BV London Pub of the Year 2025-26 - part two

Here's the second batch of contestants in the latest London Pub of the Year survey. In part one we reassessed last year's top five and now we have five new contenders. Well, technically three new contenders and two 'Re-Entries' if you still watch old Top of the Pops episodes - and why wouldn't you?Can we find ourselves an overall winner amongst these five pubs? Trafalgar, MertonWhenever I'm looking for somewhere to live, a top priority is having a good pub nearby. It's pretty much non-negotiable for me. So it's always infuriating when housing developers buy up land with the intention of demolishing pubs, as if they don't think future residents deserve somewhere to drink! A particularly egregious example of this abject madness is in South Wimbledon where developers intended to get rid of the best pub for miles around. Thankfully, the 'Save the Traf' campaign appears to have won the day, at least for now. It was actually closed for quite a long time and faced the most uncertain of…