List of name changes only : see Research for details.

Royal Hotel Branch (orig.)
by 1851 : Great Eastern
by 1854 : Railway Tavern
by 1856 : Eastern Counties Railway Tavern
Royal Hotel Branch (1861)
1866 : Great Eastern Tavern
by 1883 : Great Eastern Hotel
1967 : Hotel Nelson
1971 : Nelson Hotel
("Nelson Touch")
by June 2007 : The Nelson (Premier Travel Inns)
"Nelson Leisure Club"

Continued . . .

In 2007 Swallow Hotels Ltd. ceded the premises
to Premier Travel Inns.

Listed in Woodforde's Pub Guide 2011.

A photographic record c. 1910 can be found in :
STANDLEY, Philip :
Norwich - in old postcards, Volume 4, page 49.
And a photo dated 1907 in STANDLEY, Philip :
Norwich Then & Now (part 3) page 68.

An impressive floodlit photo is on page 109 of
Eastern Evening News : Images of Norwich.
A similar ceremonial photo is on page 74 of
YCY Brewery : Coronation Souvenir 1937.

Later brewery ties :-
1974 : Anglia Taverns
by 1984 : Anglia Hosts
by 1990 : Chef & Brewer
pre-1998 : T. & J. Bernard
(a.k.a. Scottish & Courage)
later : Scottish & Newcastle
By 2003 : Spirit Group
2006 : Punch Taverns

A further refurbishment was completed by the
18th July 2001 - at a reported cost of £180,000.
Luckily, bare boards prevailed.

There are no moorings alongside the river
terrace/beergarden; being directly opposite
the Yacht Station.

Continued . . .

There is a downstairs function room and covered patio.

By November 2006 the pub was
Cask Marque accredited.

Listed in the Woodforde's Pub Guide, June 2009.
Likewise in 2011.

The pub boasts at least 4 Real Ales, including
Norfolk Nog.

Advertised by May 2010 : breakfast opening -
from 8 a.m. Mon. to Fri. and 9 a.m. weekends etc.
It is not clear if 11.00 'opening' still has any real effect.

By December the breakfast time had
standardised to 9 a.m.