Regent Sports & Social Club, Leicester (Regent Club)

This is a club, which means that the bar may be only open to members.

This club was formerly known as the Gas Club, in the days when the Gas Board headquarters were situated just over the road and its employees’ used it as their social club. Prior to being a club, the actual building was a private dwelling house, designed (in consultation with the architect Henry Goddard), built and occupied in 1851 by The Leicester Artist known as John Flower. He is said to have purchased the land from the Town Council’s Estate Committee in 1850, at seven shillings (35p) per yard. There are two bars, one of which extends back into a large refurbished Function Room. A snooker room, table tennis, pool table, darts and traditional pub games are all available and the club is hosts to quiz teams. Opening hours are adjusted to ensure the club is open for a home darts match, City & Tigers home fixtures and if there is a function.