The Great North Wood

The Great North Wood

The Great North Wood - Local pub and kitchen in West Norwood, South London

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Welcome to the newly refurbished Brookmill pub and kitchen.

We are a 19th century Victorian corner pub, proudly posted next to the Brookmill park.

With an enviably sized beer garden, a function room with astounding aspects on all sides, a bar stocked with craft ales from surrounding boroughs and a talented kitchen cooking delicious honest food.

The Brookmill pub in Deptford is a fantastic new local with great beer ...

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As well as the launch of Deptford Market Yard with some fantastic independent businesses opening under the railway arches, there’s also a brand new pub to hang out in, The Brookmill, just over the road from Brookmill Park The Brookmill is sister pub to The Great North Wood in West Norwood and shares its modern pub philosophy – a community hub offering gastro food and drink in a cosy environment.

The new place also serves up a killer scotch egg, and has a fantastic courtyard beer garden.

Head Chef Olly Marlowe, previously of both Michelin-starred The Glasshouse and Chez Bruce, champions simplicity and has created a menu that celebrates classic pub grub with The Brookmill’s signature twist.

In fact, the whole of the wine list at The Brookmill has been thoughtfully compiled with the emphasis on wines that follow a natural production ethos, including an English sparkling wine.

The Brookmill also displays local artists’ work and the courtyard beer garden features a garden mural created in partnership with Deptford Does Art.

Honor Oak - Wikipedia

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Honor Oak is an inner suburban area principally of the London Borough of Lewisham, with part in the London Borough of Southwark.

The Hill was also the site of Watson's General Telegraph, a relay system established in 1841 linking London with shipping in the English Channel[citation needed] Honor Oak & Forest Hill Golf Club (now defunct) was founded in 1893.

Honor Oak railway station was opened in 1862 but closed in 1958 as part of the closure of the Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway, originally built to take passengers to The Crystal Palace.

In 2010 Honor Oak Park railway station became part of the London Overground extension, providing residents with direct links into Shoreditch and Highbury and Islington.

[19] The story of the "One Tree Hill" agitation, with a short sketch of the history of Honor Oak Hill (1905) by John Nisbet

Reviving a ghost-wood: the Great North Wood project | Richly ...

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Hillcrest Wood is one of several local woods that are being managed as part of the London Wildlife Trust’s Great North Wood Project.

Project Officers, Edwin Malins and Sam Bentley Toon see it as “a natural progression from London Wildlife Trust’s involvement in saving Sydenham Hill Wood from development in 1981 and managing the site since 1982.”

They told me that, in part, the project was inspired by “The Friends of the Great North Wood, an organisation that was founded in the 1990s by London Wildlife Trust’s current Director of Conservation, Mathew Frith, to campaign against development and mismanagement of Great North Wood sites.

Aside from the few scattered physical remnants of ancient wood that stand today, (nine woods around this part of south London are direct descendants of the Great North Wood), local place names reflect the former dominance of tree and forest here, as Upper Norwood, West Norwood, One Tree Hill, Forest Hill, Honor Oak and Gipsy Hill, amongst others, bear testament.

As Sam from the Wildlife Trust notes: “We’ve encountered lots of people who are hugely enthused by the Great North Wood, from school children to local historians from wildlife photographers to writers, artists and design students.

London's best pub brunches | London Evening Standard

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Info: 168 Highgate Road, NW5, thebullandlast.co.uk Best rooftop bars and pubs in London Best rooftop bars and pubs in London 1/25 Netil 360, Hackney 1 Westgate St, E8 3RL, netil360.com During the day, Netil 360 (on top of Hackney's Netil House) has its serious face on, with free workspaces, a cafe and even yoga sessions.

3/25 Proud, Camden The Horse Hospital, The Stables Market, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH, proudcamden.com Marking 150 years since Lewis Carroll's children's classic was first published, Proud have transformed their rooftop spot into a homage to Alice's Wonderland.

5/25 Dalston Roof Park, Dalston 18 Ashwin St, E8 3DL, bootstrapcompany.co.uk An eco-addition to Hackney's growing rooftop scene, the Roof Park always has something going on.

Arguably London's coolest rooftop, and the 360 degree views are oddly soothing.

The drinks are pricey, and the music might not be for everyone (there's that Ibiza theme again), but the view includes the London Eye, Big Ben, the Shard, the Gherkin and more.

Great North Wood | Bars and pubs in West Norwood, London

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That’s Tom, a friend of ours who bought a house in West Norwood three years ago, when the area was, he admits, ‘a bit shit’.

Since then a monthly market has opened – the West Norwood Feast – and more recently, a swish new food pub.

Our pulled pork burger served on a blue-rimmed plate was merely good, though could have been great had the un-toasted bun not soaked up all the moisture from the sweet, tender meat and turned the last few mouthfuls into a sort of porky paste.

There are very few new ideas being put to work at the Great North Wood, and those visiting from areas of the city already overrun with pop-ups and haircuts may struggle to find anything special about its by-the-book remit.

But if, like our mate Tom, you moved to this area with no good pubs because it was a relatively affordable place to live, you’ve now got a great new local.

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