The modern buildings around the Cockpit pub conform to its shape and rightly so. This pub was built in the 1840's and its name recalls a time when co...
This impressive corner pub faces its famous namesake, Holborn Viaduct. Queen Victoria opened it in 1869, the Viaduct not the pub, although they were b...
This narrow wedge-shaped pub is jammed against the railway line at Blackfriars. It was built in 1875 near the site of a thirteenth century Dominican P...
The Punch Tavern has something of an identity crisis, is it a restaurant, café or a pub? Food is obviously important here and the pub's many accolades...
There are few occasions when spirits are lifted when re-visiting an old pub. Usually a sigh of relief if it's unchanged, more often a groan, when a c...
This modest pub was built in the 1670's for the masons who were rebuilding St. Brides Church (designed by Sir Christopher Wren) which was destroyed by...
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is one of the few pubs in London that can justify the 'Ye Olde' in its name. It was well known in the 17th century and many pu...
The Tipperary claims to be the first Irish pub outside Ireland and the first to sell Guinness in England. The claim to the title is explained by Moone...