A traditional family-friendly pub
Welcome to The Cross Keys, a charming pub that has stood on the green of Washington for over 200 years. We're proud to serve our community as the perfect place to sit back, relax and enjoy our delicious menu with your favourite drink in hand.
We offer a warm, family-friendly atmosphere, a lovely beer garden and a menu packed with the most appetising dishes. Our passion for taking traditional pub classics and making them the best around by using the most decadent of ingredients, makes every meal served have you coming back time and time again!
Whether you’re here for a meal, drinks with friends, or to watch live sports, The Cross Keys is the perfect spot for every occasion.
SERIOUSLY GOOD PUB FOOD
There’s nothing quite like the great British pub when it comes to food, and that’s what we’re all about. A place where proper pub classics meet indulgent flavours, and irresistible bar snacks pair perfectly with our drinks.
With traditional family favourites, small plates to keep the little ones happy and generous sharers to enjoy between friends, our menus are bursting with flavour and promises to satisfy any craving.
RAISING THE BAR
Our bar is fully stocked with the best selection of your favourite drinks! From world lagers to spirits, wines to cocktails and every tipple in-between.
Join us for a fleeting cocktail with a friend, a quiet pint at the bar, or celebrate the big occasion and start your weekend with high spirits. No matter what you fancy, we’ll have something to tickle your tastebuds every time.
Fancy a pint of cask? Our three handpulls offer changing ales, with a spotlight on our local breweries, you can be sure to enjoy a proper pint with us.
FIND US
The Cross Keys is located right at the heart of Washington, right by the picturesque village green. You’ll find us just off the A1 motorway, a few minutes from Washington Wetland Centre, Herrington Country Park and Wearside Golf Club!
Enjoy the hustle and bustle of the locals passing by as you take your favourite seat. Whether you’ve been exploring the local area, or just wanting a pub outing – we’ll see you soon.
Today we say goodbye to a dear friend of the Cross Keys, Washington, Richard Johnson. Rest in peace Richard ❤️
Join us tonight as we welcome back Jay Taylor Music to the Cross Keys, Washington from 8pm. Jay always delivers a great night so don’t miss it 🎶🎶💃
Doing dry January? You don’t need to avoid the pub, come and socialise, meet up with everyone, we have you covered with a range of alcohol free beverages for you 😁 We can even make you a quality cup of tea ☕️😂
Just a reminder that our quiz is not on this week. It is back next week for the big quiz of 2025 so you have an extra week to swot up on everything 2025 👩🎓 Why not still pop down and see us tonight and take advantage of our 2 selected main meals for only £12.99 after 5pm 😋
Fancy a free pint of Coors or Carling? All you need to do is visit our website and sign up 😁 www.crosskeyswashington.com/sign up Then pop in between the 8th - 12th January with your email to redeem your free pint. 🍺 🍺🍺
We have some great new January deals for you 😁 * Fancy two main meals for only £12.99 Monday - Thursday after 5pm? Tick we can do that (selected meals from our main menu) * Fancy a free pint of Birra Moretti or Cruzcampo? Buy five and get your sixth free with our January collector card - Tick we can do that! * Fancy a pie and pint (or actually a range of selected drinks) for only £14.49, Monday & Tuesday all day? Tick we can do that!
As the decorations start to come down and we catch our breath after our first pub life Christmas, we start to reflect and are feeling extremely thankful 😊 Thank you to the amazing Cross Keys, Washington team for keeping our pub clean, working some extremely busy shifts, giving up their time with family and friends to ensure all of our lovely customers were kept fed and watered. You really are the best 😍 Thank you to all of our amazing customers who chose to include us in their festive celebrations. It has been so wonderful to see so many people celebrating, catching up and just spending that quality time together. Also thank you to everyone who supported us with events. Leaf & Bean for an amazing wreath making workshop, The Pretty Weeds and Ryan the magician for giving us a fab New Yeyars Eve. All of the bands and singers who entertained us all and of course the big man himself Santa and Elf for joining us for lunch. Thank you everyone. ❤️ As we look forward to 2026 we always want to hear your feedback so we know what works and what we can do differently. Please give us your feedback through reviews on Trip Advisor / Google / Facebook as these really help us, without you all we would not have the amazing pub we do. Thank you Rob & Gill
We are not quite ready to use the J word yet (January) 😂 Keep those celebrations and catch ups going as we have live music on tonight from 8pm 🎶🎶
We just wanted to wish all of our lovely customers and our amazing team a very Happy New Year. Thank you so much for welcoming us into your lovely pub and village, we can honestly say we have loved every minute. We already have so many great memories of 2025 and hope you do too. We wish you all the best for 2026 and look forward to creating many more happy memories with you all ❤️ Rob & Gill x
Thank you to everyone who has purchased tickets to join us at the Cross Keys, Washington on New Years Eve. This event has now SOLD OUT!!! Unfortunately if you don’t have a ticket we will be unable to let you in after 5pm on New Years Eve (we are closed from 5pm - 6pm to prepare for the event). We are sorry if this disappoints or inconveniences anyone and we hope you all have a very happy and enjoyable New Years Eve no matter what you are doing 🥳🥳❤️ The Cross Keys Team x