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Duke's Head

Three rooms behind carved timber and etched glass on the Putney bank, with the Boat Race going past the windows.

Historic interiorOn the river

There has been a pub here since about 1774; this building is an 1864 rebuild, extended and refitted around 1894. The ground floor is still in three - public bar, saloon and a large lounge - divided by three screens of carved timber and etched and cut glass, with a reduced-height service door between public bar and saloon and a huge etched window between saloon and lounge.

The servery is central, with an island bar-back, a small mirrored dumb-waiter rising out of the counter, a glazed-in head to the cellar steps, and locks on the servery panels that once gave access to the beer engines; a door at the foot of the stairs is lettered CLUB ROOM. Two of the public bar's screens were taken out and the joinery of the counter still shows where they stood. Outside, the etched windows read BRANDIES and WINES AND SPIRITS.

The cellar held Putney Rowing Club's boats from 1929 to 1986, along with a disused skittle alley; there is a plaque to the club over the basement door, which has tidal flood gates. The Boat Race passes the windows. There is a cocktail bar downstairs called the Rowing Club, and a dining room where Sunday lunch is booked.

Where
8 Lower Richmond Road, SW15 1JN
Nearest station
Putney Bridge · 8 min walk

Hours

Monday12:00 – 23:00
Tuesday12:00 – 23:00
Wednesday12:00 – 23:00
Thursday12:00 – 23:00
Friday12:00 – 00:00
Saturday12:00 – 00:00
Sunday12:00 – 22:30

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 18 September 2026.

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