The Cockpit - Chislehurst

14/10/2026

🍻🍻🍻 WE'RE IN CAMRA'S FINAL FOUR FOR NATIONAL PUB OF THE YEAR!!! 🍻🍻🍻

Absolutely boggling news. It's been an incredible year for all of us here at The Cockpit, a boundless cornucopia of festivity and revelry so lovingly orchestrated by such a dedicated, passionate team. To the squad past and present, what a commendable bunch of gangsters you are.

To everyone in the locale (you absolutely know who you are) and beyond that supports our little boozer, and all the events that we take part in collectively, thank you for your enduring patronage and fervent imbibement in all the delicious wares we share and enthuse over.

We'll be putting on a party for you Wednesday 18th November...possibly with pie and mash...possibly with a bit of Chas & Dave... definitely with a few babychams 🍻🎸🥧

What illustrious company to be in with this final four so good luck to fellow finalists The Countryman, The Turks Head and The Tamworth Tap, all outstanding battleships, not withstanding the incredible competition throughout this year's voting.

CHEERS CAMRA GET INVOLVED!!!

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14/10/2026

06/10/2026

Tomorrow night CAMRA will be presenting us with Greater London Pub of the Year for 2026!!! We're gunna make it a proper shindig, so we're putting on a load of grub as well as having Dollally Tap playing through the night.

Massively grateful for this accolade so hoping to see all your beautiful faces there to join in the celebrations!!!

Presentation at half 7, partying on all day and night before and after GET INVOLVED!!!

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04/10/2026

All set up for our last day of Oktoberfest!!! Last night was a bloody blast, somehow still have steins left to sling and frankfurters to binge so GET YOUR FACES DOWN THE PARADE AND GET INVOLVED!!!

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03/10/2026

THE MUNCHEN MAN HAS ARRIVED!!!

SLINGING THE STEINS NOWNOWNOW GET YOUR FRANKFURTERS ON FROM 5.30 ALONG WITH SOME BIG B***Y PRETZELS

GET INVOLVED!!!!!

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02/10/2026

TOMORROW WE'RE KICKING OFF OUR WEEKEND OKTOBERFEST!!!

SLINGING STEINS FROM 12 AND FRANKFURTERS AND PRETZELS FROM 5 COME ALONG AND GET DEUTSCH WITH IT!!!

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29/09/2026

STARTING THIS SATURDAY WE'RE SLINGING STEINS OF GERMANYS BEST FOR OUR FIRST EVER OKTOBERFEST!!!

We've got German sausages on the BBQ from 5 o'clock Saturday and 12 o'clock Sunday, plus Giant Pretzels galore as well as steins upon steins of your Germany's biggest Munchen b**r, PAULANER!!!

Get on down this Saturday and Sunday PROST!!!!

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AND THAT'S NOT ALL!!!

Next Wednesday 7th October is our CAMRA Greater London Pub of the Year 2026 award presentation!!!

We're slinging food on the house for all of you that have been supporting us since day Uno, plus Dollally Tap playing some jazz throughout the evening.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL GET INVOLVED!!!!

24/09/2026

WE'RE IN IT!!!

THE GOOD B**R GUIDE 2027 IS RELEASED TODAY!!!

GRAB ONE AND LOOK US UP, FIND US UNDER THE CATEGORIES "GANGSTER B**RS" OR "INCREDIBLY HANDSOME HOLDING A PINT" GET INVOLVED!!!

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GET WEDNESDAY 7TH OCTOBER IN YOUR DIAIRIES IT'S OUR CAMRA GREATER LONDON PUB OF THE YEAR 2026 AWARD PRESENTATION!!!

PUTTING ON A LOAD OF MUSIC AND GRUB FOR YOU BEAUTIFUL VAGABONDS, COME ALONG AND JOIN THE CELEBRATIONS!!!

AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE IS OUR OKTOBERFEST!!!

SLINGING STEINS OF PAULANER AND FISTFULS OF FRANKFURTERS DIRECTLY AT YOUR FACES ALL WEEKEND COME AND GET INVOLVED!!!

23/09/2026

OKTOBERFEST AT THE COCKPIT!!!

The first weekend of October, we're cracking out the steins and wurst to celebrate this most religious of pub holidays, OKTOBERFEST!!!

We've imported some classic Munchen festbier from Paulaner, one of the Big 6 Oktoberfest breweries for the weekend, plus we've got some classic wurst on the grill, and some special festbier cask brews by the country's best breweries!!!!

Starting next Saturday 3rd October, firing up the grill at 5pm, through till Sunday 4th October with food from 12pm GET INVOLVED!!!!

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14/09/2026

What an absolutely bonkers bonanza that weekend was. Our hearts pour out to everyone that came out to party, to the cricket club, and to all the volunteers that made this amazing festival possible, this community really is the purest honey for the soul. We had such a blast, we cannot wait to do it again next year.

Hands up, we ran out of cask b**r earlier than anticipated – we misjudged how many of you were so enthusiastic about the cask line-up as opposed to the keg b**r and c***r menu, of which there was copious amounts available throughout the event. We live and learn and next year’s cask menu will be twice as eclectic and doubly stocked.

Unfortunately, to create the perfect storm, between 4:30 and 5:30 pm we had three debilitating power outages to the bar area that rendered our keg b**r machines defunct. We rectified the situation as quickly as possible but obviously queues had formed and for that period these queues were unacceptable by our standards. A huge well done to our fantastic staff and volunteers who coped with this so admirably, we are comfortable that queues outside of that period were very short.

This is our first time organising such a huge event – we’ve learnt a lot and cannot wait to go bigger and better next year.

You’re all bloody angels sent from the heavens, sending awkwardly long embraces through the waves of the internet-o-sphere to every single one of you. And strenuously awkward long embraces to everyone that volunteered, cranked the cogs behind the scenes, or just support these community events whichever way they can.

See you in the pub.

xoxo

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10/09/2026

🏁 THAT'S ALL FOLKS!!! 🏁

We've completely sold out of tickets for this year's Chislehurst B**r & Music Festival, thanks everyone for your support, can't wait to see all 3500 of you there!!!

Apologies to anyone that has missed out this year, we will miss you, but keep an eye out for the announcement for next year, it could be even bigger!!!

SEE YOU SATURDAY!!!

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09/09/2026

🚨 🎟️ TICKETS HAVE NEARLY SOLD OUT 🎟️ 🚨

Get your tickets in NOW as we are approaching SOLD OUT!!!

If you don't want to miss this amazing lineup of local legends and the country's best tributes, GET YOUR TICKETS IN NOW!!! 🎸🎸🎸

Tickets available on our Facebook/Instagram/Eventbrite pages, or on the link below

YOU DON'T WANNA MISS IT!!!!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chislehurst-b**r-music-festival-2026-tickets-1985807001197?aff=oddtdtcreator

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