On Licence

White Cross Inn

Licence summary from On Licence, 26 September 2026

Premises
White Cross Inn
Address
White Cross Inn Public House 146 North Cray Road Sidcup Bexley DA14 5EL
Licence
Premises licence, 23/02226/LAPDPS
Status
In force (register: Issued)
Issued
11 July 2023
Licensing authority
London Borough of Bexley
Food hygiene rating
3 out of 5 (generally satisfactory)

What the licence permits

Sale or Supply of Alcohol
Mon to Sat 10:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-22:30
Late Night Refreshment
Mon to Sat 23:00-23:30
Licence conditions (23)
  1. Together with for the purposes of paragraph 6(5) of Schedule 8 to the Licensing Act 2003 all other licensable activities which may be carried out at the premises by virtue of the justices licence issued under the Licensing Act 1964 and existing as of the date of this licence, which include but may not be limited to the following:
  2. Public entertainment may be provided by the reproduction of wireless (including television) broadcasts or of programme included in any other service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990) other than a sound or television broadcasting service, or public entertainment by way of music and singing only which is provided solely by the reproduction of recorded sound;
  3. ii) Private entertainment, that is to say dancing and music, may be provided and promoted for private gain;
  4. For the purpose of paragraph 6(8) of Schedule 8 to the Licensing Act 2003 this licence is subject to the effect of restrictions contained in the Licensing Act 1964 and the Children and Young Persons Act 1933,which include, but may not be limited to, the following:-
  5. Alcohol shall not be sold or supplied except during the hours authorised under this licence, however this restriction does not prohibit:
  6. During the first twenty minutes after the authorised hour the taking of the alcohol from the premises unless the alcohol is supplied or taken in an open vessel;
  7. The consumption of alcohol on the premises or the taking of sale or supply of alcohol to any person residing in the licensed premises;
  8. The ordering of alcohol to be consumed off the premises, or the dispatch by the vendor of the alcohol so ordered;
  9. The sale of alcohol to a trader or club for the purposes of the trade or club;
  10. The sale or supply of alcohol to any canteen or mess, being a canteen in which the sale or supply of alcohol is carried out under the authority of the Secretary of State or an authorised mess of members of Her Majesty's naval, military or air forces;
  11. The taking of alcohol from the premises by a person residing there;
  12. The supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by him at his own expense, or the consumption of alcohol by persons so supplied; or
  13. The supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises to persons employed there for the purposes of the business carried on by the holder of the licence, if the alcohol is supplied at the expense of their employer or of the person carrying on or in charge of the business on the premises.
  14. ii) Alcohol shall not be supplied or sold unless it is paid for before or at the time when it is sold or supplied, except alcohol sold or supplied:
  15. With and for consumption at a meal supplied at the same time, consumed with the meal and paid for together with the meal;
  16. For consumption by a person residing in the premises or his guest and paid for together with his accommodation;
  17. To a canteen or mess.
  18. iii) No person under fourteen shall be in the bar of the licensed premises during the hours when alcohol may be sold or supplied, unless one of the following applies:
  19. He/she is the child of the holder of the Premises Licence;
  20. He/she resides in the premises, but is not employed there;
  21. He/she is in the bar solely for the purposes of passing to or from some other part of the premises which is not a bar and to or from which there is no other convenient means of access or egress;
  22. The bar is in railway refreshment rooms or other premises constructed, fitted and intended to be used bona fide for any purpose to which the holding of the licence is ancillary.
  23. (Note: In this condition "bar" includes any place exclusively or mainly used for the consumption of intoxicating liquor. But an area is not a bar when it is usual for it to be, and it is, set apart for the service of table meals and alcohol is only sold or supplied to persons as an ancillary to their table me

Licensed hours are the most a premises may open or trade under its licence, not its actual opening times.

Compiled from London Borough of Bexley's public licensing register. The council's register is the authoritative record. https://onlicence.uk/premises/white-cross-inn-da14-e6c1b92166