The Bobbin

The Bobbin is a pub at 1–3 Lillieshall Road in Clapham, London SW4, operating as a neighbourhood gastropub in Clapham Old Town. The building is Grade II listed and dates back to the late 19th century, when it was originally known as The Tim Bobbin. The pub has stood on the site for over a hundred years. According to its official website, it carried the name The Tim Bobbin until 2010, when "Tim went on sabbatical"; the name The Bobbin was adopted, and the Tim Bobbin name has since returned above the door. The name references Tim Bobbin, described on the pub's website as a poet, painter, satirist and the "patron saint of drinkers." Inside, The Bobbin presents itself as a charming neighbourhood pub serving Clapham Old Town. Its kitchen runs a seasonal Mediterranean-inspired menu with daily specials throughout the week, and its Sunday menu features a popular Roast Rump of Beef with all the trimmings. The pub also offers charcuterie platters, roasts and lemon pies, with more casual bar snacks available in the old-fashioned wood-lined bar. Its drinks programme includes a changing rota of proper ales — cited examples include St Austell Tribute and beers from Sambrooks — alongside a carefully selected international wine list and good wines by the glass. The venue's layout includes a cosy front room and an airy conservatory at the rear, and it is located in a quiet residential street not far from Clapham Common. It has been reviewed favourably, with SquareMeal describing the food as freshly cooked on a daily changing menu and the offering as "remarkably good value" and "rather fun," while Time Out noted the changing rota of ales, good wines by the glass, the cosy front room and the conservatory. The pub takes reservations and hosts events, and maintains an Instagram presence at @thetimbobbin. As a single-site London pub, The Bobbin operates in the United Kingdom's hospitality sector. Its identity combines a historic listed building and a long-standing local name with a contemporary gastropub food and drink offer aimed at residents and visitors around Clapham Common and Clapham Old Town.

The Bobbin occupies a building at 1–3 Lillieshall Road in Clapham, London SW4, that dates back to the late 19th century and is Grade II listed. The pub has been on the site for over a hundred years. For most of that history it traded as The Tim Bobbin, a name referencing Tim Bobbin — described on the pub's own website as a poet, painter, satirist and the "patron saint of drinkers." According to the official website, the pub was called The Tim Bobbin until 2010, when "Tim went on sabbatical," and the shorter name The Bobbin was adopted. The Tim Bobbin name has since returned above the door, and the pub's Instagram handle remains @thetimbobbin. In its modern incarnation, The Bobbin has positioned itself as a neighbourhood gastropub serving Clapham Old Town. Its kitchen runs a seasonal Mediterranean-inspired menu with daily specials throughout the week, and its Sunday offering includes a Roast Rump of Beef with all the trimmings. The bar programme features a changing rota of proper ales — the website cites St Austell Tribute and beers from Sambrooks as examples — alongside a carefully selected international wine list and good wines by the glass. The physical venue includes an old-fashioned wood-lined bar, a cosy front room and an airy conservatory at the rear, and it sits on a quiet residential street not far from Clapham Common. Reviewers have noted the pub's food and drink offer. SquareMeal described the food as freshly cooked on a daily changing menu, highlighting top charcuterie platters, good roasts and lemon pies, and calling the overall offer — including the wine list — "remarkably good value" and "rather fun." Time Out noted the changing rota of proper ales, good wines by the glass, the cosy front room and the airy conservatory at the rear. The pub accepts reservations and hosts events, and maintains an active Instagram presence.

• The pub building at 1–3 Lillieshall Road, Clapham, dates back to the late 19th century and is Grade II listed.

• The pub operates under the name The Tim Bobbin for most of its history.

• In 2010, the pub adopts the name The Bobbin as "Tim went on sabbatical."

• The Tim Bobbin name returns above the door, while the pub continues to trade as The Bobbin.

A charming neighbourhood gastropub in Clapham Old Town, offering seasonal Mediterranean food, real ales and an international wine list in a historic Grade II listed building.

• Seasonal Mediterranean-inspired menu with daily specials

• Sunday Roast Rump of Beef with all the trimmings

• Charcuterie platters, roasts and lemon pies

• Bar snacks in the wood-lined bar

• Changing rota of proper ales (e.g. St Austell Tribute, Sambrooks)

• Carefully selected international wine list and wines by the glass

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