Watford: The Flag public house
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Watford: The Flag public house
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 16 Feb 2008
This attractive building was originally the Clarendon Hotel, built in Station Road in 1860 to serve travellers using the nearby Watford Junction railway station. A comparison with a drawing of the building made in 1862 shows that little has changed in the intervening 146 years! It eventually became a Benskins public house known as The Pennant, but subsequently was rebranded as The Flag and Firkin, finally dropping the Firkin name. For some time the forecourt outside the building, to the left, was used as the bus terminus for the railway station. The building to the left formerly housed the hotel's stables. The building is Grade II listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.663547
Longitude
-0.397962