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Operator: Independent
120 Park Road, Crouch End, Hornsey, N8 8JP (View on Google Map)

23/08/24 - "Now an upmarket gastropub with no sports TV, no pool or darts. There are now 2 cask beers and the plan is to add a third. The derivation of the name is covered in full on their website - well worth a read.

02/01/24 - Princess Alexandra on Park Road N8 closed down. Former owners said they were fed up working 80 hours a week for not much money.

From Propel 2018 - Nick Ford, former head of food at 40-strong pub company Antic London, and Hayley Chappell, have taken over a Crouch End pub owned by Ei Group. Ei Publican Partnerships has contributed £108,000 alongside £60,000 put up by first-time publicans Ford and Chappell to revitalise the 120-year-old Princess Alexandra. Ford said: “It has always been an ultimate goal and ambition of mine to run my own pub. It’s the right pub. I’ve lived in the Crouch End area for eight years and have got to know the building and the area really well. I felt it needed a pub the people here could call their own.”

The pub has now reverted to its original name as it was when the original pub was built in 1896, the current version was built in 1954, contemporary with the adjacent estate. It changed name in 2008 to Villiers Terrace, renamed again in 2014 as Alex. Changed hands again in 2017. Several connecting rooms along the front, plus a conservatory, all now refurbished. A leafy terrace on the right and another outside area at the other end.

Information for this venue is provided by the North London Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Princess Alexandra; Alex; Villiers Terrace Bar & Grill; Princess Alexandria
Local Authority
Haringey
Last updated
14/10/2024
Last surveyed
01/08/2024
Leasehold owner
other
Freehold owner
Haringey Council
Pub ID
NLD/5712
Asset of Community Value
Sunday
Noon - 10:00pm
Monday
3:00pm - 10:00pm
Tuesday
3:00pm - 11:00pm
Wednesday
3:00pm - 11:00pm
Thursday
3:00pm - 11:00pm
Friday
Noon - Midnight
Saturday
Noon - Midnight
Sunday
Noon - 7:00pm
Monday
No Service
Tuesday
6:00pm - 9:30pm
Wednesday
6:00pm - 9:30pm
Thursday
6:00pm - 9:30pm
Friday
Noon - 3:30pm
Saturday
Noon - 5:00pm

Current beers

This Pub serves no changing beers and 2 regular beers.

Regular and recently seen
Taylor's  Landlord Pump clip
Timothy Taylor - Landlord Session Bitter • 4.3%
Taylor's  Landlord Pump clip
Timothy Taylor - Landlord

Session Bitter

Dispense: Handpump
ABV: 4.3%
Vegan: No
Gluten Free: No
This beer is served regularly.
Woodforde's - Wherry
Woodforde's - Wherry Session Bitter • 3.8% Spotted once
Woodforde's - Wherry
Woodforde's - Wherry

Session Bitter

Dispense: Handpump
ABV: 3.8%
Vegan: No
Gluten Free: No
This beer is served regularly.
Spotted once

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Facilities
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Live Music Live Music
Garden Garden
Garden, covered heated pergolas and decked terrace on Palace Road
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Until 8pm
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Function Room Function Room
Free of charge
Real Fire Real Fire
Smoking Smoking
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Real Ale Real Ale
Transport
Close to bus routes
W7
Closest station (1150m)
Hornsey

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