Closed Pubs

Recording the slow, sad death of the British pub

The Railway Inn

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The Railway Inn, Leeds, Yorkshire A utilitarian flat-roofed pub in the Hunslet area on the south-east side of the city. Some of the detail...

The Coopers Arms

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The Coopers Arms, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire Not the well-known historic Coopers Tavern, this is an imposing late-Victorian street-cor...

The Bullock Smithy

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The Bullock Smithy, Hazel Grove, Cheshire A four-square pub on a busy road junction, originally called the Bull’s Head. Bullock Smithy was...

The Farmers Arms

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The Farmers Arms, Northwich, Cheshire A large post-war estate-style pub in the Rudheath district on the south-east side of the town, that ...

The Spotted Dog

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The Spotted Dog, Forest Gate, London An old weatherboarded pub in East London, believed to have once been a hunting lodge used by Henry VI...

The Holly Bush

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The Holly Bush, Linton, Derbyshire A surprisingly extensive village pub in the South Derbyshire coalfield. When open, it butted on to a pa...

The Halton Moor

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The Halton Moor, Leeds, Yorkshire Standing alone in a bleak-looking location in East Leeds, this pub reminds me of Hrothgar’s mead hall fr...

The White Horse

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The White Horse, Sheffield, Yorkshire A large modern pub on the main A61 road north out of the city where, bizarrely, one half has been tu...

The New Talbot

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The New Talbot, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire A substantial street-corner pub in an area of terraced housing on the south-west side of th...

The Flora Hotel

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The Flora Hotel, West Kilburn, London A monumental former Irish pub in West London, backing on to the Regent’s Canal, wearing the Taylor W...

The Bridgewater Hotel

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The Bridgewater Hotel, Hollinwood, Lancashire Once a showpiece pub for Holts, built about thirty years ago behind the previous pub of the ...

The Elephant & Castle

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The Elephant & Castle, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire A small pub at the west end of the town’s High Street, colloquially referred to as Ne...
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