Heritage Pub

Fox & Pheasant, Chelsea

Operator: Independent
1 Billing Road, Chelsea, SW10 9UJ (View on Google Map)

Under new ownership (so saved from possible redevelopment) and sensitively refurbished and extended during a fifteen month closure, the Fox & Pheasant re-opened in mid-2018, welcoming back drinkers and diners to a quintessentially British and charmingly vibrant country pub on the Chelsea-Fulham border.

The two original bars were restored to their original appearance; an olive tree-filled conservatory (with a retractable roof for summer) was added at the rear; and, on the second floor, a secluded, wood-panelled private dining room that seats up to 22 was created.

Once inside, you could be excused for thinking that you were in a rural setting instead of just a few yards from the busy Fulham Road and close to Chelsea football ground! You enter a small lobby with an off-sales hatch to the servery and doors to the former public bar, to the left, and the larger saloon bar on the right. The interior is a typical modest pub-fitting from between the wars, now quite rare, albeit more comfortably furnished for the twenty-first century. Owner James Blunt has been quoted as saying "The pub is my favourite place in the world. It brings strangers together in a world where politicans want to separate us..."

The pub offers three cask ales which change from time to time; a small range of keg and bottled beers and ciders; and a well-selected wine list and the inevitable cocktails. Whilst the pub still firmly caters for drinkers, for those who wish to eat the pub’s dining experience claims to champion British produce and to be founded on seasonal, sustainable and locally sourced ingredients, all under the care of a Gordon Ramsay-trained head chef. Whilst the kitchen has a break in the late afternoon (except on Sundays), bar snacks are available all day and include classics such as scotch eggs alongside more original dishes like buttermilk-fried guineafowl.

Note that the pub is in a gated private road which contrives with the double-yellow lines on the adjacent public highway to make parking nearby very difficult. If you choose to get here via West Brompton station, there is an interesting "rural route" south through the Victorian-era Brompton cemetery (which closes an hour or so before dusk).

Historic Interest

Built in the late 1840s, at the same time as the canal-worker cottages beyond it, the pub has an unusual curved section dividing the frontage, believed to have resulted from litigation concerning the line of the road. Originally the Prince of Wales, by 1861 it had been renamed the Bedford Arms, then to become the Fox & Pheasant in about 1965. It was licensed as simply a beer house until as late as 1953.

Monday
4:00pm - 11:00pm
Tuesday
Noon - Midnight
Wednesday
Noon - Midnight
Thursday
Noon - Midnight
Friday
Noon - Midnight
Saturday
Noon - Midnight
Sunday
Noon - 11:00pm

Current beers

This Pub serves 3 changing beers and 0 regular beers.

Fox & Pheasant, Chelsea

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Facilities
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Not Monday
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Garden Garden
conservatory area to the rear
Family Friendly Family Friendly
in the conservatory restaurant
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Function Room Function Room
Private dining room upstairs - 22 covers. TV.
Games Games
darts
Newspapers Newspapers
Restaurant Restaurant
in the conservatory
Smoking Smoking
designated areas in the rear yard only
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Real Ale Real Ale
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Quiet Quiet
Transport
Close to bus routes (100m)
various
Closest station (1250m)
West Brompton
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (600m)
Fulham Broadway

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