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(Pub, External, Key). Published on 11-07-2019
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King Richard III, Leicester. (Pub, External, Key). Published on 03-04-2017
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(Pub, External, Garden). Published on 11-07-2019
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King Richard III, Leicester. (Pub, External). Published on 03-04-2017
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King Richard III, Leicester

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70 Highcross Street, City Centre, Leicester, LE1 4NN (View on Google Map)
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This small Victorian pub is a long-established Everard's house, and has traditional character. The front room has floorboards and large windows which can open to the street in warm weather; through an arched partition to a central small bar which has the main counter and a tiled floor, but the bar fittings here are modern. To the rear past a lobby with staircase to the toilets on the first floor, is a separate room which was previously used for darts. At the side of the pub is an attractive narrow courtyard garden. Unfortunately, the handpumps were removed in 2024 and replaced by an array of keg taps. No real ale.

Historic Interest

Named after the last Plantagenet King who spent his last night abed just up the road in the long gone Blue Boar Inn before heading for the Bosworth Battlefield where he became the last King of England to be killed in battle. Up the stairs on the first-floor landing is a genuine Victorian counter-less bar back; the two handpumps are still connected to the cellar though not in use. This rare delight, which looks more like a domestic sideboard than a pub fitting, used to serve the first-floor function room which has now been converted to a kitchen.

Information for this venue is provided by the Leicester Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
City of Leicester (B)
Last updated
08/08/2024
Last surveyed
09/04/2024
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
Everards
Pub ID
LEI/148
Asset of Community Value
Opening Times Unavailable

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Facilities
Garden Garden
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Childen welcome until 6pm.
Disabled Access Disabled Access
Separate Bar Separate Bar
Smoking Smoking
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Transport
Close to bus routes
City centre buses.
Closest station (1100m)
Leicester

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