Dog Friendly — Pubs in Northampton

Large town centre pub with three rooms that have been opened out to create a J-shaped bar with a wooden and tiled floor. The intermediate area has high table and chairs, whilst either side is more secluded. The walls are decorated with theatre memorabilia since the pub is adjacent to the Royal and Derngate theatres resulting in it being frequented by theatre-goers and occasionally after show actors and musicians. The outside garden has a further 'garage' area providing cover. Refurbished and reopened on Friday 23 March 2018.

Charles Bradlaugh

1 Earl Street, Northampton NN1 3AU

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Large open plan pub on the edge of the centre of Northampton with both upstairs and down stairs drinking areas

Cordwainer

The Ridings, Northampton NN1 2AQ

Beer Festivals

Large popular Wetherspoon town centre pub on two levels boasting four sets of six hand pulls. There is always a choice of twelve different real ales. Most meals include a drink. Regular beer festivals are held and LocAles available. One wall is dedicated to local CAMRA activities.

Fish

11 Fish Street, Northampton NN1 2AA

Long established town centre pub with the building being a pub since 1750. Music is played at all times unless there is a sports event on the TVs. Friday night is Karaoke while Saturday night sees a DJ in attendance. Reverted to original name on 19/04/2021.

Lamplighter

66 Overstone Road, Northampton NN1 3JS

Beer Festivals

A superb community pub just off the town centre ring road and more the better for it. One large room plus a small snug to the rear plays host to regular gig nights. Pictures of old Northampton pubs adjourn the walls. A function room has recently been opened upstairs. Local breweries feature regularly here. Quiz nights are on Wednesday along with regular beer festivals. Judged Local CAMRA Pub of the Year 2013. Support of local business is an ethos of the pub and, as well as local ales, includes craft beer (Maule Brewing), distillers (Warner Edwards gin) and a lot of food suppliers.

Malt Shovel Tavern

121 Bridge Street, Northampton NN1 1QF

Beer Festivals

Friendly pub which has two main drinking areas with carpeting to the front and wooden floors to the rear. Always a good selection of beers on from established microbreweries. The owner has a number of other CAMRA award-winning pubs and knows his beers, putting on a beer festival every May bank holiday. Wednesday night is a Blues night, with the pub full to the rafters to see bands from all over the country. The pub is also extremely busy when the local rugby team is featured on the screens. Several times winner of the local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year and East Midlands Regional Pub as well. Not to be missed.

Black Prince

15 Abington Square, Northampton NN1 4AE

Real Fire

Medium Sized pub on the edge of town centre with a large function room and a surprisingly large Beer Garden for a town centre pub, serving up to nineteen beers and six ciders. Sister pub to the Olde England, ten minutes walk away going out of town on the Kettering Road, and part of a group that includes J Church beers. Barbecues at weekends. Voted local CAMRA Town Pub of the Season Spring 2017.

Olde Cobbler

Acre Lane, Northampton NN2 8BN

Re-opened in July 2020 as a pub and restaurant and is the latest project for the team behind the popular Olde Victoria in Burton Latimer.

Cock

2 Harborough Road, Northampton NN2 7AZ

A stone built corner pub on the Kingsthorpe crossroads which was once a hotel. Large multi-roomed pub with rooms for pub games, TV, and eating.

Fox & Hounds

186 Harborough Road, Northampton NN2 8DJ

An edge of town lively suburban pub popular for its food menu, offering Two for One deals on its main course dinners. One large but cosy room with high-backed seating and an unusual ceiling vault. The bar back has some interesting whiskey mirrors. The new plasma screens have also proved to be a big hit with sports fans too. Breakfast 10-12. Now sells upto 8 changing beers. Alcohol from 12 noon on Sundays.

Lord Byron

58 Kingsley Park Terrace, Northampton NN2 7HH

Disabled Access

A contemporary pub set in the heart of Poets Corner, Kingsley. It is an unusual design, having been converted from a terrace shop. There is a terrace for the warmer days, whilst in he cooler months there are sofas or booths to hide away in. Quiz's are held Thursday evenings.

Pioneer

Fulford Road, Northampton NN2 7NU

Karaoke

Live Music

A 1970's modern estate pub built at the end of dead end of the Links estate between Northampton and Kingsthorpe golf courses. Inside is a large multi-roomed locals pub where regular quiz nights are held.

White Elephant

Kingsley Park Terrace, Northampton NN2 7HG

Built in 1883 as a hotel and residential club for racegoers, and originally called the Kingsley Park Hotel, this large corner pub sits at the junction of Kingsley Road and Kettering Road opposite the old racecourse. The hotel closed in 1904 following a fatal racing accident involving spectators, and the Jockey Club left it empty for 18 years. It was during this time that local residents started to refer to it as 'The White Elephant'. The original name was retained upon reopening as part of the Northampton Brewery Co. estate. In 1955 NBC applied to change the name to the White Elephant, a name it carried until a short-lived change to the Kingsley Park Tavern in the early 1990s before reverting back to the White Elephant due to public demand. The pub, via various PubCo changes eventually became part of the Greene King estate.

Windmill

272 Welford Road, Northampton NN2 8PN

A former village ironstone three-storied pub with an entrance porch and double bay fronted windows on the former A50 which has been subsumed into the expanding Northampton. The central bar servers both the games room and lounge bar with a former inglenook that now houses a shelf with jugs and books. White-painted stone walls lead to the conservatory which was added that overlooks the large garden. No lunchtime opening apart from weekends.

Bold Dragoon

48 High Street, Northampton NN3 3JW

A popular and well kept pub, built in the 1930s on the site of a 19th century pub. (The previous pub was demolished to enable road widening.) The 'Bold' is in the centre of the old village, which has since been absorbed by the expanding Northampton borough. This spacious pub has a lively bar, carpeted lounge, games room and superb conservatory restaurant. The restaurant serves a full menu, including roasts, fish, and vegetarian choices.

Artizan

51 Artizan Road, Northampton NN1 4HR

Large Victorian street corner local in the old shoemaking district. Sympathetically remodelled in late 2014 with one, large open room and open kitchen with pizza oven. Locally sourced ales and ciders are offered along with cooked-to-order pizzas. The Artizan sponsors the AC Squirrels football club, which uses the pub as a club house for post-match drinking etc. Big screen TV for sports events.

County

220 Abington Avenue, Northampton NN1 4PR

The County Tavern is a brick-built Victorian pub. It is mainly a community pub now but can get very busy when evening cricket matches are taking place at the ground next door. Internal walls were knocked down years ago to make a U-shaped room.

Gardeners Arms

184 Wellingborough Road, Northampton NN1 4EB

A corner street, local pub on a main road into Northampton town centre. The bar area runs the length of the pub and contains a raised area for seating. A games area for Northants skittles, pool & darts is to the rear. Beyond this is an outside area used for smoking & drinking. TV sports coverage is currently limited to those events shown on Freeview. There is a small selection of Belgian bottled beers in the fridge. A location that harks back to the 'pubs of old' where drinking, talking & pub games create the ambience of a community pub.

Headland

The Headlands, Northampton NN3 2NZ

The Headlands is a brick built 1960s estate pub with a large lounge and public bar. The lounge has been done with a music theme with all variety of instruments on the walls and pictures. It is a community pub used largely by older residents. There is not much call for real ale though there are two handpumps. Games are played in the bar and other events are held in the lounge.

Olde England

199 Kettering Road, Northampton NN1 4BP

An end of terrace Victorian building converted from a shop to a pub over three floors. Some say that it has a 'brown café' feel about it, like similar bars in Holland. All age ranges are drawn to it due to its 'difference' to other pubs and bars and its wide choice of real ales and ciders. The main bar is on the ground floor, and has up to 10 beers on handpump. There is a curved staircase to the cellar drinking area and a stairway to a larger drinking area on the first floor, with views overlooking the street. A real fire is provided in winter. The cellar has low intensity lighting and traditional seating & tables. Live folk music is provided on Thursday. Northamptonshire Food and Drink Award Community Pub of the Year 2013/14, and Local CAMRA Cider Pub of the Year 2014.

Princess Alexandra

1 Alexandra Road, Northampton NN1 5QP

Opened since the early 1900's, this off-centre back street up market pub has recently undergone extensive refurbishment although its old character remains in the exposed original brickwork and restored wooden beams retained throughout. The pub is in an L-shape with the small bar towards the front. and more room to the back leading to the garden. There are also three rooms upstairs that can be used for functions. Trading as a craft ale and beer house, it serves five real ales, including offerings from microbreweries both local and further afield, plus a range of keg craft and bottled ales. Accompanying the beer are freshly prepared pizzas, cooked in the in-house pizza oven. The cask ales change regularly with a free taster size for those who are unsure being able to "try before you buy". Awarded Chronicle & Echo’s Northampton’s Best Bar 2014 and winner of the 2016/17 Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards Best Bar None: Town Pub of the Year.

Road to Morocco

Bridgwater Drive, Northampton NN3 3AG

A 1960's brick built estate pub with a slight Moorish theme in some of the décor that reflects the pub's name. There are two connected, but distinctly different rooms. The bar area is quite lively, particularly if there is a sporting event being shown on the TV screen. This is also where darts and pool takes place. The homely lounge is generally the quiet area of the pub. This can change if the TV is showing a sporting event particularly a rugby game featuring the Northampton Saints when the colours black, green and gold will be predominant among the noisy lounge crowd. There is a jukebox in the bar. Quiz nights take place on Tuesdays.

Spinney Hill

Kettering Road, Northampton NN3 6LR

Karaoke

Spinney Hill is a large 1930's pub on a main road. It is brick built and painted white externally. Internally it is in excellent condition and fully carpeted. It appeals to families and those looking for food. Internal walls have been demolished to form a large U-shaped bar with one or two annexes. A vintage fair is held monthly in the summer.

Bat & Wickets

117 Bailiff Street, Northampton NN1 3EA

A Victorian community pub with a corner street location next to The Racecourse park area. The interior is open plan with the beers being served from the bar at the front of the building. In addition to seating there is a sports area where pool & darts are played. There is occasional live music. The atmosphere is created by the locals enjoying their conversations. Refurbished and reopened in late 2019.

Garibaldi Hotel

19 Bailiff Street, Northampton NN1 3DX

A tall distinctive Victorian building with three storeys that may have once operated as a hotel. A former two roomed pub that has now been made open plan with the bar at the centre. Refurbishment has recently been undertaken and it is now trading as a craft ale bar. Six handpumps usually serve two ales from local breweries, two from craft breweries, and two ciders. A wide selection of craft beers are available on tap and in bottle. The work included a new kitchen. The pub has a good community feel with locals making up the majority of the clientele. There is an outdoor smoking area.

Wooden Walls of Old England

25 High Street, Northampton NN4 0NE

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A pleasant two roomed thatched stone village pub recently refurbished to a good standard by the present tenant who is a real ale enthusiast and beer festivals are planned for the future. There is a patio area and a long garden to the rear.

Collingtree

Butts Road, Northampton NN4 0UE

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Modern, residential estate, white painted pub set within a local shopping complex. Mainly food orientated. There is a back garden with seating. Pub quiz on Wednesday.

Old White Hart

Cotton End, Northampton NN4 8BS

Accommodation

A large attractive Victorian town pub with an ornate frontage incorporating the name of 'Phipps & Co', a local brewery that was sited 50 yards over the nearby bridge on the present site of the Carlsberg brewery. Inside the pub is open and modern with a central oval bar for drinkers and two dining areas. A lovely patio garden is to the rear.

Pomfret Arms

10 Cotton End, Northampton NN4 8BS

The Pomfret Arms is situated on the south west side of the River Nene in Cotton End. Its small central bar with six hand pumps serves both the front opened-out room and rear bar. To the rear is a lovely beer garden with a building which housed the brewery until Covid struck. Town Pub of the Season Spring 2019. Pub opens bank holiday Mondays 12-10pm

Albion Brewery Bar

54 Kingswell Street, Northampton NN1 1PR

Phipps NBC returned to its roots in a Victorian brewery in the heart of Northampton in 2014, 40 years after Phipps' Bridge Street brewery closed. This brewery tap is situated at the front of the 1884 Ratliffe & Jeffrey's Albion Brewery, a wonderfully restored building where almost all the bar's fittings are reclaimed, with many coming from old closed Phipps pubs. An oak and glass partition between bar and brewhouse allows the brewing process to be viewed during opening hours. Eight handpumps serve six ales from the brewery, and a rotating guest, with the final pump reserved for a Northamptonshire cider. The bar also stocks a full range of soft drinks, wines, lagers, bottled beers and spirits including Phipps Kingswell Gin distilled on the premises. Awarded Town Pub of the Season Summer 2016.

St Giles Ale House

45 St Giles Street, Northampton NN1 1JF

Northampton's first and only micro-pub, opened on 24 November 2016 following conversion from retail premises. Specialising in real ale, real cider and small number of craft/continental bottled beers. Since 2020 it has been part of the Framework Pub Company. Ales are sourced from around the country and tend to be new releases or from more obscure breweries. With no screen inside or fruit machines this is an ideal place for chatting and drinking. Local Branch Pub of the Year 2018 Winner.

Northampton County Beer Festival 2020

Becket's Park, Northampton NN1 5BB

The Northampton County Beer Festival Becket's Park, Friday, Saturday and Sunday - 29th-31st May 2020 A showcase event for all the county's independent drinks producers will be held at Becket's Park closer to the town than the previous site at Delapre Abbey. In addition to the usual array of cask ales, there will be craft ale and lager, cider, wines and spirits along with funky festival food and marvellous music from the town's finest bands. The first Northampton CAMRA Beer Festival happened in 1977 at the Drill Hall, Clare Street, N'pton. Since 2015 the event has been run by Phipps NBC and Northants CAMRA.

Foundrymans Arms

135 St James' Road, Northampton NN5 5LE

This is a local pub with a friendly feel to it. Its is a good round traditional pub that offers great entertainment ranging from live bands to live horse racing. Hot and cold bar food is served.

Hart of Duston

573 Harlestone Road, Northampton NN5 6NU

Function Room

Karaoke

Large family-orientated pub, formerly called the Rifle Butt. Refurbished in 2016, at a cost of £400k, the pub has a rustic feel with beautiful wooden details and a big fireplace for those cold winter nights, comprised of a restaurant area, side bar, back room and garden. The restaurant serves freshly cooked home-made food.

Longboat

61 Eastfield Close, Northampton NN5 6TG

Lunchtime Meals

The Longboat is a purpose brick built pub situated in the middle of New Duston. It has two rooms, the bar area with the pool table and the lounge area. Pensioners special wed lunch times.

Melbourne Arms

Melbourne Lane, Northampton NN5 6HS

Real Fire

Formally owned by the family of Lord Melbourne, this attractive stone built pub is tucked away off Old Duston village main street. This Grade II listed building is a lovely old fashioned village pub. There is a central bar and a long, carpeted bar/lounge with a drop down smaller drinking area behind a central stone fireplace. The pub has two gardens, one beside the pub and another on the other side of the road. The landlord is a real ale enthusiast and is planning beer fests in the future.

Sevens

157 Weedon Road, Northampton NN5 5BS

Lunchtime Meals

Formerly the Rover, refurbished and renamed in September 2015. There is a large bar area and a separate dining room to the left of the bar. The bar area has an open plan layout with defined areas of fixed and loose seating. Carpet and wooden flooring with wooden panelling throughout. There is a beer terrace to the front and a designated outdoor drinking area with a smoking shelter to the rear. This pub is situated opposite The saints rugby ground.

Squirrels

33 Main Road, Northampton NN5 6JB

Real Fire

The Squirrels Inn is situated on the main street of Old Duston village. It is virtually unchanged, an attractive ironstone building with a thatched roof. In 1955 it was a Phipps & Company tied house. To the rear of the pub is a refurbished Victorian-styled dining room, with an eclectic selection of furniture and a contemporary shabby chic style. The front part of the pub comprises the bar and lounge, part carpeted, part wooden floor, with a traditional English pub style. There is also an enormous beer garden which gets the sun all day and is home to their famous Summer garden parties, and a free car park for patrons. The Squirrels Inn serves food 7 days a week, with a revamped offering that includes authentic Spanish tapas, Italian gourmet thin-crust pizzas, French Raclette and Braserade, as well as an ever-popular selection of steaks and home-made burgers. The pub also caters for functions (very reasonably priced selection of buffets available) and is a popular venue for receptions and functions of all types. The Squirrels is a family-friendly pub offering a comfortable environment for people of all ages to relax, socialise and enjoy the selection of food and drink on offer.

Thomas A' Becket

52 St James' Road, Northampton NN5 5HY

This pub is named after Thomas Becket who was imprisoned at Northampton castle. This 17th century pub has changed very little. The pub has a L-shaped bar with wooden flooring / beams and leather bench seating. It serves great value hot and cold food everyday from £4.95. 10% discount on real ale for CAMRA card carrying members. Live music is offered three times a week; Wednesday Band Jam, Saturday Live Bands, and Sunday- Jam Curry Sunday with a house band and guest singer each week, plus free curry.

Wheatsheaf

126 Dallington Road, Northampton NN5 7HN