The Crown & Sceptre, Shepherd's Bush
The panelling is hung with stills from Steptoe & Son and Minder, both filmed on the streets round the pub.1
Why go
A back-street local from 1866, converted at some point from two bars into one open-plan room, with slender iron pillars holding up the high ceiling and stained wooden floors underneath.1 The cast-iron fireplace gets lit in winter. Queens Park Rangers players share the walls with the television stills. Out the back is a garden with shelter and heaters; out the front, picnic tables on the pavement.
Order this / avoid
- Order: a cask by the fire in winter, or take the heated garden in summer. Fuller's runs the house, so the list is theirs.
- Avoid: looking for the old two-bar layout. It went years ago.
What locals & experts say
- CAMRA, on the room:
Slender iron pillars support the high ceiling, whilst the half-height panelled walls display pictures from television programmes such as 'Steptoe & Son' and 'Minder', both filmed using various locations in the area, and of the Queens Park Rangers football legends.
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Good to know
- Where: 57 Melina Road W12 9HY, off the Uxbridge Road end of Shepherd's Bush.
- Hours: not carried by CAMRA's record. The pub's own site is live.
- Outside: rear garden with shelter and heaters, picnic tables at the front.
- Operator: Fuller's.
Verdict
could-visit — An 1866 back-street Fuller's local off Uxbridge Road, two bars long since knocked into one open-plan room under slender iron pillars, with a cast-iron fireplace CAMRA's surveyor says they light in winter. The half-height panelling is hung with stills from Steptoe & Son and Minder, both filmed on streets round here, and with Queens Park Rangers players, which makes the decoration local rather than generic. There is a sheltered heated garden at the back and picnic tables on the pavement out front. It stays mid-ladder because CAMRA is the only source: no beer count, no hours and not a word about the food.