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The Brewery Gate was situated at 5 St Thomas Street. This pub closed on 13th September 2010.

Before becoming the Brewery Gate the pub was called the Marlborough Arms (as opposed to the Marlborough House which was another now closed pub in Oxford). Working for the County Council the Marlborough Arms became our lunchtime retreat and we had Cribbage, Pool, and Quiz teams. Being next door to the brewery it was also frequented by Morrells' staff including the Chief Brewer and some very colourful Draymen. There was also an off-duty Police presence as there was a Section House just round the corner in Fisher Row.

Martin Elliott (April 2015)

Review from tantallon.org.uk:

Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 8am to 6pm Friday 8am to 11pm Saturday 6pm to 11pm Closed Sunday (26.i.98) Morrells Oxford Bitter £1.65 Morrells Mild £1.60 Morrells Varsity £1.90 Morrells Graduate £2.10 Guinness £2.30 Cider £1.95 Scrumpy Jack £2.30 (17.ix.97) This pub, next to Morrells Brewery gate (hence the name - formerly it was the Marlborough Arms), has wooden floor, and when I arrived, the loudspeakers were playing Fox FM. It does food at breakfast and lunchtime but not much in the evening. It does however do the complete range of Morrells beers, very well, and has most of the newspapers, but for the new-look Independent, on a shelf. The toilets are green, very clean, and have no angle. An excellent pub, and one to be visited if you're in the area. (17.ix.97) Liz Beaumont Bissell writes: I have never been in this pub, but when I was an undergraduate and lived down Woodbine Place I used to think that conservatives, satanists, or rotarians or something used to meet there on account of the curtains being kept ominously shut of an evening. It reminded me of one of those episodes of The Avengers. It's all new now, and I need to investigate. (5.x.2000)

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