The Pub That Floods!

[@dollkitt]

I lived less than 10 minutes walk away from there for 20 years . Thanks for the nostalgia. Next time try The swan in Twickenham about a mile away. Beautiful walk along the river and another flooding beer garden .

[@dandare2829]

What a place to have a drink when it’s a warm sunny day 😎👍

[@christelbraune4530]

Sowas!!!!!!!😂 Das habe ich noch nie gesehen. Und der Gastbetrieb geht weiter, super 👍🏻👍🏻 Thank you Darren ❣️

[@paulharvey9149]

I've always liked Richmond, it is such a quirky place! As a teenager, I used to walk for miles either across the huge park with its herds of deer and back up the river towpath, or vice-versa...

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video Darren, very interesting, looks like a lovely pub👌👍😀

[@hazelmanship7516]

Wow,bet that's an experience watching the water riding thanks for sharing 😊x

[@kevincross9206]

Used to ride down to the White Cross from friends in Surbiton quite regularly. I’m sure they’ve had people rescued by boat in the past!

[@shirleysmith1713]

Something different Darren 👍🏻. Very interesting never knew about this pub flooding. Thanks for showing 👍🏻😀☀️😎

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks 👍

[@superbartjee]

Adding this on my bucketlist!

[@SimonM-63]

Nice one, Darren 👌 👏 👍

[@shirleylynch7529]

Oh Darren this was fabulous. Amazing experience. What a beautiful setting. So gentle today with high tide but I imagine on stormy days would be quite scary. Thank you for sharing this with us .

[@rachelwalker7091]

Remember Kirkstall Bridge Inn (Leeds) beer garden being flooded in 2015. There was an iconic photo of 2 men sitting having a pint in the water.

[@AdventureMe]

They're in the background of my thumbnail lol

[@rachelwalker7091]

@@AdventureMe I missed that lol

[@paulberen]

@@rachelwalker7091 The 2015 flooding in Leeds also got close to demolishing the bridge at Tadcaster, half of the road across a few arches crumbled and fell into the river. A bridge at Elland was also damaged, and in the Calder Valley - Elland and up to Todmorden, the 2015 flooding was the FOURTH serious flooding in the valley, in less than 20 years or so, up to 2015. in scenic steep sided craggy Calderdale Valley; Walsden, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Luddenden Foot, and Mytholmroyd (pronounced My them royd) all get flooded - two to three feet of water in the shopping streets. There was a white board next to the front door of the Dusty Miller pub at Mytholmroyd with flood levels marked, that was washed away by the third flood. The Richmond 'pub-that-floods' could be noted as fun, but for the fourth flood in Calderdale, in 2015, the Mytholmroyd Dusty Miller pub was flooded under water right up to the ceiling of the ground floor, bars area. A Shoulder of Mutton pub in Mytholmroyd, next to Elfin Brook, was also flooded, with a torrent of the rising stream next to it smashing through all of it's doors and windows, and streaming through the pub

[@errantwinds-up8uu]

Yep I used to live right near there!

[@nicklowe536]

It's a lovely pub we missed the tides last time.we.went. there is a pub in Morecambe that floods at high tide. The road is under several feet of water so you get the perfect lock in

[@SteveHill68K]

The Bull's Head at Chiswick does this too :) Albeit only when the river gets properly high.

[@colinevans39]

I just hope the rivers aren't problematic with sewage 🤔👌

[@robertburr2212]

Darren I love your channel, you give a good real picture of your locations ❤

[@AdventureMe]

thanks robert

[@keith800]

Wonderful , we have a pub in Strood in Kent "The Boat house " next to the River Medway that has the same thing , they had to move the cellar upstairs as it often flooded.

[@AdventureMe]

Brilliant. Must be fun haha

[@TerryTheNewsGirl]

Richmond is one of my favourite places.

[@douglasthompson296]

Nice one Darren

[@colinevans39]

M8 wish I had your enthusiasm and great energy keep up with the great work the fadaways fascinate me gives you a quick sense of 100s of years of change or however long 👍 great stuff

[@lordbungle6235]

As I used to live local the pubs along the thames all Flood from Richmond to Brentford. Strand on the Green all have high steps as does The Brewery Tap in Brentford.

[@DavesAdventures]

That's unbelievable, how this pub gets flooded like that, but then it shouldn't really surprise me, Bedfordshire got totally flooded not so very long ago

[@driving_all_over]

It’s the pub version of Holy Island 😁

[@neilgodwin6531]

Or Shell Island

[@a11csc]

nice one Darren

[@nataliesmith303]

What a pretty place to visit. I must remember to take my wellies though 😂

[@Dan23_7]

I’ve just started watching this, I’m going to grab some beers now as it’s made me thirsty 😂 Paused at 1:27, see you soon 👍🏼😂 I’m back, wow that’s pretty cool, they could advertise as a “row thru pub” for canoeists 😂 I hope you didn’t soak those Air Max too badly Darren 😂 Cheers 🍻.

[@Coaster_Crazy]

What an interesting video mate, had no idea about this pub and the flooding

[@ronnievenhorst9873]

Nice to see

[@noswaluk]

I used to work in the slug and lettuce just on the corner. I remember many times people leaving their cars down there and getting caught out. Came back to a fluffed car the water comes in so quick

[@markknight3983]

The Kings Arms in York has a stone floor, beer cellar upstairs and a flood level indicator on the wall as it floods literally several times a year.

[@oddsandwindsocks5905]

Nice find Darren.

[@Sleepysod]

I find it odd how things suddenly become like a viral trend these days. I think this is like the 5th or 6th time recently that I’ve been recommended a video/story about this pub. I’ve lived in London for 27 years and used to work nearby, visited couple of times and it was always amusing but never thought of it as being a real ‘tourist attraction’ or anything like that - which it seems to be now because of instagram and TikTok. Also last time I went there (10 years ago?) we saw a dead dog floating in the slipway next to the pub - was a bit off putting…. Other than that nice pub and video. Also there is another pub at nearby Strand on the green which has these massive metal doors at the front of the building to manage the flooding. Also worth a visit.

[@HaveCamera_WillTravel]

How mad is that! I thought we had plenty of tide problems on the river where we live - ours can be 10m tides coming in off the Irish Sea where it meets the river mouth between Fleetwood and our village on the opposite side.

[@barbarapearce3634]

Think I need to go

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

Well let's see that's kind of handy it washes the concrete every once in awhile lol

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

I can only think of the flooding we've had in our southern Eastern states but that was because of a hurricane Helen and the other hurricane.

[@jeffdayman8183]

Do you recommend Scuba Stout or Watney's Wet at that damp pub Darren? 8^) I liked the video. Cheers!

[@flashback0978]

this is wild

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

3:21 Pedantic prat here: a lock further UP river! But I just wanted to say that these riverside pubs are even better for having this mini flood tide "USP" if you're lucky enough to turn up in a boat. A genuine novelty to post about rather than the usual underwhelming waste of time that practically every post promising the best/worst/funniest/most unique experience cheats us with these days. Looks like you enjoyed yourself up here in that London. You see folks, it can be done and we're not all nasty bar stewards!

[@AdventureMe]

No. They were all very nice at the pub too. Beer was watery though haha

[@neilgodwin6531]

It's not just the water that concerns me. I'm more worried about what is floating in that water 💩

[@johnmurray7905]

Next time you're at The White Cross, have a look at the fireplace directly under the window with no visible route for the smoke to escape!

[@Buffalo31]

Has it always done that?

[@AdventureMe]

Apparently so

[@xr6lad]

I’m surprised they don’t put in a concrete plug with steps over that gate entrance and you’d solve the flooding problem.

[@AdventureMe]

I think they like it. It's unique

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

And this happens everyday

[@janebh509]

How much was a pint of beer compared to leeds 😊

[@AdventureMe]

About £5ish

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

Oh I see it don't happen everyday

[@safirahmed]

Drinks in Thames.

[@lezking5060]

I actually have a fear/phobia of "uncontrolled water", so something like that would absolutely panic me. What would you do, to calm me down?

[@AdventureMe]

Probably do what most others did and clear off inside.

[@lezking5060]

@@AdventureMe LOL - Not quite the answer I was hoping for :-)

[@dliles773]

Different video for you.

[@AdventureMe]

It was unique. I had to

[@jetsons101]

Just think if the water was the same quality as back in the day of "The Great Stink" of 1858........ UGH......