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The Weir, 22-24 Market Place, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 8EQ.

Reservations: 020 8568 3600

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Welcome to The Weir

The Weir Bar & Dining Room is a well-established family-run gastro pub offering high quality food, service and drinks, set back from the high street in Brentford. The Weir enjoys a beautiful position with its large garden running down to the water's edge.

The Weir only prepares its dishes from fresh produce and we understand, as a small family business, the importance of supporting our local traders and farmers. We work closely with them on a day-to-day basis, with our frequently changing seasonal menus, to offer customers the best quality at the keenest prices.

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Mother's Day, Sunday 14th March

Book your table now, for a relaxing Sunday afternoon.
We have a wonderful Sunday roast menu.
You can view the menu here

St Patrick's Day, Wednesday 17th March

Guinness, Oysters, music & dancing.
Book your table now!

The Weir Guide

For all up to date news, top tips, events and dates for your diary, check out our monthly news Guide.
You can view the Weir Guide here

New Years Eve bash 2009

Thank you, to all of you that participated with our new year's celebrations. It was an unforgettable evening, enjoyed by all.

You can see images of the event here

Monday Quiz Night

Calling all intellectuals, book your table now and test your knowledge, 8.30pm start. Hosted by the one and only Randy Windybottom.
Quiz dates: 4th, 18th of January, 1st, 15th of February, 1st April.
We are also offering two cocktails for the price of one, every Monday from 7pm until 9pm.

An historical insight to the Weir Bar & Dining Room Brentford is a very old and historical town infamous for its pubs and inns. Located on the main road to the west of London and at the point where two rivers and a canal meet. It was once one of the most important towns in Middlesex, dating back from the late first century A.D. It grew in importance through the Middle Ages as traffic on the road out of London increased, providing a stop off point for refreshment and extensive stabling for travellers.

The Weir Bar & Dining Room formerly the White Horse, is today probably the oldest pub in Brentford. It was first licensed in 1603 and is mentioned in the burial register, recording the death of one George Wood ‘dwelinge at the signe of the White Horse in market place’.

It was an earlier house on the site of the left hand building of the present pub premises that J M W Turner’s Uncle Joseph William Marshall lived and worked. He was a butcher catering for the local residents of the surrounding area. In 1785 Turner, aged 10, was sent to stay with his uncle for one year due to his mother's unstable mental health, in part, due to the early death of Turner’s younger sister. It was here that he first expressed an interest in painting, especially with the movement of water. Throughout his stay, Turner attended John White’s free school at 125 High Street. His first adventure as an artist whilst living in Brentford was colouring engravings. He was then employed at the age of thirteen by Thomas Hardwick, an architect whom it is said advised him to concentrate more on painting than architecture. Then in 1789, a few months shy of his fifteenth birthday, enrolled as a student at the Royal Academy.

The Weir’s cellars give an insight of what once was. Window bays that would have looked out to narrow alley ways, large open fire places and dated wooden beams all show a fascinating building history.