Old White Bear

For the pub in North Yorkshire, see The Old White Bear, Cross Hills.
The Old White Bear

The Old White Bear is a pub at 1 Well Road, Hampstead, in the London Borough of Camden on the corner with New End Square.

It dates back to 1704, but closed on 2 February 2014, as the property developer Braaid Ventures Ltd tried to obtain a change of use application to turn it into a six-bedroom luxury house.[1] Camden Council rejected this, and it was set to reopen as a pub eight months later, following community protests and a petition signed by 4,000 people and supported by the actors Ricky Gervais and Peter Egan.[2] The pub reopened on 15 December 2021.[3]

  1. ^ Marshall, Tom (10 February 2014). "Historic Old White Bear pub in Hampstead 'saved' after huge community campaign". Ham and High. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. ^ Hutton, Alice (21 August 2014). "Pub to re-open at historic Old White Bear in Hampstead". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  3. ^ Raffray, Nathalie (7 December 2021). "Hampstead's Old White Bear to reopen before Christmas". Hampstead Highgate Express.