Central Bar, Shepherds Bush

A Wetherspoon pub opened in 2002 on the upper floor of a new shopping centre. Access from the ground floor is via escalator or lift and through a wide entrance into a long bar area, with the counter on the left and large windows to the right overlooking the Green, from where the external neon-lit signage can easily be seen.

The pub is named after the Central London Railway, the “Tuppenny Tube”, (now the Central Line) which reached Shepherds Bush with a station opposite the pub opened by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) in 1900.

Seven cask ales are usually on offer with four of them guests that are regularly changed. Real ciders are dispensed from refrigerated bags-in-boxes. The menu is the Wetherspoon standard with the occasional "Manager's Special" being particularly good value for money.

Note that under the terms of the premises licence alcohol may not be sold until 9am. The pub management advises that on QPR home match days, the service of alcohol may not start until as late as 11am.