White Hart (New Cross) Archives

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Beer and coffee latest: ex-White Hart opening in New Cross, new coffee shop by Nunhead station and much more

Aug

2026

As always lots going on in the SE London beer and coffee zone. Best news is that a new pub is set to open shortly on the site of the former White Hart in New Cross Gate. The Broken Wheel, as it will be named, will occupy the iconic junction of New Cross Road and Queens ...

Music Monday: Chainska songs of Brockley and New Cross

Nov

2023

Popular South London ska band Chainska include plenty of local references on their album 'Tales of a Londoner' which came out last year (and I'm only now catching up with).'Down the Barge' tells of nights out in the Brockley Barge, which features in the video: Another pub, currently closed, is mentioned in New Cross Stomp: ...

Bring back the White Hart SE14

Feb

2021

Sad to see the White Hart in New Cross Gate closed and empty. Leaseholders Patrick and Joseph Ryan, whose efforts had reinvigorated this iconic pub over the last few years, shut up shop for good on New Year's Eve. They have concluded that the pub will no longer be viable for them as a result ...

Long live the White Hart SE14

Oct

2019

I've fallen back in love again with the White Hart in New Cross Gate recently. This iconic pub has been overlooking the historic junction on the old Watling Street/New Cross Road for 150 years or more, in fact I gave a whole talk about this spot in Telegraph Hill Festival a couple of years ago ...

Folk in the Woods (and at the White Hart SE14)

Mar

2018

I hope the weather warms up for next weekend in time for the free Woodland Folk Music Festival on Saturday 24th March 2018, 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm in Brockley Nature Reserve, Vesta Road, SE4 2NT. The event, that is part of the Telegraph Hill Festival, features the South East London Folk Orchestra, Grande Scheme ...

Simply the Jest – new comedy night in New Cross

May

2013

Black Bird Comedy are launching a new fortnightly comedy club at the White Hart in New Cross, starting next Friday 7 June. They say:'Three up-and-coming London comedians, Thanyia Moore, Athena Kugblenu and Natalie Roberts have joined forces to create Black Bird Comedy and are bringing a new comedy night to New Cross. Simply the Jest ...

Brockley SE4