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Operator: 202 Pub Co Ltd ex Aldrich Inns
23 Rathbone Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 1NG (View on Google Map)
(020) 7436 9777
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Named after the local landowner William Berners, whose country seat was Newman Hall in Quendon, Essex, it's a small, narrow and cosy low-ceilinged pub, with a proper flagstone floor.

Note the almost Dickensian covered alleyway to the left, once unlit and nicknamed Murderer's Alley. It is a surviving fragment of a fringe of the St. Giles' Rookery, once the most famous slum area in London. A beer-only licence lasted here until 1948 when wine was licensed to be sold, and finally a spirits licence was granted in 1960.

Under new management since February 2025, and this has seen the return of the upstairs pie room.

Historic Interest

The building dates from the 1720s and is thought to have once been a blacksmith, candle-maker's, picture framer's and brothel before being licensed as a beer house in 1863. It later became a favourite of George Orwell and the pub is believed to have been the model for the "Proles' Arms" in Orwell's dystopian novel "1984", the pub in which Winston Smith tries and fails to find out about life before the revolution. The basement snug names now gives a nod to the famous book. One of the murder scenes from the controversial Michael Powell film "Peeping Tom" was filmed in the flat above the pub. Archive photos of this pub as a Charrington's Ales house may be seen at www.historypin.org/en/newman-arms

Information for this venue is provided by the West London Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Westminster
Last updated
Last surveyed
07/04/2025
Leasehold owner
no lease
Freehold owner
202 Pub Co Ltd ex Aldrich Inns
Pub ID
WLD/16531
Asset of Community Value
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
Closed
Monday
Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 9:30pm
Tuesday
Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 9:30pm
Wednesday
Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 9:30pm
Thursday
Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 9:30pm
Friday
Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 9:30pm
Saturday
Noon - 3:00pm & 5:00pm - 9:30pm
Sunday
No Service
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Cask Marque: Beer and Cellar Hygiene rating 5 out of 5
Transport
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Closest station (1100m)
London Euston
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (300m)
Goodge Street

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