List of Charles Wells Ltd pubs

1996

The former Fleur de Lis, 2021

The former Fleur de Lis, 2021

List of Charles Wells Ltd pubs

The following list was compiled from a leaflet entitled "Charles Wells Country Map – Your guide to Charles Wells country", undated but assumed to be c.1990. The company subsequently acquired more pubs, including some from M&B in the Warwickshire and West Midlands.

Bedford

1. Anglers Rest, Clapham Road, Bedford
2. Bedford Arms, Bromham Road, Bedford
3. Bird in Hand, Brickhill Drive, Bedford
4. Burnaby Arms, Stanley Street, Bedford
5. Castle, Newnham Street, Bedford
6. Century, Church Lane, Goldington, Bedford
7. Devonshire Arms, Dudley Street, Bedford
8. Dewdrop, Britannia Road, Bedford
9. Dolphin, Broadway, Tavistock Street, Bedford
10. Fleur de Lis, Mill Street, Bedford
11. Foresters Arms, Union Street, Bedford
12. Fox Inn, Park Road West, Bedford
13. Gardeners Arms, Sandhurst Road, Bedford
14. Gloucester Arms, Gloucester Road, Bedford
15. Golden Lion, Goldington Road, Bedford
16. Gordon Arms, Castle Road, Bedford
17. Greyfriars Inn, Allhallows Lane, Bedford
18. Horse & Groom, Ford End Road, Bedford
19. Mill Hotel, Mill Street, Bedford
20. Nags Head, Midland Road, Bedford
21. New Inn, Tavistock Street, Bedford
22. Old English Gentleman, Commercial Road, Bedford
23. Park Hotel, Kimbolton Road, Bedford
24. Perseverance, Bunyan Road, Bedford
25. Pheasant, Kimbolton Road, Bedford
26. Phoenix, St Johns Street, Bedford
27. Queen, Preston Road, Bedford
28. Queens Head, Kempston Road, Bedford
29. Saracens Head, St Pauls Square, Bedford
30. Ship Inn, Bromham Road, Bedford
31. South End Hotel, Ampthill Road, Bedford
32. Sportsman, Goldington, Bedford
33. Stanley Arms, Harpur Street, Bedford
34. Turnpike, Eastcotts Road, Bedford
35. Wellington Arms, Wellington Street, Bedford
36. White Horse, Newnham Avenue, Goldington, Bedford
37. Windsor, Silver Street, Bedford
38. Woolpack, Commercial Road, Bedford

Elsewhere in Bedfordshire

1. Airman, Meppershall
2. Anchor Inn, Aspley Guise
3. Anchor Inn, Great Barford
4. Ashwell Arms, Ashwell Street, Leighton Buzzard
5. Bedford Arms, Oakley, near Bedford
6. Bedford Arms, Ridgmont
7. Bedford Arms, Toddington
8. Beehive, Great Barford
9. Black Swan, Shefford
10. Brickmakers Arms, Woburn Road, Kempston
11. Bridge, Shefford
12. Carpenters Arms, Cranfield
13. Chequers, Millbrook
14. Chimney Corner, Kempston Hardwick
15. Commander in Chief, Maulden
16. Compasses, Farley Hill, Luton
17. Compasses, Greenfield
18. Conway Arms, Leagrave Road, Luton
19. Cross Keys, Pulloxhill
20. Crown Inn, Little Staughton
21. Dog & Duck, Houghton Regis
22. Drovers Arms, Steppingley
23. Duke, Woburn Road, Kempston
24. Engineers Arms, Henlow
25. Exhibition, Marston Moretaine
26. Falcon Inn, Bletsoe
27. Fir Tree, Woburn Road, Woburn Sands
28. Five Bells, Swineshead
29. Fox & Duck, Stotfold
30. Fox & Hounds, Clapham
31. Fox & Hounds, Riseley
32. Fox & Hounds, Sheep Lane, Woburn
33. Fox Inn, Carlton, near Turvey
34. Golden Pheasant, High Street, Biggleswade
35. Green Man, Duke Street, Luton
36. Guinea, Moggerhanger
37. Half Moon, High Street, Kempston
38. Hare & Hounds, Old Warden
39. Harrow, Hitchin Road, Luton
40. Harrows, Cotton End, near Bedford
41. Highwayman, London Road, Dunstable
42. Horse & Jockey, Ravensden
43. Horse Shoes, Blunham
44. Jackal, Thurleigh
45. Jolly Coopers, Flitton
46. King William IV, High Street, Kempston
47. Knife & Cleaver, Houghton Conquest (acquired 2011)
48. Leathern Bottel, Cranfield
49. Locomotive, Deepdale, near Potton
50. Lord Roberts, Market Place, Sandy
51. Magpie, Harrold
52. Mallard, Hospital Road, Arlesey
53. Mulberry Bush, Orchard Street, Kempston
54. Nags Head, Toddington
55. Nags Head, Westoning
56. Oakley Arms, Harrold
57. Prince of Wales, Bedford Street, Ampthill
58. Prince of Wales, Bromham
59. Queens Head, Milton Ernest
60. Queens Head, Tebworth, near Luton
61. Queens Head, Woburn Street, Ampthill
62. Red Lion, Eversholt
63. Red Lion, Salford, near Woburn Sands
64. Red Lion, Sandy Road, Potton
65. Red Lion, Wilstead
66. Rising Sun, Sun Street, Biggleswade
67. Roman Legion, Quantock Rise, Luton
68. Rose & Crown, High Street, Arlesey
69. Rose & Crown, Marston Moretaine
70. Rose & Crown, Ridgmont
71. Rose, High Street, Biggleswade
72. Rose, Wilstead
73. Royal George, Stagsden
74. Royal George, Stevington
75. Royal Oak, Houghton Conquest
76. Royal Oak, Lidlington
77. Royal Oak, Riseley
78. Royal Oak, Roxton, near Sandy
79. Six Ringers, Felmersham
80. Smiths Arms, Margetts Road; Kempston
81. Sportsman, Shefford
82. Star Inn, Clapham
83. Steam Engine, Church Lane, Arlesey
84. Sun Inn, Felmersham
85. Swan Inn, 1 Dunstable Road, Flitwick. The pub was rebuilt by Charles Wells in 1900, as evidenced by two stone plaques on the frontage, with the date and 'CW' monogram.
86. Swan Inn, Clapham
87. Swan Inn, Radwell, near Bedford
88. Swan with Two Necks, Sharnbrook
89. Thornton Arms, Everton, near Sandy
90. Three Compasses, Upper Dean
91. Twist & Cheese, Lower Stondon
92. Waggon & Horses, Barton le Clay
93. Wait for the Waggon, Wyboston
94. Wellington, Bedford Road, Kempston
95. Wheatsheaf, Flitwick
96. Wheatsheaf, Tempsford
97. White Hart, Campton, near Shefford
98. White Hart, Flitton
99. White Hart, Tempsford
100. White Hart, Upper Sundon
101. White Horse, Flitwick
102. White Horse, Keysoe Row
103. White Horse, Wilstead
104. White Lion, North Street, Leighton Buzzard
105. White Lion, Park Street, Luton

Buckinghamshire

1. Antelope, Whaddon, near Winslow
2. Bull, Market Place, Olney
3. Chequers, Pitstone
4. Cock Inn, North Crawley
5. Cross Keys, Great Woolstone
6. Cuba Hotel, Newport Road, New Bradwell
7. Dolphin, High Street, Newport Pagnell
8. Dolphin, Whaddon Way, Bletchley
9. Duncombe Arms, Great Brickhill
10. Foresters Arms, Newport Square, New Bradwell
11. Foundry Arms, Fenny Stratford
12. Half Way House, London Road, Wendover
13. Horse Shoe, Lavendon, near Olney
14. Horse Shoes, Bow Brickhill, near Bletchley
15. Kings Arms, Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell
16. New Inn, Bradwell Road, New Bradwell
17. Newport Arms, High Street, Newport Pagnell
18. North Western, Stratford Road, Wolverton
19. Plough, High Street, Newport Pagnell
20. Plough, Simpson, near Bletchley
21. Plough, Stony Stratford
22. Prince Albert, Bradwell, near Newport Pagnell
23. Rising Sun, Haddenham
24. Robin Hood, Padbury
25. Rose & Crown, Silver Street, Newport Pagnell
26. Rosebery Arms, Cheddington
27. Royal Engineer, Stratford Road, Wolverton
28. Saracens Head, Rickfords Hill, Aylesbury
29. Sir Francis Drake, Gayhurst
30. Sow & Pigs, Poundon, near Buckingham
31. Stag Inn, Mentmore
32. Swan Inn, Sherington, near Newport Pagnell
33. Watts Arms, Hanslope
34. White Hart, Stoke Goldington
35. Windmill, High Street, Winslow

Cambridgeshire

1. Ancient Druids, Fitzroy Street, Cambridge. The pub was rebuilt and reopened as a home-brew house: see Ancient Druids.
2. Angel Inn, St Neots
3. Barley Mow, Hartford, near Huntingdon
4. Bell Inn, Eaton Socon
5. Bell Inn, Southoe
6. Bell Inn, Stonely, near Kimbolton
7. Cambridgeshire Hunter, Eynesbury, near St Neots
8. Cannon Inn, St Neots
9. Chequers, Fenstanton
10. Crown & Cushion, Great Gransden
11. Crown & Pipes, Fenstanton
12. Crown Inn, Hail Weston
13. Dragoon, Brampton, near Huntingdon
14. Elm Tree, Orchard Street, Cambridge
15. Falcon Inn, Buckden
16. Fountain, Gamlingay
17. Globe Inn, St Neots
18. Golden Ball, St Neots
19. Green Man, Thriplow
20. Half Moon, Kimbolton
21. Hare & Hounds, Harlton, near Cambridge
22. Hoops, Great Eversden, near Cambridge
23. Jolly Brewers, Haslingfield
24. Leathern Bottel, Whaddon Gap, near Cambridge
25. New Tavern, Great Staughton
26. Royal Oak, Hail Weston
27. Ship Inn, Princes Street, Cambridge
28. Spread Eagle, Buckden
29. St Ives Motel, St Ives
30. Swan Inn, Offord Cluny
31. Territorial, High Street, Huntingdon
32. Three Horse Shoes, Southoe
33. Three Shuttles, Tilbrook
34. Wheatsheaf, Eaton Socon
35. Woolpack, St Neots
36. Wrestlers Arms, Newmarket Road, Cambridge

Hertfordshire

1. Bricklayers Arms, Queen Street, Hitchin
2. Bushel & Strike, Ashwell, near Baldock
3. Cat & Fiddle, Pirton
4. Fountain, Ninesprings Way, Hitchin
5. Jolly Sailor, Sandridge Road, St Albans
6. Olde Kings Arms, High Street, Hemel Hempstead
7. Royal Oak, Sparrows Herne, Bushey
8. Silver Cup, Harpenden
9. Windmill, Charlton, near Hitchin

Northamptonshire

1. Beehive, Deanshanger, near Wolverton
2. Black Horse, Wootton
3. Chequers, Helmdon, near Brackley
4. Chequers, Wootton
5. Cherry Tree, Sheep Street, Kettering
6. Coach & Horses, Wellingborough
7. Cock Inn, Wootton
8. Crispin Arms, Wollaston
9. Cuckoo, Wollaston
10. Dog & Partridge, Titchmarsh
11. Double Four, Ringway, Northampton
12. Duke of Edinburgh, Adelaide Street, Northampton
13. Eykyn Arms, Gayton, near Towcester
14. Feathers, High Street, Rushden
15. Folly Inn, London Road, Towcester
16. Fox Inn, Thorpe Waterville
17. George Inn, Brixworth
18. Globe Inn, Wellingborough
19. Golden Hind, Admirals Way, Daventry
20. Green Dragon, Brigstock, near Corby
21. Griffins Head, Mears Ashby, near Wellingborough
22. Half Moon, Grendon
23. Headland, Longlands Road, Northampton
24. King Edward VII, Queen Street, Rushden
25. Lamb, Little Harrowden, near Wellingborough
26. Nags Head, Hargrave, near Rushden
27. Narrow Boat, Watling Street, Weedon
28. Old Cherry Tree, Great Houghton, near Northampton
29. Old Crown Inn, Ashton, near Northampton
30. Old Red Lion, Clipston, near Market Harborough
31. Plough, High Street, Towcester
32. Plough, Shutlanger, near Towcester
33. Pomfret Arms, High Street, Towcester
34. Prince of Wales, Croyland Road, Wellingborough
35. Ranelagh, Mill Road, Wellingborough
36. Red Lion Hotel, East Haddon, near Northampton
37. Red Lion, Denton, near Northampton
38. Red Lion, Market Place, Rothwell
39. Red Lion, Market Square, Brackley
40. Red Lion, Yardley Hastings
41. Saracens Head, Watling Street, Towcester
42. Spread Eagle, Wellingborough Road, Northampton
43. Star Inn, High Street, Wellingborough
44. Sun, Broughton, near Kettering
45. Ten O Clock, Little Harrowden
46. Tollemache Arms, Harrington, near Kettering
47. Viking, Grangeway, Rushden
48. Vivian Arms, Knox Road, Wellingborough
49. Waggon & Horses, Burton Latimer
50. White Horse Inn, Norton

Elsewhere

1. Anchor & Hope, The Cut, London SE1
2. Dolphin Inn, East Street, Stamford, Lincs
3. Knights of St John, Queens Terrace, London NW8
4. Marquis of Anglesey, Ashmill Street, London NW1
5. Mitre, Downham Road, London N1
6. Neptune, Werrington Street, London NW1