The Fellowship in 2009

The Fellowship and Star is a Grade II listed pub at Randlesdown Road, Bellingham, London SE6 3BT.

Built in 1923–24 and designed by the architect F. G. Newnham,[1] the pub opened as The Fellowship Inn. Under that name, it hosted gigs by bands including Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers,[2] and was used as both a gym and a home by boxer Henry Cooper in the run-up to his 1963 fight against Muhammad Ali.[3]

In 2018 The Fellowship Inn underwent refurbishment and redevelopment to restore the interior. It reopened in June 2019 as The Fellowship and Star, including a cinema, café, music rooms and community spaces.[4] It subsequently closed as a victim of COVID-19 in 2020 and re-opened on 21st September 2022 once again named The Fellowship Inn.

The pub is on Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Brandwood, Geoff (2013). Britain's best real heritage pubs. St. Albans: CAMRA. p. 83. ISBN 9781852493042.
  2. ^ "Historic south London pub confirms reopening date after £4m refurb". Evening Standard. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  3. ^ "London pub where Sir Henry Cooper trained set for £4m transformation". Evening Standard. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. ^ "What's On – The Fellowship and Star". Retrieved 13 August 2019.

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