The Churchill Arms

The Churchill Arms is a public house at 119 Kensington Church Street on the corner with Campden Street, Notting Hill, London. There has been a pub on the site since 1824 when it opened under the name of the "Bedford Arms" but by 1826 it was renamed to the "The Churchill Arms^[1][2]. Situated at 9 Peel Place, Silver Street, Kensington Gravel Pits.^[3] In popular culture it was alleged it was called the "Church-on-the-Hill", and received its current name after the Second World War.^[4] This is refuted by references to it being called the Churchill Arms throughout the 19th Century^[5] and it was referenced as such in 1914 in the Official Gazette.^[6] In the 1930s it had its ground floor elevation added with good stained glass whilst the Victorian stuccoed upper story is original.^[7]

It is known for its exuberant floral displays, and extravagant Christmas displays in the winter,^[8] and has been described as London's most colourful pub.^[9]

The Churchill Arms is managed by Fuller's^[10] and has a Winston Churchill interior theme.^[11] The Churchill Arms claims to have been the first London pub with a Thai restaurant, having served such food since the early 1990s or earlier.^[12] The Thai restaurant is decorated with live flowers and plants.

The pub is decorated with all types of things associated with Winston Churchill,^[13] and falsely claims that Churchill made wartime broadcasts from the venue.^[12] Churchill's grandparents, the 7th Duke of Marlborough and Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane, were patrons of the pub in the 19th century.^[12]