Gilpins Bell, Edmonton - pub details
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Address: 50/54 Fore Street, Edmonton, London, N18 2SS [map] [gmap]
Silver Street (0.4 miles), Bruce Grove (0.4 miles), White Hart Lane (0.4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
- Outside seating, Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
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> Current user rating: 6.9/10 (rated by 7 users)
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user reviews of Gilpins Bell, Edmonton
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| I love the cosy section in the middle - it's like drinking in someone's posh library. We used to stop here often for a cheap breakfast and couple of pints on our way into London, but the breakfasts took longer and longer to arrive and were colder and colder when they did finally appear. We've now decided to give it a miss in future and eat in town. BobOs - 13 Aug 2008 17:27 |
| You can park at the back. There is a blinding Jamaican take away about 6 doors down. You can eat it in the pub coz the staff know better that to say anything. Or you could Wetherspoons food, the true taste of Gatwick. chucknorris - 9 Dec 2007 21:13 |
| The Gilpin’s Bell takes its name from an 18th century poem by William Cowper about a hapless traveler whose family journey to the Bell Tavern in Edmonton becomes an escapade of Basil Fawlty style disasters. The original Bell pub dated back to 1603 and stood on the site of what is now the petrol station on the opposite side of the road to the current pub. Many pubs came and went with various corruptions of the name until Wetherspoons (who else) opened up the version we see today. The exterior is rather charmless and dull as one would expect of a former motorbike salesroom. The interior is huge and quite a rambling place and if you are meeting anyone here you will probably need to do a few circuits before finding them. The main bar area has a high ceiling with false balconies overhead. A clock and large bell dominate the bar itself and there are bell motifs in the windows and various local snippets on the walls including lots of old black and white pictures of the area. In the centre of the pub is a cosy section with a mass of bookshelves and to the left of the bar, another quite homely section with a large fire and plasma screen. There is plenty of room around the edge of the pub with various alcoves and holes to bolt yourself down. Of course when Spurs are at home you won’t be able to move and unless you have a home match ticket, you won’t get in. The best option is to make use of the patio at the rear if you can lump the weather. The pub offers all the usual choices of cheap beers and food with a couple of guest ales and all the pros and cons normally associated with the chain. Beer quality is generally good and there is, to my knowledge, nowhere else within walking distance north of White Hart Lane that does any Real Ales at all so for that reason alone, it fills a large chasm. One small point - I have recently noted on my last couple of visits that the prices seem to be raised on matchdays. Either that or someone keeps overcharging me. Must query it on my next visit! Generally trouble free and service reasonable given how busy it can get. RogerB - 2 Oct 2007 13:32 |
| As said below large Wetherspoon's pub with lots of small alcoves to escape the madding crowd. Is now not smokey after July 1st so you can now taste the food which is standard Wetherspoon's fair. Also has a decent size paved area out the back for good summer evenings. Beer fluctuates, but is usually more than drinkable. Gann - 26 Sep 2007 12:43 |
| Large Wetherspoon's with a large central bar and alcoves leading off for a quieter drink. Quite a good selection of real ales at the usual good prices. All in all quite a good pub for a Wetherspoon's. apa - 2 Mar 2006 08:46 |
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