Derby Pubs - Wardwick Tavern -Discover Derby

Location: On the left hand side of The Wardwick, heading towards Friar Gate. The library is close by on the opposite side of the road.

Historical Information: This well proportioned three storey inn was built in 1708 for the Alsop family, although parts of an earlier stone building still remain. After the Alsops sold the pub, it was purchased by the Lowes, a well known brewing family, who built a brewery at the rear. This was greatly enlarged by the Alton family when thy came into ownership. The brewery buildings were demolished in the 1930s to make way for the Telephone Exchange, which was replaced 40 years later. The premises were used up until the late 1960s, as brewery offices. In 1969, Allied Breweries opened their redundant offices as a pub.

Curiosities: An iron plaque is fixed to the front of the Wardwick Tavern, that marks the level the flood waters reached on 1 April 1842, subsequent rises in the level of the street lessen the impact of the sign. The flood was caused by Markeaton Brook bursting its banks in the days when it flowed on the surface through the town centre.

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