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Pub near [[Locale Old Street|Old Street]], in the less trendified western edge of [[Locale Hoxton|Hoxton]]. It's had a couple of changes of management over the years; see <a href="http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?id=Wenlock_Arms%2C_N1_7TA&version=41">earlier version of this page</a> for details.
 The Wenlock Arms was a pub near [[Locale Old Street|Old Street]], in the less trendified western edge of [[Locale Hoxton|Hoxton]]. It closed at the end of March 2012. [http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/23683/ According to Quinno on Pubs Galore], the plan is that the pub will "re-open imminently with the same ethos but with a general clean-up and upgrades", but there doesn't yet seem to be a timescale for this.
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[[bob]] and others visited on a Tuesday evening in March 2018. There were a few tables left when we arrived around 6pm, but it soon filled up. A game of darts was going on in one corner.
 The comments below predate this closure.
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Ten real ales were on: Barnsley Bitter (&pound;3.90/pint, and well-kept), Dark Star Hophead, Dark Star Pale Ale, Pig and Porter Stout, Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde Mild, Windsor and Eton Revenant, Moor So'Hop, Siren Suspended In Mosaic, and Siren Soundwave. They also had three real ciders as well as several keg beers.
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Pub near [[Locale Old Street|Old Street]], in the less trendified western edge of [[Locale Hoxton|Hoxton]].
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Basic pub food was available: Pie Minster pies (&pound;5), baked camembert with bread and honey (&pound;5), and a selection of toasties including cheese (&pound;3), ham and cheese (&pound;4), and tuna melt (&pound;5). Pork scratchings were &pound;1.20
 It's a single room pub with the bar in the middle and a mixture of booths and tables around the edge. There's some extra seating around the back up a few steps, and the toilets can also be found here. There's always a selection of beer-related literature and CAMRA leaflets, and they sell copies of the Good Beer Guide.
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There are nine handpulls behind the bar, and it has a constantly changing range of real ales on tap with at least one mild normally. These are kept updated on a chalkboard displayed prominently in one corner of the pub. In March 2009, all ales were priced at between &pound;2.60 and &pound;2.80 a pint, though in October 2011 a half of one was &pound;1.50. They also have the usual lagers, as well as Samuel Smith's Pure Brewed lager on draught.

Does very basic, but excellent, pub food. The sandwiches are vast doorstop wedges of bread packed with fillings, and are around &pound;3. The black pudding ones are very good, as are the salt beef. They also do pasties.

According to an advert in the August/September 2008 issue of London Drinker, the Wenlock has Liefmans Kriek on draught as well as a wide selection of continental bottled beer (including Duvel and Chimay), and it always has at least one mild on. The advert also says the function room is free to CAMRA members, and there's jazz piano on Sunday afternoons and jazz/blues every Friday and Saturday evening. An advert in the Spring 2009 newsletter of North London CAMRA says there's a quiz every Thursday from 9pm.

Good news for cyclists who don't want to get their bikes nicked! Tom says: &#8220;if it's not too crowded, the staff will usually let you take a bike indoors and leave it by the back door. There's room for two or three before it starts getting too snug there.&#8221;
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* [https://boakandbailey.com/2011/05/london-institutions-the-wenlock/ Boak &amp; Bailey review]
 * [http://boakandbailey.com/2011/05/17/london-institutions-the-wenlock/ Boak &amp; Bailey review]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20090620065432/http://tripe.cabal.org.uk:80/archives/2007/05/wenlock-arms.html Peter Corlett's review]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080206082216/http://www.timeout.com:80/london/bars/reviews/10852.html Time Out review]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070516101347/http://savetheboozer.blogspot.com:80/2007/03/wenlock-arms-26-wenlock-road-london-n1.html Save The Boozer review]
* [http://londonist.com/2010/03/london_beer_quest_the_wenlock_arms Londonist review]
* [https://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/the-wenlock-arms-london Yelp comments]
 * [http://tripe.cabal.org.uk/archives/2007/05/wenlock-arms.html Peter Corlett's review]
* [http://www.timeout.com/london/bars/reviews/10852.html Time Out review]
* [http://savetheboozer.blogspot.com/2007/03/wenlock-arms-26-wenlock-road-london-n1.html Save The Boozer review]
* [http://londonist.com/2010/03/london_beer_quest_the_wenlock_arms.php Londonist review]
* [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/35087#PlaceReviews Qype comments]
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[bob]] and others, March 2018. Opening hours taken from the Wenlock Arms website, March 2018.</div>
 <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]], October 2011. Opening hours taken from the 2007 Good Beer Guide.</div>
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The Wenlock Arms was a pub near Old Street, in the less trendified western edge of Hoxton. It closed at the end of March 2012. According to Quinno on Pubs Galore, the plan is that the pub will "re-open imminently with the same ethos but with a general clean-up and upgrades", but there doesn't yet seem to be a timescale for this.

The comments below predate this closure.

Pub near Old Street, in the less trendified western edge of Hoxton.

It's a single room pub with the bar in the middle and a mixture of booths and tables around the edge. There's some extra seating around the back up a few steps, and the toilets can also be found here. There's always a selection of beer-related literature and CAMRA leaflets, and they sell copies of the Good Beer Guide.

There are nine handpulls behind the bar, and it has a constantly changing range of real ales on tap with at least one mild normally. These are kept updated on a chalkboard displayed prominently in one corner of the pub. In March 2009, all ales were priced at between £2.60 and £2.80 a pint, though in October 2011 a half of one was £1.50. They also have the usual lagers, as well as Samuel Smith's Pure Brewed lager on draught.

Does very basic, but excellent, pub food. The sandwiches are vast doorstop wedges of bread packed with fillings, and are around £3. The black pudding ones are very good, as are the salt beef. They also do pasties.

According to an advert in the August/September 2008 issue of London Drinker, the Wenlock has Liefmans Kriek on draught as well as a wide selection of continental bottled beer (including Duvel and Chimay), and it always has at least one mild on. The advert also says the function room is free to CAMRA members, and there's jazz piano on Sunday afternoons and jazz/blues every Friday and Saturday evening. An advert in the Spring 2009 newsletter of North London CAMRA says there's a quiz every Thursday from 9pm.

Good news for cyclists who don't want to get their bikes nicked! Tom says: “if it's not too crowded, the staff will usually let you take a bike indoors and leave it by the back door. There's room for two or three before it starts getting too snug there.”

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Last visited by Ewan, October 2011. Opening hours taken from the 2007 Good Beer Guide.

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