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location:
address:
25 North Road, N6 4BE
phone:
0871 984 3757*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.
nearest stations:
Highgate 
(590m) - zone 3
Archway
(1.3Km) - zones 2/3
bus routes:
143, 210, 271 
how to find it:
Rather sneakily, Highgate tube is a fair walk from Highgate Village. It should take about 15 mins to get from one to the other. Leave Highgate tube by the 'car park' exit so you're on the Archway Road. Cross the road and walk up Jacksons Lane till it meets Southwood Lane. Keep on Southwood Lane until you reach the almshouses and turn right up Castle Yard. This leads to North Road. You'll see pub across the road on the left. Alternatively walk (or catch the bus) up Highgate Hill from Archway. At the top of the hill in the heart of the village, the pub is over the other side of the mini-roundabout a minutes walk down North Road on the left.
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opening times:
Mon-Wed 12:00-00:00Thu: 12:00-01:00Fri Sat 12:00-02:00Sun 12:00-00:00** opening times can change, please check with the pub before organising important events.
Until recently the Red Lion & Sun was a traditional style pub with a gaggle of older regulars. Then the refurbishment arrived and if you keep abreast of prevailing fashion you'll find the results unsurprising. The wood panelling has been painted in various unexcitingly muted colours - ranging from grey to beige - and the carpet went skip-bound. Scattered around are a few objets d'art - and thank goodness too, as they enliven an otherwise bland and somewhat cold appearance. We're sure it'll go down a storm with certain Highgate residents, but we can't help but feel a twinge of nostalgia for the pub it once was - there are ways to renovate a pub without it looking like a clone of so many other pub renovations. Despite this, it's all right here - nice beer gardens feature at the front and back, service is friendly and there's a useful late license. You'll also find a pretty reasonably priced food menu, even if the £3.50 "English hotdog" conjured up images of burger vans outside football grounds. Still early days, if it gets into its stride we might up it to a three pint rating.
03/08/2007
pub features:(click on an icon to see an explanation)
real ales - Greene King
beer garden front and back
late opening
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