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

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

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. ^ Gelder, Sam. "The Archway Tavern is open – really!". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Archway | Hidden London". hidden-london.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  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. ^ "The Cable Car Home Page - Cable Car Lines in the UK". www.cable-car-guy.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "New bid to reopen the Archway Tavern". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  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. ^ Rostance, David (3 April 1976), "The Archway Tavern, April 1976", Flickr, retrieved 29 April 2020
  8. ^ "Is Archway square's popular pub set to reopen?". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  9. ^ "The Tavern's back! Landmark Archway pub is set to reopen". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  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. ^ "Islington Local Plan" (PDF). www.islington.gov.uk. Islington Council. November 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  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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