The Torch sits in Wembley, London. Bookable live sport tables in 3 hour slots, walk ins outside event days.
The Torch has stood on Bridge Road since 1956 and runs today as Greene King's matchday flagship for Wembley, a short walk from the stadium and Wembley Park station. A 2019 refurbishment split it into a multi room layout: a long central bar, a games room, a Flaming Grill dining area, a function suite and an outside patio.
Greene King's own sport pages list big screens carrying Sky Sports, TNT Sports, BBC and ITV, covering Premier League, EFL and Champions League fixtures. An outside matchday bar opens to absorb the stadium crowds on event days.
The booking system is the part to understand. Live sport tables book in three hour slots, with seatings every 15 minutes in the hour before kickoff, and you can request the match you want shown when you book.
On non event days it works as a normal London sports pub with wings, steaks and burgers off the Flaming Grill menu. On England nights and cup finals it becomes part of the Wembley ritual, and CAMRA notes the separate gin bar for whoever in your group is not there for the football.
Two to three hours before a Wembley kickoff for the full matchday build, or any Premier League weekend for a calmer screen.
Wembley ticket holders, north west London locals, and groups who want a bookable table with the match guaranteed.
The full Sports Bars in London roundup expands the picks across the city, our London Bar Guide covers every occasion, and our guide to watching the game in London ranks the match day rooms.
What to order
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Pre Match Pint
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Flaming Grill Plate
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Gin Bar Detour
The name, and the Olympic torch
The pub is a genuine piece of Wembley history. It was built in 1956 on the site of an earlier pub called the Fox, and opened as the Olympic Torch, named for the torch of the 1948 London Olympics staged at Wembley. The name was shortened to simply The Torch by the early 1960s, and it has traded on Bridge Road ever since, which makes it one of the older continuously running pubs in Wembley Park.
Sources: Greene King, The Torch Wembley; CAMRA pub record; Yelp, July 2026.
