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White Hart, Loughborough
Loughborough
LE11 1UD
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about White Hart
This 'Pub | Kitchen | Garden' was less busy than on my last visit some 18 months ago, so I was able to take things in a bit more this time. The interior has a smart semi-traditional look, with some round copper-topped tables and plenty of dark wood. Food is obviously important here, but the beer choice and quality is exactly as you would hope to find in a Good Beer Guide listed pub. This time, the regular Landlord and Charnwood duo of Salvation and Vixen were supplemented by a pair from Leatherbritches - a tasty Porter (£2.60, half) and the White Castle session pale ale - and Farm Yard's Sheaf.
On 13th February 2026
- rating: 8
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Will Larter left this review about White Hart
I only had time for quick visit here, after meeting some friends in the Three Nuns and staying longer than I had planned. This is a strange pub, with an off-putting experior, blaring PUB/KITCHEN/GARDEN in white letters on a blue background, but inside it's a little more subtle (see photos). There was a little more eating than drinking going on towards the end of Friday's extended lunch hour, so I was a little wary of what the cask beers might be like. Six hand pumps on the bar had two beers each from Leatherbritches and Charnwood, plus Landlord and one from Farm Yard, a brewery near Cockerham in Lancashire. I'm a big fan of the first named of those breweries, and their 5% Porter was very good (NBSS 4, £5.20/pint). This pub is in the current Good Beer Guide, while its next door neighbour is not. If I lived nearer to Loughborough than a £20 discounted day return, I would be happy to call again very often and check out more of the beers in both pubs.
On 6th February 2026
- rating: 7
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Quinno _ left this review about White Hart
Remains la-di-da. The place was a bit brighter this time (better weather helps!) and my beer was also much improved, a good half of <unrecorded beer> (NBSS 3.5). I think there may have been fewer on than last time?
November 2022
Looks very la-de-dah from the outside and the inside follows-through. A surprisingly substantial interior, a large open plan main room leading to a garden out back. Varnished wood floor, blue and green walls, some nice (if modern) woodwork, copper topped tables with a couple of leatherette banquettes and a lot of tables set for dining. Downside was an intense gloominess, so much so I decamped to the sizeable rear garden. Six cask pumps all dispensing with a variety of breweries if rather samey style-wise, served-up by a polite and friendly barmaid. My Parkway Giggle was pump tired and a bit flabby but ostensibly fine (NBSS 2.5) - too many on. GBG’22 listed. Rated 6.5
On 19th June 2025
- rating: 7
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Strongers . left this review about White Hart
The White Hart is a wooden floored single room pub with open plan seating that is broken up by a couple of supporting pillars. The counter in the right rear supports premium keg alongside Neck Oil and six hand pumps that were drawing a decent Leatherbritches Brewery’s White Castle, Charnwood Brewery’s Vixen, TT Landlord, Three Acre Brewery’s Sky Lark Stout, Skiny Brewery’s Affinity and a Blonde from a brewery that needs to give its marketing team a slap because I couldn’t read the name even with my eyes two inches from the clip. Hot food is available, but not on Mondays or Tuesdays when the scran only stretches to rolls. I was going to have the last cheese roll, but decided that £3.80 was too much. This is a decent pub that’s worth a look for ale fans.
On 4th June 2025
- rating: 7
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Old Boots left this review about White Hart
Painted a striking shade of blue and white on the outside, this GBG2025 listed pub is a dark candle lit single room. Apart from some bench seating in the corners it’s furnished with a mix of farmhouse kitchen tables and old fashioned copper topped round ones. The counter is to the rear right with a couple of T-Bars and solos, all standard brands, the six pulls had a mix of local beers from Shiny, Charnwood and Leatherbritches plus Yorkshire interlopers from Brass Castle and Taylors and southerners Three Acres. Brewery mirrors and ads form the decor and they have a selection of CAMRA awards on display. There’s a large beer garden out the back. Friendly staff but low on atmosphere.
On 25th April 2025
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Pub SignMan left this review about White Hart
Simple single room pub just off of the town centre ring road, which has been opened out from a former two room set-up, as evidenced by some retained sections of partitioning wall that are dotted through the centre of the room from front to back. The space is bare boarded with walls that have been painted in a warm shade of purple down one side and a far blander shade pretty much everywhere else. The servery is to the right and has a nice traditional panelled counter with a beautifully worked dark wood bar back centrepiece, flanked by sets of rather plain shelves. Tables and chairs fill up much of the room, with banquettes under the front windows and a couple of tub chairs here and there. Walls have been decorated with old brewery adverts and mirrors plus a great old beer engine which has been squeezed into a nook on the left. There are three very pleasant fireplaces around the room, at least one of which boasted a nice painted tile surround, and these provided some much-needed warmth on a cold Winter’s evening and worked well with the muted lighting to help create quite a cosy ambiance. A garden to the rear wasn’t explored on this visit and there were some good tunes playing in the background, although often lost under the chatter of a decent mid-week evening crowd. The pub felt a bit foodie, with menus lining every available surface, but I couldn’t see a single person eating at 6:30 on a Thursday evening, which helped minimise the impact of the gastro stylings.
I was greeted by a very cheery barman and was able to pick between a decent selection of cask ales that comprised Charnwood Salvation, Vixen and Blue Fox, Taylors Landlord and Leatherbritches Ashbourne IPA. The Vixen was a well-kept drop and I enjoyed it whilst watching the comings and goings of what is clearly a popular pub.
I quite liked this place but couldn’t fully shake the feeling that I might just as easily have turned up to find it full of diners. It’s a smartly presented pub with some good local ale options and easily reached from any of the town’s other notable ale houses, so adding it to a crawl is a bit of a no brainer.
On 31st May 2023
- rating: 7
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Danny O'Revey left this review about White Hart
Different take on a traditional pub, in your face block painting outside, inside its dimmed lighting and candles on tables. I quite liked the snug feel and rustic seating plus the beer was well kept
On 11th February 2023
- rating: 8
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custodian 42 left this review about The White Hart
Decent real ale pub with some good selections. Unfortunately it was getting toward the end of the night so I've forgotten what I had. Would go back just to find out!
On 27th March 2017
- rating: 6
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The White Hart
A one room traditional pub with a choice of six hand pulled ales. We went for the Leatherbritches Hairy Helmet and the Charnwood Salvation. The pub consisted of timber floors, dark green painted walls, bunches of hops hanging from the ceiling and plenty of tables and chairs, also loads of lit candles even on a Tuesday evening visit. This pub attracted a good few ale drinkers on our visit and one of the brewers from Charnwood Brewery also popped in for a pint.
On 10th April 2016
- rating: 8
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Mark Davey left this review about The White Hart
Great beer pub, but I do agree about the candles on the bar, I burnt the back of my hand receiving my change! possibly due in part to the half dozen pints consumed before the White Hart. Other than that, a great beer pub and well worth a visit if in Loughborough.
On 1st March 2016
- rating: 7
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