Is there a time that children aren't allowed in pubs?

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Thinking of taking DC to watch England tonight at the pub, but will it be too late? Seeing as kick off is 8pm.

Unsure if there's a blanket rule?

Licensing laws aside, from a business point of view, pubs won't want kids. They'll want paying adult customers.

From a parental point of view, is there nowhere else showing the football locally? (reading another thread lots of people were saying local churches and community centres were showing the game on a big screen).

IMO, Pubs after 7/8pm are for adults. Wouldn't take mine to a pub in the evening and wouldn't want to be in a pub with other people's kids.

I wouldn't take a child to a pub showing the match tonight. It'll be rammed and probably lairy.

In fact I don't watch internationals in the pub now because so many of the fans are drunken twats.

Is there a park doing a family friendly event with a big screen?

It depends on the pub and the licence.

my son has done gigs in a couple of Greene King pubs & his band mates little brother was in there watching until 10pm.

Many people will be out drinking already before watching the match later. I wouldn't personally take my child to a pub tonight and we take him regularly.
Most places by us say no children after 6/7/8. It's at the licencees discretion but by law I think the latest is 8 or 9 so not late enough for the whole match anyway.

Our local village pub has a bbq and a family atmosphere for tonight. I won't drink though so I can drive and whisk us all home to bed ASAP! We all know the rough pubs where we live, not everywhere is the same.

It's usually 9pm for a children's licence and actual bar policy can be earlier, although the Brewers fayre near me that is attached to a premier inn allows dc til close. Presumably different rules due to being a hotel so might be worth looking at.

Do you not think that when Spain score half the blokes in the pub won't be screaming, 'Fucking hell! You useless cunts' at the English defense? Just a suggestion.

I wouldn't want or take kids into the pub. They really aren't welcome during an England final, and the pubs are likely to be rammed.

Reading through other thread about domestic violence, that in itself should tell you why its not a great idea.. unless you are bringing up the next generation of twats

Afaik there isn't a blanket rule.
Our local pub is family friendly and I have seen children in there later into the evening, especially at 'event' type evenings.

It will depend on your own specific pubs and their licensing.

Family pubs are not full of men abusing their partners in full view of children.

Yes probably so you wouldn't take a child to a football match either? Because the language is the same. Hearing swearing occasionally is not going to harm a child.

My local doesn't really care too much what time kids are there. We've been in there until 11ish for Halloween parties/bands etc. I was going to take mine up tonight but they're not doing table bookings and I don't want to be in there from 5pm just so we can have a table.

We are going to a "fan zone" at the local football ground. It will have food and drink vans, DJ for build up etc

I don't think it's a nice environment for a child. Lots of shouty, drunken adults. Hours and hours of sitting around on a school night when they should be in bed. Nope. Not appropriate.

I think you have to be away with fairies too imagine that children in the pub for football final is a good idea.

We're going to our local with our y7 and y10 DC and some friends and their DC. No idea about licensing but landlord doesn't seem to be bothered 😬

Really looking forward to it!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Really don’t understand how it’s appropriate to take young kids tonight - why would you do it

will be full of rowdy, swearing, shouty, aggressive, drunk men screaming at the tv and everyone else - and that’s if England win

god knows what would happen if England loses - fist fights prob

I asked our local pub about this recently - they said their licence permitted children to enter until 9pm, and they needed to be gone by 10pm. (For clarification, I was not asking about this evening, but a dinner with friends). It sounds like you'd need to ask the pub..

How old are the children? 16 or 6? It makes a huge difference. No way would I think of taking my children to a pub after 9 pm on any night but definitely not when such a massive game of football is on.

I would say generally around 8 it's time to take your kids home from a pub. If in any doubt I wouldn't take them and stay home. Perhaps maybe if you're in the garden but I'm not really sure it's a good idea

Depends on the pub. Our local is 7pm but they have an outside are where families are allowed for the football tonight.

My husband is working in London tonight, he's police. He says its already kicking off and dispersal orders being put in place in some boroughs.

Why, the fuck, you would want to take your children out to this event in a pub I'll never understand. Again, I don't have an issue with kids in pubs, but tonight REALLY is not the night for it!!

Police will have their hands full tonight, I imagine my husband is not going to be finishing on time.

Please, keep kids away from pubs tonight. Unless it's a nice, calm, village local.

Varies but it's 8pm at most pubs here unless still eating a meal officially. They turn a blind eye to older children sitting still (12+ sort of age) but younger you would be asked to leave. Two of our locals have posted on facebook reminding parents that it will not be appropriate to bring children

I was photographing feature photos at a pub during a match against England and Portugal years ago as a young photographer covering a patch in North London. Way tougher then than now.

There was a police presence and it was tense but kinda ok. They had to go elsewhere for something more serious and I'll never forget the female officer making me come with them in their van. She said they won't be able to protect me and my expensive camera if I didn't go now.

They dropped me off a few blocks away and continued to their call.