Archway_Tavern

Archway Tavern

Archway Tavern

Pub in Archway, London

The Archway Tavern in Archway, London,[1] is on Highgate Hill near Archway tube station.

The Archway Tavern in 2020, after the revitalisation
Highgate Archway Gate and Tavern in 1825

The site has housed pubs since the 1700s, with the current building being built in 1888.[2][3] At one point, a cable car service up Highgate Hill terminated outside the tavern.[4]

In 2014, the Archway Tavern was closed because of a licensing dispute.[5] It was briefly re-opened as the Intrepid Fox,[6] and at one point operated as a venue called Dusk till Dawn,[7] but remained largely closed for several years.[8] In 2020, plans were made to reopen it,[5][9] following the resolution of licensing issues regarding the pub and its adjacent nightclub.[10] As of 2021, the pub is back to being open full time.

During the shutdown, the building was locally listed by Islington Council as "a historic feature and a focal point of the Town Centre" to resist any change of use of the building from being a public house.[11] The building is now owned by the property company Searchgrade Limited, which bought it for £3.8m in 2019.[12]

The interior of the pub was used as the cover of The Kinks' studio album Muswell Hillbillies.

References

  1. [1]
    Gelder, Sam. "The Archway Tavern is open – really!". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Archway | Hidden London". hidden-london.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. [3]
    Winn, Christopher (7 April 2016). London by Tube: Over 80 Intriguing Short Walks Minutes Away from London's Tube Stops. Ebury Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-78503-150-2.
  4. [4]
    "The Cable Car Home Page - Cable Car Lines in the UK". www.cable-car-guy.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. [5]
    "New bid to reopen the Archway Tavern". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. [6]
    Dean, Jon. "Rock pub where the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart and Slash drank and David Hasselhoff was turned away moves to Archway". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  7. [7]
    Rostance, David (3 April 1976), "The Archway Tavern, April 1976", Flickr, retrieved 29 April 2020
  8. [8]
    "Is Archway square's popular pub set to reopen?". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  9. [9]
    "The Tavern's back! Landmark Archway pub is set to reopen". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  10. [10]
    Gelder, Sam. "Archway Tavern licensing woes could be resolved – freeing it up to open when lockdown ends". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  11. [11]
    "Islington Local Plan" (PDF). www.islington.gov.uk. Islington Council. November 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  12. [12]
    Gelder, Sam. "Archway Tavern: Commercial lettings firm who bought pub for £3.8m wants it 'restored to former glory'". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

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