Pontefract Castle, Marylebone

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location:

Marylebone

address:

71 Wigmore Street, W1U 1QB

phone:

0871 258 6091*
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nearest stations:

Bond Street London Underground station
(190m) - zone 1

Oxford Circus London Underground station
(580m) - zone 1

Marble Arch London Underground station
(620m) - zone 1

Regent's Park London Underground station
(870m) - zone 1

Baker Street London Underground station
(890m) - zone 1

how to find it:

From Bond Street station cross the road and turn left, going west up Oxford Street. Just past the first set of traffic lights you come to, there is a signpost which points to a very narrow alleyway - St. Christopher's Place. Follow this and go up the alley until you come to Wigmore Street at the opposite end. The pub is on the corner on your left.

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nearby attraction(s):

Oxford Street (180m)

Selfridges & Co (220m)

Wallace Collection (280m)

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A large pub on several floors, it tends to get packed with office workers weekday evenings, shoppers during opening times at weekends and then shop workers relaxing after the day's mayhem. The layout is designed to get as many people in as possible (especially the ground floor) so it's not really a place for a relaxing pint. Though as it's Nicholson's, it does serve a decent pint, with Tribute and Doom bar on when we were in last - they do know how to look after it. It's also quite a handy place to meet up in as it's easy to find and there is food to sustain you if all that shopping has worn you down. One thing that still perplexes us is the downstairs bar. Called Fernando's Hideaway, it seems to be done in a Spanish style and available for hire, while it has the advantage of often being quieter when the rest of the pub is heaving.

reviewed:
08/05/2009