London: Best Pub in Each Neighbourhood
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AlexFrom the last galleried coaching inn in England to a 16th-century highwayman's haunt on Hampstead Heath — one essential pub per London neighbourhood.
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The George Inn
The only surviving galleried coaching inn in England, rebuilt in 1677 and owned by the National Trust since 1937 — three storeys of wooden galleries around a cobbled courtyard. Dickens mentioned it in Little Dorrit. Operated by Greene King, open daily
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Lamb & Flag
Squeezed into an alley off Garrick Street, first licensed in 1623 — Dickens drank here, Dryden was beaten up outside. Two tiny rooms that fill up completely by 6pm on a Friday. One of the most atmospheric pubs in central London. Fuller's ales on tap
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The Spaniards Inn
Built in 1585 on the edge of Hampstead Heath — Dick Turpin stabled his horse here, Keats and Dickens both drank here, and Bram Stoker set a scene from Dracula in this very pub. The beer garden backs onto the Heath. Open daily from noon
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The Princess Louise
The most beautiful pub interior in London — an 1872 gin palace with etched mirrors, Doulton tiled walls, Portland stone columns, and snob screens around the central island bar. Grade II* listed, open Mon–Sat 11:00–23:00, Sun 12:00–19:00
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The Museum Tavern
Directly opposite the British Museum entrance since 1723 — Karl Marx used to drink here after a day in the Reading Room. A proper Victorian pub with a long bar, lots of wood, and the best people-watching in Bloomsbury. Open daily 11:00–23:00
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The Trafalgar Tavern
A grand 1837 Thames-side pub right on the river in Greenwich — wide bay windows over the water, whitebait dinners that Dickens wrote about, and a view of the Millennium Dome across the Thames. Live music on Sundays. Open Mon–Thu 12:00–23:00
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The Dove
On the Thames towpath in Hammersmith since 1796 — the front bar holds the Guinness Record for smallest commercial bar room in Britain. Terraces over the river, Fuller's ales, and the place where James Thomson reportedly wrote Rule Britannia
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The Holy Tavern
The former Jerusalem Tavern, renamed in 2022 — a 1720 building restored as an 18th-century coffee house, with bare boards, antique furniture, and St Peter's ales still behind the bar. A Clerkenwell institution. Open Mon–Sat 12:00–23:00
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