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The Lexington

A 200-capacity London pub venue with an upstairs live room and a long Pentonville Road past.

Upcoming shows
87
Capacity
200
Address
96-98 Pentonville Road, N1 9JB London
Phone
020 7837 5371
Next show
Sun, 15 Nov 2026
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The Lexington in London

About The Lexington

The Lexington is a 200-capacity live-music room above a pub on Pentonville Road in London. Its clearest calling card lies in the split personality: downstairs carries bourbon, American craft beer and a baroque mezzanine, while bands and DJs take an upstairs space in a Victorian building. The result is a compact two-floor show night, with the bar serving as the natural meeting point before and after a set.

A tavern remade

The story begins well before the venue’s present name. Around 1768, the site held Penny’s Folly, a tavern associated with probable proprietor John Pennie, a St James’s paper-hanging maker. By about 1774 it had become the Belvidere; its grounds included a rackets court and hosted Saturday-night political meetings. In 1875–76, architect W. E. Williams and builder Robert Marr erected the large Italianate Belvidere that remains at 96–98 Pentonville Road, replacing the earlier tavern. The rear garden had already shrunk through nearby development and disappeared following that rebuilding. A later sequence of pub names included Clockwork around 2005, before The Lexington arrived in 2008. The retained late-Victorian frontage keeps that earlier public-house identity visible from the Penton Street corner.

The room after dark

Programming spreads across indie, pop, country, rock, alternative, R&B, folk and electronic, with late DJs extending the night. Gig hirers send the venue artist information and details of previous events; the room admits guests aged 18 and above. Expect a ground-floor pub with a bourbon and craft-beer focus, then an upstairs live room reached by one flight of stairs. The baroque mezzanine provides another place to settle before the music starts. Guests needing limited-mobility access should contact the venue in advance.

Sources

  1. The Lexington London: Bookings, Venue Hire and Venue Details — The Lexington
  2. Pentonville Road — British History Online / Survey of London
  3. Lexington: London Pubology — Pubology
  4. About — The Lexington / Bourbon Ltd

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