The Crown, Borehamwood - pub details

Crown
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Address: 1 Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1DL [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 547)

Nearest train stations Elstree & Borehamwood (0.2 miles), Radlett (2.9 miles), Mill Hill Broadway (3.3 miles)

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Woods at Borehamwood, Borehamwood (0.1 miles), Wellington, Borehamwood (0.1 miles), Wishing Well, Borehamwood (0.3 miles), Hart & Spool, Borehamwood (0.4 miles), Artichoke, Elstree (0.9 miles) - see more nearby pubs

 

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the red lion was opposite the film studios and used to enjoy customers including film stars such as richard burton and liz taylor in the early years.
We used to knock around with a bird called zoe whose old man was the landlord in the late 80'S by then it was full of the local piss heads
bigbadjon - 11 Aug 2008 14:32
Wise old Juniper Inns have slashed the budgets on all of their pubs so now you won't get anything more than a dodgy karaoke run by the company's preferred choice of Jock here. Up until Christmas they had a great quiz night with the bloke who used to do karaoke there in the enigma days.

The redeeming quality this pub has (apart from the refurb) is that the staff are efficient and friendly, the food is excellent, and there are none of the chavvy crew allowed in there.
mattjames - 9 Jan 2008 15:51
Its current name is the Crown, before that it was Enigma and before that….well this is one of those pubs that changes its name more often than Michael Jackson changes his nose. I first drank in here in the late 80’s when I started working in Borehamwood and it certainly wasn’t the sort of place you felt comfortable in with a suit and tie on. I remember they used to have strippers at lunchtime and they even set up a sumo wrestling night. From what I gather each subsequent incarnation has both attracted and accommodated similar clientele.....up until now that is.

It seems the local chavs will now have to find somewhere else to have a scrap on a Friday night as they’re unlikely to even get a foot in the door of the new Crown. Even on a Saturday afternoon I saw one bloke refused service, two 20 something young ladies carded quite aggressively, and one guy made to step away from the bar so that they could check if he was wearing tracksuit bottoms. All this while I was waiting for them to do what they should be doing – selling me beer!! Still I suppose I can’t blame them, when you take over a pub with this sort of reputation you need to be strong from the outset.

The refurb into a gastro pub by current owners Juniper Inns is fairly extensive and the space has been used well. The eating area is at the front of the pub leading up to the bar and round to a raised area with a couple of pool tables and a dartboard. A large beer garden completes the picture. I’ll probably drop in again in a couple of months time to see if the strippers have returned.

Millay - 28 Jul 2007 12:44
No this isn't the pub you are thinking of pint.taken, the Red Lion was at the other end of Shenley Road by the roundabout opposite the studios. It was closed down in the late 80's and turned into a McDonalds, which I assume it still is.
Millay - 13 Jul 2007 17:37
does anyone know if this was ever called the red lion im going back about 30 odd years ago i know there was one not far from the elstree studios.
pint.taken - 23 Jun 2007 12:30

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