Flight Club

Status: Open
Address: 56 Upper Street, N1 0NY (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Islington
Former name(s): Alphabet
Rattlesnake
Walkabout
Outback Inn
Solomon Grundy's
Harvey Floorbangers Bar
Three Wheatsheaves
Former address: 50 Hedge Row, Islington High Street [or High Street] (1856)
Historical parish: Islington
Dates open: by 1790-2010, 2012-2013, 2018-
rebuilt c1863
Owner: Flight Club
Redcomb Pubs (former)
Regent Inns [Walkabout] (former)
Courage (former)
Barclay Perkins (former)
Notes: Renamed as "Rattlesnake" in 2012, as a restaurant in 2013, as "Alphabet" in 2018, and as "Flight Club" in 2019 (a darts-themed bar).
Photo taken in August 2025
Sources: Open date: Archives
Close date: Tris C (e-mail)
Reopen date: CAMRA
Owner: CAMRA/Brewery History Society
Renaming: CAMRA/Tris C (e-mail)
London Drinker U230/WP4/WP28/WP36
PO 1839 (as "Wheat Sheaf")/1841/1856/1869/1882/1895/1915 (all as "Three Wheatsheaves")
References: ACC/2305/01/985
MS 11936/369/570039 (as "Three Wheat Sheaves")
MS 11936/378/585259 (as "Wheatsheaves")
MS 11936/379/588943 (as "Three Wheat Sheaves")
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