A backstreet Young's pub on a quiet Brixton square, with cask ale inside and a fire pit garden out back.
Published Apr 3, 2026 By Tom Callahan Address 45 Trinity Gardens, Brixton, London SW9 8DR Nearest Transit Brixton (Victoria line and rail), 5 minute walk Hours Mon 11:00am – 11:00pm Tue 11:00am – 11:00pm Wed 11:00am – 11:00pm Thu 11:00am – 11:00pm Fri 11:00am – 12:00am Sat 12:00pm – 12:00am Sun 12:00pm – 11:00pm Good For A Sunday roast, A garden afternoon, A quiet local pint Cask ale Beer garden Fire pit Dog friendly Sunday roast Visit Trinity Arms Suggest an edit Ask the editors Tables in the garden are first come, first served. Tell them barsforKings sent you.
The Trinity Arms sits on Trinity Gardens, a quiet square tucked a few minutes off the noise of Brixton Road. It is a Young's house, which sets the expectation before you walk in: well kept cask ale, a proper kitchen, and a room built for sitting rather than queuing. Time Out files it under the classic Brixton locals for exactly that reason.
The draw is the garden. Out back the pub keeps a paved courtyard with a fire pit and bookable corners, and CAMRA notes it as one of the better pub gardens in this corner of south London. The square out front does the rest, since the pub spills onto the benches the moment the sun is out. This is a neighborhood pub that rewards a long afternoon, not a quick stop.
Trinity Arms works best as a low key counterpoint to Brixton's busier rooms. For where it fits on a wider crawl, see our best bars in Brixton guide and the roundup of best garden bars in London.
The main bar is a single traditional room, dark wood and etched glass, with the Young's range on the pumps and bar stools that fill up first on a Friday. It reads as a corner local rather than a gastropub, and the regulars treat it that way.
Behind the building is the reason most people make the walk. The garden runs to a fire pit and a set of bookable areas, heated and covered enough to hold a table through a cool evening. Dogs are welcome throughout, and reviewers on Yelp single out the garden and the staff as the reasons they keep coming back.