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The Red Lion, Leighton Buzzard

1 North Street
Leighton Buzzard
LU7 1EF

Phone: 01525374350

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Punch Taverns

Served areas

Leighton Buzzard Central

Reviews of The Red Lion (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) Add Review see review guidelines

Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Red Lion

The Red Lion has a couple of separate rooms either side of the bar. The room to the left is bare boarded with a fireplace, horse brasses and board games. The room to the right was unoccupied but contained a dartboard.

It was fairly quiet when I first arrived. Music was playing. A few locals did arrive and sat chatting with the barmaid on stools at the bar. Otherwise, there was very little atmosphere.

The cask ales were Abbot & Ghost Ship. The cider was Thatcher's Gold. All in all, not too much to shout about with this one.

On 9^th February 2026 - rating: 5
[User has posted 3415 recommendations about 3413 pubs]

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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Red Lion

A good old fashioned traditional locals pub, which had a welcoming and relaxed atmosphere. Slightly dubious about the ale selection on arrival, Doom Bar, Abbott and Fuller's Fruit Loop. I had never tried the Fuller's Fruit Loop before, so after a generous taster from the barmaid, I settled on that which was in good shape. The lounge and bar side was open on our Friday afternoon visit, whereas the games room on the right now looked to used as a store room. The industrial looking wallpaper featuring red brick work and steelwork really didn't suit a pub of this era.

On 3^rd November 2019 - rating: 6
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Aqualung . left this review about The Red Lion

This is a two bar pub and I went in the left door leading to a lounge bar which contained a TV showing music videos, a fish tank and various framed pictures of dogs. It's been well described below and seemed a friendly enough place.
There are only three hand pumps and one was unused leaving just Abbot and Black Sheep Bitter, not a great choice for a GBG listed pub. I went for the Abbot (£3.50) which a local said was fresh on. It wasn't clear so either wasn't ready or needed pulling through. It tasted OK but overall I found this one disappointing.

On 4^th December 2017 - rating: 6
[User has posted 2143 recommendations about 2143 pubs]

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