THE WESTBOURNE: a lesson in history

‘The Westbourne’ was opened in May 1995 by Olly Daniaud and Sebastian Boyle, two old mates and drinking buddies.
The pair bought the pub direct from the brewers, Charrington Bass. By this point ‘The Westbourne’ had achieved a pretty unenviable reputation, was sadly run down and was the local hangout for a large part of Notting Hill’s rougher element - in short, ‘The Westbourne’ was a pub the brewers were anxious to get rid of!

Works began in Autumn 1993 and they encountered every problem imaginable, including hitting the Westbourne River that flows under the premises which resulted in major flooding.

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