Located in the centre of Whitburn next to a busy junction. Comprising 3 rooms, of which the bar is the smallest. Three handpulls dispense changing ales. Lunchtime meals are provided usually in the Captains cabin , which is just to the right of the entrance. Parking nearby but sometimes limited. Buses pass the door to Sunderland and South Shields. There is a Mamma Mia's Italian Restaurant above the pub. For more information on the pubs interior visit the CAMRA heritage pub interior website
Within Whitburn Conservation Area
Historic Interest
This pub is an entry in the regional CAMRA heritage pub website The pub is included in the South Tyneside Council local listing of significant heritage assets. Full information is available from https://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/article/18506/Local-List-A-to-Z
Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest
Listed status: Not listed
A real period piece from the days when a mock rustic look was in vogue. The three rooms were refitted with fake half-timbered walls and beamed ceilings at an uncertain date - it could be late 1930s but just as likely 1950s or even early 1960s. Table service was then still available- see the buzzer indicator box in the public bar and bell-pushes in the rear room ('Captain's Cabin'): the bell-pushes and all furniture have been cleared from the third room since the late 1990s. The public bar is unusual as being the smallest of the three rooms and retains a bar back fitting at least 70 years old.
This Pub serves 3 changing beers and 0 regular beers.
Jolly Sailor, Whitburn
Source: National