The Trent Navigation Inn is an historic pub recently restored to its former glory after several years of obscurity and closure.

 

The Trent Navigation Inn began life in the early 1800s, serving the needs of workers and visitors travelling the nearby Nottingham Canal. The old stable blocks behind the pub were built to accommodate the many horses used to tow the canal boats.

 

The Nottingham Canal, a 25 km long canal between Langley Mill and Nottingham, opened in 1796 and was used to transport building materials, coal, agricultural tools, etc into the area. With the coming of the railways in the 1840s the canal gradually went into  decline. Most of it was finally closed in 1937. The northern section of the old canal is now a nature reserve; the lower, southern section through Nottingham City and connecting to the River Trent remains in use today as part of the Beeston & Nottingham Canal.

 

In the 1880s the pub was acquired by the renowned London brewers Truman, Hanbury & Buxton (THB). Founded in 1666, beer was produced at the brick lane brewery in the Spitalfields area of London for over 300 years. In 1873 THB acquired the Philips Brewery in Burton upon Trent, considerably expanding their production. The Trent Navigation Inn was supplied from Burton and was in the Truman estate until THB ceased operation in the early 1970s.

 

The Trent Navigation Inn was one of only a few Truman pubs in the Nottingham area (the others being the Curzon Arms on Curzon Street; the Imperial Hotel on St. James Street; the Plumptre Arms on Bunbury Street; and the Norfolk Hotel, on London Road).  Today the Trent Navigation Inn is the sole survivor.

 

Whilst retaining many of the surviving original features, the Trent Navigation Inn has been enhanced with modern features and facilities in order to meet the requirements of today’s discerning customers and to assure its continued existence for many years to come.

 

This fine old pub continues it’s march through English history, offering quality food and drinks for enjoyment in safe and comfortable surroundings. We hope your time spent in our establishment will be memorable and that you will visit us again soon.