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Wheatsheaf, London

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Operator: Nicholson's (Mitchells & Butlers)
25 Rathbone Place, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 1JB (View on Google Map)

Attractively fronted mock Tudor pub rebuilt by Youngers in 1931 and designed by John T Quilter. There is some beautiful stained glass in the windows including a Younger's sign. Inside is a narrow bar which widens out at the rear, and a restaurant cum function room on the first floor. M&B/Nicholsons taking over as operators from June 2025 following refurbishment.

This is yet another pub said to have been frequented by Dylan Thomas, George Orwell, and the wartime Fitzrovian crowd, many of whom were in, or desperate for, jobs at the nearby BBC. Part of the attraction for them was the stronger and hard-to-find Younger's Scotch Ale here. Dylan Thomas is said to have met his wife Caitlin Macnamara in this pub; they got married at the third attempt having twice spent the licence fee on booze. It was a marriage made in heaven - both were adulterous and drunken but she was physically violent towards him as well. The dilettante Julian Maclaren-Ross was also a regular in the thirties and forties, often with his trademark silver-knobbed cane and teddy-bear overcoat. Court-martialled in 1943, he features as X.Trapnell in Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time series of books.

Yet another regular was the bohemian Welsh artist Nina Hamnett, whose fondness for boozing in Fitzrovia's pubs eventually led to a sad and penurious alcoholic decline accompanied by one-night stands with any of the lower end of the clientele willing to buy her a drink. For those interested in more of this pub's literary and artistic history, a fascinating download is on the pub website.

The Sohemian Society’s final event at The Wheatsheaf pub took place in April 2025, before the famous watering hole underwent a refurbishment along with a change of operator.

Information for this venue is provided by the North London Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Camden
Last updated
24/06/2025
Last surveyed
23/06/2025
Leasehold owner
no lease
Freehold owner
Mitchells & Butlers
Pub ID
WLD/16530
Asset of Community Value
Saturday
11:00am - Midnight
Sunday
Noon - 10:30pm
Monday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Tuesday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Wednesday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Thursday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Friday
11:00am - Midnight

Current beers

This Pub serves no changing beers and 3 regular beers.

Regular and recently seen
St Austell Proper Job Pump Clip-2
St Austell - Proper Job Premium Pale Ale • 4.5%
St Austell Proper Job Pump Clip-2
St Austell - Proper Job

Premium Pale Ale

Dispense: Handpump
ABV: 4.5%
Vegan: No
Gluten Free: No
This beer is served regularly.
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.
St Austell - Nicholson's Pale Ale
St Austell - Nicholson's Pale Ale Session Pale Ale • 4%
St Austell - Nicholson's Pale Ale
St Austell - Nicholson's Pale Ale

Session Pale Ale

Dispense: Handpump
ABV: 4%
Vegan: No
Gluten Free: No
This beer is served regularly.

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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Dining is in the upstairs Orwell Room which also doubles up as the function room
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Dining is in the upstairs Orwell Room which also doubles up as the function room
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Function Room Function Room
Dining is in the upstairs Orwell Room which also doubles up as the function room
Games Games
Board Games
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Cask Ale Cask Ale
Transport
Closest station (1150m)
London Euston
Close to London Underground/Overground/DLR (300m)
Tottenham Court Road

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