Archway Tavern

The Archway Tavern is a pub in Archway, London,[1] situated on Highgate Hill near Archway tube station. It was shut for many years because of a licensing dispute.[2] It was briefly re-opened as the Intrepid Fox,[3] and at one point operated as a venue called Dusk till Dawn,[4] but has remained largely closed since then.[5]

The Archway Tavern in 2020, after the revitalisation

The site of the present pub has housed pubs since the 1700s, with the current building being built in 1888.[6][7] At one point, a cable car service up Highgate Hill terminated outside the tavern.[8]

The building is locally listed by Islington Council, which stated in November 2018 that the Archway Tavern was "a historic feature and a focal point of the Town Centre" and that it would resist any change of use of the building from being a public house.[9] The building is now owned by Searchgrade Limited, a property company, which bought it for £3.8m in 2019.[10]

As of 2020, plans exist to reopen the pub full-time,[2][11] following the resolution of licensing issues regarding the pub and its adjacent nightclub.[12]

References
  1. Gelder, Sam. "The Archway Tavern is open – really!". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  2. "New bid to reopen the Archway Tavern". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  3. 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 2017-02-15.
  4. Rostance, David (1976-04-03), "The Archway Tavern, April 1976", Flickr, retrieved 2020-04-29
  5. "Is Archway square's popular pub set to reopen?". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  6. "Archway | Hidden London". hidden-london.com. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  7. Winn, Christopher (2016-04-07). 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.
  8. "The Cable Car Home Page - Cable Car Lines in the UK". www.cable-car-guy.com. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  9. "Islington Local Plan" (PDF). www.islington.gov.uk. Islington Council. November 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  10. Gelder, Sam. "Archway Tavern: Commercial lettings firm who bought pub for £3.8m wants it 'restored to former glory'". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  11. "The Tavern's back! Landmark Archway pub is set to reopen". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  12. Gelder, Sam. "Archway Tavern licensing woes could be resolved – freeing it up to open when lockdown ends". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 2020-04-30.


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