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A walled garden sits behind the pub." } } ] } ] } ], "editorialMarkdown": "[View next **The Live & Let Live**]()\n\n## The Kingston Arms\n\nAn independently run 1870s neighbourhood beer house restored to wet-led pub use, with a strong community identity and an important place in Cambridge's Mill Road story.\n\n[Plan this experience]()\n\n[Explore the story]()\n\nCost **Free to visit**\n\nTime to allow **45–90 minutes**\n\nPace **Easy**\n\nPlace **Kingston Street, Petersfield**\n\nBest time **Year round**\n\n01 / The experience\n\n### The Kingston Arms\n\nThe Kingston is both a serious independent beer pub and a living piece of Mill Road social history, recovered as a community local rather than converted into a dining brand.\n\nBeer was sold on the Kingston Street site from the early 1870s, serving the rapidly expanding streets beyond the railway. The pub's history also intersects with Cambridge's Black and Caribbean social history: it became part of the Mill Road music scene remembered by Windrush-generation residents. After a short restaurant phase, independent custodians reopened it in 2023 as a drink-led local. Cask beer, real cider, fires, pub games, traditional jazz and a walled garden now define the visit. It became Cambridge city's first listed Asset of Community Value in 2025.\n\n02 / The essentials\n\n### The Kingston Arms: visit essentials\n\n1. 01\n\n A brewery and off-licence occupied the site in 1871–72.\n2. 02\n\n An on-sales beer licence followed in 1873 and a full licence in 1876.\n3. 03\n\n The pub formed part of the Black music and social scene around Mill Road.\n4. 04\n\n Independent custodians restored wet-led pub use in 2023.\n5. 05\n\n It became Cambridge city's first Asset of Community Value pub in 2025.\n6. 06\n\n CAMRA named it Cambridgeshire Pub of the Year in 2025.\n\n03 / The place\n\n### The building in context.\n\nA story written in stone since **1871**.\n\nBuilt\n\nBeer house established 1871–73\n\nStyle\n\nVictorian neighbourhood beer house\n\nListing\n\nAsset of Community Value\n\n04 / Before you go\n\n### Plan your visit\n\n#### Prices & admission\n\nNo admission charge; drinks are individually priced.\n\n#### Opening hours\n\nCurrently open from 11:30 Monday–Saturday and noon Sunday, generally closing around 23:00, slightly later Friday and earlier Sunday. Verify before visiting.\n\n#### Plan your experience\n\nA walk-in, wet-led pub. Food is generally limited to snacks and occasional pop-ups.\n\n[Visit the official site]()\n\n#### Accessibility\n\nCAMRA records a deep entrance step with a grab rail, step-free circulation inside and no accessible toilet.\n\n#### Participation requirements\n\nA deep step is present at the entrance.\n\nNot normally required.\n\nContinue exploring / Cambridge\n\n### More things to do\n*in Cambridge*\n\nExplore Cambridge activities, sights and places to eat. 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CAMRA records the current operator as independent.\n\n02 Does it serve full meals?\n\nIt is primarily a drinking pub. Expect snacks and occasional pop-up kitchens rather than a permanent full menu.\n\n03 Why is it historically important?\n\nIts pub use dates from the 1870s, and oral histories connect it to the Black and Caribbean music scene around Mill Road.\n\n04 Does it have a garden?\n\nYes. A walled garden sits behind the pub.\n\nBefore you visit\n\n### Check hours, tickets and access.\n\nCheck opening hours, admission prices and access with the venue before setting off.\n\nUpdated\n\nDate unavailable\n\nBy\n\n[Above Guide Editorial Team]()\n\nUseful links\n\n- [Official site thekingstonarms.co.uk ↗]()\n- [Supporting source camra.org.uk ↗]()\n- [Supporting source capturingcambridge.org ↗]()\n\n[Report a correction]()\n\nContinue exploring\n\n### Make Cambridge\nyour own.\n\n[Visit the official site]()[← All things to do]()\n\nOpening hours, prices and access change. Confirm details on the official site before visiting.\n\nFiled under historic pub / independent / community pub / real ale / Mill Road" }