Records from 1560 recorded a Bird in Hand address in Redcross Street. Corporation rental book of 1711 records the Bird…
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…
GOLDEN AGE – RAMSEY WAY (NETHERHALL ESTATE)
Photo above: Pictured on its opening in 1960. The Netherhall Estate, like Thurnby Lodge, was built 1950-55 to rehouse inner…
NAPIER – GLADSTONE ARMS, 38 RAGLAN STREET
Photo credit above: J. Zienteck The Gladstone Arms was originally called the Napier when a new licence was granted to…
BRICK & BEAM, QUEEN STREET
A first and second floor venue in an old factory building at 12 Queen Street in Leicester’s cultural quarter, this…
QUEENS ROAD TAP, 109 QUEENS ROAD
Opened in December 2017 by Tollgate Brewery, joining the micro-pub revolution. Queens Road Tap is still very much open for…
BABELAS, 77 QUEENS ROAD
Opened circa 2003 as Babelas Continental Bar. Just a shop front room with upstairs drinking but the rather compact space…
ROSEBUD, VERANDAH 71 QUEENS ROAD
Opened sometime in June 2016. The Pub History Project – Leicester has a Podcast. Please click below, subscribe and have…
HOGANS BAR – OLIVES, QUEENS ROAD
Hogans Bar – one of four or five Hogans to open in Leicester around the late 1990s. This was on…
CAULDRON – CULTURE – MOOW-100&SIX, 106 QUEENS ROAD
The Cauldron opened sometime in 2004, again this didn’t last too long. It stood empty for a while, whilst major…