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Wenlock Arms

26 Wenlock Road, N1 7TA Full details & map

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Time Out says 1 Users say 3/5 Rate it

By Time Out Editors Posted: Sep 20 2010

Peek through the door of this single-room boozer and you'll immediately see its raison d'être: a line of handpumps along the cramped central bar counter, with a mild always among the enticing options. First opened as a pub in 1836, it survived the Blitz and was reopened in 1994, although the shabby decor makes it look and feel more like a '70s-vintage taproom.

The interior is as down-at-heel as the location, but there's a real community feel to the place: how many Islington pubs have cricket and football teams? The clientele is a lovely mix of garrulous locals, ale hunters and slumming-it art students, and everyone talks to everyone else. On Friday nights, a cluster of old timers rattles through Pennies from Heaven-vintage tunes around the piano; there's more jazz on Saturdays and Sunday afternoons, but the regulars are on hand to provide slice-of-life entertainment all week.

Tags: Historic, Local flavour, Speciality beers, East, Shoreditch, Pub

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Wenlock Arms details

Address

Wenlock Arms

26 Wenlock Road N1 7TA

Transport Old Street tube/rail

Telephone

020 7608 3406

Wenlock Arms website

Open noon-midnight Mon-Thur, Sun; noon-1am Fri, Sat.

Facilities

Babies and children admitted ( until 9pm ), Function room ( 25 capacity ), Entertainment ( quiz 9pm Thur; blues/jazz 9pm Fri, Sat )

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Comments & ratings 3/5 (Average of 1 rating)

By Paul - Jan 20 2012

3/5

Wonderful array of ales which are nicely kept, but certainly not the warmest welcome in London - and if you can get a please or thank you off the staff, then you're a better man than I. Heavily focused towards their locals, which I applaud, but a smile and a "Hello" to a newcomer cost nothing and would make for a friendlier pub.