Despite some fierce competition CAMRA members in the North London Branch have named The Robin in Stroud Green their Cider Pub of the Year 2025

Pub OPerator Nick Bailey acepting the award

John Cryne, from CAMRA’s North London Branch, said “From a chequered past, the Robin, in Stroud Green, has gone from strength to strength in just 18 months winning CAMRA North London’s much sought after Pub of the Season last autumn to now winning the Branch’s Cider Pub of the Year 2025! The pub closed in 2023 and we were fearful of its future so we were delighted when Four Acres Tavern Ltd re-opened it in the autumn. The team has worked hard on making this a destination pub for both beer and cider led by Nick Bailey, who was previously the manager of the another award winning pub, the Southampton Arms in Kentish Town.”.

Nick said “We are very humbled and grateful for this Award from CAMRA. It means that all the hard work that the team has put into the pub is paying off. We are very grateful both to the local community and to CAMRA for all their support.”

The building that hosts the pub has gone through various usages. At one time, it was a Post Office and, in the 1930’s, a grocery shop. It finally became a pub in 1983 and was an early conversion by JD Wetherspoon when it was known as Marler’s Bar. Since then, it had numerous names including Hopsmiths, when it was run by the now closed London brewery, Late Knights. But that wasn’t the only closed brewery to own the pub; Tolly Cobbold of Ipswich purchased it from JD Wetherspoon when they departed in the late 1980’s.

CAMRA Cider Officer David Healing (left) presenting the Award to the Bar Team - Dan & Mason & Dan

It was named the Brave Sir Robin in 2017 after the name of a knight in the film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

John commented, “When Four Acres Taverns took over the pub. it was nice that they made reference to the great work that the previous owners had done by keeping the name of ‘Robin’ but adding in Ale & Cider House”.

The Robin is a small corner pub made cosy by soft globe lighting and candles with a mix of seating, from booths to sofas, which offer a warm welcome to all, including dogs! The pub has 10 keg lines, up to 4 cider lines and up to 6 changing cask beers from independent UK breweries.

For further details contact: John Cryne: 07802 174 861; moc.liamelgoog@2enyrc.nhoj.

. Or the Robin: (020) 7018 3830

Extra facts

• CAMRA is the Campaign for Real Ale and is a volunteer membership organisation with over 200 volunteer branches across the UK and over 140,000 members.
• CAMRA nationally was formed in 1971. It exists to promote good beer, protect pubs and defend consumer rights.
• The North London branch of CAMRA covers most of the North London postcodes plus WC1 and parts of WC2, and has almost 700 pubs in it.
• The full address of the Robin is 29 Crouch Hill, Stroud Green, London, N4 4AP
• Opening hours are currently Monday to Thursday: noon to 11pm; Friday and Saturday; noon -midnight; Sunday noon to 10.30pm.
• For more details on the pub, visit: www.therobinlondon.com/
• The Southampton Arms has won CAMRA’s North London Pub of the Year, twice and the Cider Pub of the Year, five times.