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The Shacklewell Arms is a pub and music venue on Shacklewell Lane in
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, London. It was built in the 1870s and was originally known as The Green Man after a free house that had stood there before. From the late 1980s to the early 2010s it was a Saint Lucian pub, and has retained some of the décor from this time. In 2011 it was taken over by Tom Baker, a local gig promoter with Eat Your Own Ears, and Dan Crouch, also involved with The Lock Tavern in Camden. It has since become a popular live music venue for small bands. Unusually for the surrounding area, the Shacklewell Arms has a large garden and courtyard space out the back. The pub has sponsored tent stages at London festivals
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and Wide Awake. A scene from the
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episode ''Eulogy'' was shot in the gig room.


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