The Flying Pig

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The Flying Pig
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In 2011
The Flying Pig
Former namesThe Engineer, The Crown Inn
General information
Location106 Hills Road, Cambridge
Coordinates 52°11′40″N0°07′54″E / 52.19447°N 0.13175°E / 52.19447; 0.13175
Website
www.facebook.com/FlyingPigCambridge/

The Flying Pig was a public house in Hills Road, Cambridge.

It was first recorded as The Engineer in 1844 and then renamed The Crown Inn in 1860. [1] [2] It was renamed "The Flying Pig" by landlord Mick Clelford in the 1980s as he was a pilot and nicknamed "The Pig". [3]

Customers have included Pink Floyd members Syd Barrett and David Gilmour, who met there, and mathematician Michael Guy. [3]

In 2008, the local council approved plans to demolish The Flying Pig, [4] but petitions and protests kept the pub open until October 2021, when The Pig closed its doors. [5]

Since its closure in 2021, the Flying Pig pub in Cambridge has been the focus of significant planning activity. Initially, Pace Ltd's proposal to build new office blocks behind the pub was refused by Cambridge City Council, but this decision was overturned on appeal. Railway Pension Nominees Limited, with Socius as development manager, later amended the plans, reducing car parking spaces and increasing office space, which were approved by the city council in 2023. [6] Developers have assured the pub's return, with messages like "pigs do fly, the flying pig pub will be back" displayed on site hoardings. [7]

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References

  1. "106 Hills Road, The Cown Inn, The Flying Pig", Capturing Cambridge
  2. Nick Barraclough (30 November 2018), A Disorderly House, Ninja Barmaid, ISBN   978-1916492301
  3. 1 2 Jim Butler (13 December 2019). "Flying pigs and mathematicians: inside the Cambridge pub facing demolition". The Guardian.
  4. "Cambridge 'Pink Floyd' Flying Pig pub faces demolition". BBC News. 8 June 2021.
  5. Luxon, Debbie (25 October 2021). "Flying Pig pub closure breaks hearts as Cambridge says final goodbye". CambridgeshireLive. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  6. Brown, Hannah (5 June 2024). "The state of the Flying Pig pub redevelopment work six months on". Cambridgeshire Live. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  7. "Cambridge pub goers excited by Flying Pig hoardings". Star Radio 100.7FM - Cambridge. Retrieved 6 June 2024.