A monumental former Whitbread pub in a run-down inner-urban area. Now the Zabka ethnic supermarket.
The King Edward VII
A former Shepherd Neame pub situated in the angle of the two roads in a suburban area on the south side of the town. It was severely damaged by fire in Februay 2025.
The Avenue
A rare image where all that remains is the pub sign on a vacant lot. A post-war estate pub on the west side of the town, built in 1953 on the bombed out site of the former Avenue Cinema by Birkenhead Brewery, as shown in the historic photo below.
Later passing into the hands of Whitbread, it had a brief spell as the Open Arms in the early 2010s. It finally closed in May 2015 and was demolishedin May 2017 for residential development, which does not yet appear to have taken place.
The Bull
A corner pub with a curved frontage and distinctive arched windows, situated across the road from Woolwich Arsenal station.
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