Although this pub is neither listed nor on the London Regional Inventory, it is quite an interesting building. The exterior is described in Pevsner’s Buildings of England thus: “Along Church Road, some old-fashioned entertainment is provided by the Britannia pub, 1898 by F. W. Ashton with his trademark buxom termes. Half-timbering and turrets with pargetting to the walls.” Inside, the pub retains two separate bars: public and saloon, a bit of a rarity these days. Note the surviving gas lamp in the saloon bar.

The Britannia featured on the Daytime Crawl of Woodford Green, Barkingside, Ilford and Barking in June 2008.