They currently have two hand pumps offering London Pride and Hophead. They have plans to install two more hand pumps in February and have rotating ales. The inter war wooden panelling has been retained- great restoration job. Decent food offering.

26/11/24 - reopened - full details in The Ham & High at

https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/24761652.lord-southampton-pub-kentish-town-reopens-cosy-local/?ref=eb&nid=2390&block=article_block_a&u=3571b060d3c8cfa9b988201d51a923f9&date=031224

May 2024 - Set to reopen. Licence granted, CAMRA Local branch supported application. - hoardings removed and pub interior looks undamaged.

Jan 2024 - application granted - The "framework" opening times - the latest possible - were from 11am to 11.30pm Monday to Thursday, until 12am on Friday and Saturday and 10.30pm on Sunday, with 30 minutes' 'drinking up time'. But tobacco will not taint the air around the Lord Southampton pub in Haverstock after Camden councillors banned smoking outside outright. The application was filed by Milegate. The solicitor for Milegate said "a new operator would open a "community pub", with Milegate possibly building flats above it, and assured the meeting there would be proper management plans and dispersal policies.

Dec 2023 - an application has been subitted for a drinks license by the freehold owner - see pic. Both freehold and leasehold are registered on the AG&G site - £1.5m for the former! Milegate own many pubs. In the North London Branch they currently are:-

Baring Toll Gate Victoria Royal Oak Lord Southampton

They don't tend to run pubs themselves but lease them.

Update 11/01/22 - "Sadly the Lord Southampton Pub/Hostel in Kentish Town is Boarded and Closed with the Freehold For sale as vacant premises"

This is how it was before closure -

No Limits are now running the place and have added hostel accommodation. Contrary to fears there is still cask beer, Doom Bar. Opposite the St Pancras Alms Houses, this blue tiled pub stands on the corner with Grafton Terrace, just a few doors down from where Karl Marx once lived. Walk back into another era and admire the horseshoe bar that divides the pub into 3 areas.

The back area to the left has a table football machine and a pull down television screen to right. The L-shaped bar, above which is a very stuffed fish, dominates one room. This is very much a locals' pub with dartboard, large cabinet displaying silver sports trophies and television in the corner. There is a pull down screen for big events. The upholstery and carpet is blue balanced by wood wall panelling and large plants on the windowsills. The pub is food free. Listed on CAMRA's London Regional inventory of historic pubs.