A sign reads 'London's last village pub.' The Red Lion is over 400 years old and has the second oldest beer licence in London. It has a black timber frontage and leaded light windows. Old gas light brackets now have electric fittings.
Two doorways suggest it was once divided into more than one bar, which would have made them very small indeed. As one bar it isn't exactly huge.
On the last Saturday in January, Cavaliers in full costume, crowd into the Red Lion to lament the death of their hero Charles I, who was executed in Whitehall on 30th January,1649.
Crown Passage at night has a wonderful 'olde worlde' atmosphere. It is still lit by gas and there are many interesting old shop fronts.
Sun 12.00-22.30
Closed Bank Holidays
TEL 020 7930 4141
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