Tag: London pubs
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The Counting House: Where the City’s Fortunes Still Flow
If you were to design a pub to impress a Victorian banker, it might look something like The Counting House on Cornhill — only you’d probably tone it down a little for fear of gilding the lily. This is a place that doesn’t just whisper “old money”; it serenades it under a domed glass ceiling. The marble…
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The Best Riverside Pubs in London
Top 10 Riverside Pubs in London. Londonopia lists the best pubs in London with views of the River Thames.
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Dirty Dicks: The London pub that wasn’t cleaned for 200 years… with dead cats and dogs left on the floor
Dirty Dicks is one of Londons strangest pubs. The pub’s name might appear rather cheeky, but there’s a tragic reason behind it. Many a Londoner has emerged from Liverpool Street station, let their gaze wander left down Bishopsgate, and spotted some electric scarlet letters spelling out the pub name, “Dirty Dicks”. Yes, the omission of…
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The London pub that inspired a nursery rhyme
The Eagle pub is the only pub that is immortalised in a nursery rhyme. Pop Goes the Weasel features the lines Up and Down The City Road, In and Out The Eagle….
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The Haunted Pub of Holborn
The Ship Tavern in Gate Street, Holborn dates back to 1549 making it one of the oldest pubs in London. It has long been movement to be haunted with staff and customers claiming to have seen mysterious figures sitting at tables after hours and glasses swinging unaided. The pub is believed to take its name…
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The Best Traditional London Pubs
London is famous for its traditional London pubs many of them dating back hundreds of years and still retaining original features. Londonopia has compiled a list of some of its favourite London boozers. A mahogany-panelled 16th century pub with traditional real-ale bar and upstairs dining room. Address: 12 Gate St, London WC2A 3HP Website: theshiptavern.co.uk…
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The Prospect of Whitby (Devils Tavern)
The Prospect of Whitby is a historic public house on the banks of the Thames at Wapping in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lays claim to being the site of the oldest riverside tavern in London. Situated on a narrow, creaking strip of riverside in Wapping, The Prospect of Whitby is a pub…