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Opens at Noon

Operator: Independent

16 Millstone Lane, City Centre, Leicester, LE1 5JN (View on Google Map)

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Exterior 2024. (Pub, External, Key). Published on 15-08-2024

(Pub, External). Published on 04-10-2024

(Pub, External). Published on 21-10-2016

Interior 2025. (Pub, Bar). Published on 11-11-2025

Cellar. (Pub, Bar). Published on 21-10-2016

Micropub opened in 2016 on the ground floor of a building in a conservation area previously used as offices. There is a single light airy room with a bar opposite as you enter. Behind the counter, through a glass partition, a cellar may be viewed. Board games and reading material may be found on shelves, and there are displays of old maps of Leicester around the walls. Guest beers are sourced from microbreweries around the country and include many rare beers. A full range of Samuel Smith's bottled beers is also available. Oversize glasses ensure customers get a full pint. No meals, but local pork pies and well-filled cheese or ham cobs are sold. On the last Sunday of the month opens later for music.

The house beer is Blue Boar Bitter, a 4.5% red ale brewed by Bang The Elephant brewery in Langley Mill, Derbyshire. This is a unique brew and can only be sampled in the Blue Boar and in their sister pub, the Rock Cafe & Bar, Coalville.

Historic Interest

The pub is named in honour of the Blue Boar Inn where Richard III stayed before the Battle of Bosworth Field.

Information for this venue is provided by the Leicester Branch of CAMRA

Previous Names
Local Authority: City of Leicester (B)
Last updated: 20/02/2026
Last surveyed: 20/02/2026
Leasehold owner: Blue Boar Leiceter Ltd
Freehold owner: unknown
Pub ID: LEI/432
Asset of Community Value

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Monday

Noon - 11:00pm

Tuesday

Noon - 11:00pm

Wednesday

Noon - 11:00pm

Thursday

Noon - 11:00pm

Friday

11:00am - 11:00pm

Saturday

11:00am - 11:00pm

Sunday

Noon - 8:00pm

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Current beers

This Pub serves 6 changing beers (Mostly microbreweries) and 3 regular beers.

Regular and recently seen

Beowulf - Finn's Hall Porter TasteMatch Prediction

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Beowulf - Finn's Hall Porter

Session Porter

ABV: 4.7%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly. Spotted 18 times.

Beowulf - Finn's Hall Porter Session Porter • 4.7% Spotted 18 times.

Beowulf - Finn's Hall Porter

This beer is served regularly and Spotted 18 times. at Blue Boar, Leicester.

ABV	4.7%

Style	Session Porter
Colour
Vegan	No
Gluten Free	No

Shiny - Rocky TasteMatch Prediction

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Shiny - Rocky

Session Pale Ale

ABV: 4.1%

Vegan: Yes

Gluten Free: Yes

This beer is served regularly. Spotted 25 times.

Shiny - Rocky Session Pale Ale • 4.1% Spotted 25 times.

Shiny - Rocky

This beer is served regularly and Spotted 25 times. at Blue Boar, Leicester.

ABV	4.1%

Style	Session Pale Ale
Colour
Vegan	Yes
Gluten Free	Yes

Bang The Elephant - Blue Boar Bitter TasteMatch Prediction

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Bang The Elephant - Blue Boar Bitter

Red Ale

ABV: 4.5%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

This beer is served regularly. Spotted 7 times. House Bitter

Bang The Elephant - Blue Boar Bitter Red Ale • 4.5% Spotted 7 times. House Bitter

Bang The Elephant - Blue Boar Bitter

This beer is served regularly and Spotted 7 times. at Blue Boar, Leicester.

House bitter

ABV	4.5%

Style	Red Ale
Colour
Vegan	No
Gluten Free	No

Bakers Dozen - Stamford Pale TasteMatch Prediction

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Bakers Dozen - Stamford Pale

Session Pale Ale

ABV: 4%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

Spotted twice. recently. Last spotted 5 days ago

Bakers Dozen - Stamford Pale Session Pale Ale • 4% Spotted twice.

Bakers Dozen - Stamford Pale

Spotted twice. recently. Last spotted 5 days ago at Blue Boar, Leicester.

ABV	4%
Style	Session Pale Ale
Colour
Vegan	No
Gluten Free	No

Hop Back - Summer Lightning TasteMatch Prediction

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Hop Back - Summer Lightning

Premium Blond Ale

ABV: 5%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

Spotted twice. recently. Last spotted 2 days ago

Hop Back - Summer Lightning Premium Blond Ale • 5% Spotted twice.

Hop Back - Summer Lightning

Spotted twice. recently. Last spotted 2 days ago at Blue Boar, Leicester.

ABV	5%
Style	Premium Blond Ale
Colour
Vegan	No
Gluten Free	No

The venue's range of changing beers regularly includes the following rare beer styles: Weak Beer, Mild, Strong Mild, Porter, Stout, Strong IPA, Old Ale, Wheat Beer.

Source: National