The Spaniards Inn is truly a country pub in the City, adjacent to Hampstead Heath and with a large award winning garden it is a great place to get away from it all and relax.

The Spaniards dates from around 1585 and this historic pub is full of interesting features especially in the room upstairs which is part of the original building. An Edwardian extension with its famous striking white wood panels finishes the rest of the pub. Just across the road is the toll house that places us in so many people minds as the ‘big white pub that blocks the road’!

With such a lot of history there are bound to be tales and stories intermingled with facts. There is a thought that the Spanish ambassador to King James lived here for a while to escape from London, Dick Turpin watched rich carriages go by waiting to rob them, famous literary figures such as Keats, Shelly and Byron wrote here over a claret or two and Charles Dickens visited - the Inn is mentioned as a destination for tea in the ‘Pickwick Papers’.  One interesting story that is defiantly true is that rioters wanting to burn down Kenwood House in 1780 were halted on their way by the landlord of the pub, who kept the drink flowing until the law arrived to mop up any remaining resistance.

Other confirmed facts are that the pub offers a award winning food and drink!
With a traditional British menu including awarding winning Sunday roasts, 17 draught lagers, continental beers & ciders served from both the inside and outside bars as well as a wide range of bottled beers from around the world. An extensive choice of wines & sprits and a great fresh range of soft drinks are also on offer. BBQs and hog roasts are available on sunny summer days and on those chilly days we have open log fires, mulled wine and hearty traditional pub fare.

And for those dogs out there, after you have enjoyed a long walk on the Heath treat yourself to some doggy snacks and a long hot bath in our doggy wash.