A once attractive free house in a leafy location in the Fishponds district on the north-east side of the city. Planning permission has been applied for to turn it into student flats.
The Phoenix
A former Charles Wells pub overlooking a busy road junction just outside the town centre on the south side of the Great Ouse.
The Bull
Now a smart-looking residential property deep in the Essex countryside north of Braintree, if you look back to 2009 on StreetView it becomes a pink-washed country pub with extensive car park and beer garden.
The Montague Arms
A street-corner pub with a characteristic London layout of projecting ground floor, still bearin Truman’s livery. It closed in October 2019 and has since become heavily graffitied. Since then it has been the subject of multiple unsuccessful planning applications for refurbishment and conversion of the upper floors to flats.
The Queen
A large and ornate Victorian former Tetley pub on the Burley Road to the west of the city. It closed around 2008 and was later converted to a Tesco Express.
The Punch Bowl
An old pub in the fork of two roads at the top end of the town, which is rumoured to have secret tunnels. It never reopened after lockdown, and is now set to be converted into an eight-bedroom house.
The Red Lion
A small white-painted street-corner pub on the north side of the town, which was severely damaged by fire in March of this year.
The Blue Bell
An attractive tile-hung country pub located in mid-Kent close to the River Medway and Beltring Hop Farm. It closed around 2009 and has now been converted to two private residences.
The Glen
A typical post-war pub built by Everards Brewery in 1959 on the Eyres Monsell estate on the south side of the city. It closed in 2022, and recently made the national news when plans to convert it into a mosque were approved.
The Crane
An old pub standing by the South Circular Road, which claimed to be the oldest pub in Wandsworth, having been built in 1738. It was renamed as the Armoury for a period.
The Broughton
A monumental former Whitbread pub in a run-down inner-urban area. Now the Zabka ethnic supermarket.
The King Edward VII
A former Shepherd Neame pub situated in the angle of the two roads in a suburban area on the south side of the town. It was severely damaged by fire in Februay 2025.
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