Hermit's Cave

About Hermit's Cave

A traditional, family-run local pub on Camberwell Church Street, valued for its unpretentious atmosphere and regular live music and open-mic nights.

Hermit's Cave is exactly what its regulars want it to be: a small, family-run traditional pub with little interest in reinventing itself, on a stretch of Camberwell Church Street that has otherwise seen plenty of turnover. Inside it's a single unfussy room, a jukebox, and a community feel that has kept a loyal local crowd coming back for decades, supplemented by open-mic and live music nights that draw a slightly wider audience without changing the pub's basic character. It's one of the few genuinely old-school boozers left in this corner of Camberwell.