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Opens at 12:00pm

Operator: Norwich Taverns

42 Magdalen Street, Norwich, NR3 1JE (View on Google Map)

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Kings Head, Norwich. (Pub, External, Key). Published on 01-05-2025

Kings Head, Norwich. (Pub, External). Published on 02-05-2025

Back bar. (Bar). Published on 01-05-2025

Front bar screen. (Bar). Published on 01-07-2024

Front bar. (Bar). Published on 01-01-2023

Presentation of Finalist, National Pub of the Year 2022. (Award). Published on 01-11-2022

Sign. (Pub, Sign). Published on 01-05-2021

Main bar at rear. (Bar). Published on 01-03-2020

Awards

Won 1 award

This venue won an award in 2022.

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A traditional two-bar city pub which has been a mandatory stop on the Norwich cask ale trail since 2005, serving up to a dozen beers, mostly from Norfolk breweries, plus a few selected guests such as Mauldons, Mighty Oak, Green Jack, and Derby Brewing, always including a dark beer or two. There are also two local ciders (one occasionally replaced by a perry), plus a large range of bottled European beers, but no keg beers at all.

Five times CAMRA Branch Pub of the Year, there's no food except snacks and pork pies, but there are plenty of local takeaways, and plates and cutlery can be provided. The pub also supports three teams in the local bar billiards league.

Owned since 2013 by Stephen and Lesley George, also owners of the Humpty Dumpty Brewery, the range of beers remains eclectic, and only rarely includes more than a couple of their beers. Previously owned for nine years by Jon Smith and Roland Coomber, who converted it from a bikers' pub into the destination real-ale pub it remains today.

The 'main' bar is at the back of the pub, accessed via a side entrance in the courtyard. The large table opposite the main bar is a communal table for sharing, and the pub is open on Christmas Day from 12-2pm.

Closing time refers to last entry - drinks are served until midnight on Sunday, and later Monday to Saturday.

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Information for this venue is provided by the Norwich & District Branch of CAMRA

Previous Names
Local Authority
Last updated: 06/08/2025
Last surveyed: 11/02/2025
Leasehold owner: Norwich Taverns
Freehold owner: Colston Trustees
Pub ID: NOR/813
Asset of Community Value

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Monday

Noon - Midnight

Tuesday

Noon - Midnight

Wednesday

Noon - Midnight

Thursday

Noon - Midnight

Friday

Noon - Midnight

Saturday

Noon - Midnight

Sunday

Noon - Midnight

Current beers

This Pub serves 9 changing beers and 0 regular beers.

Regular and recently seen

Green Jack - Orange Wheat Beer

Differently Produced Speciality Beers

ABV: 4.2%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

Spotted once recently. Last spotted 5 days ago

Green Jack - Orange Wheat Beer Differently Produced Speciality Beers • 4.2% Spotted once

Green Jack - Orange Wheat Beer

Differently Produced Speciality Beers

ABV: 4.2%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

Spotted once recently. Last spotted 5 days ago

Shortts - Two Tone

Mild

ABV: 3.8%

Vegan: Yes

Gluten Free: No

Spotted 5 times recently. Last spotted 5 days ago

Shortts - Two Tone Mild • 3.8% Spotted 5 times

Shortts - Two Tone

Mild

ABV: 3.8%

Vegan: Yes

Gluten Free: No

Spotted 5 times recently. Last spotted 5 days ago

Bull of the Woods - Season of the Witch

Session Porter

ABV: 4.8%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

Spotted once recently. Last spotted 5 days ago

Bull of the Woods - Season of the Witch Session Porter • 4.8% Spotted once

Bull of the Woods - Season of the Witch

Session Porter

ABV: 4.8%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

Spotted once recently. Last spotted 5 days ago

Firebird - Heritage Sussex Best

Session Bitter

ABV: 4%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

Spotted twice recently. Last spotted 6 days ago

Firebird - Heritage Sussex Best Session Bitter • 4% Spotted twice

Firebird - Heritage Sussex Best

Session Bitter

ABV: 4%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

Spotted twice recently. Last spotted 6 days ago

Fownd - Iron Tusk

Mild

ABV: 3.6%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

Spotted once recently. Last spotted 5 days ago

Fownd - Iron Tusk Mild • 3.6% Spotted once

Fownd - Iron Tusk

Mild

ABV: 3.6%

Vegan: No

Gluten Free: No

Spotted once recently. Last spotted 5 days ago

Changing

Mostly a mix of local beers and East Anglian micros, but also including specials from favoured breweries from outside the area, such as Mighty Oak and Derby Brewery.

Changing beers typically include: Elmtree (varies) , Moon Gazer (varies) , Mr Winter's (varies) , Shortts (varies) , Tindall (varies)

The venue's range of changing beers regularly includes the following rare beer styles: Stout , Porter , Mild

Source: Regional