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British Lion The official Facebook British Lion, Devizes page. An Award winning Freehouse. Open Seven Days a Week. Largest beer garden in town.

Over 30 years under present management. Michael and the team welcome you to the British Lion, We've been in the CAMRA Good Beer guide each and every year since 1995 and have won numerous awards including Best SIBA local, We're Members of the BII and have held a Cask Marque accreditation for numerous years. Click the link below for a google maps tour of the Pub! https://www.google.com/maps/place/British+Lion/@51.3522015,-1.9895854,3a,90y,8.63h,86.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seHVfe8hruo4AAAQJKiao-A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x6c3de5fcd12fcca7!8m2!3d51.352219!4d-1.989562!6m1!1e1

Happy Halloween!
31/10/2026

Happy Halloween!

30/10/2026
28/10/2026

A desperately disappointing budget for .

So much for saying “the cavalry is coming” Andy Burnham

It seems John Healey ambushed them.

The reality is that this has put costs UP for over 95% of UK pubs & confirmed the when Labour promised to replace them.

The change in the business rates threshold will help:

6-8% of pubs in England
0% of pubs in Wales
0% of pubs in Scotland
0% of pubs in Northern Ireland

NO support for the rest. No action on energy bills, no changes to VAT, NI as minimum wages & duty go up.

28/10/2026

Received the following e-mail at the weekend, which have permission to repost here.

"Hello
I was stationed in Devizes 1975 to 1978

At le marchent barracks with the royal horse artillery.

I was the british lions Dj. Every saturday evening the bar was packed with young british soldiers and there wives girfriends

To dance to the 70s music

Ken the landlord ran a deep sea fishing club

Im so pleased to see this pub still standing

Today. It brings back so many memories

This pub has brought so much entertainment to the british army. As devizes was a military town
requards G eoff. Blain"

Does this bring back memories to any of of our lovely, longstanding regulars?

Return of the old fashioned pub! Some of us, old timers, have never gone away.Happy to have been out of fashion here for...
25/10/2026

Return of the old fashioned pub!
Some of us, old timers, have never gone away.
Happy to have been out of fashion here for over thirty years and would be pleased to continue in the same vein.

With gastropubs facing rising costs and drinkers craving somewhere to socialise without a reservation, Hannah Twiggs looks at the welcome return of the old-fashioned pub

On the pumps today for our 12 o'clock opening and their likely replacements before our midnight close!
23/10/2026

On the pumps today for our 12 o'clock opening and their likely replacements before our midnight close!

Cracking line-up to welcome the weekend.
16/10/2026

Cracking line-up to welcome the weekend.

Our friends at will be performing in Market Place on Saturday as part of the Day of Discovery.
15/10/2026

Our friends at will be performing in Market Place on Saturday as part of the Day of Discovery.

Join us this Saturday as Devizes Jubilee Morris brings music, colour and dancing to the DOCA Festival of Discovery.

We’ll be performing in Devizes Market Place from 2pm. Come down, enjoy the festival and give us a cheer!

Saturday 17th October • From 2pm
The Market Place, Devizes

14/10/2026

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜.

Not long now until the amazing 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝 return to the club. This special band usually sell out but sales have been slow. If you already have your tickets, please share this post or tag a friend who needs a night out!

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬.

Great Support from 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧'

🎟️ Get your tickets here: https://www.ticketsource.com/longstreetbluesclubpromotions/t-zooypqy
📅 Date: Saturday 17th October
📍 Venue: Long Street Blues Club, Devizes

The changing face of our courtyard wall.
13/10/2026

The changing face of our courtyard wall.

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9 Estcourt Street
Devizes
SN101LQ

Opening Hours

Monday 2pm - 10pm
Tuesday 2pm - 10pm
Wednesday 2pm - 10pm
Thursday 12pm - 11pm
Friday 12pm - 12am
Saturday 12pm - 12am
Sunday 12pm - 10pm

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