The Queens Head, Gilesgate

27/10/2026

WOW 🔥

This has been such an honour to be a part of!

Huge thanks to Coca-Cola for championing community leaders around the UK and for picking our very own Simon Dafforn-jones as Local Royalty!

It was a privilege to have portrait artist to royalty, Jamie Coreth, capture Simon in his natural habitat, the FBI.

Read more here 👇🏼

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pub-landlord-given-royal-treatment-37812329

22/10/2026

🔥🍻 **THIRSTY THURSDAY AT THE QUEENS HEAD!** 🍻🔥

💥 **£2 PINTS ALL DAY, LIVE FOOTBALL, DARTS & PUB QUIZ!** 💥

Why wait until the weekend? We've got everything you need for a cracking Thursday! 🍺⚽🎯

🍻💥 **£2 A PINT — ALL DAY LONG!** 💥🍻

🍺 Coors
🍺 John Smith's
🍺 Inch's
🍺 Murphy's

🤯 **YES, JUST £2 A PINT ALL DAY!**

⚽📺 **LIVE EUROPA LEAGUE FOOTBALL**

⏰ **5.45PM** – 🇵🇱 L**h Poznań 🆚 Sunderland 🔴⚪

🎯🔥 **EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP DARTS**

⏰ **6PM** – Catch all the action LIVE on our screens!

🧠🏆 **THE GREAT BRITISH PUB QUIZ!**

⏰ **9PM** – Think you've got what it takes?

🍻 Grab your team, test your knowledge and enjoy a brilliant night with us!

🔥 **GREAT DRINKS • LIVE SPORT • GREAT ATMOSPHERE!** 🔥

📍 **THE QUEENS HEAD, DURHAM**

🍺 **Get your mates together, grab a £2 pint and make Thursday the new Friday!** 🍺

#£2Pints

21/10/2026

🏇⚽🍻 **WEDNESDAY AT THE QUEENS HEAD!** 🍻⚽🏇

We’re halfway through the week and there’s plenty going on today! 🙌

🍺 **£2 PINTS ALL DAY** on:
🍺 Coors
🍺 John Smith’s
🍺 Murphy’s
🍺 Inch’s

🏇 **WEDNESDAY RACING CLUB | 12PM–6PM**
💳 **10% OFF ALL DRINKS** with your members card
📺 Plus **LIVE HORSE RACING** throughout the afternoon

⚽🔥 **UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LIVE TONIGHT** 🔥⚽

🕠 **5.45PM**
Como v Man Utd

🕗 **8PM**
Bayern Munich v Arsenal
Aston Villa v Viking

Grab your mates, get the pints in and settle down for a cracking Wednesday of racing, football and great-value drinks! 🍻

👇 **WHO’S JOINING US?**
👥 Tag your mates & share the post!

👑 **SEE YOU AT THE QUEENS HEAD!**

20/10/2026

At Punch, we're proud to see young talent thrive across our pubs and support teams. From first jobs to leadership roles, remains one of the UK's greatest industries for developing skills, building confidence and creating rewarding careers.

That's why we're backing a hospitality-wide call to Government ahead of the Budget, championing the sector's ability to create jobs and opportunities for young people.

Hear Harry Bourne's story and why he's proud to support this message.

20/10/2026

🔥🍻 **TUESDAY AT THE QUEENS HEAD!** 🍻🔥

We’ve got **£2 pints ALL DAY, a huge night of Champions League football and our Pub Quiz from 9pm!** 🙌

🍺 **£2 A PINT — ALL DAY!**
Coors • Murphy’s • John Smith’s • Inch’s

⚽⭐ **UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE — LIVE FROM 8PM**

🔴 **Liverpool v Villarreal**
⏰ **8PM**

🔵 **Man City v AEK Athens**
⏰ **8PM**

🧠🍻 **PUB QUIZ — FROM 9PM**
Get your team together, put your knowledge to the test and battle it out for **BAR TABS!** 💰

🍺 £2 pints all day
⚽ Champions League football
🧠 Pub Quiz
💰 Bar tabs up for grabs

📍 **The Queens Head**

Grab your mates and make a night of it! 🔥🍻

#£2Pints

19/10/2026

🔥🍻 **MONDAY JUST GOT BETTER AT THE QUEENS HEAD!** 🍻🔥

Start the week with **£2 pints, FREE pool, live Premier League football and our weekly pool competition!** 👇

🍺 **£2 PINTS ALL DAY**
Coors • John Smith’s • Murphy’s • Inch’s

🎱 **FREE POOL FROM 5PM**

⚽ **PREMIER LEAGUE – 8PM**
🔥 **Spurs v Coventry**

🏆 **WEEKLY POOL COMPETITION – FROM 8PM**
💰 **BAR TAB UP FOR GRABS!**

Grab your mates, get the £2 pints in and make a proper Monday night of it! 🍻⚽🎱

🔥 **DON’T LET MONDAY BE BORING… MONDAY NIGHTS START HERE!** 🔥

📍 **The Queens Head, Durham** 👑

18/10/2026

🍻⚽ **CHILLOUT SUNDAY AT THE QUEENS HEAD!** 🏈♠️

Sunday is sorted with **£2 PINTS ALL DAY**, loads of **LIVE SPORT** and **POKER from 8PM!** 🔥

🍺 **£2 A PINT — ALL DAY!**
🍻 Inch’s
🍻 Coors
🍻 John Smith’s
🍻 Murphy’s

⚽ **LIVE PREMIERSHIP FOOTBALL**
🕑 **2PM** — Bournemouth v Sunderland
🕑 **2PM** — Leeds v Man Utd
🕟 **4:30PM** — Nottingham Forest v Arsenal

🏈 **FROM 6PM — SELECTED NFL GAMES**
Settle in and catch the Sunday night NFL action live on our screens!

♠️ **FROM 8PM — POKER NIGHT**
Round off the weekend around the poker table! 🃏

🍺 £2 pints all day
⚽ Live Premiership football
🏈 NFL from 6pm
♠️ Poker from 8pm

📍 **The Queens Head, Durham**

🔥 **CHILLOUT SUNDAY — SEE YOU AT THE BAR!** 🍻

17/10/2026

🔥🍻 **SUPER SATURDAY AT THE QUEENS HEAD!** 🍻🔥

We’ve got a massive Saturday lined up with **£2 pints ALL DAY, wall-to-wall live football and Georgia bringing the party tonight!** ⚽🎤💃

🍺 **£2 A PINT ALL DAY**
Coors • John Smith’s • Murphy’s • Inch’s

📺 **LIVE SPORT**
⚽ **12:30PM — EFL Championship**
Middlesbrough 🆚 Cardiff

⚽ **12:30PM — Premier League**
Everton 🆚 Chelsea

⚽ **5:30PM — Premier League**
Newcastle 🆚 Aston Villa

⚽ **8PM — Scottish Premiership**
Dundee 🆚 Rangers

🎧🎤 **FROM 8PM — THE FABULOUS GEORGIA!**
It’s time for another huge **DJ & KARAOKE NIGHT** — grab the mic, pick your tune and get involved! 🎶🔥

🥃 **PLUS… A FREE SHOT FOR EVERY KARAOKE SINGER!** 🎤🥃

🍺 £2 pints all day
⚽ Live football throughout the day
🎧 DJ & Karaoke from 8pm
🥃 Free shot for every karaoke singer

📍 **The Queens Head, Durham**

🔥 **SPORT BY DAY… KARAOKE & PARTY BY NIGHT! DON’T MISS IT!** 🔥

16/10/2026

🔥🍻 **IT’S FRIDAY — LET’S GET THE WEEKEND STARTED AT THE QUEENS HEAD!** 🍻🔥

We’ve got a cracking Friday lined up with **£2 PINTS ALL DAY, live Championship football and live music!** 🎉

🍺 **£2 A PINT — ALL DAY**
Coors • Murphy’s • Inch’s • John Smith’s

⚽ **EFL CHAMPIONSHIP — 8PM**
🔥 **Burnley v Wolves**

🎤🎶 **LIVE MUSIC — 9PM TILL 11PM**
The fantastic **JAMES TAYLOR** is live on stage to keep the Friday night going! 🎸🎶

🍺 £2 pints all day
⚽ Burnley v Wolves — 8pm
🎤 James Taylor — 9pm till 11pm

Get the mates together and kick off your weekend properly at **The Queens Head!** 🍻🔥

#£2Pints

15/10/2026

🔥🍻 **THIRSTY THURSDAY AT THE QUEENS HEAD!** 🍻🔥

Thursday is absolutely packed with **great-value drinks, live European football and our weekly pub quiz!** 👑

💥 **ALL-DAY DRINK DEALS** 💥

🍺 **£2 PINTS ALL DAY**
Coors • John Smith’s • Inch’s • Murphy’s

🥃 **4 SHOTS — £6.50**
🍾 **2 BOTTLES — £6**
🍾 **4 BOTTLES — £11**
🍹 **2 COCKTAILS — £6.50**
🍊 **2 SPRITZ — £8**

⚽🔥 **EUROPA LEAGUE LIVE** 🔥⚽

⏰ **5.45PM**
🔴 **Torreense v Sunderland**

⏰ **8PM**
🍒 **Bournemouth v Sturm Graz**

🧠🏆 **THE GREAT BRITISH PUB QUIZ — 8PM**
🎁 **Great prizes to be won!**

Cheap pints, European football and quiz night — **Thursday sorted!** 🍻⚽🧠

📍 **The Queens Head**
👥 Grab your mates and get yourselves down!

14/10/2026

Not a bad turn out for the Tuesday night quiz

14/10/2026

🏆🎱 **ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER BUNCH OF WINNERS AT THE QUEENS HEAD!** 🧠🍻

👏 A massive **WELL DONE** to this week's **POOL & QUIZ NIGHT CHAMPIONS!** 🏆🔥

But the big question is… 👀

💥 **HAVE THEY GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO STAY ON TOP?** 💥

Or do **YOU** think you can knock them off their perch next week? 😏🏆

🎱 **MONDAY – POOL COMPETITION FROM 8PM**
🧠 **TUESDAY – QUIZ NIGHT FROM 9PM**

🍻 **BAR TABS UP FOR GRABS!** 💰

🔥 Bring your A-game, grab your mates and come show the reigning champions how it's done!

🏆 **NEW CHALLENGERS WANTED – WHO'S STEPPING UP NEXT WEEK?**

📍 **The Queens Head, Durham**

👇 **TAG SOMEONE WHO RECKONS THEY COULD WIN!** 👇

07/10/2026

Britain’s pubs are worth up to £30 billion in wellbeing value to communities across the UK. But rising costs and high taxes are putting pressure on pubs that bring people together.

This Week of Action, join the campaign today and tell your MP to keep pubs open and pints affordable.

https://www.longlivethelocal.pub/letter 🍍

25/09/2026

Actress Daisy Edgar-Jones filmed 🎥 a promo for her new film, Sense and Sensibility in our Canonbury pub, The Marquess Tavern for Vogue 🥰

The team at Vogue were searching for a shooting location that oozes class, was timeless and in-keeping with the theme of the movie... so where else were they going to film?! 😏

Take a look at the promo - Daisy is in character as Elinor Dashwood throughout!

Sense and Sensibility hits cinemas TODAY! 🎬Why not pop into The Marquess Tavern to wash down your popcorn! 🍿🍷

!

22/09/2026

We're on board, are you?

Join thousands backing Britain's pubs and breweries.

www.longlivethelocal.pub ❤️🍺

21/09/2026

This pub is a gem! 💎

The Wig & Mitre in Lincoln's Cathedral Quarter has reopened following a £100k investment. ⛪

Anne-Marie and Paul Balcomb have taken on the 14th century pub... "We’re thrilled to take control of such an iconic pub and can’t wait to meet all of our wonderful guests" ❤️

📷 Courtesy of Tory McTernan

17/09/2026

Welcome to The Buck Inn 🦌

New Management Partner Adrian McShane-Chapman has taken over the Thornton-le-Dale pub following a whopping £490k investment 🤑

🗨️ “I arrived in the UK 22 years ago from Australia, armed with just a backpack and no real plan... I’ve dipped in and out of hospitality over that time but the fire inside me to run my own pub burned bright.” - Adrian

If you're in Yorkshire, pay Adrian and his team a visit and check out this stunning pub for yourselves. 🤩

15/09/2026

Rory takes the keys to the refurbished Cross Keys pub in Nottingham! 🗝️

Our new Management Partner Rory Calladine has taken the reins at the popular city centre pub following a £100,000 investment.

🗨️"I was instantly drawn to the pub and as soon I discovered it was available in a partnership with Punch, I jumped at the chance." 🍍

Regular guests at The Cross Keys will instantly notice the pub’s traditional feel and special characteristics have been retained throughout but that a complete refresh has taken place. 💫

11/09/2026

We have reopened the Keyworth Tavern following a quarter-of-a-million refurbishment 🔥

The Keyworth pub in Nottingham, run by our Management Partner John Francis, had been closed for 5 weeks while we tore out the bar, stripped the pub back and replaced everything with new, modern furnishings. 🤩

Great work by everyone involved in the transformation 🥂

03/09/2026

We're quite fond of it too, Prime Minister! The Dog House

28/08/2026

Our Publican Beth at The Beeswing Inn 2013 has raised circa £250K for charity 😍 so if you're in the area this weekend, pop in and enjoy the music, food and drink!

Well done Beth!! 🥳

The Beeswing in East Cowton is hosting its 13th ‘Glastonbury’ festival to raise money for end of life care at a nearby hospital.

27/08/2026

Newly married couple Gareth and Jamie Furness have take the over The Bay Horse Inn in Pickering. 🔔

The pub has received a £400,000 investment and Gareth says it has been very well received by locals. 😃

“We are seeing more locals returning to the pub, faces that haven't been seen here for many years and we are seeing them on a regular basis... The refurb has really put The Bay Horse Inn back on the map and firmly at the heart of the Pickering community.” ❤️

Well done to everyone involved in this brilliant transformation 👏