The Rusty Bucket Pub

14/05/2026

Tuesday nights Wine tasting with was such good fun!
6 fantastic wines paired with cheese from the wonderful Nicola
Huge thanks to Izzy and Nicola for hosting, your wine and cheese knowledge is incredible 🙌
There should still be a couple of bottles available to buy if you’re experiencing some FOMO
And thank you to everyone who came along (with special mention to Kat and Chris for reminding me to take a photo of the event!) 😂

13/05/2026

We’ll have Santiago pouring all summer long (ignore the hailstorm outside, I repeat ignore the hailstorm outside)

29/04/2026

Join us on Tuesday 12th May for a wine tasting with
They will be bringing 6 excellent wines from across Europe and South Africa, and our great friend Nicola from will be there to take us through her cheese pairings for each wine.
Tickets are £40 and are available by emailing [email protected] or at the pub, just ask at the bar.

Tuesday 12th May
7:30pm
£40

11/04/2026

On Sunday 12th April, the Rusty Ramblers will be venturing out of London to Shoreham, Kent, for a leisurely 5k walk around the rolling Kent Downs, finishing in Shoreham village at a dog friendly pub.

Meet at Eltham train station for the 11:21 train to Nunhead, and then on to Shoreham, or meet at Shoreham train station at 12:45. Everyone is welcome!

02/04/2026

Our 8th birthday is on the 18th, and we’d like you to propose a toastie!🥂
Whether you’ve got a tried and tested toastie recipe that you want to share with the world, you’re a Michelin starred chef specialising in toasties or there’s just something you’ve always wanted to cover in cheese and put between two slices of bread, we want to hear from you 🫵
Fill in the form (link in bio) with the recipe for your dream toastie (up to 3 ingredients) and we will serve up our favourite in the pub, for one day only, on Sunday 19th April!

Rules:
- 3 ingredients or less.
- We don’t have a kitchen, so keep ingredients simple please (think things we can buy ready-to-use on the high street!)
- The winner doesn’t get to cook any toasties at the pub - providing the many years of study required at our remote mountain toastie dojo would be impractical
- The judges ruling is final👩‍⚖️
- Don’t comment or DM entries, I can’t be bothered to keep track of them all. Enter using the link in bio please

01/04/2026

Hi everyone, a quick announcement:

After a period of reflection and careful consideration, we would like to announce that The Rusty Bucket will now be an under-18s pub and child-only from now on. (On rare occasions, well behaved adults will be allowed to visit the pub until 4pm)
We hope this will create an atmosphere that all children can enjoy, without unsupervised adults wreaking havoc in what can be a tight space when we’re busy. Also, adults insist on drinking beer, which means that we have to keep cleaning lines and moving kegs around😮‍💨
Thank you for all your support as always.

(P.s. Keep an eye out for details of our upcoming fruit juice tasting!)

26/03/2026

28/02/2026

We’ve got some cans in so you should come and drink them🐖🐗🐖😈

- Lazurite • American IPA
- Elite Human • NEIPA
- Big Drunk Baby • WC DIPA

26/02/2026

It’s our first beer tasting of 2026 with the excellent with food supplied by the super tasty
Email me to book your place ([email protected]) or book at the bar!
6 beers with food and Two Flints guiding you on a delicious journey for your taste buds, i can’t wait!
Let us know about any dietary requirements x

22/02/2026

It’s Cheese Toastie Sunday! Pint and a hot gooey cheesy Toastie. YES PLEASE! we’re serving these up until 5.30 today.
ALSO - we’ve got booked in for our first tutored beer tasting of 2026! Tuesday 3rd March, 7.30pm start. Let’s chat all things beer, drink delicious beers and have some food too. Hooray!
Tickets are £30 per person which includes 6 beers and food. To book your place email us [email protected] or in person at the bar!

12/02/2026

It’s coming up to the most romantic day of the year and to celebrate we’re not buying any last minute petrol station bouquets or heart holding teddy bears .... We’re showing the Six Nations rugby AND pouring some Cloudwater birthday beers

And who said romance was dead!

03/02/2026

The Six Nations are kicking off this week with the first game on Thursday! England have their first game on Saturday! You can reserve your table on [email protected] 🙌

29/01/2026

Phwoar, it’s Steady Rolling Man on CASK!
Roll up, roll up, steady on, no need to run!
Actually there might be, we’ve only got 1 cask so be quick
If you’ve not had ‘s Steady rolling man on cask before then you’re in for an absolute treat.
Woohoo! 🙌

28/01/2026

Like Putty in my hands….. it’s not like, it IS Putty in my hand!
We’ve got cans of one of the most hype beers around, yep it’s PUTTY 2026. Available in the fridge now!
Enjoy! ☺️

24/01/2026

It’s Burns Night on Sunday, and we have plenty of Scottish tipples to celebrate Rabbie - cracking beers from , a lovely Scotch from Ledaig and haggis scotch eggs from our friends at
Slàinte mhath!

21/01/2026

Reminder for Sunday! It’s the first Rusty Ramble of 2026.
If you’re reading this thinking what the hecking heck is a Rusty Ramble, well, I’LL TELL YOU.
We meet up and go for a jolly nice walk, then we end up in a jolly nice pub and feel smug that we’ve gone for a walk and we’re now having a jolly nice sit down.
Full details of the what, who, where and when are on the website. Would be great for you to join!

10/01/2026

On Sunday 25th January, the Rusty Ramblers will be heading into central London for a winter walk through the Royal Parks - St. James, Green Park, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. A flat 6k walk, finishing as always with a refreshment or two.

Meet at Charing Cross station (under the clock) at 12.00. Everyone is welcome.

07/01/2026

Cheers everyone! We had our staff Christmas party last night. Apologies again for the pub being closed!
We had an excellent time starting at , followed by one of the best pizzas I’ve ever had and then some more drinks where many, many baby Guinness’ were consumed. I am feeling it today 😂

But enough about me! I want to take this moment to thank all the team at both Bexley and Eltham. You guys are quite frankly amazing human beings and it’s an absolute pleasure to work with you. The Buckets wouldn’t be here without you so thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️

Special shout out to Rich who manages the Eltham pub, we wouldn’t have been able to open Bexley without you! x

That’s probably enough slushiness from me. I’m nursing a rather menacing hangover and I’m probably never going to drink again 😂😉

03/01/2026