White Lion Public House

The White Lion Public House is a pub located in Fobbing, within the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It is a local licensed premises serving the village and surrounding area, operating under the long-established British pub name "White Lion," which is one of the most common inn and tavern names in England. The pub maintains its own website at whitelionfobbing.co.uk, through which it presents itself to visitors and the local community. As a public house, the White Lion's core offering is the traditional British pub experience: draught and packaged beers, wines and spirits, and typically pub food and hospitality in a village setting. Pubs of this kind function as community hubs in rural and semi-rural Essex, and the White Lion serves Fobbing and nearby settlements in Thurrock. Detailed corporate information — ownership, freehold or tenancy arrangements, founding date, and any parent pub company or brewery — is not established by the available evidence. The pub is documented in structured open data as a public house in Thurrock, Essex, England, United Kingdom, which confirms its identity and location but not its commercial history. It should be treated as an independent or locally operated licensed premises rather than a large branded chain, unless further sourcing indicates otherwise.

The White Lion Public House is recorded as a pub in Thurrock, Essex, England, United Kingdom. Its name follows the widespread English tradition of naming inns and taverns after heraldic or symbolic animals, with the white lion being a common pub sign motif across Britain. The pub is situated in Fobbing, a village in the Thurrock unitary authority area of Essex. Beyond its identification and location, the available evidence does not establish a founding date, ownership history, or corporate lineage for the White Lion. It is documented in structured open data as a public house, indicating that it is a recognized licensed premises in the area. The pub maintains an online presence at whitelionfobbing.co.uk, suggesting it operates as an active local business serving the Fobbing community and visitors to the surrounding Thurrock area. As with many village pubs in Essex, the White Lion would traditionally have served as a social and refreshment venue for local residents, offering beer, other alcoholic drinks, and typically food. Specific details of its trading history, any changes of ownership, or affiliation with a brewery or pub company are not supported by the evidence provided and should not be assumed.

A local village public house serving Fobbing and the wider Thurrock area in Essex.

• Draught beer

• Packaged beer

• Wine and spirits

• Pub food

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