Old White Bear

The Old White Bear

The Old White Bear is a pub at 1 Well Road, Hampstead, in the London Borough of Camden.

It dates back to 1704, but closed on 2 February 2014, as the property developer Braaid Ventures Ltd tried to obtain a change of use application to turn it into a six-bedroom luxury house.^[1] Camden Council rejected this and it reopened as a pub eight months later, following community protests and a petition signed by 4,000 peopla and supported by the actors Ricky Gervais and Peter Egan.^[2]

References

1. Marshall, Tom (10 February 2014). "Historic Old White Bear pub in Hampstead 'saved' after huge community campaign". Ham and High. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
2. Hutton, Alice (21 August 2014). "Pub to re-open at historic Old White Bear in Hampstead". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 14 August 2015.