I love the Hope in Carshalton.
It just won my London Pub of the Year award for the fourth time, and a few days later CAMRA turned out to be in full agreement with me, naming as the best pub in Greater London.
But this isn't about how absolutely fucking awesome this pub is. I'm going to say something controversial, and I'm not I completely believe it to be true, but it's worth floating the idea for debate at least:
Great pubs are killing good pubs. Maybe.
I'd better explain exactly what I mean by this...