The Wig & Pen had two entrances. The original main one was on Wellington Street. It opened in November 1993 … More
Category: Closed Pubs
BREWERS ARMS – CHEERS – MISTER YUMMY’S – DIE FLEDERMAUS – SULLY’S BAR – MINSTERS, NEW PARLIAMENT STREET
New Parliament Street, which runs down the side of the Royal Oak in Belgrave Gate, is part of the Abbey … More
RIFLE BUTT, 16 NEW BRIDGE STREET
No known picture of this to date. Certainly run from at least circa 1870 with John Gardiner named as victualler. … More
LORD RAGLAN, 55 NEW BRIDGE STREET
Corner of New Bridge Street/Raglan Street-Infirmary Square. No known photo yet of Lord Raglan. (Photo Above) This is from the … More
MOAT INN – MONKS REST, NETHERHALL ROAD
Photo above: Circa 1988. Out of city centre estate pub, The Moat obtained a licence transferred from the Stag & … More
NAVIGATION INN, NAVIGATION STREET/PUBLIC WHARF
Early references give the Navigation Inn on Public Wharf Belgrave Gate, later Navigation Street. Recorded circa 1825, no mention after … More
MARQUIS OF HASTINGS, 65 NAVIGATION STREET
Owned by the nearby Leicester Gas Co. and operating as early as 1827, as the local newspapers advertised auctions from … More
THOMAS COOK, NARBOROUGH ROAD SOUTH
Thomas Cook, opened by Everards in July 1973. Opened with a fanfare by Mr Everard himself and named after Leicester’s … More
REFLECTIONS – FOREST, 13 NARBOROUGH ROAD
Next door to FU Bar, photo above taken in 2010. Became a Polish bar by May 2015, called Forest. Might … More
FU BAR, 11 NARBOROUGH ROAD
Photo above taken in 2007. By 2015, it became an Alino African restaurant and takeaway.