Bona Ventura

Peckham / Nunhead Green · London

The Old Nun's Head

PubLocals' pick

Time Out's number one London pub of 2025: a queer-friendly party boozer in a grand 1930s timber building on Nunhead Green, with a Britney Spears shrine and a disco ball behind the bar. It has become south-east London's unofficial queer venue, with drag king cabaret, speed-dating and Pop-Up Dyke Bar nights.

Address
15 Nunhead Green, London SE15 3QQ
Hours
Mon-Thu 12:00-24:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-01:00; Sun 12:00-23:00 (Google hours via Wanderlog, 2026-10)
Best time to go
Afternoon, Evening · About 2 h
Price
Price not verified
Price level
£

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Good to know

  • Come on a Sunday for the roast: Time Out says it is very decent, with veggie and vegan haggis and extra gravy for all.
  • Evenings are loud: The Infatuation files it as a party pub with 80-decibel-plus levels.
  • The name comes from a nunnery on the site whose Mother Superior was beheaded during the Reformation.

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