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location:
address:
2 Gulliver Street, SE16 7LT
phone:
020 7237 7072
nearest stations:
Surrey Quays 
(1Km) - zone 2
Canada Water
(1.1Km) - zone 2
Rotherhithe 
(1.1Km) - zone 2
how to find it:
Exit Surrey Quays station turn right and then cross over the road, and turn up Redriff Road (the Surrey Quays Retail Park will be on your left). Keep going up Redriff Road for about 10 minutes, until the Ship York pub appears on your right. Take the path down to the pub walk past the pub down Elgar Street, turn left into Gulliver Street where you'll see the Ship and Whale ahead of you.
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As the name suggests, once upon a time this part of London had strong ties to the whaling industry. Captain Ahabs are thin on the ground around Greenland Dock these days, and it's doubtful a trusty harpoon skewered the fish that featured on this one's menu. And that food choice gives a indication of what the pub is like: a (very) tidied up affair which attracts the nearby flat-dwelling twenty and thirty-somethings. Thankfully, it's not a gastropub: this is a pub first and foremost, and one which does feel of a certain age. Certainly one to pick off should you be attempting this stretch of the Thames Path, the Ship & Whale is also one of the better Shepherd Neame pubs we've come across of late: good beer, efficient staff.
19/11/2008
outdoor seating
live music
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