The Denmark Arms is a

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at 381 Barking Road,

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, London. It was built in about 1890, and extended about 1900. It was formerly named the Denmark Inn. In the 1890s, local football club

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would use the Denmark Inn to change for matches at Temple Meadows in Wakefield Street. Much later,

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fans would use the pub for pre-match drinks before attending games at the nearby

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. The Denmark Arms closed on 30 July 2018. In September 2018, the building was purchased by the

Antic Collective Antic Collective is a company which runs roughly 50 public house, pubs in London. The original company, which was founded in 2000, went into administration in 2013 over unpaid debts. Some pubs were closed and the remaining operating pubs were sold ...

company, and the Denmark Arms reopened on 15 November 2018, with plans announced to hold a pantomime and future theatre events in the pub's function room.

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