Heverlee 0623
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‘Baker Street’ started life in 1812, where it was a public house called the ‘Garths Arms’. This changed its name in 1936 to the ‘Duke of Windsor’ owing to the then, upset landlord about the Kings abdication.

It stayed as that up until 1972 when its name changed again to the much loved and well-remembered ‘Maguire’s Tavern’.

This was a huge success until the owners decided to move on from the building for no known reason in the early 1990s, when the public house was changed into ‘Gaston’s’ and with the success of this led to setting up of its very own onsite microbrewery known as ‘Little Avenham Brewery’ producing ales severed across the city, until 1995. Then the pub was sold to Burtonwood brewery and the microbrewery was moved to Arkwright’s mill, the public house was then re-named in homage to its past (Maguire’s), until it closed once more in 2002.

The pub became empty for 3 years suffering significant dereliction and decay. It was taken over and converted into a late night venue know as New City Bar, Noit, SoBar and finally the Villa Bar before closing in October 2017.

It was then purchased by its current owners, the Holt Pub Co.

It is now a privately owned free house, like the rest of the chain. This being the first city centre project with over £3/4M being spent. The building has literally been taken back to its original brickwork inside, all floors and walls removed and the rebuild process started from scratch.

With 14 months intensive work, a serious amount of effort and love is going in to ‘Baker Street’ to make it the venue it finally deserves to be. With a twist on the turn of the century and the Gothic feel of the building with blacks, copper and steel colours, ‘Baker Street’ was a suited name (sorry Gerry Rafferty).

December 2018 will be the official opening, and there will be some big surprises for the latest Preston venue! Boasting original and abstract design features and plenty of bespoke ideas that will bring Baker Street to life!.

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4.4/5

Darcy Jones

2 months ago

Hired out the upstairs bar for New Year’s Eve, the whole venue and staff were absolutely amazing! Every member of the party had a fantastic night and Michelle made sure everything was perfect running up to the evening and on the night. Big thank you Baker Street 😊

Emma Reay

5 months ago

Lovely cocktails, great decor, good deals on drinks! Would like to visit again in the evening as it was quiet when I visited during the day

Christina Bolger

6 months ago

At the beginning of the night service is quite slow due to it being so busy but one of my favourite bars in preston. Reasonable prices for 2 4 1 and they also do really nice mocktails. The decor is so pretty and they have a little dance floor. Only thing I would suggest is to check out the locks on the doors in the women's toliets as some don't lock and maybe make the stairs a bit safer when women are walking up and down in heels- perhaps a soft carpet? So no injuries occur for health and safety reasons. Staff seem really nice and the music played seems alright. It's a nice bar to go to. Shame it's down an alley street

Tracie Roberts

2 years ago

Tucked away down a side street. This bar is a must visit if in Preston town centre. 30th birthday celebration with 25 friends. We had an amazing evening. A must try is the Zombie cocktail. Fab DJ played a variety of music to suit everyones taste. The dancefloor was packed. Great evening had by all. Brilliant...🙂🙂🙂

David Gooch

5 years ago

Great looking bar on Avenham street in Preston. Done very well with a wide selection of different drinks avaliable. A lot of effort looks like it's been put in to do it up from the bar it was before. Well worth a visit if in town.

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Heverlee 0623
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