BIRD IN HAND – OLD MITRE, REDCROSS STREET

Records from 1560 recorded a Bird in Hand address in Redcross Street. Corporation rental book of 1711 records the Bird … More

FOX & CROWN – WHITE BEAR – LORD RANCLIFFE, 33 REDCROSS STREET

Photo above shows the Lord Rancliffe, circa 1960 with landlord Walter Lenton in doorway. A map of Redcross Street (see … More

Photo above: Pictured on its opening in 1960. The Netherhall Estate, like Thurnby Lodge, was built 1950-55 to rehouse inner … More

Photo credit above: J. Zienteck The Gladstone Arms was originally called the Napier when a new licence was granted to … More

A first and second floor venue in an old factory building at 12 Queen Street in Leicester’s cultural quarter, this … More

Opened in December 2017 by Tollgate Brewery, joining the micro-pub revolution. Queens Road Tap is still very much open for … More

Opened circa 2003 as Babelas Continental Bar. Just a shop front room with upstairs drinking but the rather compact space … More

Opened sometime in June 2016. The Pub History Project – Leicester has a Podcast. Please click below, subscribe and have … More

Hogans Bar – one of four or five Hogans to open in Leicester around the late 1990s. This was on … More

The Cauldron opened sometime in 2004, again this didn’t last too long. It stood empty for a while, whilst major … More