Pub history

The Moon & Bell

The word ‘moon’ appears in the name of several Wetherspoon pubs, linking them with the ideal pub envisaged by George Orwell. The author called his fictional pub ‘Moon Under Water’. The ‘bell’ refers to bell-making which has made Loughborough famous worldwide. The building stands on the site of Atherstone House. Built in 1790, the house later became a boarding school and was demolished in 1938 and replaced by Income Tax offices which are now this pub.