Southampton Arms
139 Highgate RoadLondon
NW5 1LE
See more about this pub on WhatPub, CAMRA's national pub guide.
Small boozer with a fire and pew style seating, a long thin bar which leads to a small garden at the rear. The ale selection is constantly changing and comes from small independent breweries across the UK.
In Sept 2024 the number of cask beers on handpump was 7, they are usually helpfully ordered palest on the left, darkest on the right. And the number of real ciders, from producers such as Luke's and Turners is now 6. 8 lines have been fitted for keg beers.
The pub won the Greater London Cider Pub of the Year Award 2010 after earlier winning the Branch Award. After being the Branch Pub of the Year in 2011 it then went on to be crowned the 2011 London Regional Pub of the Year. In 2024 it once again was voted Branch Pub of the Year. For 2017 and again in 2019, 2022 and 2023 it was the North London Cider Pub of the Year.
On the food front no gastro, just good bar snacks, pork pies, sausage rolls, scotch eggs, roast pork in baps plus veggie options. The music is played on vinyl which is great, there is also live piano music on Sundays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays. No tea, no coffee but a bloody mary kit is behind the bar. Pub stays open to midnight most days. Pub quiz Monday. Nearest transport options - Kentish Town or Gospel Oak.