Southampton. Built around 1870 as Ferry House (Shipping Docks Board Office) and

later the Southern Docks Railway Office. It was converted to a pub in 1989 and was named the Cork and Bottle. JD Werherspoon took it over in 2007 and named it after Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis (Admiral of the Fleet) who laid the foundation stone for Southampton's first modern dock in 1838. Wetherspoon disposed of the pub in 2023 and it reopened as The King Canute (the Viking king who ruled England from 1016 to 1035).

The entrance features some pictures celebrating Southampton's shipping past. The grey tinned high ceiling main room has a couple of sturdy pillars and there are raised areas on either end (with some really nice iron work around the stairs going up to these). The long bar takes up the entire west side between these two platforms. Unfortunately the only cask ale was Cruzcampo from Malaga, Spain. But sometimes one must suffer a bit during their beer journey...