Holborn Pubs – The Knights Templar
The Knights Templar
95 Chancery Lane
Off Carey Street
Holborn
London
WC2A 1DT (map) 
Phone: 020 7831 2660
Pub Information
We Opened: 31 Mar 1999
Type: J D Wetherspoon pub
Why not also visit the 'Da Vinci Code' church nearby? This pub is available for private functions on Saturday nights and on Sundays. Call 020 7831 2660 if you would like more details.
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Opening Times:
Mon–Fri 9am–11.30pm; Sat 11am–7pm (available for private functions. Please ring for details); Closed Sun
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Simply switch on your Wi-Fi enabled laptop and start surfing. Then, just enter the username as Sponsored and password as Service when asked. We’re Cask Marque accredited
The Knights Templar is Cask Marque accredited…
..which means we offer a quality cask ale service. Visit the Cask Marque Web site for more details.
Careers
Careers opportunities at The Knights Templar and around the Holborn area:
Promos
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Get married in style at The Knights Templar. A stunning location, a stunning building and a truly stunning price.
To Jan and Gerry Swords, managers of The Knights Templar, in central London, this is an avoidable shame for those who are missing out – especially when they can offer memorable wedding days from £3,000.
For enquiries, give Jan a call: 020 7831 2660
Hire A Pub
The Knights Templar is available for hire!
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Hire the whole venue at weekends. Available for private parties, weddings, birthdays and anniversaries. Buffet service also available on request.
---Call us on 020 7831 2660 for availability and to discuss your requirements.
News
From the Holborn and London area:
In The Area
Did you know we also have these JDW pubs nearby?
The Penderel's Oak
Holborn 0.2 miles away
Shakespeares Head
Holborn 0.3 miles away
The Sir John Oldcastle
Farringdon 0.4 miles away
The Montagu Pyke
West End 0.7 miles away
Live news
We have Freeview digital television showing live subtitled news (on silent), as well as terrestrial Freeview sport (when showing), throughout the day.
Call us on 020 7831 2660 to find out what we’re showing.
Pub History
This pub opened on:
31 Mar 1999
It is named after an ancient order of Warrior Monks – The Knights Templar. Hugues de Payens, Geoffroy de St Omer and seven other French knights founded the order, in Jerusalem, in 1118. King Baldwin II, the French king of Jerusalem (1118–1131), installed the order’s residence, stables and armoury in the part of his palace which was on the site of Solomon’s Temple, from which the order took its name – Knight of the Temple or Templars. The Knights Templar features heavily in The Da Vinci Code – if you look really carefully, during the scene featuring Middle Temple Church, you may spot our beautiful pub.
How this pub got its name: This Wetherspoon pub is the former Union Bank, and takes its name from the order of Warrior Knights across whose land Chancery Lane was built in the 12th century.
Read: Holborn history.
