The Benjamin Franklin
Location
Opening Times
Children under 18 can only be on the premises between 08:00 and 21:00.
Facilities
- wifiWi-Fi
- baby_changing_stationBaby change
- Train station nearby
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VAT’S The Problem
The VAT’s The Problem campaign is calling on the Government to reduce hospitality VAT from 20% to 10%, bringing the UK more into line with countries such as France, Spain and Italy, where lower rates help businesses invest, grow and create jobs.
If you’d like to support the campaign, please consider signing the petition.
Tax Equality Day 2026
On Thursday 17 September, Wetherspoon’s pubs are to cut the price of all food and drinks by 7.5 per cent – to highlight the benefit of a permanent VAT reduction in the hospitality industry.
Get your mitts on a fabulous spritz
Wetherspoon’s spritz cocktail range, a choice of nine classic and fruity recipes for all tastes.
Guest ale and craft tasting notes
View the Jul-Sep tasting notes for guest ales and craft cans.
Hot honey
Wetherspoon’s pubs are now serving the Hot honey Chicken Bowl. The dish comprises Southern-fried chicken strips tossed in a sticky hot honey sauce and topped with sliced chilies.
Wetherspoon hotels rated highly by Which?
Wetherspoon has rated highly for its hotels in the Which? Survey of the best and worst hotel chains in the UK.
£4.99 Children’s meals
Award winning children’s meals for £4.99 (smaller appetites and pizzas) and £5.75 (bigger appetites)*.
All meals are served with a drink, fruit and contain at least two of their five-a day.
Ale enthusiasts decide spoons can’t be licked
Two hundred and eighty Wetherspoon pubs have been acclaimed for the quality of their real ale – by members of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).
The pubs are listed in CAMRA’s publication The Good Beer Guide 2026, the UK’s best-selling beer and pub guide.
Pub history
A grade I listed property, 36 Craven Street is ‘the world’s only remaining home of Benjamin Franklin’ – a founding father of the United States and a leading figure in early American history. Benjamin lived at this address for nearly 16 years (during parts of 1757–75). Known as Benjamin Franklin House, the five-storey townhouse is now a museum and education centre.
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