Brixton: lost pubs: THE GREEN MAN
Corner of Coldharbour Lane and Hinton Rd, Loughborough Junction



Green Man, Loughborough Junction [March 2003]
The Green Man has been on this site since 1881 (maybe earlier), but was closed in 2003 after increasing problems with drug dealing and crime.

The poster 'CK77' talked about the pub in a thread about the 'roughest pub in London' on the urban75 bulletin boards:

Green Man in Loughborough Junction (in between Brixton and Camberwell for the non South West London Folk) was quite a pub. I use to frequent it fairly regularly as it was my local and probably one of the most interesting pubs I've ever been to.

It had a strong Jamaican feel to it (a lot of the customers) and was frequented by dealers (crack, heroin you name it), prosi's and general madhatters. It wasn't so much rough in the sense of fights and stuff (although there were a few in there) but more for the some of clientele it attracted.

It was a very intimidating place for the outsiders who I use to take in there. They'd be absolutely shit scared!

It eventually got closed down due to drug problems and shootings apparently, though I'd stopped going to it in it's latter days.



Green Man 1880s.



Pub entrance, May 2003.


[Pub view, December 2005]

The pub is now in the process of being converted into apartments - in the background you can also see conversion work on another much-loved pub, the Warrior (aka The Junction)

UPDATES: MARCH 2007


'Luxury 1 & 2 bedroom apartments for rent,' March 2007


Entrance still blocked up, March 2007


[Pub view, March 2007]


[Pub view, March 2007]


[Pub view, March 2007]



UPDATES: MAY 2007


The rather hideous turquoise and green paintwork has been scraped away to reveal the original polychromatic tiled facade.


Original pub sign with adverts for Watney's Ales and the long defunct Reid's Stout .


Corner of Hinton Road. To the right can be seen the old Warrior (Junction) pub which is still being developed.


Hinton Road view.

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