The Alliance, Kilburn

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location:

Kilburn

address:

40-42 Mill Lane, NW6 1NR

phone:

0871 984 3448*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.

nearest stations:

Kilburn London Underground station
(500m) - zone 2

Brondesbury London Overground station
(650m)

West Hampstead London Underground station London Overground station
(870m) - zone 2

Cricklewood Railway station
(1.1Km)

Finchley Road and Frognal Railway station
(1.2Km)

bus route:

C11

how to find it:

Kilburn. Turn left along Shoot Up Hill, then turn right at the traffic lights down Mill Lane. You'll find the pub on your right after a few minutes, just after the road has crossed the railway line. West Hampstead tube: turn right (from either of the national rail stations in West Hampstead, turn left) and head up West End lane. After the Thameslink station, turn left up Sumatra Road, and walk up that until you emerge on Mill Lane. Turn left and head down the road until you reach the pub on your left.

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picture of Alliance Rather in the manner of a D-list 'celeb' seeking attention, this pub undergoes regular makeovers; usually to the utter indifference of the wider world. One has to ask what the point of it is in the case of The Alliance. It is, and has always been, a perfectly reasonable neighbourhood boozer for people. The latest changes - to a clean, airy (sanitised?) modern look - are presumably designed to appeal to the more upmarket residents of this neighbourhood - a demographic which is not famed for its love of pubs. Apparently an experiment with a separate dining area failed, presumably due to lack of interest. The end result is that you get the same people - there's still a strong working class and Irish element here - coming to a place which is trying, and failing, to attract someone else. It's not a bad place to drop in for a drink - the Guinness is pretty good, and we liked the black and white photos by local photographers - but we do wish they'd just leave the place alone.