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Operator: Admiral Taverns
1 Browne Street, Norwich, NR2 4QY (View on Google Map)
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Traditional back-street local pub with one ales available, and an interesting and ancient wall-mounted pinball style game.

Information for this venue is provided by the Norwich & District Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Last updated
11/02/2025
Last surveyed
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
NOR/795
Asset of Community Value

Built in the early twentieth century it retains the floor-plan of two bars and an off-sales. The little altered interior from c.1960 is rare and due to the fact that the pub was run by Jan & Jack Wakefield for 37 years until they retired in 2005. On the right the public bar with a '1' on the door has a 1960s flat roof extension which almost doubles its size and retains an old counter which has a new top over a Formica one, 1960s bar back with an old till drawer and old Bullards Ales window. Opposite the front door is the separate off-sales with a '3' on the door and a red Formica top counter - intact off-sales like this are very rare. The former lounge on the left with a '2' on the door is now a games room which retains its 1960s counter with a red Formica top, classic 1960s bar back but the fireplace has been lost. To the right is a now disused bowling green which is due to be sold as building plots.

Built in the early twentieth century it retains the floor-plan of two bars and an off-sales. The little altered interior from c.1960 is rare and due to the fact that the pub was run by Jan & Jack Wakefield for 37 years until they retired in 2005. On the right the public bar with a '1' on the door has a 1960s flat roof extension which almost doubles its size and retains an old counter which has a new top over a Formica one, 1960s bar back with an old till drawer and old Bullards Ales window. Opposite the front door is the separate off-sales with a '3' on the door and a red Formica top counter - intact off-sales like this are very rare. The former lounge on the left with a '2' on the door is now a games room which retains its 1960s counter with a red Formica top, classic 1960s bar back but the fireplace has been lost. To the right is a now disused bowling green which is due to be sold as building plots.

General information about historic pub interiors
Monday
Noon - 11:00pm
Tuesday
Noon - 11:00pm
Wednesday
Noon - 11:00pm
Thursday
Noon - 11:00pm
Friday
Noon - 11:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 11:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 10:30pm

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Current beers

This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 0 regular beers.

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