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Woodpecker

42-44 Battersea High Street
Battersea
SW11 3HX
Telephone(020) 8191 9292
Real AleGardenGamesSmokingDog FriendlyLive Music
Opening times: Mon–Wed 12:00-22:00; Thu–Sat 12:00-24:00; Sun 12:00-22:00
Regular beers: Sharp's Sea Fury, Timothy Taylor Landlord

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Reopened on 9 July 2026. the Woodpecker is the second London site run by the independent pub group Pulse Venues. The family also run The Raven in Tower Bridge alongside pubs in Hampshire, Dorset and Cornwall. A house beer, Naughty Knocker is Salcombe's Devon Amber. A second changing beer is initially Doom Bar. The Woodpecker keg IPA comes from Bianca Road. Other keg beers will change frequently.

Cask beer costs as much as keg, at least in these early days.

Formerly the Original Woodman. From 2003 to 2022 it was Le QuecumBar, a privately operated French 1930s live jazz wine bar (pronounced ‘cucumber'): ‘London's home to Django Reinhardt's Gypsy Swing', open Thu-Sun post-Covid. It reopened in May 2024 as a 'Louisiana Lounge/Creole Kitchen', one of the small 'Rhythm & Booze' chain, with live music most nights. Two stages. Dark green walls and white ceilings. Renamed Woodpecker in November 2024.