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Operator: Independent
43 Lower Clapton Road, Clapton, E5 0NS (View on Google Map)
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This Pub is Closed Long Term

Used to be Fitzgerald's (formerly The Elephant's Head) which closed in 2012. The upper floors have been converted to flats with an A4 use retained on the ground floor by planning condition. Was then a pixxa restaurant bar. Now a cocktail bar.

Historic Interest

Local listing:- A late Victorian public house which forms part of a terrace. Ground and two upper storeys built in red brick with moulded brick string course and window details. Ornemental plaster panels at second floor level with elaborate plaster pediment with elephant head medallion. Pub used to be called the Elephants Head. Original pub ground floor frontage extant. Bar interior with original features.

Information for this venue is provided by the East London & City Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Slice of Blue, Elephants Head; Bonneville; Fitzgeralds; Elephants Head
Local Authority
Hackney
Last updated
20/03/2025
Last surveyed
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
Sentidale Ltd
Pub ID
ELC/14457
Asset of Community Value
Opening Times Unavailable

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Nearby Station (600m)
Hackney Downs
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (500m)
Hackney Central

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