Dukes Head

I’ve been going to the Duke’s for about 5 years and the service, food, and selection of drink is excellent. Very charming atmosphere and staff. Food is well prepared and served quickly. In the 5 years I’ve been going there I have not found a fault except the occasional time my beer was out. Highly recommended!

Nice spot in Carshalton/​Wallington area. Pretty affordable. Decent ambiance. If I ever find myself out in the boonies again, I’ll be happy to pop back in.

Needed a local-​ish pub with rooms for some friends to stay at. Knowing Youngs pubs are normally good we chose the Dukes Head. Room was very good and very reasonably priced. 6 of us for dinner, the food was excellent and the service great, that is apart from someone with a screaming child that should have been in bed hours before. Everyone had different dishes and all commented on how good the food was. It was a Friday night so reasonably busy but service was excellent. Can’t recommend it highly enough, I will be visiting again soon.

Clean and frequented by locals but not really a restaurant

Nice place to go when is soooo hot like today. Have a nice garden front of the pub and you can just relax there. Good food and friendly staff.

Large Youngs pub and hotel attractively situated on Wallington Green, with a 24-​bedroom accommodation wing, beer garden and catering facilities for functions.
There’s been a pub on the site since at least 1726, when Wallington was but a hamlet: it was originally called Bowling Green House. Between 1726 and 1773, it appears to have acted as a lodging house for travellers, and became the Duke’s Head some time between 1740 and 1806.
The present building is mid-​Victorian and was bought by Young & Bainbridge in 1857, although it had been supplied with Young’s beers since before 1832. It is listed at grade II, despite suffering bomb damage during World War II.
The pub itself has a rather domestic, whitewashed exterior, with the new hotel extension sitting behind the original pub. The lounge bar interior is reminiscent of the ‘roadhouse’ style of pub — a large central bar area serving a spacious, multi-​roomed interior, with lots of wood panelling, and a mixture of banquette seating and tables.
There’s a small outdoor drinking area at the front, facing Wallington Green (not quite as picturesque as it sounds, given that the Green is small and bounded on two sides by busy roads), and a large enclosed beer garden at the rear.
They serve a couple of Young’s Beers and a guest, which on our visit was Courage Directors, alongside Young’s Bitter and Special. They do an extensive range of food, from soup, salads (from £7.95), sandwiches (from £4.95), Pizzas (from £7) and more substantial main courses, with daily specials, from around £10-£17.
The function rooms are a very popular for wedding receptions, with the added benefit of accommodation for visiting guests on site.
The hotel rack rates are pretty hefty (£115 for single and £120 for doubles) but can drop to around £80 for two people sharing a twin room with full English Breakfast if you hunt around on-​line.
Although very busy, we were served reasonably quickly, although (alas) not with a smile, and a few of the locals were a bit raucous (presumably had been drinking all day). The Young’s Special however was in tip-​top condition.

Youngs pub, but unlike the nearby Greyhound, it has great food, friendly helpful staff, fab landlord and landlady with good choice of real ales. Great Sunday roast. Has lots going on: quiz nights, live jazz and other genres of music. Has outside canopy area as well as ‘the Green’ opposite where you can have a great pint whilst basking in the summer sunshine! Equally great for a cosy pint in the winter indoors!