The Definitive Guide to the History of
Pubs and Beerhouses in Coventry

Drinking in an Old English Town

Bear, St James Lane

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
	1960	2008	White Bear
	2008	2011	Bear
The WHITE BEAR became just the BEAR in February 2008. After the Police had to be called out to The Bear twenty times from May to July 2011 it was forced to close. It then became a shop.