate. Newnham also designed other pubs on LCC estates for the brewery including the Downham Tavern in 1930 – the largest public house in Britain but sadly now demolished. Due to pressure from the temperance movement the LCC was wary of building, or allowing brewers to build, pubs on their suburban estates so when it did agree they were designed along ‘improved’ lines with the provision of community facilities such as halls, games rooms and refreshment rooms, and referred to as ‘refreshment houses’. BY the mid 2010s only the right hand side saloon bar remained in use with a huge rear ballroom existing, albeit out of use, which was famous for live bands, dancing and discotheques in its time. Closed for major refurbishment paid for mainly by a large lottery grant and was expected to reopen in spring / summer 2019. Finally re-opened Friday 14th June 2019 with seating all round a central bar servery. Lots of dark wood panelling remains and the building contains a café, cinema, community and music space and a cinema. 3 handpumps. Did not re-open after March 2020 Covid-19 lockdown and at summer 2021 would seem to be still seeking a new operator. Re-opened under new operator Homegrown Pubs & Bars on Wednesday 21st September 2022. Closed Saturday 30th September 2023 and seeking new leaseholder. Reopened 23rd April 2024.

We have visited this pub 4 times, seen 7 different beers and tried 4 of them.

Map location

Postcode: SE6 3BT