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The Nags Head, Walthamstow, E17

9 Orford Road
E17
E17 9LP

Phone: 02085209709

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Walthamstow

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David Walton left this review about The Nags Head

Visited 20/04/26

Cask here was three functioning handpumps and providing TT LL and Knowle Spring plus the Pale ale from East London Brew Co. Keg offering of Neck Oil, Gamma Ray, Camden Hells, Guinness, Inch's, Amstel, Tiny Rebel Easy Livin, the Moretti and Sale Di Mare lagers, plus the three flavoured Old Mount ciders.

This is a very quirky pub, obvious from the pink and green frontage and sign. There is some outside seating at the front. Inside it is U shaped with the pine fronted bar counter with a dark grey lino skirt following the inside shape of the venue. The left-hand limb is a mixture of bare boarded and carpeted with quite densely packed light wood regular tables and chairs. Front under the windows has some fabric sofas facing the bar counter and serving low tables in a carpeted area with small stools around the tables to provide additional seating in high-capacity parts of the week (a Monday mid evening was not a high-capacity part of the week). To the immediate left of the front corner entrance are a couple of tables including one served by a lime green leather banquette and there are some regular tables down the right-hand limb leading to the rear paved beer garden, quite attractive and providing some covered and uncovered mish mash of seating. There is a lot of stuff on the walls, I would like to be more specific, but it really is wide ranging and defies description! I liked this venue, a bit off the wall but a decent cask offering for the location and my pint of Knowle Spring was well kept. They clearly advertise on the entrance that they are a child free venue!

On 25^th April 2026 - rating: 6
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paulof horsham left this review about The Nags Head

Some of the back streets in the so-called Walthamstow "village" are very pleasant and the Nags Head fits right in as a relaxing chilled out place to spend a while.

The bar offers 3 ales - Landlord and 2 from East London Brewery, though my pint of Pale was on life support with no head, not much condition and a bit of a twang, although chilled to within an inch of its remaining life. There's also 2 different Moretti's as well as the usual keg selection, all of which seemed more popular than the cask.

Food is predominantly pizzas and served for much of the day it seems.

Given the questionable beer quality, I found it hard to completely warm to the place and was ultimately glad that I didn't have to rely on the Nags Head as my local.

On 4^th October 2025 - rating: 6
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Tris C left this review about The Nags Head

This pub dates from at least the mid-17th century to be rebuilt in 1859; a side entrance at right and coach house at left indicate that this was once a coaching inn, when Walthamstow was an actual village, rather than referred to as one by estate agents.
The fascia has been rendered somewhat whacky in the last couple of years, with the garish salmon pink and cucumber green livery, I initially thought that this was an offshoot of the Garrick Club; that’s before I spotted the cartoon caricatures of cats and the prominent sign (see photo) expressly barring kids; good times!
With the out-of-the-skip furniture collection, the interior seems to be as quirky as mentioned earlier, with pictures of pop stars and cats. Indeed, the bar’s parapet bears illuminated lettering reading: Gin Pizza Ale Cats. Customers were a laid-back bunch of locals, some more traditional, then young, professional types, all lapping up the loud vinyl soundtrack which featured ABC’s All Of My Heart and Kim Carnes’ Bette Davis Eyes at the time of my Saturday 9.50pm visit and despite the promise of pussies galore, there was no sign of the furry ones, but perhaps they could have been tempted in by Squeeze.
With one unused pump, there was a choice of New River London Tap and Twin Spring, then Landlord, £2.80 a half, very nice, served by an enthusiastic barmaid.
This is a fun pub, my favourite of the quartet to be found in Walthamstow ‘Village’.

On 14^th October 2024 - rating: 6
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