The Kings Head, Billingshurst NORTH SUSSEX CAMRA¡FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017
The North Sussex CAMRA Branch Pub of the Month for June 2017 is The Kings Head in Billingshurst. The Kings Head, at the top of the High Street, is a 17th century coaching inn, marked by its overhanging ornate ironwork sign. It is a large town centre pub with plenty of space for drinkers and diners. Great pub for watching sport. A former enterprise pub that is now a free house, it is enjoying a resurgence after many years out of the Good Beer Guide, boasting a wide range of real ales from the 8 handpumps. The landlord, genial Irishman Colin Ganley is a larger than life figure, 6 foot 3 inch tall, well-built and in his late-40s. Originally hailing from County Meath, he has been a licensee for thirty years, having previously run pubs in Brixton and Herne Hill. His parents own Ganley's Irish Bar in Morden. Colin is married to Oonagh and they have been at the Kings Head for a year, having purchased the freehold from previous owners Enterprise Inns.