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Monday 12pm - 10pm Tuesday 12pm - 11pm Wednesday 12pm - 11pm Thursday 12pm - 11pm Friday 12pm - 11pm Saturday 12pm - 11pm Sunday 12pm - 10pm

The Red Lion

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Independent country pub, serving fresh, homemade food...

14/10/2026

Wishing our junior chef Alfie the best of luck at this years Young Chef of the Year at The Weetabix Northamptonshire Food & Drink Awards 2026

Alfie started work with us back in 2022 whilst studying at for his Level 2 and 3 Professional Chef Diploma. From those early days of 2 shifts a week to now full time, he's become a valuable member of our kitchen team. Alfie has developed into a knowledgeable, hard working, skilful and determined young chef.

He's taken on some fantastic opportunities to develop his skillset with week long stages at the Michelin-starred Galvin La Chapelle, London and Joseph Morris Butchers, South Kilworth.

Alfie took inspiration from our Head Chef John's chefjb91 success at last years awards in The Chef of the Year category, We hope Alfie continues to develop as a chef and are all excited for him at the awards evening on Thursday. 🤞

Our kitchen will be CLOSED on Thursday 15th in the evening as all our chefs will be going to the awards evening in support of Alfie 🍻

13/10/2026

🐟 🐑 🥩 🦌 🥧NEW MENU 🥧 🦌 🥩 🐑 🐟

🍂 With autumn in the air, it’s time for a menu change! We changed over to a new menu over the weekend which has seen a return to some old favourites to get us through the cold wet months ahead.

Everyone loves a classic scallop dish with peas and black pudding, Gooey mushroom arancini and Head Chef Johns fiery satay chicken skewers are sure to warm you up. 🔥

Lambs liver and bacon is back!

Tandoori chicken and our duo of venison return for lunches next to the fire.🔥

🍰 And for dessert, Its definitely crumble and custard season

🍽️ We are a tiny village pub so if you haven't been already be sure to book ahead.

☎️ Drop us a call on 01604740238 to reserve your table.

24/09/2026

Quiz Night

Thursday 15th October

Arrive 7pm, teams of up to 6 people.

With the popularity of our annual Christmas pub quiz, we are squeezing another one in during October. Teams are limited so please call ahead to book your team in.

Its £3 per person, huge prizes!!! ( please see the T&C for a definition of "huge")

☎Call to enter your team.... 01604 740 238

19/09/2026

🎄🎅🥂 CHRISTMAS 2026 🥂🎅🎄

Oh no, its on the horizon. With less than 100 days until Christmas, here's our menu for pre-booked Christmas get-togethers whether its with friends, family or work colleagues.

If you wish to enjoy your Christmas get-together in our small friendly country pub we recommend getting booked in early.

🔥 With our cosy pub, featuring an open log fire, winter months are special.

🍴 Group bookings of up to 16 people seat perfectly in our back room.
Our Private Dinning Room seats 10 in your own space and with our biggest single table for 12 people in our middle room.

Yes, we are a small pub, but we like it that way.🥰

We are open 7 days a week, all day from midday, serving food 12-2pm & 6-9pm Mondays to Saturdays.

Sunday Lunches served from 12-3.30pm.

Don't panic these Christmas Menu dishes will also feature on our December Menu so even if you are popping in for a meal after work in December you'll still be able to have our turkey dinner!!

📅 Be organised, get booked in early and reserve your table.

☎️ 01604 740 238

17/09/2026

SEPTEMBER MENU

☀️ The balmy summer nights are disappearing and autumn is on its way. Gone are the nights of alfresco dining, now we are back inside and it gets dark just after 7pm 😭

👨‍🍳 But we are still here and our chefs have put together a fabulous September Menu accompanied by some specials for the weekend.

Drop in or call ahead to book your table and avoid disappointment.

☎️ 01604 740 238

15/09/2026

Happy Anniversary to Boss Lady 🥂

Who remembers the party? 🎉 🤪🍻🥂

15th September 2012

04/09/2026

🥂🍻🎉 STAFF DAY OUT 🎉 🍻🥂

Our Super Team enjoyed a day out during August for our first ever staff padel competition 🎾

Many thanks to Brampton Golf Centre and Coach Dan for some tuition and organising our tournament.

And also thanks to braybrookeb**r_taproom for feeding our team and keeping the b**rs flowing!! 🍻

We all had a great day!!! Well done to the winning team! 🏆

We have had some busy days throughout the summer and our team both front of house and in the kitchen have done a fantastic job of keeping our doors open 7 days a week 💪 👏

On to our busy period, the autumn and winter months when our cosy pub comes alive inside 🔥

20/08/2026

Our kitchen is closed today Thursday 20th August for one day only.

With planned National Grid power outage over our lunchtime hours 🤦‍♂️ We have taken the decision to close the kitchen.

We are open as normal from midday to 11pm for drinks only.

Don’t worry we are using this day off wisely with a team building Padel Tournament and a brewery visit at Braybrook Taproom. 🏆

14/07/2026

Wednesday 15th July

Its ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢Vs ARGENTINA 🇦🇷

in the Semi-Finals of The World Cup 🏆

📺Live across as many TVs as i can get my hands on, both inside 📺📺and outside📺📺

⚽️Kick of is at 8pm so get here early to claim a seat

🪑We are expecting a busy evening , so its village hall chairs and don't move or you'll loose your space

🎶 Jim Carrol is play a live sing-a-long music set an hour before kick off, so if someone could learn the words to the John Barnes Rap that will help him out 🎤

🧑‍🍳 Food service has been shortened for the evening with food served 6pm to 7.30pm to allow our hard working chefs to watch the game too.

🍔 A short Burger/Snack Menu will be available for those watching the football out side, our normal menu will be available for all those with bookings inside.

🙏 Please come along and watch this one together🥰

🏆

09/07/2026

☀July Menu is here☀

Scorching hot today but we hope our new July Menu has something for everyone!

We are open every day, all day from midday and our terraced garden is the perfect sun trap to watch the world go by. 🥂🍻

Our kitchen is open from 12 noon to 2pm for lunchtime,

6pm to 9pm in the evening.

🙏We do accept walk-ins but have had to turn some people away due to how busy we have been some evenings. So to avoid disappointment please call ahead and book a table with us.

☎01604740238

Many thanks for your continued support in making our little village pub so popular.🥰

The Red Lion Team❤️

Address

Welford Road
Northampton
NN68SJ

Opening Hours

Monday	12pm - 10pm
Tuesday	12pm - 11pm
Wednesday	12pm - 11pm
Thursday	12pm - 11pm
Friday	12pm - 11pm
Saturday	12pm - 11pm
Sunday	12pm - 10pm

Telephone

+441604740238

Website

http://www.redlionthornby.co.uk/

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