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Here is a list of all establishment selling real ale since 1st January 2013 and those pubs that are not. All pubs that have had a change of use or have been demolished before January 1st 2013 have been omitted. Pubs closed before this date remain on this site until this site is replaced. See links to historic data below. You can trace a pub back to 1983. As with the 1991 published guide establishments calling themselves bars, cafes etc have been (largely) ignored. This is not intended as a replacement for Whatpub but as a compliement. Whatpub will have all the latest beer information as well as phone numbers, email addresses and pub websites. If you want the pub phone number then use ukphonebook.com . There is also the BT based site. To check postcodes use the Royal Mail . Use this link to the Transport for London site to get to your pub. Whilst updates have been issued there is no guarantee that this information has been transferred to the database below. Therefore the correct way to use this online guide is to search for your pub here and then refer to the 1991 to now update file. then to the latest update and here it is ! For a list, not alphabetically of nearly all the updates since they began (1992) then take a look at this file. New establishments opening without real ale have been omitted from this list. For a list of all "pubs" then refer to John Adams list

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E1: Aldgate Exchange, 133/137 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7PT. Last Update <2016/01> map. Thorley Taverns.
Free house opened Dec 97. Reported closed and boarded in 2014. Still closed in Jan 2016.





E1: ARCHERS, 42 Osborn Street, E1 6TD. Last Update <2016/03> map. Whitbread.
Under new management/ownership and is a sister pub to the Culpepper ( 40 Commercial Street formerly City Darts/Princess Alice). Three Cask Ales, two from Trumans. Typical one-bar locals pub.





E1: ARTFUL DODGER, 47 Royal Mint Street, E1 8LG. Last Update <2006/06> map. Free House.
Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Fullers: London Pride. Wells & Young's: Courage Best Bitter. Flowers IPA: Ruddles County. Ex Ind Coope pub called the Crown & Seven Stars, it is a Grade II listed building. It originally got its licence in 1904 and was closed for four years before finally being re-opened in September 1985. Upstairs is a wine bar while downstairs the bar is smamartly decorated. Home cooked food lunchtimes. Darts and shove halfpenny. Function room. Beer range varies - up to three real ales - usually based around Courage Best.
Original Name? Crown & Seven Stars.





E1: Artichoke, 91 Stepney Way, E1 3BG. Last Update <2001/05> map. G Met Watneys. Closed.
Closed and gutted 2001.





E1: Bancroft Arms, 410 Mile End Road, E1 4RQ. Last Update <2010/06> map. G Met Trumans. No real ales! !
Re-opened Dec 93 .Handpump removed.





E1: Bar 45, 45 Mile End Road, E1 4TT. Last Update <2014/06> map. Ind Coope. No longer a pub.
Renamed BAR 45 in early 2011, Punch, ex-Allied (Taylor Walker). Cconverted to 'Kefala Grill' restaurant by October 2013 after an unreported spell as a furniture shop.
Original Name? Three Cranes.
Previous Names? Forty Five Three Cranes.





E1: BAR LOCKS, 21 White Church Lane, E1 7QR. Last Update <2012/06> map. G Met Trumans. No real ales!
Fuller: London Pride. Renamed Cauthens in September 1989, was the Horse & Groom.Former 19th century coaching inn, now revamped as a modern split-level bar decorated mainly decorated with sporting pictures. Darts. Restaurant. Function room. Pride rotatates with Landlord. Renamed in September 1989, was the Horse & Groom. Renamed Bar Locks. Was FAGINS for a while before being renamed BAR LOCKS.
Original Name? Horse & Groom.
Previous Names? Cauthens, Fagins.





E1: BELL, 50 Middlesex Street, E1 7EX. Last Update <2010/06> map. Thorley Taverns.
Wells & Young's: Courage Best Bitter, Wells & Youngs. Wells Bombardier. Adnams: Bitter. Ex G Met Trumans. Now a Thorley Taverns (1997). Reverted to Bell?.
Original Name? Bell.
Previous Names? Market Trader.





E1: BLIND BEGGAR, 337 Whitechapel Road, E1 1BU. Last Update <2009/12> map. Enterprise Inns.
Fullers: London Pride. Greene King: OSH. Range 2005. Large and well decorated one bar pub popular with the young and old. It supposedly gets its name from the 'Ballad of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green' which is 60 verses long. General Booth gave one of his first sermons from around here in 1865. The pub was the scene of a Kray gangland killing inthe 1960s. The pub itself was built in 1895. Lunchtime food. Garden.





E1: Brewery Tap, 500 Commercial Road, E1 0HY. Last Update <2013/06> map. G Met Watneys. Ex-Watney, closed 2012 and upper floors converted to flats together with two extra storeys above. Ground floor vacant and to let for retail use.





E1: British Prince, 49 Bromley Street, E1 ONB. Last Update <2006/12> map. Free House. Closed.
Fomer Ind Coope Taylor Walker. Re-opened pre July 96, now free? Closed 2006.





E1: BROWN BEAR, 139 Leman Street, E1 8EY. Last Update <2006/06> map. Punch Taverns, Ex Ind Coope.
Fullers: London Pride. Adnam: Bitter. A Grade II Listed Building because part of original glass remains with brass letters on sills and brass rails inside. An excellent Edwardian decorated pub, superb facilities and very comfortable. Menu combines beer with food. Lunchtime cooked food and snacks at other times. Open at 8.30 for breakfasts (not for beer). Darts and bar billiards. plus 1-2 guests from the 'Finest Cask' list.





E1: CAPE, Thomas Moore Sq/Nesham Street, E1W 1YY. Last Update <2008/12> map. Free House.
Fullers: London Pride. Taylors: Landlord. New free house opened Summer 1997.Accquired by Barracuda pub chain from Old Monk Pub Co.Renamed Thomas More. CAPE (THE SPIRIT OF SOUTH AFRICA).
Original Name? Old Monk.
Previous Names? Thomas More, Old Monk.





E1: CAPTAIN KIDD, 108 Wapping High Street, E1W 2NE. Last Update <2003/05> map. Samuel Smith.
Sam Smiths: OBB. Pub converted from a warehouse and decorated in a style that befits the new clientele of the area. Views overlooking the river. Darts. Restaurant and childrens room. Garden. 2 Samuel Smiths Bitters on tap (2003).





E1: Carlton, 238 Bancroft Road, E1 4BS. Last Update <2006/12> map. Free House. No real ales!
Former Bass pub.
Original Name? Carlton Arms.





E1: CARPENTERS ARMS, 135 Cambridge Heath Road, E1 5RN. Last Update <2015/06> map. Pubs 'n' Bars.
Cask beer restored in 2014, Greene King IPA. Now run by Pubs n Bars chain, ex-Bass.





E1: CASTLE (DOYLES CORNER), 44 Commercial Road, E1 1LN. Last Update <2006/06> map. Free House.
Wells & Young's: Courage Best Bitter, Wells & Young's: Courage Directors Bitter, Heineken UK: John Smith's Bitter. Former Courage pub.They tell me (SH) that they sell Greene King IPA and, sometimes, another Greene King beer. But there seems precious little evidence of this.





E1: Charlies, 124 Globe Road, E1 4DZ. Last Update <2014/12> map. Free House. Closed.
Re-opened (March 1995) and renamed Charlie's. Now a free house. Ex Watneys. Closed, future uncertain. Having been closed and boarded since 2009, now demolished and replaced with flats.
Original Name? Prince Of Wales.






E1: City of Carlisle-Simmons, 61 Royal Mint Street, E1 8LG. Last Update <2016/03> map.
Became a restaurant, Rosemary Lane 2003-2013 before becoming Simmonds Bar. Ex Grand Met Trumans. Reopened in 2015 as the fifth SIMMONS(Wellington) cocktail bar. No cask beer. Two keg beers from Meantime.
Former name? Rosemary Lane. Original Name? City of Carlisle.




E1: CLUTTERBUCKS, 89 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7RA. Last Update <1998/09> map. Punch Taverns, Ex Ind Coope.
Taylor Walker: Fullers: London Pride. Shepherd Neame: Spitfire Renamed back to White Hart (from Clutterbucks). Old photos of local area and collection of china plates around the walls. Has a long bar running back through the pub which makes its size deceptive. Cooked food lunchtime.
Original Name? White Hart.
Previous Names? Clutterbucks.





E1: COMMERCIAL TAVERN, 142 Commercial Street, E1 6NU. Last Update <2016/10> map. Newton Folgate Inns.
No longer pool or darts but the interior has been sympathetically renovated recently. Lunchtime food. A Grade II Listed Building. Function room. (Norton Folgate Inns). Sold in March to Barworks. Now four changing cask beers, e.g. Otley, Salopian, Siren. Keg ‘craft’ beers and over 40 bottled beers from many countries. Now operated by Newton Folgate Inns, ex-Bass via Punch.





E1: CROWN & SHUTTLE, 226 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6PJ. Last Update <2013/04> map. G Met Trumans.
Sharp: Doom Bar. Guest Beers 5. Closed 2001. Reopened April 2013 after 12 years of closure and dereliction and now independent, ex-Truman. Refurbished bar area with basic decor, bare floorboards, exposed brick walls, rough and ready furniture etc with rear extension (includes the bar).Keykeg 'craft' beers and Meantime 'brewery fresh' tank lager dispensed under pressure (£4.80-7.20/pint) beside the bar. A 'food truck' in the large rear garden offers beer flavoured dishes.





E1: Dean Swift, 2 Deancross Street, E1 2QA. Last Update <2006/06> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!
Expensive side street pub with a mixed clientele of locals and young drinkers. Pool and shove halfpenny. Outside drinking area and car park. Keg since early 1993. Still Keg 2006.





E1: DICKENS INN, St Katherines Dock, E1W 1LB. Last Update <2013/01> map. Courage.
Caledonian: Deuchers IPA. Greene King: IPA. Dickens Own Traditional Bitter (og 1035) is also available. Expensive tourist attraction in style of beams, benches and sawdust. Behind an 18th century warehouse stood the present structure made of European redwood. The building was moved 75 yards to its present site. Two restaurants and a function room. Handy for visitors to the Tower and St Katherines Dock.





E1: DISPENSARY, 19a Leman Street, E1 8EN. Last Update <2013/01> map. Free House.
Hogsback: TEA. Guest Beers 4. New Regent Inns free house. Opened Nov 1997 in former hospital premises. Was owned by Poetry Bars & Restaurants' pub chain.Closed on visit Nov 2005. Reopened in October 2006 and renamed DISPENSARY. They use lined glasses. Leased by Regent Inns to enterprising couple with a keen interest in real ale and quality food, albeit rather expensive. Tastefully refurbished with cream décor and ceiling fans, bare boards and tiled flooring, low lighting and mirrors. Spiral staircase leads to dining area at mezzanine level over bar. Open 11-11 Mon- Fri (food available 12-10). Five beers on visit on 22nd February including O'Hanlan's, Adnams American IPA, Nethergate, Colchester(?)
Original Name? Old Dispensary.
Previous Names? Old Dispensary.





E1: DOG & TRUCK, 72 Back Church Lane, E1 1LX. Last Update <2016/08> map. Ex G Met Watneys.
Enterprise). Now part of Enterprise’s Bermondsey Pub Co managed estate. Greene King IPA and Harveys Sussex Bitter.





E1: DUKE OF SOMERSET, 15 Little Somerset Street, E1 8AH. Last Update <2006/06> map. Town (Stonegate).
Greene King: Old Speckled Hen. Renamed Thirst & Last the back to Duke of Somerset. Appears to be selling only Greene King Old Speckled Hen at present (on the strength of two visits).
Previous Names? Thirst & Last.





E1: DUKE OF WELLINGTON, 12 Toynbee Street, E1 7NE. Last Update <1992/02> map. Bass.
Marston's: Draught Bass. Fullers: London Pride. Well lit, two-bar locals' pub with basic public bar and comfortable lounge. Cooked food lunchtime. Darts. Garden. Facilities for the disabled.





E1: ENGLISH RESTAURANT, 50/52 Brushfield St, E1 6AG. Last Update <2012/06> map.
Two varying Redemption beers. Established as an independent restaurant and coffee shop in 2001 in former commercial premises, a revamp has seen the installation of a bar with two handpumps. Beers will vary and beers from other London micros are planned. Formerly 'Market Coffee House'. Grade II-listed building with dining room upstairs. Salvaged interior from Bell, Carter Lane, demolished in 1999.





E1: GEORGE TAVERN, 373 Commercial Road, E1 0LA. Last Update <2009/07> map. Free House. No real ales!
Marston's: Draught Bass. Modernised old pub with live music and door charge on occasions. Has retained huge tiled painted mural.Was renamed Mad George.
Previous Names? Mad George.





E1: GOLDEN HEART, 110 Commercial Street, E1 6LZ. Last Update <2006/06> map. G Met Trumans.
Adnams: Bitter. Adnams: Broadside. Pleasant wood panelled pub with engraved names of old Truman beers. Frequented by locals and Spitalfields Market workers (until it closed they took advantage of the early licensing hours). Cooked meals at lunchtime and snacks at all times. Restaurant and wine bar.





E1: GOOD SAMARITAN, 87 Turner Street, E1 2AE. Last Update <2016/12> map. Scottish&New.
(Enterprise), 87 Turner St. Reopened after closing in May. Formerly G Met Trumans. Sammys to generations of staff and students from the London Hospital. Lively pub with a young clientele. Patients from the hospital have been known to nip in for a quick drink.





E1: GOODMANS FIELDS, 87-91 Mansell St , E1 8AP. Last Update <2002/05> map. Wetherspoons.
Fuller's: London Pride. Greene King: IPA. Greene King: Abbot. Guest Beers 3. New Wetherspoons. Opened Nov 2001.





E1: GRAPESHOT, 2-3 Artillery Passage, E1 7LJ. Last Update <2014/12> map. Davys.
Formerly a non draught bar in the chain. Cask beer introduced, the beer known as Davy?s Old Wallop.




E1: GROCER, 4 Crispin Place, E1 6DW. Last Update <2014/12> map. Youngs.
New Geronimo pub,opened in November within the redeveloped part of Spitalfields Market. Spacious, clean and modern, with covered terrace and beer garden. Three changing cask beers.





E1: Gun, 54 Brushfield Street, E1 6AG. Last Update <2016/03> map. Star.
On its 3rd site in 300 years. The first site was in Artillery Lane, the second site isnow part of Spitalfield Market. It has been on the present site since 1926. Now Star, ex- Truman via S&N. This interwar Truman pub closed 20 February 2015 and is expected to be demolished. Permission was granted on appeal in 2012 to redevelop, along with the adjacent paper exchange. Closed February 2015, now demolished.





E1: MAHOGANY, Wiltons Music Hall, 1 Graces Alley. E1 8JB. 0NQ. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House.
Adnams: American Style IPA; Everard: Truman's Runner.  Independent bar at front of music hall, open to public.  Bare brick walls and mahogany bar reputedly inherited from former pub on site. 020 7702 2789 http://wiltons.org.uk/





E1: HALF MOON, 212-223 Mile End Road, E1 4AA. Last Update <1998/09> map. Wetherspoons.
New Wetherspoons pub 1998.





E1: Henrys Cafe & Bar, 8 Balkan Walk-Tobacco Dock Shopping Centre, E1 9SG. Last Update <2003/05> map. Greenhalls. Closed.
Closed 2003.





E1: Horns, 36 Globe Road, E1 4DU. Last Update <2015/09> map. Free House. No real ales!
Former Truman. Reverted to HORN OF PLENTY. Cask beer restored, Fuller’s London Pride and a couple of guests, e.g. Hackney.
Original Name? Horn Of Plenty.
Previous Names? Horns.





E1: Hungerford Arms, 240 Commercial Road, E1 2NB. Last Update <2006/06> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!
One long bar with wood panelling and a red and pink decor. Collection of pots, jugs, plates and other bric-a-brac. Darts. Snacks at all times.





E1: INDO, 133 Whitechapel Road, E1 1DT. Last Update <2007/12> map. Mercury Taverns.
Up to 3 varying guest beers (e.g. Redemption). Run by Mercury Taverns ex Bass. Renamed Indo .
Original Name? Old Blue Anchor.
Previous Names? Old Blue Anchor.





E1: KINGS ARMS, 513 Cable Street, EW1 3ER. Last Update <2013/06> map. G Met Watneys.
Upper floors now converted to flats, together with two extra storeys above, following planning permission granted by Tower Hamlets Council in May 2012. Permission has now also been granted to the developer for conversion of the ground floor and basement ‘commercial space’ to flats in a classic two stage development process.





E1: KINGS STORES, 14 Widegate Street, E1 7HP. Last Update <2012/12> map. Greene King.
Everard: Truman Runner. Guest Beers 3. Now Greene King, ex-Whitbread via Laurel. Now transferred by Greene King from main estate to 'Real Pubs' subsidiary.




E1: LEMAN STREET TAVERN, 31 Leman Street, E1 8PT. Last Update <2016/03> map. Youngs. Spacious new Geronimo pub, opened February 2016. Cask beers.





E1: LIVING ROOM, Unit 1, Tower Bridge House, St Katharine Docks, East Smithfield, E1W 1AA. Last Update <2016/02> map. Renamed SLUG & LETTUCE following the takeover of the 'Living Room' chain by Stonegate from Premium Bars & Restaurants in August 2013, with real ale installed. Fuller: London Pride; Doom Bar.




E1: Mason & Taylor, 51-55 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA. Last Update <2012/12> map. Brewdog. No real ales!
Independent bar opened in December 2010 in premises formerly 'Green & Red' brasserie and bar (with no draught beers), and originally O2 BRASSERIE (BAR). Attractive simple decor with bare floor and ample tables and chairs. Open 12-midnight (1am Fri/Sat).
Original Name? Green & Red.
Previous Names? Green & Red.





E1: Mercers Arms, 34 Belgrave Street, E1 0NQ. Last Update <2014/06> map. Free House.
Former Bass pub. Free, closed and boarded up, construction work under way. Converted to residential use by October 2013.





E1: Mint, 60 East Smithfield, E1W 1AP. Last Update <2009/12> map. Fullers. Closed.
New pub opened 1992. Fuller, closed, lease not renewed by Fuller's, future uncertain.





E1: Nags Head, 15 Whitechapel Road, E1 1DU. Last Update <2006/06> map. Courage. No real ales!
Keg 2006.





E1: OLIVER CONQUEST, 70 Leman Street, E1 8EU. Last Update <2011/06> map. G Met Trumans.
Fuller: London Pride. Taylors: Landlord. A Grade II Listed Building.Reopened and renamed OLIVER CONQUEST in October 2010. Currently open Mon-Fri and Sat evening only.
Original Name? Garrick Tavern.
Previous Names? Mr Pickwicks.





E1: Peacock, 145 Aylward Street, E1 0QW. Last Update <1993/04> map. Free House. No real ales!
Former Watney pub 1993.





E1: PEPPERPOT HOUSE, 22 Dock Street, E1 8JP. Last Update <2016/10> map. G Met Trumans.
Renamed back to the Pepperpot. Renamed Pepperpot House. Independent, ex-Truman. Reverted to SIR SYDNEY SMITH after an unreported closure since 2014. Cask beer from Greene King.0
Original Name? Sir Sidney Smith.
Previous Names? Pepperpot, Pepperpot House.





E1: PIPELINE, 94-98 Middlesex Street , E1 7EZ. Last Update <2009/12> map. Free House.
Fullers: London Pride. Opened October 1999 in former commercial premises. Accquired by Puzzle Pub Co and renamed PUZZLE E1.one guest beer which changes monthly (currently Wentworth WPA).
Original Name? Old Monk.
Previous Names? Puzzle E1.





E1: Poet, 82/84 Middlesex Street , E1 7EZ. Last Update <2011/12> map. Free House. Closed.
Opened 2001. Closed on visit Nov 2011.





E1: PRIDE OF SPITALFIELDS, 3 Heneage Street, E1 5LJ. Last Update <2010/12> map. Free House.
Crouch Vale: Brewers Gold. Sharps: Doom Bar. Fuller's: London Pride. Fuller's: ESB. Guest Beers 1. Formerly the Romford Arms. A single bar pub with photos of old East End street scenes on the walls. Appealing to visitors and locals alike. Good value pints and handy for the curry houses of Brick Lane.
Original Name? Romford Arms.
Previous Names? Romford Arms.





E1: PRINCESS ALICE-CULPEPER, 40 Commercial Street, E1 6LP. Last Update <2014/12> map. Free House.
Wells & Young's: Courage Best Bitter, Fuller: London Pride. Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. On the Local List of Listed Buildings. Busy darts orientated pub formerly called the Princess Alice after the Thames river boat which sunk last century with heavy loss of life. Pool. Function room. Now Free, ex-Thorley Taverns. Renamed, CULPEPER.
Original Name? Princess Alice.
Previous Names? City Darts.





E1: PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA, 15 Prescot Street, E1 8AZ. Last Update <2006/06> map. Shepherd Nea.
Shepherd Neame: Kents Best. Shepherd Neame: Master Brew. Shepherd Neame: Spitfire Former G Met Trumans. Former S&N pub accquired by Shepherd Neame in March 2005. Two room pub with beer garden at rear.





E1: PROSPECT OF WHITBY, 57 Wapping Wall, E1W 3TJ. Last Update <2010/12> map. Punch.
Fullers: London Pride. Greene King: IPA. Marston: Pedigree. Former G Met Watneys. Range at 1996.18th century panelling on first floor. Restaurant upstairs, childrens room, Snacks and cooked meals at all times. Riverside balcony. Outside drinking area. Now Punch Pub Co, ex-S&N via Spirit.





E1: R BAR, 237 Mile End Road, E1 4AA. Last Update <2014/06> map. Wiltshire.
. Renamed R BAR. Sept 2013 shows sign of restaurant(?) opening soon, Pride of Asia.
Original Name? Three Crowns.
Previous Names? L'Oasis-Three Crowns.





E1: RAINBOW (SPORTS BAR), 72 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JJ. Last Update <1998/09> map. Ind Coope.
Marston's: Draught Bass. Fullers: London Pride. Renamed Pacificos and now (1998) Rainbow(Sports Bar).
Original Name? Bull & Pump.
Previous Names? Pacificos, Bull & Pump.





E1: Rose, 128 The Highway, E1W 2BX. Last Update <2011/06> map. Enterprise. Pub closed.
Renamed Rose. Locals' one bar pub. Closed 2011. Closed and boarded up, future uncertain. Pub established in 1839.
Original Name? Old Rose.
Previous Names? Old Rose.





E1: Royal Duchess, 543/547 Commercial Road, E1 0HQ. Last Update <2016/03> map. Bass.
Closed in November, reportedly being demolished to make way for flats.






E1: RHYTHM FACTORY 16-18 Whitechapel Road, E1 1EW . Last Update <2016/08> map. Ex Bass. In April became the first London outlet for STABLE, the cider & pizza chain majority-owned by Fuller’s. Now has cask beer, two changing e.g. Dorset, Otter, plus a range of keg beers.




E1: Scarborough Arms, 35 St. Marks Street, E1 8DJ. Last Update <2011/06> map. Punch.
Fullers: London Pride. Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Closed with planning permission from Tower Hamlets Council for conversion to ten flats. Pub established by 1856. Interior building work underway in February 2011. Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685, the last battle on English soil.





E1: Seven Stars, 49 Brick Lane, E1 6PU. Last Update <2014/05> map. G Met Watneys. No longer a pub, is now a shop.






E1: SHOOTING STAR, 125-129 Middlesex Street, E1 7JF. Last Update <2016/08> map. Fullers.
New Fullers pub 1998. Open Mon-Fri 11-11 and 12-3 Sun only. Renamed ASTRONOMER. Now has a handful of Fuller’s cask beers, plus a guest e.g. Butcombe, and some interesting bottles.





E1: SLUG & LETTUCE-ONE SIXTY (CITY), The Courtyard, 9 Stoney Street c/o White Kennet Lane, E1 7BH. Last Update <2016/03> map. Town (Stonegate).
Was Adnams tied pub opened July 95. Renamed SLUG & LETTUCE. Former free house now Town & City, ex-SFI via Laurel and Bay Restaurant Group. Sold and renamed in September ONE SIXTY (CITY) , sister to One Sixty, NW6. Up to four cask beers, e.g. Dark Star Hophead, Fuller’s London Pride and Seafarers, Truman’s Swift. Plenty of keg and bottled beers including London breweries.
Original Name? Water Poet.
Previous Names? Slug & Lettuce.





E1: Smiths, Spitalfields, 109 Commercial St.E1 6BG. Last Update <2016/08> map. Renamed in 2013 SMITHS, SPITALFIELDS. Reported closed earlier this year, interior gutted, future uncertain. Original Name? Luxe.

Previous Names? Spitz Bar?.




E1: Soma, 230 Mile End Road, E1 4LJ. Last Update <2010/12> map. Ind Coope. Closed.
Renamed Soma. Closed and the lease for sale/rent. Free, being converted to 'Soma Kitchen' restaurant.
Original Name? Kings Arms.
Previous Names? Kings Arms.





E1: STILL & STAR, 1 Little Somerset Street, E1 8AH. Last Update <2012/12> map Free.
Adnams: Lighthouse; +Fuller: London Pride; +Sharp: Doom Bar; +Wells: YoungÂ’s Bitter. Now independent, ex-Bass. Snacks at all times. Probably the only pub in the country so named. It may derive from the combination of distillation apparatus (still) and the symbol of an early licensees' association (star)





E1: TEN BELLS, 84 Commercial Street, E1 6LY. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free.
Truman: Swift, Runner; +Wells: Bombardier. Now independent, ex-Truman. 19th century tiling which depicts a 18th century street scene gave this pub a Grade II Listing. One of the unfortunate victims during the murderous reign of Jack the Ripper (a former name) was last seen live leaving this pub. Lunchtime food.
Original Name? Ten Bells.
Previous Names? Jack The Ripper.





E1: Thomas Neale, 39 Watney Market, E1 2PP. Last Update <2006/06> map. Free House. No real ales!
One-bar pub in a shopping precinct/market. Darts. Snacks at all times.





E1: TOWN OF RAMSGATE, 62 Wapping High Street, E1W 2PN. Last Update <2010/12> map. Bass.
Fullers: London Pride. Youngs: Bitter. A Grade II Listed Building because of 'Inside beamed ceiling, benches, plank panelling and engraved glass screen'. Judge Jeffreys was reputedly captured at this Inn. Grade II for 'interior, group value and historical association'. The cellars were dungeons for those awaiting deportation to Australia. Near to site of Execution Dock. Has gallow on river terrace. Food at all times.





E1: TURNERS OLD STAR, 14 Watts Street, E1W 2QG. Last Update <2016/12> map. Punch Taverns, ex Ind Coope.
. (Punch). Sold to a developer in 2014 but still trading. Fuller’s London Pride and Sharp’s Doom Bar. Formerly the Old Star. Named after the great British painter Joseph Turner 1775-1851. Corner locals' pub, once very basic, but now renovated to reflect the upward trend of the area. Darts. Garden.
Original Name? Old Star.





E1: URBAN BAR, 176 Whitechapel Road, E1 1BJ. Last Update <2006/06> map. Punch Taverns Ex Ind Coope.
Taylors: Landlord. Fullers: London Pride. Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Renamed Urban Bar and has applied for a 5am licence. It has been painted in tiger's stripes! Three beers available though quality seems a problem. Real ale may not always be available.
Original Name? London Hospital Tavern.
Previous Names? London Hospital Tavern.





E1: Vibe Bar, 91-95 Brick Lane, E1 6QL. Last Update <2015/06> map. Free House. Fizz bar in part of the former Truman brewery. Closed Nov 2014 after 17 years, future uncertain.





E1: Victualler, 69 Garnet Street, E1W 3QS. Last Update <2016/01> map. No real ale. Closed in 1986 as a Truman pub. Was a shop for many years, mostly an off license. Had a wine bar installed in 2011 as "Wapping Vineyard" with the "Victualler" following in 2012. Kernel beer is available in bottles.Original Name? Three Suns.






E1: Vineyard, 1 St Katherines Way, E1W 1UN. Last Update <2013/06> map. Davys Free House.
Closed and absorbed into the revamped International House with no indication of its former location.





E1: WATER POET, 11 Folgate Street, E1 6BX. Last Update <2007/12> map. Free House.
Taylors: Landlord. A-B InBev: Flowers IPA. New pub opened December 1992. Renamed Poet 2005 then Water Poet. Now leased by David Bruce's Honeypot Inns chain. Snacks and meals all day. Retains four-room layout.Has the current obligatory decor of dark-painted walls, chandeliers and candles. www.poetrybars.com Short measure is the rule here rather than the exception.
Original Name? Pewter Plater Tavern.
Previous Names? Poet, Pewter Plater Tavern.





E1: WHITE HART, 1/3 Mile End Road, E1 4TP. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House.
No longer run by Honeypot Inns. Now owned by Capital Pub Co. Basic and clean boozers pub with a superb glass partition and mirrors. Known as Murphys. No food. Pool. Reverted to family ownership. Now operated again by Mulligans after a spell with the Capital Pub Co. An in-house brewery named ‘Mulligans at the White Hart’ opened in early July 2013, -beers listed; +up to 4 home brewed beers in cask and keg versions: Blonde Ale (3.7%), Best Bitter (4.3%), Porter (4.3%) and IPA (5.1%); +guest (e.g. Fuller’s). Mulligans Wheat Beer (4%) and Lager (5%) only on keg taps.





E1: White Horse, 48 White Horse Road, E1 0ND. Last Update <2006/12> map. Bass. No real ales!
Small, old-fashioned and friendly one-bar pub just off Commercial Road. Snacks lunchtime only. Darts and pool. Outside drinking area.





E1: WHITE HORSE, 64 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JJ. Last Update <1992/02> map. G Met Trumans.
Greene King: Ruddles Best. There has been a pub on the site since 1462, its history is shown in the bar. Has an eight foot TV screen which can receive 43 channels. Snooker, darts and pool.





E1: WHITE SWAN, 21 Alie Street, E1 8DA. Last Update <2006/06> map. Shepherd Neame.
Shepherd Neame: Master Brew. Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Bishops Finger as well as a guest beer. Former free house that re-opened in 1989 after a fire. Grade II listed building with wood fronted bar and half wood wall panelling. Display of old photographs and news sheet editions. Shepherd Neame makes a welcome addition to the beers available in this area. Restaurant and function room. Shame about the rather loud music, no doubt for the barstaff.





E1: WHITE SWAN & CUCKOO, 97 Wapping Lane, E1W 2RW. Last Update <2012/12> map. Enterprise Inns.
Sharp: Doom Bar. Comfortable locals pub previously called the White Swan. Wood panelling with old photos and beer names long since gone. Also ships' badges. Darts. Snacks and meals lunchtime only. Enterprise, ex- Truman,
Original Name? White Swan.





E1: WILLIAMS, 22/24 Artillery Lane, E1 7LS. Last Update <2013/06> map. Greene King.
Formerly the Ship. Recreated Georgian style wine and ale pub with beamed ceiling and wall curios. Darts. Cooked food lunchtime. Reverted to simply WILLIAMS. Ex Whitbread. Renamed WILLIAMS ALE & CIDER HOUSE, Greene King: Spitalfields Brew (3.6%) house beer; +varying cask ales primarily from London micros (e.g. Hackney, London Fields, Redemption, Sambrook’s, Truman) from a total of 14 handpumps. Seven keg taps include cider. Three third pint ‘paddles’ of cask ale £3.80. Rebranded by Greene King as part of its Capital Pub Co chain and now majoring on London microbrewery cask beers. Other pubs are likely to follow in similar vein as part of either its Capital Pub Co or Realpubs chains, including the Phoenix, EC2. Piano, live music Thu/Fri evenings, seasonal food including ‘stew of the day’; kitchen open 12-9 Mon-Fri, 11-9 Sat, 11-6 Sun. Pub open 11-11 (midnight Thu-Sat, 10 Sun).
Original Name? Ship.
Previous Names? Williams Wine & Ale House.





E1: ZEPPELIN SHELTER, 40 Leman Street, E1 8EU. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House.
Former Courage pub. 2002 a free house renamed Bar Bed. Closed following a drugs raid. Owned by the Wentworth Pub Co? Closed again in December 2008. Reopened and renamed ZEPPELIN SHELTER. Reverted to BLACK HORSE, Greene King: OSH; +Sharp: Doom Bar.
Original Name? Black Horse.
Previous Names? Black Horse, Bar Bed.





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E2: Acorn, 149 Queensbridge Road, E2 8PB. Last Update <2016/10> map. Ascot Estates. No real ales!
Ascot Estates owned. Reopened. Mayfair Taverns sign. Closed in September on expiry of lease. The branch has submitted an ACV nomination to halt planned demolition.





E2: ALBION IN GOLDSMITH'S ROW, 94 Goldsmith's Row, E2 8QY. Last Update <2005/12> map. Free House.
Taylors: Landlord. Adnams: Ghost Ship. Caledonian: Deuchars IPA;. Guest Beers 1. Former Shepherd Neame pub renamed the Albion from the Duke of Sussex. Excellent Landlord and landlord.
Original Name? Duke Of Sussex.
Previous Names? Duke Of Sussex.





E2: Angel & Crown, 170 Roman Road, E2 0RY. Last Update <2006/12> map. Free House. No real ales!
Ex Charrington pub (1993). Reported keg in 2006.





E2: APPROACH TAVERN, 47 Approach Road, E2 9LY. Last Update <2010/12> map. Free House.
Adnams: Bitter. Fullers: Chiswick Bitter. Fullers: London Pride. Range mid 2002. Now a Remarkable Restaurants Free house.





E2: Bar Melange-Paradise Inn-Glory, 281 Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. Last Update <2015/06> map. Free House. No real ales! !
Renamed OARSMAN 2001. Renamed CK BAR and renamed again MELANGE. Reopened and renamed HOBBY HORSE. Renamed early 2010s, PARADISE INN. Still no cask beer. Renamed again GLORY. Still no cask beer.
Original Name? Victory.
Previous Names? Nice Little Earner, Victory, Oarsman, Ck Bar Melange.





E2: Bar NP (A10), 267 Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. Last Update <2015/06> map. Belhaven. No real ales!
Now (2003) a Russian owned pub. Still keg. Renamed BAR NP (A10) in 2006. Closed in the last few years, now ‘Shelter’ nightclub.
Original Name? Royal Alfred.
Previous Names? Royal Alfred, Nu Poqodi, Bar Np (A10).





E2: Bar Valiente, 423 Bethnal Green Road, E2 0AN. Last Update <2010/12> map. Free House. No real ales!
No real ales! 2006. Renamed 2010 Bar Valiente
Original Name? Albion.
Previous Names? Albion-Bohola House.





E2: BIRDCAGE, 80 Columbia Road, E2 7QB. Last Update <2013/02> map. Ex G Met Trumans.
Taken over Nov 2014 by Draft House but not renamed. This ex-Truman pub retains a more traditional feel than their other outlets. Food focused around pie & mash. Sambrook’s Wandle +1-2 guests.





E2: British Lion, 193 Hackney Road, E2 8JL. Last Update <2015/06> map. Whitbread. Closed.
Closed & boarded 2012. Having been reported closed in 2012, now a wine bar with no draught beer.





E2: BROWNS, 1 Hackney Road, E2 7NX. Last Update <2002/11> map. G Met Watneys.
Tetley: Bitter. Range 2002. Formerly the Horns. Large cafe style pub with large pool area at rear. Working clothes allowed, but no dirty boots/overalls. Cooked meals lunchtime.
Original Name? Horns.





E2: CAMEL, 277 Globe Road, E2 0JD. Last Update <2014/06> map. Free House.
Closed and for sale 2001.Has reopened after 5/6 years. A very nice pub, and really good news that it has resurfaced, having won a reprieve from demolition earlier in 2005. Reopened after closure in December 2013, Adnams: Broadside; Sambrook: Wandle; 2 varying guest beers (e.g. Adnams, Green Jack). Specialises in pies.





E2: CARPENTERS ARMS, 73 Cheshire Street, E2 6EG. Last Update <2007/12> map. Free House.
Adnams: Seasonal beer. Taylors: Landlord. Reopened and pleasantly furnished.





E2: Chiltons, 12 Chilton Street, E2 6DZ. Last Update <2001/05> map. Ascot Estates. Closed.
Closed 2001. Formerly the Britannia. Renamed back to Britannia 2005. The pub is closed but the outside is in good condtion but no pub name is displayed.
Original Name? Britannia.
Previous Names? Chiltons.





E2: Dolphin, 85 Redchurch Street, E2 7DJ. Last Update <2002/05> map. G Met Trumans. No longer a pub.
Converted to residential use 2002.





E2: Duke of Cambridge, 25 Cambridge Crescent (formerly Felix St), E2 9EJ. Last Update <2008/12> map. Belhaven. Closed.
Closed 1998. Still closed 2008.





E2: Duke of Wellington, 52 Cyprus Street, E2 0NN. Last Update <2005/05> map. G Met Watneys. Closed.
Closed and for sale 2005. Grade II Listed Building.





E2: DUNDEE ARMS, 339 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9LH. Last Update <2014/06> map. Ex Punch Taverns, ex Ind Coope.
Note the sunken hook on the right hand side of the entrance to facilitate the handling of barrels to and from the cellar. Unusual curved glass frontage. Locals' pub opposite the York Hall where the Pigs Ear Beer Festival was founded. Handy for the fisticuffs held there. Having closed last year, reopened in April by the operator of the Crooked Billet E5. There is a mixture of wood panelling (painted and unpainted), distressed décor including bare brick walls, comfortable fixed bench seating. A wonderful and very rare original mosaic sign ‘Dundee Arms’ was uncovered during the refurbishment. Now free of tie, cask beers from East London, Siren Craft, Truman's.





E2: Durham Arms, 408 Hackney Road, E2 7AP. Last Update <2009/07> map. Enterprise Inns. Closed.
Closed and appears to be undergoing conversion to residential use. The pub was established before 1814.





E2: Flea Pit, 49 Columbia Road, E2 7RG. Last Update <2014/06> map.
Renamed BAWN by January 2011, still no real ale and the sole handpump for cider removed.





E2: FLORIST ARMS, 255 Globe Road, E2 0JD. Last Update <2013/02> map. G Met Watneys.
Guest Beers 2, +cider on three handpumps. Reverted to FLORIST ARMS,





E2: Fountain, 123 Sceptre Road, E2 0JU. Last Update <2013/04> map. G Met Watneys. Pub demolished.
Still trading but planning permission granted by Tower Hamlets Council for pub to be replaced by new residential development. Demolished 2012.





E2: George & Dragon, 2 Hackney Road, E2 7NS. Last Update <2016/08> map. Free House. Closed.
Was Brent Walker owned according to RW. Ex Truman. Converted to a shop Feb 96. Just become a pub again, still called the George and Dragon, full of the Shoreditch crowd but basic inside. Closed in late 2015. The leaseholders surrendered their lease due to a rent increase. Interior of the pub has been gutted. Closed last year after a rent increase, now reopened. Cask beer introduced, Shepherd Neame Master Brew and Whitstable Bay.





E2: Hanana's, 178 Old Ford Road, E2 9PW. Last Update <2014/06> map. Free House. Converted to 'City of Paris' Indian restaurant by November 2013.
Former Truman pub 1993. Renamed Hanana's Wine Bar 2004. Keg (2003).
Original Name? City Of Paris.
Previous Names? City Of Paris.





E2: HARE, 505 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9BU. Last Update <2007/06> map. G Met Trumans.
Greene King: IPA. Taylors: Landlord. Horseshoe shaped bar now under new management so expect facilities to change. Darts. TV. Snacks at all times. Greene King Abbot Ale is occasional and they have the Greene King seasonal beer.





E2: Joiners Arns, 116/8 Hackney Road, E2 7QL. Last Update <2015/06> map. Enterprise Inns.
Was Ascot Estates owned. This gay/alternative community pub was sold to a developer in 2014 and closed in January 2015.





E2: KINGS ARMS, 11 Buckfast Street, E2 6EY. Last Update <2014/06> map. Ex Courage. 5/6 varying cask beers mainly from micros plus ?craft? keg and bottled beers. Now independent, ex-Courage. Refurbished and a sister pub to the Earl of Essex, N1. Beers are displayed on blackboard, not on handpumps.





E2: Kings Head, 257 Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. Last Update <2013/04> map. Ind Coope. No longer a pub.
H removed 2006.ex-Allied (Taylor Walker), converted to private members' club in 2012.





E2: Korsan Bar, 165 Kingsland Road, E2 8AL. Last Update <2013/01> map. Whitbread. Closed.
Renamed The Plaza. Live music venue (2005).KORSAN BAR (2008). Ex-Enterprise, a bar and club, renamed KINGSLAND, a family sports bar in 2012, closed.
Original Name? Royal Standard.
Previous Names? Royal Standard, Plaza, Korsan Bar.





E2: MARKSMAN, 254 Hackney Road, E2 7SJ. Last Update <2008/07> map. Free House.
Taylors: Landlord. Former West Brewery (was near the Childrens Hospital) pub and only one of 3 pubs out of a dozen to sell real ale in Hackney Road. Cooked meals at lunchtime and snacks other times. Pool. Opens all permitted hours if custom warrants.





E2: MARQUIS OF CORNWALLIS, 304 Bethnal Green Road, E2 0AG. Last Update <2013/06> map. Enterprise.
Wells: Courage Best Bitter.  Enterprise, ex-Truman via Unique. Comfortable island bar pub. Darts. Cooked meals lunchtime and snacks other times.





E2: Metropolis, 234 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9NN. Last Update <1992/03> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!
Original Name? Martins-Beachcomber-Arabian Arms.





E2: MISTY MOON, 456 Bethnal Green Road, E2 0EA. Last Update <2009/07> map. Free House.
Greene King: Abbott. Wells & Young's: Courage Best Bitter. Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Former Charrington pub 1992. Became a Wetherspoon free house. No longer Wetherspoons. Run by Valeart Design.+guest beers (e.g.Jennings). Thatcher Heritage cider also on H.
Original Name? Camdens Head.
Previous Names? Camdens Head.





E2: Mother Kellys, 251 Paradise Row, E2 9LE. Last Update <2014/12> map. Moontide.
Having opened this year, now serving 2-3 real ciders. Still no cask beer.





E2: Nelsons Head, 32 Horatio Street, E2 7SB. Last Update <2016/06> map. Free House.
Ex Charrington and Gibbs Mew. Ex Pubs n Bars chain. Closed in Feb after the tenant returned the lease, having sold off various fittings, future uncertain. Reopened but no cask beer. Renamed FANNY NELSONS . Still no cask beer.





E2: OLD GEORGE, 379 Bethnal Green Road, E2 0AN. Last Update <2013/06> map. Enterprise Inns.
Enterprise, ex-Truman. Caledonian: Deuchars IPA; +Otter; Bitter; +up to 3 guests and/or handpumped cider on 5 handpumps. Beers may vary but not so far featuring London brewed beer. Leased by Enterprise to Antic in July 2013. Typical Antic stripping back to bare floorboards and bricks. Large rear garden. Ground floor fascia has been removed to reveal original Trumans Brewery signage beneath. Open from 4pm Mon-Fri and 12 noon at weekends.





E2: Old King Johns Head, 90 Whiston Road, E2 8BW. Last Update <2013/06> map. Charles Wells. Closed by March 2012.
Former Charrington pub 1992.





E2: On the Rocks, 25 Kingsland Road, E2 8AA. Last Update <2010/12> map. Courage. No real ales!
Renamed Titles Nite Spot. Renamed On the Rocks. Renamed BASING HOUSE in June 2010.
Original Name? Old Basing House.
Previous Names? Titles Nite Spot, Old Basing House.





E2: Orange-Catch, 22 Kingsland Road, E2 8DA. Last Update <2012/12> map. Free House. No real ales! !
New (2000) Renamed CATCH.
Original Name? Orange.
Previous Names? Orange.





E2: OWL & PUSSYCAT, 34 Redchurch Street, E2 7DP. Last Update <2014/12> map. Brakspear.
Was leased to 580 Ltd by 2010. Acquired by Young?s, will become a Geronimo pub, leased from Brakspear. Grade II Listed Building. Ex Charrington.
Original Name? Crown.
Previous Names? Crown-Alternative-Taylors.





E2: PENNY FARTHING-SPREAD EAGLE, 3 Kingsland Road, E2 8AA. Last Update <2016/03> map. Free House.
Closed in September 94. Re-opened Aug 95 as Spread Eagle. Cask beer restored, Sharp’s Doom Bar.
Original Name? Spread Eagle.
Previous Names? Penny Farthing.





E2: Persverance, 112 Pritchards Road, E2 9AP. Last Update <2013/06> map. G Met Watneys. Cask beer discontinued.





E2: Railway Tavern, 131 Globe Road, E2 0LJ. Last Update <2014/06> map. Free House.
Free ex Bass. (Pubs 'n' Bars). Closed and boarded up in February 2014.





E2: Raizes, 460 Hackney Road, E2 9EG. Last Update <2007/06> map. Free House. No real ales!
Reopened and renamed RAIZES. No real ale. Now a Free House/Brazilian bar and restaurant.
Original Name? Norfolk Arms.
Previous Names? Norfolk Arms (Pickles), Sobar.





E2: RAVENSCROFT, 4 Ravenscroft Street, E2 7QG. Last Update <2006/12> map. Free House.
Greene King: IPA. Former G Met Watneys. Now a free house. Sells a seasonal beer. Renamed RAVENSCROFT.
Original Name? Victoria.
Previous Names? Victoria.





E2: Royal Oak, 73 Columbia Road, E2 7RG. Last Update <2014/12> map. Ex Enterprise Inns.
ex-Ascot and Belhaven. Bought in 2013 by Young's for their Ram Pub Co leased estate, little changed. East London Foundation and Pale Ale, Sharps Doom Bar.





E2: Salmon & Ball, 502 Bethnal Green Road, E2 0EA. Last Update <2006/06> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!
No real ale 2001. Cafe-style one-bar pub. A Listed Building. Cooked food lunchtimes and snacks at other times.
Original Name? Salmon & Ball.
Previous Names? Tipples.





E2: SEBRIGHT ARMS, 31 Coate Street, E2 9AG. Last Update <2012/06> map. Free House.
Guest Beers 4. Formerly Sollys (ex Gibbs Mew). Restaurant. Large comfortable smart wood-panelled pub off Hackney Road down Sebright Passage. Live music wed-Sun evenings and jazz Sunday lunchtime. In 2007 planning application for demolition and replacement by yet more apartments refused by Tower Hamlets Council following a petition from 173 objectors. The planning report read: 'The proposed demolition and loss of the public house is an unacceptable loss of an important community and social function for local residents.' Tower Hamlets are to be congratulated for taking such an enlightened, common sense view in the face of government pressures to maximise housing at the expense of community facilities. A new planning application for demolition and replacement mainly by flats. Closed since 2009 but not previously reported, it has been reopened by independent operator Charles Ross following refusal by Tower Hamlets Council of at least two planning applications by the previous owner for demolition and replacement by flats.The cumulative loss of pubs in the area, its colourful past as a cabaret pub and its conservation area status, appear to have influenced the refusal on 'loss of amenity' grounds. At last a positive outcome and an example of what can be achieved by Councils if the will is there.
Original Name? Sebright Arms.
Previous Names? Sollys.





E2: SHAKESPEARE, 460 Bethnal Green Road, E2 0EA. Last Update <2015/06> map. G Met Trumans.
Under new management in 2015, introducing cask beer: Fuller’s London Pride and Sharp’s Doom Bar.





E2: STAR, 359 Bethnal Green Road, E2 6LG. Last Update <2013/06> map. G Met Trumans. No real ales!
Renamed Tommy Tuckers: April 92 a free house. Renamed back to the White Hart July 1993.Closed and re-opened as the Cock & Comfort 1997. Then renamed the Pleasure Unit. Advertised bar lounge art. Renamed STAR (OF BETHNAL GREEN). Caledonian: 80/-, Double Dark; TrumanÂ’s Emperor.
Original Name? White Hart.
Previous Names? Cock & Comfort, Pleasure Unit, White Hart.





E2: STICK OF ROCK, 143 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG. Last Update <2013/02> map
. Reopened as a pub and reverted to its original name WELL & BUCKET in February 2013 after 20 years, mostly in use as a shop. Varying beers from four handpumps (e.g. Buxton, Marble, Moor and Windsor & Eton). Now operated by Barworks pub chain, originally Truman and later Belhaven and Ascot. Extensively renovated with vestiges of its famous internal tiling surviving.
Original Name? Well & Bucket.
Previous Names? Well & Bucket.





E2: Stingray Globe Café, 109 Columbia Road, E2 7RL. Last Update <2009/07> map. Belhaven. Closed.
Report 2003: No real ale reported and renamed Stingray Globe Cafe.
Original Name? Globe.
Previous Names? Globe.





E2: Sun, 441 Bethnal Green Road, E2 0AN. Last Update <2014/12> map. Whitbread.
Ex independent, ex-Whitbread. Having closed in May 2013,reopened in September 2014 as the SUN TAVERN, by Umbrella Project who also have a non-draught bar nearby. No cask beer. Local keg beers, e.g London Fields, Pressure Drop, Redchurch.





E2: Tantrums/Focus Nite Spot & Images Wine Bar, 481 Hackney Road, E2 9ED. Last Update <1994/03> map. Free House. No real ales!
Was Hop Picker and Keeleys.
Original Name? Queen Adelaide-Hop Picker-Keeleys.




E2: THREE SODS BREWERY TAP,, 42 Pollard Row, E2 6NB. Last Update <2016/06> map. Free House.
Taproom open to public, in basement of Bethnal Green Working Men’s club, where the brewery is located. Open Wed-Sat 17-24. Several cask beers.






E2: VICTORY, 27 Vyner Street, E2 9DQ. Last Update <2008/12> map. Free House.
Fullers: London Pride. Greene King: Old Speckled Hen.





E2: White Horse, 236 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9DA. Last Update <2008/12> map. Whitbread. Closed.




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E3: Albert, 74 St Stephens Road, E3 5JL. Last Update <2003/05> map. Belhaven. No real ales!
Enterprise Inns run (2003).
Original Name? Prince Albert.
Previous Names? Prince Albert- Christys.





E3: Bar Risa, 221 Grove Road - Bow Wharf, E3 5SN. Last Update <2015/01> map. Regent Inns. No longer a pub.
New Regent Inns free house. Opened late Summer 1997. Converted to 'Regents Lake' banqueting venue in 2012. In 2016 the home of the London Liquor Co a gin distillery.





E3: Beehive, 104 Empson Street, E3 3LT. Last Update <2006/12> map. Enterprise Inns. No real ales!
Closed for a while in 2005 but reopened in Dec. Lively backstreet local behind St Andrews Hospital. Darts and pool. Childrens room. Cooked meals at all times. Handpump removed in 2007.





E3: Blue Anchor, 67 Bromley High Street, E3 3EN. Last Update <2015/09> map. Free House.
.Originally owned by the Kings Arms Brewery, part of the London & BurtonBrewery Co, who were taken over by Watney Combe Reid in 1929. The freehold was sold to the LCC in 1950. Closed.





E3: BOW BELLS, 116 Bow Road, E3 3AA. Last Update <2007/06> map. Punch Taverns, ex Ind Coope.
Fullers: London Pride. Brakspears: PA. Large comfortable pub with interesting collection of toby jugs, prints and, as you might expect considering its name, a collection of bells. The onlypub in Bow with a genuine guest beer policy, it could be anthing! Fives dartboard. Live music at lunchtime+Guest beer (e.g. Wooden Hand brewery).





E3: COBORN ARMS, 8 Coborn Road, E3 2DA. Last Update <1992/02> map. Young & Co.
Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Wells & Young's: Young's Special. Wells & Young's: Winter Warmer. Until 1984 was a Whitbread pub. Dartboards in constant use. Former Lacon Brewery pub. Outside drinking area. Cooked food lunchtime.





E3: CROWN, 223 Grove Road, E3 5SN. Last Update <2011/06> map. Youngs.
No longer Belhaven owned. Not Ascot Estates owned. Geronimo pub acquired by Young's in December 2010. Formerly MAR I TERRA.
Original Name? Crown Hotel.
Previous Names? Mar I Terra, Crown.





E3: CYGNET, Swan Wharf, 60 Dace Road, E3 2NQ. Last Update <2015/06> map. Truman.

Truman's brewery tap opened in a former warehouse, with a large front terrace by the Lee Navigation. Full range of Truman?s beers, plus a guest. Open 9am- 11(1am Fri & Sat). Renamed in March, PLOUGH AT SWAN WHARF. Now run by the team behind the Plough, E9, but remains Truman’s semi-official brewery tap.





E3: DUKE OF WELLINGTON, 16 Newmill House - Devas Street, E3 3LL. Last Update <2014/06> map. Ascot Estates. Closed for some time (2010?), has been acquired by Antic (ex Pheonix) and will reopened in May 2014 as The Galvanizier's Union.. Up to 6 varying cask ales. Usual eclectic furnishings and d?cor. Open 5-11(midnight Thu & Fri); 12-midnight Sat; 12-11 Sun.






E3: ELEANOR ARMS, 460 Old Ford Road, E3 5JP. Last Update <2013/01> map. Shepherd Neame.
Shepherd Neame: Kent's Best. Guest Beers 2. Rotation of Spitfire, Bishops Finger, Early Bird and Sheps One Offs of Special Brews. +2 other Shepherd Neame or





E3: Fat Cat Cafe Bar-East London Liquor, Grove Road, E3 5SN. Last Update <2014/12> map. Free House.
Changed hands and renamed in June 2014, EAST LONDON LIQUOR, a new venture from former Barworks people. Cask beer discontinued. In house gin distillery.





E3: Kings Arms, 167 Bow Road, E3 2SG. Last Update <2010/06> map. Punch Taverns. Pub Closed.
Punch, ex-Taylor Walker, closed and shuttered.





E3: Lighthouse, 421 Wick Lane, E3 2JG. Last Update <2005/12> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales.
Renamed Lighthouse 2005. Basic mock Tudor pub just off the motorway. Pool and shove halfpenny. Lunchtime snacks.
Original Name? Railway Tavern.
Previous Names? Iceland.





E3: Liquor Inn, 171 Devons Road, E3 3QX. Last Update <2005/12> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!
Renamed Liquor Inn.
Original Name? Bricklayers Arms.
Previous Names? Bricklayers Arms, Kitsons.





E3: LITTLE DRIVER, 125 Bow Road, E3 2AN. Last Update <2012/06> map. Bass.
Fuller: London Pride. Taylors: Landlord. Enormous, 50 year old Hoare & Co Celebrated Stout. mirror on the wall near the dartboard. Cooked food lunchtime. Garden.





E3: LORD CARDIGAN, 12 Anglo Road, E3 5HD. Last Update <2016/10> map. Ex Ind Coope.
(Admiral). Acquired by City Fund Pub Co and renamed GREEN GOOSE. Truman’s Runner and Swift, plus a changing beer from Crate.





E3: LORD MORPETH, 402 Old Ford Road, E3 5NR. Last Update <2011/06> map. Wells: Bombardier. Now Enterprise, ex-Whitbread.






E3: LORD TREDGAR, 50 Lichfield Road, E3 5AL. Last Update <2013/06> map. Remarkable.
Was owned by Sycamore Taverns and Inn Business, ex Ind Coope. II Listed Building. Garden. Fuller London Pride, seasonal beer (Wild River); Sharp: Doom Bar.  Now Remarkable, ex-Inn Business.





E3: MORGAN ARMS, 43 Morgan Street, E3 5AA. Last Update <2011/06> map.
Former G Met Watneys. Ex Geronimo, then operated by Capital Pub Co who acquired it from the previous owners Tomahawk Pubs in June 2010. Acquired by Greene King from CPC in July 2011.
Original Name? Morgan Arms.
Previous Names? Playwrights.





E3: NEW GLOBE, 359 Mile End Road, E3 4QS. Last Update <2010/06> map. Active Pub Co.
Wells & Young's: Courage Best Bitter, Greene King: IPA. On the local list of Listed Buildings.Now Enterprise, ex-Whitbread.





E3: Old Duke of Cambridge, 22 Reeves Road, E3 3PH. Last Update <2013/06> map. Belhaven. Closed in August and sold to a property developer. Planning application to Tower Hamlets Council for conversion to flats.





E3: PALM TREE, 24 /26 Haverfield Rd, E3 5BH. Last Update <2010/06> map. Free House.
Guest Beers 2. Canalside pub that has been isolated by what is known as Mile End Park. Darts. Well worth finding (if you can). Was Brent Walker owned. Canalside pub that has been isolated by what is known as Mile End Park. Darts. Well worth finding (if you can). Was Brent Walker owned. Garden. Serves two varying guest beers





E3: Queen Victoria, 1 Gillender Street, E3 3WJ. Last Update <2001/11> map. Free House. Closed.
Reopened after being closed and for sale notices posted. Closed and boarded up 2001.





E3: Rose & Crown, 8 Stroudley Walk - Devons Road, E3 3HA. Last Update <2006/12> map. Ind Coope. Closed.
Owned by Maple Leaf Inns. A Grade II Listed Building.





E3: VICTORIA, 110 Grove Road, E3 5TH. Last Update <2014/12> map. Charles Wells.
Former Charrington pub acquired by Charles Wells in March 1991. Taken over by Yummy Pub Co, their third London site leased from Charles Wells. Expanded to seven Wells & Young cask beers, plus occasional guest (e.g. Castle Rock, York).





E3: Wentworth Arms, 127 Eric Street, E3 4SR. Last Update <2007/06> map. Charles Wells. No real ales.
Acquired in 1991 from Charrington. Expensive. Lunchtime food. Situated behind Mile End Station. H unused despite recent facelift.





E3: Widows Son, 75 Devons Road, E3 3PJ. Last Update <2012/12> map. Ind Coope. No real ales.
A Grade II Listed Building because: 'Interior retains almost completely its circa 1870s fittings, including engraved mirrors, decorated panels to pilasters, gilt capitals and glass front. old and said to be at risk of closure.





E3: Young Prince, 448 Roman Road, E3 5LU. Last Update <1992/03> map. Free House. No real ales!





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E4: Artisan, 11 Hall Lane, E4 8HH. Last Update <2013/06> map. Enterprise Inns.
New pub 1999. Closed and boarded Nov 2012. Reopened and reverted to WISHING WELL.
Original Name? Wishing Well.
Previous Names? Wishing Well.





E4: COUNTY ARMS, 420 Hale End Road, E4 9BP. Last Update <1995/06> map. Scottish & New.
Greene King: Ruddles County. Former G Met Trumans. Decorated with dray horses and knick-knacks. Function room. Disabled welcome. Snacks at all times.





E4: Gardeners Arms, 18 Burnside Avenue, E4 8YJ. Last Update <2010/12> map. Pub closed.
2001 New pub? Replaced the Greyhound we presume? Punch, ex-Bass, closed and boarded up by January 2010.





E4: GREENE MAN, 195 Old Church Road, E4 6RB. Last Update <2009/12> map. Greene King.
Greene King: IPA. Greene King: Abbot. Was Beefeater selling Boddies and Flowers Original. Run by Greene King as part of their Hungry Horse chain.





E4: Harvester, 175 Unit 5 Larkswood Leisure Pk New Road, E4 9EY. Last Update <2001/11> map. No real ales.
In New Road where a new swimming pool is. Reported keg. Opened 2001.





E4: KINGS FORD, 250/252 Chingford Mount, E4 8JL. Last Update <1997/06> map. Wetherspoons.
Well's: Courage Directors. Greene King: Ruddles Best Bitter. Greene King: Abbot. Guest Beers 6. New pub opened Oct 96(?). Wheelchair access.





E4: KINGS HEAD, 2b Kings Head Hill, E4 7EA. Last Update <2012/12> map. Ember (Stonegate).
Fuller: London Pride; +Greene King: OSH; +St Austell: Tribute; +Sharp: Doom Bar which may vary; +up to 6 guest beers from 10 handpumps in this Stonegate pub. Ex Ind Coope. Garden and function room. Food at lunchtime and evenings.





E4: LARKSHALL, Larkshall Road, E4 6NT. Last Update <2015/06> map. Spirit, ex Courage.
Superb old looking pub with various little rooms and large ornate eating section. The only thing against it are the artificial fires. Larkshall Farm was on this site from 1890 till the pub was built. Disabled welcome. Refurbished in December 2014 and converted to their new ‘Golden Oak Inn’ format. Redecorated with a more modern colour scheme, but the old building and period features remain. Six cask beers, including smaller breweries such as Clouded Minds, East London, Red Squirrel.





E4: Mount Terrace-Bojangles Brasserie, 1 Old Church Road, E4 6SJ. Last Update <2014/08> map. Whitbread.
Closed and boarded 2004. Reopened June 2005. It used to be at ground level before it became the Iceland store. Closed 2009. Reopened as the Birdcage Bar. Renamed Chanz. Renamed Mount terrace in 2012. Closed again in 2013. Became the Bojangles Brasserie by August 2014.
Original Name? Prince Albert.
Previous Names? Prince Albert-Bar PA-Birdcage-Chanz.





E4: Obelisk, 30/32 Church Road, E4 8DD. Last Update <2015/12> map. Ex Barracuda. Closed.
Was a new Greenhalls pub 1992. Renamed THE MOUNT then OBELISK. Former Greenalls pub acquired by Barracuda and branded as a 'Smith & Jones' pub. Confirmed to be one of the ex-Bramwell pubs taken over by Parity Bars. Closed in Dec 2015.
Original Name? Coppermill.
Previous Names? The Mount.





E4: OLD HALL TAVERN, 200 Hall Lane, E4 8EY. Last Update <2010/12> map. Scottish & New.
Wells & Young's: Courage Directors Bitter, Greene King: OSH. Wells & Young's: Young's Special. Formerly G Met Watneys. Restaurant and garden gone since last survey but food lunchtimes. Darts and pool.





E4: ONE TWENTY, 120 Station Road, E4 . Last Update <2013/06> map. Free.
Mighty Oak: Captain Bob from barrel behind bar (G).





E4: PLOUGH, Sewardstone Road, E4 7RJ. Last Update <2004/11> map. McMullens.
McMullens: AK. McMullens: Country. McMullens: Stronghart. Surrounded by superb walking countryside but when visiting the pub check the frequency of the bus service as it is 2 hourly after 6 with the last bus to un-civilisation at 9.30. The previous Plough can be seen around the corner. Darts, pool and shovehalfpenny as well as bar billiards. Garden.





E4: QUEEN ELIZABETH, 95 Forest Side, E4 6BA. Last Update <2015/12> map. Scottish & New.
Formerly G Met Trumans. Was run by the Spirit Group then Orchid, ex-S&N via Spirit. Acquired last year from Orchid and recently closed, now reopened as an Ember Inn. Eight changing cask beers from national breweries.





E4: ROYAL FOREST HOTEL, Rangers Road, E4 7QH. Last Update <2009/12> map. Whitbread.
Fullers: London Pride. Now Whitbread owned . Open all permitted hours.





E4: ROYAL OAK, 219 Kings Head Hill, E4 7PP. Last Update <2002/11> map. McMullens.
McMullens: AK. McMullens: Country. McMullens: Stronghart. Meals in separate lounge area at lunchtime and evenings (7-9). Two distinctive bars - public clean and comfortable, lounge quiet and plush.





E4: Royston Arms, 83 Chingford Mount Road, E4 8LU. Last Update <2015/08> map. Community.(Stonegate).
Ex Arena pub. Closed and sold, future uncertain. Planning application has been received from New York Developments Ltd to demolish the pub and construct 3-4 storey building to provide retail space and 26 residential units. Facts: Over fifty pubs in the postal areas covered by Waltham Forest have closed since 1991. Five in E4. Dispersal orders by the council in recent years cover "People begging aggressively and being drunk or rowdy in public places". Would that be because they have nowhere to drink as the planners give their permission fot other uses? Only 19 parking spaces are planned which is far too few for 26 homes. Should be nearer 52.





E4: Sirloin-Dovecote, Friday Hill, E4 6EL. Last Update <2014/12> map. Bermondsey Pub Company.
Reopened 23rd February 2001 and renamed Forest Edge. Renamed back to Sirloin. Owners Enterprise took possession when the lease expired. Reopened Dec 2012. Reopened 4 September 2014 after an eight week refit and renamed the Dovecote. Five real ales on opening night. Pictures depicting Chingford and the local area. Renamed after Pimp Hall a C16/C17 timber-framed dovecote in Kings Road. London Pride, Doom Bar, Adnams Broadside, Green King London Glory and Otter Ale (not on) on opening night.
Previous Names? Forest Edge, Sirloin.





E4: STATION HOUSE, 136/8 Station Road , E4 6AN. Last Update <2011/06> map. Marstons.
Marstons: Pedigree. Banks's: Mild. Courage: Best. New Wizard Inns free house opened November 1999 in former grocery shop named Chesneys. Open all permittedhours. Renamed STATION HOUSE 2006. Sublet by Marston to an independent operator.
Original Name? Thomas Willingale.
Previous Names? Thomas Willingale.





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E5: ANCHOR & HOPE, 15 High Hill Ferry, E5 9HG. Last Update <1992/02> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride. Fullers: ESB. Guest Beers 1. No food, just good beer. One-bar pub on the waterfront. Darts. Opens at 6pm Saturday evenings.





E5: CLAPTON HART, 231 Lower Clapton Road, E5 8EG. Last Update <2012/12> map. Bass.
Guest Beers 8. Was a nightclub c2002 (Chimes Bar-White Hart (Pegasus). Acquired in February 2012 by Antic and renamed the Clapton Hart. Kitchen open until 9.30.
Original Name? White Hart (Pegasus)-.
Previous Names? Chimes Bar-White Hart (Pegasus).





E5: Cricketers-Verden, 181 Clarence Road, E5 8EE. Last Update <2014/12> map. Ascot Estates.
Reverted to Cricketers 2001. Having closed in 2009, reopened in June 2014 as VERDEN, the first of a new wine bar/deli chain. No real ale. Camden Town beers on keg.
Original Name? Shamps-Penny Farthing.
Previous Names? Cricketers.





E5: CROOKED BILLET-Jack Beards at the Crooked Billet, 84 Upper Clapton Road, E5 9JP. Last Update <2013/06> map. Enterprise.
Renamed Jack Beards at the Crooked Billet. Large one bar pub with restaurant in the old saloon bar. Darts. Reverted to CROOKED BILLET, 4 varying guest beers (e.g. Dark Star, Five Points, Hackney, Redemption). Refurbished with garden replacing car park. Enterprise, ex- Watney via Unique.
Previous Names? Jack Beards At The Crooked Billet.





E5: ELDERFIELD, 57 Elderfield Road, E5 0LF. Last Update <2009/12> map. Punch Taverns, ex Bass.
Adnams: Broadside. Fullers: London Pride. Harvey: Sussex Best Bitter. Taylors: Landlord. Darts, pool and garden. Renamed ECLIPSE by early 2005 and now renamed again to ELDERFIELD.
Original Name Priory Tavern. Previous Names? Elipse, Elderfield.





E5: Fitzgeralds, 43 Lower Clapton Road, E5 0NS. Last Update <2014/12> map. Courage.
Renamed FITZGERALDS early 2005. Enterprise, ex-Courage via Unique, no real ale. Closed and work going on Dec 2013. Having closed in 2012, with the upper floors converted to flats, the ground floor has now reopened as BONNEVILLE. Primarily a French restaurant, it is possible (just!) to have a drink without ordering food but the bulk of the space is given over to diners. No real ale but an impressive selection of London and imported keg beers including Brugs Zot, Meantime, Paulaner, Redwell.
Previous Names? Elephants Head.





E5: Fountain, 211 Lower Clapton Road, E5 8EG. Last Update <2007/12> map. G Met Watneys. Closed.





E5: George, 171 Glyn Road, E5 0JT. Last Update <2014/06> map. Enterprise. No real ales!
Enterprise, ex-Courage via Unique, closed c2007 and has been used for several one-off music events. There is a local campaign and petition for it to be reopened as a pub. Converted in August 2012 to 9 flats: ?George Court?.





E5: Glyn Arms, 1 Mandeville Street, E5 0DH. Last Update <2014/06> map. Ind Coope. Reopened.





E5: Jubilee, 278 Millfields Road, E5 0AR. Last Update <2014/06> map. Belhaven.
Closed and boarded 2001. Demolished by May 2013 with planning permission granted on appeal in 2007 to replace with 33 student studio flats.





E5: London Tavern, 92 Rendlesham Road, E5 8PA. Last Update <1992/02> map. Bass. No real ales!





E5: Lord Cecil, 42 Lower Clapton Road, E5 0PD. Last Update <2006/12> map. Courage. Closed.
Closed 2007 and bought for redevelopment. Still standing Dec 2013.





E5: PRINCE OF WALES-PRINCESS OF WALES, 146 Lea Bridge Road, E5 9RB. Last Update <2013/01> map. Geronimo.
Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Wells & Young's: Youngs London Gold. Wells & Young's: Youngs Waggledance. The one Youngs pub in the East End that did not revert to Whitbread. Darts. Food at all times. Change of name to Princess of Wales.
Previous Names? Prince Of Wales.





E5: ROYAL SOVEREIGN, 64 Northwold Road, E5 8RL. Last Update <2012/06> map. Punch Taverns, ex Bass.
One-bar pub with collection of regulars' ties cut whilst being worn. Open brickwork on most walls. Darts and pool. Children's outdoor area and garden with fish pond and aviary. Snacks at all times. The 106 bus stops outside, they had three real ales on.





E5: Ship Aground, 144 Lea Bridge Road, E5 9RB. Last Update <2016/10> map. Punch Taverns. Closed.
Punch, ex-Bass, closed and boarded up. Despite local opposition to closure, there are plans to convert the ground floor to café use with residential accommodation above. Closed in 2009, now demolished apart from two elevations.





E5: STAR BY HACKNEY DOWNS, 35 Queensdown Road, E5 8NN. Last Update <41>> map. Enterprise Inns.
Ex Enterprise?ex-Ascot. renamed Star By Hackney Downs. Renamed from the Three Sisters and refurbished in 2013. They describe themselves as "showcase for Hackney's talented creatives". Sister pub to the Star of Kings Cross and Bethnal Green. 2 varying Greene King beers. Refurbished with an open-to-view kitchen.
Original Name? Three Sisters.
Previous Names? Three Sisters.





E5: Swan, 73 Clapton Common, E5 9AA. Last Update <2014/06> map. Bass.
Closed January 2009 and in process of being sold, possibly for a non-pub use. Converted to a synagogue in September 2012.





E5: WINDSOR CASTLE, 135 Lower Clapton Road, E5 8EQ. Last Update <2013/06> map. G Met Watneys.
Refurbished in 2013. Adnams Broadside +up to 5 guest beers from local brewers. Refurbished with an open-to-view kitchen. Food is served in the evening daily and lunch at weekends.






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E6: BOLEYN TAVERN, 1 Barking Road, E6 1PW. Last Update <2014/06> map. Ind Coope.
Large three-bar Victorian pub close to West Ham FC. Darts in public bar, pool in the saloon. History lesson now starts: Anne Boleyn married Henry VIII secretly in 1533 and was the mother of Elizabeth I. Three years later she died of a sore neck. Spirit leased pub, reopened in 2014, operated by Globe Trott Inns with hostel accommodation upstairs. Fuller's London Pride and a Marston's Tetley house beer.





E6: Central-Central Hotel, 150 Barking Road, E6 3BD. Last Update <2006/12> map. Ind Coope. No real ales!
Keg again in 2006.Three-bar Victorian pub. Darts and pool in basic public bar. Live music and talent nights Thursday to Sunday in the saloon. Lounge bar entrance in Macaulay Road. Snacks lunchtime. Function room and garden.
Previous Names? Central Hotel.





E6: Denmark Arms, 381 Barking Road, E6 1LA. Last Update <1992/02> map. Ind Coope. No real ales.
No real ale on recent visit though handpump remains. Still keg in 2003. Large Victorian corner pub recently refurbished into one bar. Darts and function room. Cooked food lunchtime and snacks at other times.





E6: Dukes Head, 593 Barking Road, E6 2LW. Last Update <2007/12> map. Bass. Closed.
A Stanwood Tavern.





E6: Earl of Wakefield, 72 Katherine Road, E6 1EN. Last Update <2014/12> map. Bass.
Ex East London Pub Co. (Enterprise). Closed and boarded since December 2013, future uncertain.





E6: Ferndale Hotel-Ferndale, 40 Cyprus Place, E6 5NW. Last Update <2013/06> map. Bass. Pub closed.
Punch, ex-Bass, closed and boarded up by January 2010.No longer a pub, appears to be a residential property.
Previous Names? Ferndale.





E6: HAMMERS, 80 High Street South, E6 6ET. Last Update <2004/05> map. G Met Watneys.
Adnams: Broadside. In 1959 it was called the Red Lion. Small friendly one-bar pub with numerous pictures of West Ham FC decorating the walls. Darts, lunchtime meals. Occasional barbecues in the garden.
Original Name? Red Lion.





E6: MILLERS WELL, 419/429 Barking Road, E6 2JX. Last Update <1993/04> map. Wetherspoons.
Formerly Biancos/Spirit Bar. Became Wetherspoons 1993.
Original Name? Spirits Bar.
Previous Names? Millers Well.





E6: Overdraft Tavern, 200-202 High Street, E6 2JA. Last Update <2010/06> map. Free House. No real ales!
Former Barclays Bank. VT Free house 1998. Keg 2010..8





E6: Roding, Southend Road, E6 2AN. Last Update <2013/01> map. Ind Coope. No longer a pub.
Punch, ex-Taylor Walker, closed by 2009. Upper floors converted to flats with ground floor vacant in October 2012.





E6: Tollgate Tavern, 16 Mary Rose Mall - Frobisher Road, E6 5LX. Last Update <2000/05> map. Whitbread. No real ales!
Now (2000) keg.





E6: White Horse, 125 High Street South, E6 6EJ. Last Update <2000/05> map. Bass. No real ales.
Modern one-bar pub recently renovated with numerous portraits of horses. Darts and pool. Cooked meals lunchtime. Outside drinking area. Reported as keg 1995.





E6: Winsor House, Winsor Terrace, E6 6LE. Last Update <1995/06> map. Whitbrread. No real ales.
Whitbread Brewers Fayre. New pub opened March 95,attached to the Travel Inn. Open all hours - Sunday afternoon for diners. Near the DLR Beckton station. NOW KEG.






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E7: Duke of Fife, 350 Katherine Road, E7 8NW. Last Update <1992/02> map. Courage. No real ales!





E7: Eagle & Child, 112 Woodgrange Road, E7 0EN. Last Update <2013/06> map. Ind Coope. No longer a pub.
Renamed Eagle 1993. Closed, planning application submitted for redevelopment for flats in 2005. Converted to pharmacy by March 2011.
Original Name? Eagle & Child.
Previous Names? Eagle & Child.





E7: Forest Gate Hotel, 105 Godwin Road, E7 0LW. Last Update <2016/03> map. Punch Taverns, ex Ind Coope. No real ale.
One-bar pub with lunchtime snacks. Darts and pool. Function room for 150 people. Garden. Entertainment Friday and Saturday night and Sunday lunchtime.





E7: Forest Glen, 39 Dames Road, E7 0DR. Last Update <2012/06> map. Bass. Closed.
ex-Bass, closed and for sale. Now signage in window says 'new restaurant opening soon'.





E7: Fox & Hounds, 178 Forest Lane, E7 9BB. Last Update <2015/07> map. G Met Watneys.
Unusual array of army buttons and cap badges. Darts. Cask beer restored, Fuller’s London Pride and a guest.





E7: HOLLY TREE, 129 Dames Road, E7 0DZ. Last Update <2005/12> map. Bass.
Greene King: IPA. Large public house with a restaurant. Darts. Garden.





E7: HUDSON BAY, 1-5 Upton Lane , E7 9PA. Last Update <1999/11> map. Wetherspoons.
Opened February 1999.





E7: Live & Let Live, 264 Romford Road, E7 9HZ. Last Update <2014/12> map. Ex Bass. (Enterprise). Closed in January 2014 and sold to a developer in June, future uncertain.





E7: Mo's Bar, 249/251 Green Street, E7 8LJ. Last Update <2007/12> map. Bass. No longer a pub.
Predominantly cosmopolitan pub with music at weekends. Snacks at all times.Renamed TERRY SPINKS MBE. Reopened and renamed MO'S BAR after extensive internal refurbishment. Now Khana Khazana restaurant.
Original Name? White Hart.
Previous Names? Terry Spinks Mbe, Mo's Bar.





E7: Old Spotted Dog, 212 Upton Lane, E7 9NP. Last Update <2007/06> map. G Met Watneys. Closed.
For sale signs up - closed 2004. Still closed in 2007.





E7: Princess Alice-Bar Monastery, 329 Romford Road, E7 9HA. Last Update <2013/06> map. Ind Coope. No longer a pub.
Renamed Bar Monastery.Ex-Taylor Walker.Converted by November 2012 to Palm Tree (Chum Chums) Indian and oriental buffet restaurant with Dhoom banqueting suite on the first floor.
Previous Names? Bar Monastery.





E7: RAILWAY TAVERN, 173 Forest Lane, E7 9BB. Last Update <2016/06> map. Antic.
Renamed FOREST TAVERN. Up to 8 varying guest beers. Leased by Antic from Punch, Sold by Punch and now bought by Augusta Pubs, an investment fund. Still run by Antic. ex-Allied (Taylor Walker) from early September. Being fitted out in typical Antic style with bare floorboards and bricks, mismatched furniture etc.





E7: Rising Sun, 528 Romford Road, E7 8AD. Last Update <1992/02> map. Bass. No real ales!





E7: Simpsons, 342 Romford Road, E7 8BS. Last Update <2014/05> map. G Met Trumans. No real ales!
Also carried a sign for 'Galaxy Restaurant'. Closed and work in progress in May 2014.
Original Name? Freemasons' Tavern.





WANSTEAD TAP, Arch 352, Winchelsea Rd, E7 0AQ. Last Update <2014/06> map. Opened May 2014 in former commercial premises in railway arch. Primarily an independent outlet for bottled beers, for on- or off-sales. There is a 'cask beer of the week', tapped on Fridays, e.g. ELB Cowcatcher.





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E8: Anatolia Bar-Heart of Hackney, 255 Mare Street, E8 3NS. Last Update <2014/12> map. Free House.
Former Charrington pub, the Horse & Groom. Reopened and renamed AMP. No real ale. Extensively rebuilt in early November 2006. Free, Reverted to MADDIGAN'S (OF MARE STREET), Renamed Anatolia Bar. Renamed, HEART OF HACKNEY. Still no cask beer.
Original Name? Horse & Groom.
Previous Names? Maddigans (Of Mare Street), Amp, HOBSONS CHOICE.





E8: BAXTERS COURT, 282/284 Mare Street , E8 1HE. Last Update <2003/05> map. Wetherspoons.
New Wetherspoon pub opened Feb 2003.





E8: CAT & MUTTON, 76 Broadway Market, E8 4QJ. Last Update <2014/06> map. Punch.
Lease taken over in 2014 by Columbo Group, who also run Old Queen's Head N1, Blues Kitchen NW1, Paradise W10. Taken over again (by City Pub Co.) Four cask beers, e.g. Hackney, Redemption, Signature, plus local keg and canned beers.





E8: COCK TAVERN, 315 Mare Street, E8 1EJLast Update <2012/12> map. G Met Trumans.
Guest Beers 8. 2-3 varying 'Howling Hops'; beers from microbrewery located in cellar, plus up to 8 guest beers from other microbreweries and up to 4 ciders or perries on 16 handpumps.





E8: DALSTON EASTERN CURVE GARDEN CAFE, 13 Dalston Lane, E8 3DF. Last Update <2014/06> map. Four varying East London beers in polypins (e.g. Pale Ale, Orchid, Jamboree, Foundation Ale). Independent. Garden laid out by the local community in 2010 with the cafe opening in summer 2013. Drinks and food can be taken into heated greenhouse. Open 11-dusk Wed-Sun.




E8: DOLPHIN, 165 Mare Street, E8 3RH. Last Update <2015/06> map. Enterprise Inns.
Enterprise, ex-Truman. Cask beer restored, e.g. Adnams, East London.





E8: DOVE FREE HOUSE & KITCHEN, 24 Broadway Market, E8 4QJ. Last Update <2010/12> map. Free House.
Crouch Vale: Brewers Gold. Taylor: Landord. Guest Beers 2. One-bar brought back to original Victorian look, (wood bar, walls and window frames). Very well decorated. Yucca trees and plants in windows. Only one number on the clock - 11. Jazz on Sunday at lunchtime. Garden. Former Taylor Walker pub named the Goring Arms. Cooked food and snacks
Original Name? Goring Arms.
Previous Names? Dove Free House & Kitchen.





E8: Duke of Sussex-Overdraft, 151 Haggerston Road, E8 4JA. Last Update <2013/06> map. Whitbread.
Renamed OverdraftDemolished by February 2012. Confirmed as closed & boarded in Sep 05.
Previous Names? Overdraft.





E8: DUKE OF WELLINGTON, 260 Haggerston Road, E8 4EP. Last Update <2011/06> map. Courage.
Doom Bar. The pub took its present name to celebrate the adoption of the Duke as Prime Minister. Haggerston appears in the Doomsday Book as Hergodstone after Hergod a local Saxon leader who erected a stone memorial in the area. Darts and pool.





E8: FARR'S SCHOOL OF DANCING, 11-19 Dalston Lane, E8 3DF. Last Update <2014/06> map. Adnams: Old Ale; Caledonian; Deuchars IPA; plus 3/4 varying guests from regionals and London micros (e.g. Five Points). New Antic pub opened early December 2013 in former community hall leased from Hackney Council and originally a dance school. Renovation is a ?work in progress? with an island bar and the usual Antic ?distressed? style with raw brickwork, exposed piping, second hand furniture including cinema seating, and a moped hanging from the ceiling. Low lighting, with dance-related black and white photos on the walls. Proposals are to extend into vacant unit next door and for a restaurant on the first floor. Open 4-midnight Mon-Fri, 12-midnight Sat, 12-11 Sun.




E8: FOX, 372 Kingsland Road, E8 4DA. Last Update <2012/12> map. Free house.
Marston's: Pedigree. Guest Beers 4. range now; +4 varying real ales (e.g. Bristol, Castle Rock, Dark Star, Oakham, Thornbridge etc) +3 varying real ciders/perries. Open 4 (12 Sat/Sun)-midnight. Wholesome food and bar snacks.





E8: RUSSETT, Hackney Downs Studios, 17 Amhurst Terrace, E8 2BT. Last Update <2012/06> map.
"The Russet is a tradional British Apple and the name of a new cafe come creative venue soon to be a restaurant at Hackney Downs Studios." Opened on 10 December 2012. The intention is to offer live music, storytelling and a curated performance programme. This venue was spawned from the creative arts centre Netil house in Hackney. Directions: If you are facing the former: Amhurst Arms now the Hand of Glory, 240 Amhurst Road. E8 2BS take the sloping path (Amhurst Terrace) on the left hand side of the pub and continue towards the subway under the railway line. The Russett is last on the right. Varying cask beers (e.g. London Fields) straight from barrel (G), plus 2 varying keg beers (also from London Fields). Independent cafe bar opened in former printworks, as part of studio complex.





E8: Kingsland, 37 Kingsland High Street, E8 2JS. Last Update <2013/01> map. Ind Coope. No Real Ale!.
No real ale. Reopened after a brief, police-enforced closure.
Original Name? Bull Inn.
Previous Names? Bull Inn.





E8: LONDON FIELDS, 137 Mare Street, E8 3RH. Last Update <2013/06> map. Punch Taverns, ex Ind Coope (Taylor Walker).
Formerly the Warburton Arms. Modernised in tasteful style with pictures of early Hackney and cricket scenes. Darts. Cooked food lunchtimes and snacks till 7pm. Sambrook: Wandle; Sharp: Doom Bar; Taylor: Landlord.
Original Name? Warburton Arms.





E8: LONDON FIELDS BREWERY TAP, 365/366 Warburton Street, E8 3RR. Last Update <2013/06> map. London Fields Brewery.
Varying London Fields beers on handpump plus their keg beers on tap. Open only at weekends. http://www.londonfieldsbrewery.co.uk/2013/02/18/tap- room-re-opening/ T: 020 7254 7174 email info@londonfieldsbrewery.co.uk






E8: Marie Lloyd Bar, 289 Mare Street, E8 1EJ. Last Update <2016/08> map. Ind Coope. No longer a pub.
Free, closed and converted to cafe by 2012. Confirmed in Jul 05 that it sold Greene King IPA, Abbot and Old Speckled Hen on handpump. Having dropped draught beer a few years ago, now reintroduced keg beers e.g. Crate and renamed STAGE 3. No cask beer.
Original Name? Britannia - Mr Pepys.
Previous Names? Samuel Pepys.





E8: Stories-MARKET HOUSE, 30 Broadway Market, E8 4QJ. Last Update <2016/08> map. Free house.
Closed 1999. Reopened and refurbished as a bar and restaurant in late June after over 13 years closure. Open-to-view kitchen.Now independent, ex Watney via Ascot, Brent Walker and Belhaven. Renamed STORIES in 2013. Renamed EDGAR’S. Cask beer discontinued.





E8: New Brewery Tap-Molly Blooms, 525 Kingsland Road, E8 4AR. Last Update <2016/01> map. Free House.
Ex Belhaven. Renamed Sammy J's pre July 96 then New Brewery Tap. Renamed, MOLLY BLOOM'S, little changed. Cask beer discontinued, handpumps disused.
Original Name? Brewery Tap.
Previous Names? Sammy J's, New Brewery Tap.





E8: OLD SHIP, 2 Sylvester Path, E8 1EN. Last Update <2009/07> map. Enterprise Inns.
Was owned by Unique and leased to Honeypot Inns. Was Enterprise, ex-Unique (Honeypot). One-bar pub with darts and pool. Basic town pub.Also has an entrance in Mare St up a tiled corridor. Enterprise, leased toUrban Inns. Refurbished early 2014 by new leaseholders Urban Pubs & Bars, former owners of Realpubs. Four real ales, primarily from local breweries, e.g. Ha'penny and Truman.





E8:OSLO-HACKNEY CENTRAL, Former Railway Station Building, 1A Amhurst Rd. E8 1LL Last Update <2014/06> map. Reopened and renamed OSLO in January 2014. 3 varying real ales from London micros (e.g. Five Points, Redemption, Sambrook?s). An independent bar, restaurant and late night music venue with a ?dark Nordic? theme. Open Mon-Wed 12-2am (2.30 Thu, 3am Fri), Sat 10am-3am, Sun 10am-2am. Admission charge after 10pm when live music being performed.




E8:OSTO, 240 Amhurst Rd, E8 2BS. Last Update <2014/06> map. Renamed ORO by February 2013, a bar/restaurant and renamed again to HAND OF GLORY by early January 2014. 2 varying real ales from London micros (e.g. Crate, Five Points, Pressure Drop). Independent pub run by operators of Dream Bags/Jaguar Shoes of E2 Kingsland Road. Formerly DE BYSTO and originally AMHURST ARMS.




E8: PEMBURY TAVERN, 90 Amhurst Road, E8 1JH. Last Update <2006/06> map. Free House.
Run by the Milton Brewery (Cambs) Ex Truman. Good range of 10 beers on out of 16 handpumps. For a while was tied to Banks & Taylor. Huge barn of a place with bare walls and shiny wooden floor. Even with only nine people in the pub, it was too noisy, all the noise echoing around the place. Needs carpet and something on the walls to soak up the noise" (Report from John Adams) More information:- The Pembury Tavern is now open 12-11 Mon-Sat and 12-10.30 Sunday.





E8: PRINCE ARTHUR, 95 Forest Road, E8 3BH. Last Update <2015/06> map. ETM Group.
Adnams: Bitter. Caledonian: Flying Scotsman. Sambrook: Junction. Fullers London Pride: Closed 2001. Formerly the Prince Arthur. Reasonably priced, comfortable, relaxed pub in fashionable part of Hackney. Photographs of the area c1900. Attractive lettering above the bar. Taken over Oct 2014 by Gorgeous Pubs.
Original Name? Prince Arthur.
Previous Names? Lady Diana.





E8: PRINCE GEORGE, 40 Parkholme Road, E8 3AG. Last Update <2002/11> map. Remarkable Restaurants Free house.
Fullers: London Pride. Adnams: Bitter. Brakspears: PA. Now a Remarkable Restaurants Free house. Ex Whitbread. Large one bar pub. Sparsely furnished with interesting prints of Brighton and pub sign of Prince Regent in flagrante. Decorated with bust of Brunel and stuffed birds in glass cages. Pool. Food at all Now a Remarkable Restaurants Free house. Ex Whitbread. Large one bar pub. Sparsely furnished with interes ting prints of Brighton and pub sign of Prince Regent in flagrante. Decorated with bust of Brunel and stuffed birds in glass cages. Pool. Food at all times with monthly theme dinners. 10'x8' map of the world. Mercator protection and ionisers. Two real fires and function room. Renamed back to Prince Arthur.





E8: PUB ON THE PARK, 19 Martello Street, E8 3PE. Last Update <2014/12> map. Free House.
Reopened and renamed 1992. Now run by Camden Bars, along with other pubs formerly in the same group. Five changing real ales, e.g. Five Points, Sambrook.
Original Name? Queen Eleanor.
Previous Names? Pub On The Park, Taylors.





E8: Railway Tavern, 339 Mare Street, E8 1HY. Last Update <2009/12> map. Bass. No real ales!
No real ale, refurbished and under new management. Closed in 2009 and now converted to a betting shop according to London Drinker.





E8: Railway Tavern, 59 Kingsland High Street, E8 2JS. Last Update <2016/10> map. Punch Taverns, ex Charles Wells.
Ex Charrington 1993. Now Charles Wells owned. Now Punch, ex-Bass, still no real ale. Closed in 2015, now a pizza restaurant.





E8: Rosie O'Gradys, 27 Marlborough Avenue, E8 4JP. Last Update <2013/06> map. Belhaven. Closed.
Closed and boarded up 2002. Demolished by August 2012.
Original Name? Lee Arms.





E8: SHACKLEWELL ARMS, 71 Shacklewell Lane, E8 2EB. Last Update <2014/12> map. Enterprise.
Renamed SHACKLEWELL ARMS by February 2004 but not previously reported. Ex Enterprise, ex-Watney via Unique. Now up to seven changing cask beers on gravity and handpump, at least one usually from Five Points.
Original Name? GREEN MAN-.






E8: SPURSTOWE ARMS, 68 Greenwood Road, E8 1AB. Last Update <2007/12> map. Punch Taverns.
Black Sheep: Bitter. Brakspears PA: Greene K Abbot The food menu is quite expensive and gastro pub-esque (&,163;10.50 for shepherd's pie in a local Hackneyboozer!) Also apart from gourment crisps, loose/jarred smoked nuts and olives there are no snacks/plates to share only full meals for a minimum of &,163;7+. An all day breakfast is &,163;7.95 and doesn't contain anything out of the ordinary). Haven't tried it but it looks good and plenty of people eating. Very white/middle class for the area. Beer tres expensive - &,163;3.20 for a pint of Staropramen/ San Miguel compared to usual local price of &,163;2.40). Still it's quite nicely laid out, has a few sofas and a large pleasant beer garden. (Report from Abby Sneade).A Free House owned by Jobo Developments.





E8: THREE COMPASSES, 99 Dalston Lane, E8 1NH. Last Update <2006/12> map. Free House.
2 varying guest beers generally from local micros (e.g. East London, Five Points, London Fields). Former Bass pub. Darts and shove halfpenny. Facilities for the disabled.





E8: Uncle Sams, 438 Kingsland Road, E8 4AA. Last Update <2006/12> map. Greene King ex Belhaven.
ex-Ascot, closed and premises empty in 2006. Reopened in 2008 as the Haggerston but no real ale.
Original Name? Swan.





E8: ViCTORIA, 451 Queensbridge Road, E8 3AS. Last Update <2015/07> map. Bass. Now operated by Jaguar Shoes Collective, who run other places in E2 and E8, with a basic bohemian feel. Food by pop-up vendors. Two cask beers, e.g. Five Points, Hackney.
Previous Name? Hustlers.





E8: Wishing Well-TOMMY FLYNNS, 418 Mare Street, E8 1HP. Last Update <2016/12> map. Enterprise Inns.
Renamed O'NEILLS BAR, FIDDLERS. Renamed again to WISHING WELL. Enterprise, ex-Truman, no real ale 2006. Renamed TOMMY FLYNNS in November 2013. Cask beer restored, Sharp’s Doom Bar.
Original Name? Crown.
Previous Names? O'Neill's Bar, Fiddlers, Wishing Well.






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E9: Adam & Eve, 155 Homerton High Street, E9 6AS. Last Update <2014/12> map. Ind Coope.
Punch, ex-Allied (Taylor Walker) via Spirit. New operator from June 2014. Six real ales, including Cornish breweries. Bottled beers, e.g. Beavertown, Camden, Five Points. New menu, sourced from "The Cornwall Project". Spirit leased.





E9: ALBION, 36 Lauriston Road, E9 7EU. Last Update <2015/06> map. Free House.
Very old building with ship's beams dating from 1600s. The front part is modern - only 200 years old! It had its own brewery in late 1800s. Large skeleton of bird found in upstairs chimney. The upper part was hit by a Zeppelin in First World War. The back room includes bar billiards. Lots of prints and bric-a-brac. Pool and shove halfpenny. Very friendly. Closed and boarded after the death of the publican, future uncertain.





E9: ALEXANDRA-Alex-BRB@The Alex-Lauriston, 162 Victoria Park Road, E9 7JN. Last Update <2006/12> map. Bass.
Wells & Young's: Wells Bombardier. Renamed BRB@The Alex and now renamed again to LAURISTON. Specialises in pizza. Now independent free house, ex-Bass.
Previous Names? Alex, Brb@The Alex, Lauriston.





E9: Artifex Wine Bar-Bar Kino 179 Ponsford Street, E9 6JU. Last Update <2015/12> map. Free House. Closed
Renamed Kente Sport. Closed and boarded 2001. Open again after sometime closed. Reopened and renamed ARTIFEX, a wine bar and restaurant (Caribbean) with keg beer, after a spell in religious use and as 'Fiesta' wine bar (with no draught beer) until at least March 2007. Renamed Bar Kino and closed in 2015
Original Name? DUCHESS OF KENT.
Previous Names? Roundhouse, Kente Sport.





E9: BRITANNIA, 360 Victoria Park Road, E9 7BT. Last Update <2014/06> map. Inn Brighton.
Renamed Victoria Park. Was a Firkin pub since 1986. Previously the Queens Hotel (Truman). Broadway Inns, ex-Punch. Renamed BRITANNIA. Renamed PEOPLE'S PARK TAVERN in December 2013 by InnBrighton, +Laine: Best (brewed by WJ King), +2 varying cask beers from the Laine brewpubs at the North Laine, Brighton (e.g. Ruby Slipper 5%) or at the Aeronaut in Acton W3 (e.g. Amber and Porter 4.6%). +3 varying beers from London micros (e.g. Hackney, Truman) and real cider. Brewing equipment has been installed in the pub, which can be viewed behind a screen to the left of the entrance. It is expected to produce its inaugural beers in late January, including an IPA and Porter. More specials from the Brighton brewery are also promised. The pub has been refurbished for ?250k, with a giant megaphone suspended from the ceiling, signifying when the adjacent Victoria Park was given to the people in the 19th Century. Bare back walls, polished wooden flooring, large windows and a knight?s armour complete the picture. The brewery occupies what was once an indoor children?s play area when the pub was the Falcon & Firkin between 1986 and 1998; it is possibly unique in becoming a brewpub for the second time around. Still child-friendly with a large garden and reasonably priced food including children?s portions. Open 12-11 (midnight Fri & Sat or sometimes later).
Original Name? Queens Hotel.
Previous Names? Victoria Park, Falcon & Firkin.





E9: CHESHAM ARMS, 15 Mehetabel Road, E9 6DU. Last Update <2015/07> map. Free House.
Independent, closed October 2012, sold to a property developer and converted to an office and flats without planning permission. Granted ACV status (confirmed on appeal) with legal enforcement action by Hackney Council pending further appeal decision. Reopened in June following a local campaign. Three cask beers, e.g. Crouch Vale, Dark Star, Five Points. Food is planned for the autumn. Open 4(12 Sat-Sun)-11(10.30 Sun).





E9: CRATE (BREWERY & PIZZERIA), Unit 7, The White Building, Queens Yard, off White Post Lane, E9 5EN. Last Update <2012/12> map. Free house.
Crate: Golden ale. Crate: IPA. Guest Beers 1. Entrance from rear or from riverside.New independently operated bar on ground floor of converted warehouse with artist's studios above.Opened in mid-July 2012. Brewery visible in room off bar area. Basic decor with railway sleeper bar top and front, concrete floor, breeze block walls, tall windows, wooden trestle tables and benches and a unique 'ratchet' seat. The Crate Lager (4.8%) is contract brewed at an unknown Scottish brewery. Limited quantities of the three beers have been bottled. Open-to-view pizza oven.





E9: Duke of Wellington, 90 Morning Lane, E9 6NA. Last Update <2013/04> map. Ind Coope. No longer a pub.
Marston: Pdedigree. Independent, converted to retail use in 2012. Planning application now submitted for demolition and replacement by retail units and flats.





E9: Eagle, 103 Wick Road, E9 5AE. Last Update <1992/02> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!





E9: EMPRESS OF INDIA, 130 Lauriston Road, E9 7LH. Last Update <2007/06> map. Ind Coope.
Greene King: IPA. Taylors: Landlord. Reopened and reverted to original name, EMPRESS OF INDIA. Now a gastropub.
Original Name? Empress of India.
Previous Names? Empress Of India.





E9: GLOBE ON MORNING LANE, 20 Morning Lane, E9 6NA. Last Update <2006/12> map. Whitbread.
Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Fullers: London Pride. One bar locals' estate pub with video screen for satellite TV and numerous boxing photographs.They also have superb free live music, usually RnB (Monday nights Billy Chong and his group and lots of contributions from other people too.). Report from Maris ! Darts and pool. Garden. Lunchtime food. Open Mon and Tues 11-3 and 7.30-11, Wed and Thurs 11-3 and 5-11 with Fri and Sat 11-11.
Original Name? Globe.
Previous Names? Globe On Morning Lane.





E9: GUN, 235 Well Street, E9 6RG. Last Update <2014/12> map. Ex Whitbread. Changed hands and reopened in June after short closure, the first outlet for a new venture called Locals Club. Despite its small size, the Gun already attracts a vibrant and varied crowd. Real ale restored, two changing, e.g. Five Points, Redemption, Truman's. Keg Beavertown, Pressure Drop, Soundwave, Weird Beard and others. Fridges well stocked with London bottled beers. Food limited for now to toasted sandwiches and pork pies, but there are plans to install a kitchen and dining room upstairs along with a roof terrace.





E9: HOWLING HOPS TAP ROOM,Queens Yard, White Post Lane, Hackney Wick E9 5EN. Last Update <2015/07> map. New, spacious brewery tap on the ground floor of an old warehouse building. Ten draught beers, described as being served straight from the tank. Meat baps and veggie options. Open 10am-11pm daily.





E9: JACKDAW & STUMP-JACKDAW & STAR, 224 Homerton High Street, E9 6AS. Last Update <2014/12> map. Free House.
Taken over this year by Electric Star, who also run Star of Bethnal Green E2, Star by Hackney Downs E5 and Star of Kings N1. Renamed JACKDAW & STAR. Cask beer restored, one changing beer, e.g. Five Points Pale. Formerly the Spread Eagle.
Original Name? Spread Eagle.





E9: Kenton Arms-KENTON, 38 Kenton Road, E9 7AB. Last Update <2015/07> map. Bass.
Was a Labbatt's Free House. Built 1858 by Sir Benjamin Kenton. It has been in the same family since 1973. The interior could have been designed by Liberace ,including the bejewelled fire! Darts. Garden. Bought out by the tenants. Still has two changing cask beers, e.g. Five Points, Truman’s.
Previous Names? Kenton Arms.





E9: Lord Napier, 25 White Post Lane, E9 5EN. Last Update <1995/06> map. Free House. Closed.
Closed 1995.





E9: Miliki Spot 2, 237 Well Street, E9 6RG. Last Update <2005/12> map. Bass. No real ales!
Renamed 2005 Milki Spot 2.
Original Name? Brunswick Arms.
Previous Names? Brunswick Arms.





E9: PENNETHORNE-HEMMINGWAY, 84 Victoria Park Road, E9 7JL. Last Update <2014/06> map. Punch Taverns.
Renamed PENNETHORNE after the architect who created Victoria Park. Renamed GARBOS by May 2009 and renamed again to Hemmingway. Punch, ex-Courage. Grade II-listed Victorian building with a columned front porch and medium-sized interior, with front-facing bar, kitchen at the front (giving out a lot of heat!), and small back extension. Little period decor apart from a column and fireplace. Not just for diners, but including a group of settees and armchairs. Two guest beers.
Original Name? ROYAL STANDARD.
Previous Names? Royal Standard, Garbo's, Pennethorne.





E9: Penshurst Arms, 25 Penshurst Road, E9 7DT. Last Update <2014/06> map. Free House.
Former Ind Coope pub. Free, closed. Dates from 1864. Planning permission now granted by December 2013 by Hackney Council for conversion to 6 flats plus two houses on the garden.





E9: Plough-Jerrys (Bar & Restaurant), 23 Homerton High Street, E9 6JP. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free
Closed and to let 2002.After sometime closed, confirmed in Jul 05 as now open again. Reopened as an independent pub in early September after 11 years; operated as Jerry’s, a bar/restaurant with no draught beer from 2005 to c2010 when it reverted to the Plough as a wine bar and restaurant. Now leased for 11 years by a partnership including Pete Hills of Hackney Brewery. Stripped back decor with bare walls, wooden floor and simple furniture. Closed, future uncertain.
Previous Names? Jerrys (Bar & Restaurant).





E9: Prince Edward, 97 Wick Road, E9 5AB. Last Update <2001/11> map. G Met Trumans. No real ales.
Very friendly Victorian two-bar locals' pub with original etched glass and excellent collection of mirrors. Very active charity fund raiser. Darts and shove halfpenny. Food at all times. Facilities for the disabled.





E9: ROYAL INN AT THE PARK, Lauriston Road, E9 7HJ. Last Update <2007/12> map. Remarkable Restaurants Free house.
Adnams: Bitter. Fullers: ESB. Ex Belhaven but not Ascot Estate owned.Reopened as a free house ROYAL INN ON THE PARK. Now a Remarkable Restaurants Free house. +Fuller: Discovery, +guest beer.
Original Name? Royal Hotel.
Previous Names? Royal Hotel.





E9: Tiger, 245 Wick Lane, E9 7HJ. Last Update <2015/06> map. Whitbread.
Previously leased by Youngs. Closed in March, lease on the market, future uncertain.





E9: Top o' the Morning, 129 Cadogan Terrace, E9 5HP. Last Update <2015/09> map. Free House. Closed. The rumour mill has it sold for redevelopment already (June 2013). Cosed in 2013, demolished this year.
Original Name? Mitford Castle.





E9:URBAN SESSIONS, Cre8 Centre, The Old Baths, 80 Eastway, E9 5JH. Last Update <2014/06> Two varying cask beers on handpumps amid an ocean of 30 keg fonts, available only in third or two thirds pint measures. Independent 17 week 'pop up' bar open July to August 2013 but due to reopen as a permanent venue.




E9: VILLAGE TAP, 235 Victoria Park Road, E9 7HD. Last Update <2015/16> map. Punch Taverns, ex Wiltshire.
Opened in 1989. One-bar young persons' pub with traditional wood and mirrors. Renamed HECTOR & NOBLE in February. Modern feel one-room pub with quiet enclosed yard to rear. Cask beer introduced: Sambrook’s Wandle, Sharp’s Doom Bar and a guest, plus craft beers.
Original Name? McCANNS.
Previous Names? Village Inn, Mccanns.





E9: Welsh Harp - Hospital Tavern, 32 Homerton Row, E9 6EA. Last Update <2015/07> map. Free House.
Closed end of August with planning permission from Hackney Council to demolish and build flats with a replacement A4 use on the ground floor. Hospital Tavern. Closed in 2013, finally demolished in Sept 2015.
Original Name? Welsh Harp.





E9: White Lion - Genevas-Silvar Link, 331 Wick Road, E9 5DH. Last Update <2010/06> map. G Met Trumans. Closed.
Closed and was for sale by auction Nov. 94. Renamed Genevas reopened and keg.Reopened and renamed SILVAR LINK on banner over old Genevas signage still present. Closed again.
Previous Names? Genevas, Silvar Link.






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E10: Antelope, 201 Church Road, E10 7BQ. Last Update <2014/12> map. Punch via Ind Coope.
Closed and boarded this year, future uncertain with rumours of redevelopment. .





E10: BOOTLACES, 596 Lea Bridge Road, E10 7DN. Last Update <2001/11> map. Punch.
Greene King: IPA. Old Devil: Formerly the Auctioneers. Brent Walker free housewith eight handpumps. Enthusiastic landlord. Bar billiards, nine pin skittles and dice. Snacks lunchtime.
Original Name? Auctioneers.
Previous Names? Bootlaces.





E10: COACH & HORSES, 391 High Road, E10 5NA. Last Update <2016/01> map. Punch Taverns, Ex Bass.
Cask beer restored after a period of inconsistent availability, e.g. Wells Younger No.3





E10: DRUM, 557 Lea Bridge Road, E10 7EQ. Last Update <1992/02> map. Wetherspoons.
Greene King: Abbot. Greene King: Ruddles Best Bitter. Guest Beers 4. Formerly Nancys. Split-level pub. Food lunchtimes. Cheap pints and cheaper beer offers.
Original Name? Nancys.





E10: HARE & HOUNDS, 282 Lea Bridge Road, E10 7LD. Last Update <2009/07> map. Enterprise Inns.
Harvey: Sussex Best Bitter. Family pub just in front of Leyton Wingate Football Ground. Better than most pubs in the area. Garden. Darts and pool. Lunchtime food. GK IPA & a 'guest beer' 2006.Harvey: Sussex Best (not always available). Now Enterprise, ex-Bass via Unique. Harvey: Sussex Best (not always available). Now Enterprise, ex-Bass via Unique.





E10: KING WILLIAM IV or FOURTH, 816 High Road, E10 6AE. Last Update <2009/07> map. Free House.
Former Ind Coope pub. Busy, cosmopolitan. Darts and pool.Range now Brodie Mild (3.6%), English Best (3.9%), IPA (4%), Jamaica Stout (5%); Fuller's London Pride, ESB; andoccasional The Brodie beers are brewed at the former Sweet William brewery plant at the rear of the premises. Bottled Brodie beers also available include Red, London Lager, Wheat Beer and Sunshine. Bed and breakfast are also available.





E10: LEYTON ORIENT SUPPORTERS CLUB, Matchroom Stadium, Oliver Road,, E10 5NF. Last Update <2013/06> map.
Mighty Oak: Oscar Wild Mild. Guest Beers 8. Free entry is permitted with CAMRA membership card or Good Beer Guide. It has shared the national CAMRA Club of the Year award.





E10: LEYTON TECHNICAL, Leyton Town Hall, 256B High Rd, E10 5QN. Last Update <2013/06> map. Antic.
Changing cask beers from London micros served from the cask (G). A 'pop-up' pub opened by Antic in July 2012 with a temporary licence covering the Olympics period in the old town hall. Basic decor and quirky furniture with temporarybar serving three interconnected rooms on the ground floor of the former office building. Sports related paintings adorn the walls and cabinets contain sports trophies. TV for sports. A petition has been launched to allow extension of the licence. Has been closed for refurbishment since early November 2012. Re-opened Auust 2013. 6 varying cask ales from handpumps including Thornbridge Jaipur and guest beers from LocAle micros. Reopened on a permanent basis by Antic in early August. Open 4-11 Mon- Thu, 4-11.30 Fri, 12-11.30 Sat/Sun.





E10: Lord Clyde, 175 Capworth Street, E10 5AR. Last Update <2012/12> map. Ind Coope. Closed.
Now Pubmaster. Still keg. Ex Ind Coope. Closed and boarded up 2012.





E10: Oliver Twist, 90 Church Road, E10 5JP. Last Update <2015/06> map. Whitbread. Closed.
Went real in 2005 but closed early 2006. Now planning application submitted to Waltham Forest Council for conversion to nine flats. Having closed in 2006, finally converted to flats last year.





E10: Shoe Laces-PEPPERS GHOST, 777 High Road, E10 5AB. Last Update <2016/12> map. Punch Taverns, Ex Bass. Renamed PEPPER’S GHOST in September. Cask beer restored, Sharp’s Doom Bar, St Austell Tribute and two guests.
Renamed Shoe Laces.
Original Name? Prince of Wales.
Previous Names? Shoe Laces.





E10: SIGNATURE BREWERY TAP, Unit 25, Leyton Business Centre, Etloe Rd, 10 7BT. Last Update <2016/01> map.
New small upstairs bar, open most Saturdays. Their regular and seasonal beers on cask and keg.






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E11: BAR ROOM BAR-LUPOLLO, 34 High Street Wanstead, E11 2RJ. Last Update <2015/06> map. Orchid, Ex Ind Coope.
Former wine bar called Woodbine which appeared in our 1986 edition. Renamed D Laffertys & Sons in 1998. Renamed Bar Room Bar and keg. Renamed LUPOLLO, a bar & pizzeria under the same management as the Lauriston E9. Cask beer restored, two such as Southwark, Truman’s.
Original Name? Woodbine.
Previous Names? D Laffertys & Sons, Bar Room Bar.






E11: BELL, 468 High Road, E11 3HN. Last Update <2012/12> map. Enterprise Inns.
Pub with three distinct rooms, games (darts, pool and shove halfpenny), small lounge and largish saloon. Snacks and cooked meals at lunchtime. Now Enterprise, ex-Bass via Unique.





E11: BIRKBECK TAVERN, 45 Langthorne Road, E11 4HL. Last Update <1992/02> map. Free House.
Former Bass pub selling serveral ales.





E11: British Queen Tavern, 63 New Wanstead, E11 2SA. Last Update <2011/06> map. Enterprise. No real ales.
Former G Met Watneys.Converted to 'Queens British' steakhouse & grill restaurant.





E11: CROWN-Tommy Flynns, 692 High Road, E11 3AA. Last Update <2014/12> map. Punch Taverns, ex Bass.
Former East Lond Pub owned and renamed Sheepwalk. Reverted to CROWN after 14 years in November 2012. Tommy Flynns in 2014.
Original Name? Crown.
Previous Names? Sheepwalk.





E11: CUCKFIELD, 31 High Street Wanstead, E11 2AA. Last Update <2007/12> map. Bass.
Black Sheep: Bitter. Fullers London Pride: Old Speckled Hen: C Wells Bombardier: Refurbished as a gastropub.





E11: DUKE OF EDINBURGH, 79 Nightingale Lane, E11 2EY. Last Update <1992/02> map. Ind Coope.
Tetley: Bitter. Adnams: Bitter. Two bars (one doubles as a function room). Real locals' pub, always popular. Plently of prints, plates etc with an aquarium in the bigger front bar. Lunchtime food is all homemade. Garden.





E11: Eagle Hotel - Toby Carvery-EAGLE, 76 Holly Bush Hill, E11 1PE. Last Update <2007/12> map. Bass (M&B).
Fullers: London Pride. Caledonian: Deuchars IPA. Mr Toby's Carvery. Games (darts and pool) in separate bar. Large pub popular with visitor (of all types) from the nearby Crown Courts.Renamed EAGLE. Now M&B, ex-Bass and still a Toby Carvery.
Previous Names? Toby Carvery, Eagle.





E11: GEORGE, High Street Wanstead, E11 2RL. Last Update <1992/02> map. Wetherspoons.
Became a Wetherspoon free house in April 92 dropping the 'Hotel' from its name. See Hamilton Hall EC2 for range of beers. Three bars. Photo's of old Wanstead and famous Georges (ie Best, Bush and my favourite Gabby Hayes) around the walls.





E11: Heathcote Arms, 344 Grove Green Road, E11 4EA. Last Update <2015/06> map. Stonegate.
Large pub divided into three areas, public, saloon and games room (four pool tables). Various bric-a-brac, photos decorate. Outside extensively tiled withvarious sculptures on upper parts. Darts. Function room. Was M&B, ex-Bass (East London Pub Co). Closed and sold in September 2014 to an unknown buyer, future uncertain. Having been sold and closed in September, rumours of redevelopment prompted registration as an ACV. Reopened in March on a three-year lease. Adnams Ghost Ship, Fuller’s London Pride and Sharp’s Doom Bar.





E11: Lincolns, 566 High Road, E11 3DH. Last Update <2013/01> map. Scottish & New. Pub demolished.
Former G Met Clifton Inns. Now S&N owned. Renamed Big Hand Mo's (Good Time Emporium). Originaly the Elms. Demolished after May 2012 and replaced by 17 homes.
Original Name? Elms.
Previous Names? Big Hand Mo's.





E11: Lord Rookwood, 314 Cann Hall Road, E11 3NW. Last Update <2013/02> map. Enterprise Inns. Closed.
Now Enterprise, ex-Labatts. Ex Bass. Closed and for sale.





E11: MANOR HOUSE, 129 High St, Wanstead, E11 2RL. Last Update <2015/06> map. Opened in July 2014, a converted Allied-Irish Bank. Up to six cask beers, e.g. Sharp’s, Sonnet 43.





E11: NIGHTINGALE, 51 Nightingale Lane, E11 2EY. Last Update <2004/11> map. Unique Pub Co.
Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Wells & Young's: Wells Bombardier. Wadworths: 6X. Ex Courage. Now owned by Unique. A wide selection of ales:Spitfire, Bombardier, Guest Ale, Youngs, Courage Best, Pride etc. Very good pub food.





E11: NORTH STAR, 24 Browning Road, E11 3AR. Last Update <2007/12> map. Enterprise Inns.
Wells & Young's: Wells Bombardier. Hop Back: GFB. Loads of railway photos adorn the pub, including a rare picture of the Great Eastern 'Decapod'. Unfortunately the decor is the result of a Charrington refurbishment, and the pub is actually namedafter a ship called the North Star. Very much a locals pub.





E11: NORTHCOTE ARMS 110 Grove Green Road, E11 4EL. Last Update <2014/06> map. Bass. Sells Doom Bar.
Renamed Northcote.





E11: O'NEILL'S, 762 High Street, E11 3AW. Last Update <1997/06> map. Bass.
Irish theme pub open all hours: (B1/above pub 20). Formerly the Green Man and Cube. Omitted fron the last two East London guides as it was operating purely as a music venue. Went keg since this update?





E11: Plough & Harrow, 419 High Road, E11 4JU. Last Update <1992/02> map. Courage. No real ales!
Previous Names? Laurel & Hardy.





E11: RED LION, 640 High Road, E11 3AA. Last Update <2011/06> map. Antic.
Guest Beers 10. Formerly Luthers. Closed January 2010. Reverted to RED LION. Beer range still settling down but likely to include Adnams and Purity beers plus guest beers from local micros (e.g. Brodies, Meantime and Redemption). Ten handpumps available.
Original Name? RED LION.
Previous Names? Zulu's.





E11: Shepherd's Inn, 483 High Road, E11 4PG. Last Update <2012/06
> map. Punch Taverns. No real ales!

Renamed Fase II. Renamed Erosion - a wine bar, restaurant and nite club.Renamed the LOADED DOG: Late licence music venue. Old interior torn out and is now one bar pub/bar affair. Reopened. Believed now independent, ex-Punch..Renamed SHEPHERDS INN. Independent pub, now part of Lithuanian pub/restaurant chain 'berneliu uxeiga' ('Lads Pub'). Primarily operates as a restaurant but retains a small bar area. Still no real ale.
Original Name? Cowley Arms-.
Previous Names? Cowley Arms,Fase Ii, Erosion, Loaded Dog.





E11: SIR ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOTEL, 145 Whipps Cross Road, E11 1NP. Last Update <2012/06> map. Free House.
Fullers: London Pride. One of the few pubs in the East London area with accommodation. Overlooking Epping Forest. Real logfires. Various alcoves leading off from the bar. Photos of 'The Master' (who was born in Leytonstone) and stars of his films on the walls.





E11: WALNUT TREE, 857-861 High Road, E11 1HH. Last Update <1997/06> map. Wetherspoons.
Opened April 97 in former gym.





E11: Woodhouse Tavern, 119 Harrow Road, E11 3PX. Last Update <2007/12> map. Ex Bass.
Closed, future uncertain. Applications were made in 2010 and 2012 to demolish and replace with flats. Since then an article has appeared in the local rag saying it will open as a pub.






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E12: BLAKESLEY ARMS, 53 Station Road, E12 5BP. Last Update <2009/12> map. Enterprise Inns.
Greene King: IPA. Friendly two-bar pub next to Manor Park BR Station. Darts in public bar, shove halfpenny in the saloon. Snacks lunchtime. Now Enterprise, ex-Bass.





E12: Earl of Essex, 616 Romford Road, E12 5AF. Last Update <2012/12> map. Courage. Closed.
Closed and boarded up.





E12: GOLDEN FLEECE, 166 Capel Road, E12 5DB. Last Update <2015/06> map. Spirit Group.
Former G Met Watneys. changed hands to Spirit Group and serving selection of beers. Beer garden. Very busy in the summer when it is popular with famlies.The interior is wood panelled and beamed and has a comfortable atmosphere. Handy for the cementries. Jackie the manager has turned this pub around. She now has a varying range of well kept ale on tap. Recently these have been Fuller’s London Pride, Greene King IPA and four guests, e.g. Crouch Vale. Handy for the cementries. She is also welcome to advice and recommendations on ales to have on for the future The pub has the regular pub entertainment, but also has a jamming session for local musicians on a Friday evening, cabaret on a Saturday and an open mic sessionon Sunday afternoons. Currently she, with customers help, is trying to have the Sky Sports removed which was imposed upon her by the pub group.





E12: RUSKIN ARMS, 386 High Street North, E12 6PH. Last Update <2014/06> map. Bass.
Closed 210 and fenced off with side and rear demolished. Reopened after substantial building works at rear and interior now completely modernised. Meals served including pizzas. Sports TV, pool table, pavement seating. Two handpumps including Fuller's London Pride at ?2.50 per pint. Open 11-11 (2am Fri & Sat;10.30 Sun).





E12: Victoria Cross, Jack Cornwell Street, E12 5NN. Last Update <2016/03> map. Ind Coope.
Closed June 2014 following surrender of licence. Planning application for demolition to make way for a residential scheme including a new pub.





E12: William The Conqueror, 628/630 Romford Road, E12 5EQ. Last Update <2015/09> map.
Enterprise, ex-Watney via Unique, closed and boarded up in September 2009. Having closed in 2009, reopened 2010 (not reported), but closed again August 2014, licence revoked. Since then it has reopened in May. No cask beer.






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E13: Abbey Arms, 384 Barking Road, E13 8HL. Last Update <2003/11> map. Punch Taverns, ex Ind Coope. No real ales!
Previous Names? DT's-Pinkies.





E13: ARMY & NAVY, 12 New Barn Street, E13 8JA. Last Update <1994/03> map. Ind Coope.
A-B InBev: Flowers IPA. : Tetley Bitter.





E13: BLACK LION, 59 Plaistow High Street, E13 0AD. Last Update <2009/12> map. Courage.
Wells & Young's: Courage Best Bitter, . Guest Beers 4. Large pub with two contrasting bars. Restaurant. Bar billiards. Garden. . +four guest beers (e,g, Adnams Bitter and Mighty Oak beers).





E13: Castle, 546 Barking Road, E13 9JU. Last Update <2006/06> map. Bass.
Closed by March 2011.





E13: Coach & Horses, 100 High Street, E13 0AJ. Last Update <2010/12> map. G Met Watneys. Pub closed.
Enterprise, ex-Watney via Unique, closed in October 2009.





E13: Duke of Cumberland, 101 Cumberland Road, E13 8LS. Last Update <2015/06> map.
Forrner Bass pub then a free house then Ridleys owned. Closed in 2012, demolished by Dec 2013.





E13: Duke of Edinburgh, 9 Jutland Road, E13 8JH. Last Update <2010/12> map. Bass. Pub closed.
Handpumps removed 2002. Ex-Bass, closed and boarded up in January 2010.





E13: Duke of Edinburgh, 299 Green Street, E13 9AR. Last Update <2015/06> map. Bass.
Closed May 2014, planning applications submitted for conversion to 4 shops with rear extension.





E13: Earl Derby, 119 London Road, E13 0DA. Last Update <2015/06> map. Ind Coope.
(ex-Allied). Closed and boarded up in 2012. Has been converted to flats.





E13: Earl of Beaconsfield, 211 Grange Road, E13 0HF. Last Update <2015/11> map. Bass. No real ales.
Closed and boarded up 2002. Has been converted to flats with ground floor hairdressers.





E13: Foresters Arms, 9 Whitwell Road, E13 8BP. Last Update <2014/06> map. Ind Coope. Closed in 2013 and now converted to religious use.





E13: Golden Lion, 343 Barking Road, E13 8EE. Last Update <1992/02> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!





E13: Green Gate-Greengate, 523 Barking Road, E13 9EZ. Last Update <2014/06> map. Bass. (ex-Punch). Closed in 2012 and now converted to a Tesco Express convenience store.
Previous Names? Greengate.





E13: Greyhopund & Hare, 174 Balaam Street, E13 8RD. Last Update <2009/12> map. Unique Pub Co. Closed.
Mock Tudor beams on the inside walls and horse brasses. Darts and pool. Garden. . Unique, ex-Watney, closed since 2004, future uncertain.
Original Name? Greyhound.
Previous Names? Sportsman.





E13: Lamb, 85 Pelly Road, E13 0NL. Last Update <1992/02> map. Ind Coope. No real ales!





E13: Lord Stanley, 15 St Mary's Road, E13 9AE. Last Update <2001/05> map. Free house. No real ales.
Former Watney pub then Shepherd Neame now a free house.





E13: Manhattans-Wine Bar, 749 Barking Road, E13 8HL. Last Update <2001/11> map. Bass. No real ales!
Renamed Wine Bar. Was Pinkies.
Previous Names? Wine Bar.





E13: Prince Albert, 135 High Street, E13 9HH. Last Update <2015/06> map. G Met Watneys.
Closed in 2010, previously unreported, converted within two years into three shop units.





E13: Queens, 410 Green Street, E13 9JT. Last Update <2006/06> map. Ind Coope. No real ales!
To let sign Fleurets 2005.





E13: Red House, 299 Barking Road, E13 8EQ. Last Update <1992/02> map. G Met Trumans. No real ales!
Original Name? Northumberland Arms.





E13: Swan, 1 Balaam Street, E13 8EB. Last Update <1992/02> map. Ind Coope. No real ales!





E13: Upton Manor Tavern, 48 Plashet Road, E13 0PU. Last Update <2014/02> map. Bass. Demolished and replaced by flats by Feb 2014.





E13: Victoria Tavern, 28 High Street, E13 0AJ. Last Update <1992/02> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!






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E14: 5B URBAN BAR, 27 Three Colt Street, E14 8HH. Last Update <2011/06> map. Free.
Wells & Young's: Wells Bombardier. Renamed 5B URBAN BAR. London Pride and a guest beer reported. Near the site of the Taylor Walker Brewery. Bar Billiards, musak, Snacks lunchtimes. Opposite St Annes church, built by Nicholas Hawksmore in 1727, burnt down in 1850. Small one bar pub packed ed with nautical paraphenalia, tea chests, model ships etc. Now Independent, ex-Punch.
Original Name? FIVE BELLS & BLADEBONE.
Previous Names? 5B Urban Bar.





E14: ABERFELDY TAVERN, 26 Aberfeldy Street, E14 0NU. Last Update <1992/02> map. Whitbread.
Greene King: Abbott. Recently refurbished pub with two bars. Pleasant and relaxing. Frequented by staff from the nearby Financial Times during the day and by locals in the evening and weekends. Canning Town BR Station is 15 minutes walk away. Darts. Cooked food lunchtime. Outside drinking area.





E14: All Bar One, 42 McKenzie Walk - South Colonade, E14 5EH. Last Update <2014/12> map. Bass.
Cask beer discontinued, one of the last of the chain to do so. Opened 1996.





E14: Anchor & Hope, 41 West Ferry Road, E14 8JH. Last Update <2008/12> map. Courage. Closed.
Closed 2005. Reopened by August 2007. Closed again and lease for sale.





E14: BARLEY MOW-NARROW STREET (PUB & DINING ROOM), NARROW, 44 Narrow Street-Limehouse Basin, E14 8BP. Last Update <2015/06> map. Ind Coope.
Fullers: London Pride. Opened in 1989. Spirit Group ex Punch. Converted from a gate keepers house, the pub is situated on the entrance of gates to Limehouse Basin. The Basin itself was constructed by the Regent Canal Company in 1812, hence as a barge basin and in 1819 the company took powers to enlarge the dock to admit sea-going ships. It is not part of PLA but owned by the Britsh Waterways Bd who ceased to opperate it in 1969. Restaurant and garden. Spirit pub acquired by Gordon Ramsay, celebrity chef, the first in a planned chain of gastropubs. No obvious changes yet. Renamed NARROW (THE) by new owner Gordon Ramsay.
Previous Names? Narrow Street (Pub & Dining Room).





E14: Callaghanns, 55 Chrisp Street, E14 6LP. Last Update <2006/06> map. Free House. No real ales!
Now Free, ex-Watney.
Original Name? Festive Briton.





E14: CAT & CANARY, Fishermans Walk - back of 10 Cabot Square, E14 4DH. Last Update <2016/12> map. Fullers.
New Fuller's pub. Refurbished and renamed TEA MERCHANT. Fuller’s ESB, London Pride and Oliver’s Island, plus a large range of Fuller’s keg beers.





E14: Chimes, 212 Hind Grove, E14 6HP. Last Update <2014/06> map. Ascot Estates. Enterprise, ex-Watney via Ascot, closed c.2008 and converted to convenience store with cafe at rear by 2009.





E14: City Pride, 1 West Ferry Road, E14 8JH. Last Update <2013/01> map. G Met Watneys. Pub demolished.
Formerly the City Arms. closed following sale to developers and demolished October 2012.





E14: Conant Arms, 41 Stainsby Road, E14 6JP. Last Update <1992/02> map. G Met Trumans. No real ales!





E14: CROWN, 667 Commercial Road, E14 7HA. Last Update <1992/02> map. Free House.
Basic pub two minutes walk from Limehouse (formerly Stepney East) BR and Docklands Light Railway Stations. Darts and pool.





E14: Cubitt Arms, 262 Manchester Road, E14 3HW. Last Update <2011/06> map. G Met Trumans. Pub closed.
ex-Truman via Unique, closed by January 2010. Planning application recently submitted to Tower Hamlets Council for conversion to flats and 'artist studio'.





E14: DAVY'S, 31/35 Fishermans Walk, E14 4DH. Last Update <2013/06> map. Davys Free House.
Shepherd Neame: Master Brew, seasonal.





E14: Dockmasters House, West India Dock Gate, E14. Last Update <2016/08> map. Free House. No longer a pub. Closed, being converted to office use.
Now an indian restaurant http://www.dockmastershouse.com/0





E14: FERRY HOUSE, 26 Ferry Street, E14 9DT. Last Update <2010/12> map. Enterprise.
Pleasant, small one bar pub that is two minutes walk from DLR Island Gardens Station. Now Enterprise, ex-Courage via Unique. Taken over in spring by a new operator, new paint job but not much changed. Cask beers such as Brockley Pale, Courage Best, Fuller’s London Pride.





E14: Festival Inn, 71 Grundy Street, E14 6AD. Last Update <2005/12> map. G Met Trumans. No real ales.
Two-bar pub in Chrisp Street Market and near DLR All Saints station. Darts and lunchtime snacks.Two-bar pub in Chrisp Street Market and near DLR A





E14: FINE LINE, 10 Cabot Square - Fishermans Walk, E14 4DH. Last Update <1998/09> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride. New Fullers pub open 11-11 Mon-Fri only.





E14: Foresters Arms, 253 St Leonards Road, E14 6PH. Last Update <2014/06> map. Bass. ex-Bass, sold and closed 2004 and subsequently converted and extended to create 6 flats c.2005.





E14: GEORGE, 114 Glengall Grove, E14 9ND. Last Update <2016/08> map. Enterprise Inns.
Relaxing three bar pub with extension built on with a greenhouse effect restaurant. Darts by arrangement. Now run by Hippo Inns as part of their ‘managed expert’ partnership with Enterprise. Fuller’s London Pride, Sharp’s Doom Bar, Timothy Taylor Landlord and Wells Young’s Bitter.





E14: George IV, 7 Ida Street, E14 6LT. Last Update <2006/06> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!
Now subtitled 'Regency Hotel', offering B&B.





E14: GRAPES, 76 Narrow Street, E14 8BP. Last Update <2006/06> map. Spirit Group.
Tetley: Bitter. Very nice riverside pub with views of the Thames.Grade II Listed Building with frosted glass window s that you can imagine go back in time, hence a reminder painted sign dated 1949 in the bar is on show. Restaurant. Now Spirit, ex-Taylor Walker.





E14: GREAT EASTERN, 1 Glenaffric Avenue, E14 9BW. Last Update <2011/06> map. Punch.
Greene King: Abbott. Wells & Young's: Wells Bombardier. A Grade II Listed Building decorated in nautical style. Five minutes walk from Island Gardens DLR Station. Darts and pool. Restaurant. Open Monday - Saturday 11-3 and 6-11. Now Punch, ex-Taylor Walker and leased to Best Place Inns.
Original Name? WATERMANS ARMS.
Previous Names? Watermans Arms.





E14: Greenwich Pensioner, 2 Bazeley Street, E14 0ES. Last Update <2016/12> map. Ind Coope.
Reported closed in September, future uncertain.





E14: GUN, 27 Coldharbour, E14 9NS. Last Update <2016/10> map. ETM Group.
Ex Ind Coope. Closed and boarded after a fire. Reopened as a gastropub. Range: Run by same management as the Well EC1 and White Swan EC4. Now ETM Group, ex Punch since 2010. Bought by Fuller. Now has Fuller’s London Pride, Seafarers and one other.





E14: HENRY ADDINGTON, 22/28 Mackenzie Walk, E14 4PH. Last Update <2013/01> map. Now M&B (Nicholson).
Fullers: London Pride. St Austell: Tribute. Sharp: Doom Bar. New (1992) pub south of Canary Wharf Tower near Cubitt Steps. Open weekends Guest beers mainly from micros from seasonal list. Now M&B (Nicholson), ex-Bass.





E14: HENRY'S CAFÉ BAR, Unit C, West India Quay, E14 4AX. Last Update <2016/08> map. TCG.
Local rag reports it reopened 12 October 2011 as Henry's Cafe Bar selling cask ales. Was TCG, ex-Spirit in 2005 and S&N in 2003. Closed after the operator went into administration in September, future uncertain.
Previous Names? Bar 38.





E14: Jack Beards At The Hope & Anachor, 14 Newby Place, E14 0EY. Last Update <204/12> map. G Met Watneys.
Renamed back to the Hope & Anchor, it was never named Anchor & Raj but was named Hope & Raj. Renamed JACK BEARDS AT THE HOPE & ANCHOR. Closed and on the market.
Original Name? HOPE & ANCHOR.
Previous Names? Jack Beards At The Hope & Anchor.





E14: LEDGER BUILDING, 4 Hertsmere Road, West India Quay, E14 4AL. Last Update <2006/12> map. Wetherspoons.
New Wetherspoon in former docks administration building dating from 1800 and converted late June 2000.Now branded as a 'Lloyds No 1 bar' by Wetherspoon, Shepherd Neame: Spitfire; Courage: Best Bitter; Fuller: London Pride; Greene King: IPA; Marston: PedigTV screens installed but thankfully no 'music' on visit.





E14: Lord Nelson, 1 Manchester Road, E14 9BD. Last Update <2016/08> map. Punch Taverns.
Cask beer discontinued.





E14: Lord Stanley, 55 Carmen Street, E14 6NW. Last Update <2015/06> map. Ascot Estates. Closed and gutted 2013.
Re-opened keg then closed again. Having closed c.2012, planning permission granted to demolish and build flats.





E14: Manor Arms, 150 East India Dock Road, E14 0BP. Last Update <1994/09> map. Ascot Estates. No real ales!





E14: North Pole, 74 Manilla Street, E14 8LG. Last Update <2014/12> map. Enterprise ex G Met Watneys.
Backstreet local with East London Fives dartboard. Report of demolition was thankfully premature. This recent GBG pub has been sold by Enterprise and closed. The new owner intends to demolish and build residential. A campaign is forming.





E14: OLD Ship, 17 Barnes Street, E14 7NW. Last Update <2013/01> map. Magic Pub Co.
Greene King: IPA. Now Magic owned . Not Greene King owned. Very relaxing small bar pub with prints on the walls taken from old sea battles. A stones throw from DLR and BR Limehouse station. Darts and pool.





E14: PARLOUR, Park Pavilion, 40 Canada Sqare, E14 5AB. Last Update <2011/06> map. Drake & Morgan.
Fuller: London Pride. Large bar and restaurant opened October 2009. Mixture of seating and lighting, grey decor, separate restaurant area with open-to-view kitchen. Outdoor eating/drinking area.





E14: PEPPER SAINT ONTIOD, 21 Pepper Street , Crossharbour, E14. Last Update <2014/06> map. Gregarious.
Once accquired by Puzzle Pub Co from the Old Monk Pub Co. Bar has been around for 10 years. Open all permitted hours. Open Mon-Fri 12-11 only. Now ex-Puzzle, and acquired by Antic Ltd, the same operators as run the eclectic 'Balham Bowls Club' SW12 and 'Tooting Tram & Social', SW17. Lease now bought by Gregarious from Antic Ltd (in administration). Lease back with Antic, ex-Gregarious, by October 2013.
Original Name? HARRY'S BAR.
Previous Names? Puzzle E14, Pepper Saint Ontiod.





E14: Phoenix, 104 East India Dock Road, E14 0BP. Last Update <2014/12> map. Ind Coope. Closed.
Closed and for let as "commercial opportunity according to the agency sign. Having closed c.2010, with permission for residential conversion granted in 2012, now demolished.





E14: Pier Tavern, 299 Manchester Road, E14 3HN. Last Update <2016/10> map. Enterprise. Closed.
Ten minutes walk from DLR Island Gardens Station. Garden. Now Enterprise, ex-Courage via Unique. Originally Whitbread. Renamed MOURINHO?S in April 2013. Still no real ale; now a pub and Maltese restaurant. According to Beer in the Evening the freehold was sold in late 2015 and it is now closed. Freehold sold late 2015. Closed, future uncertain.





E14: Prince Alfred, 86 Locksley Street, E14 7EJ. Last Update <2013/01> map. G Met Trumans. Closed.
Closed and undergoing building works.





E14: Prince Regent, 81 Salmon Lane, E14 7PR. Last Update <1992/02> map. Ind Coope. No real ales!





E14: QUEENS HEAD, 8 Flamborough Street, E14 7LS. Last Update <1992/02> map. Young & Co.
Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Wells & Young's: Young's Special. Wells & Young's: Winter Warmer. A Grade II Listed Buildingsituated in a conservation area. London Fives dartboard. Lunchtime food.A Grade II Listed Building





E14: RAILWAY TAVERN, 576 Commercial Road, E14 7JD. Last Update <2010/06> map. Punch Taverns.
Ex Bass. One bar pub next to Limehouse BR and DLR Station (formerly Stepney East, a name that obviously did not gell with the new yuppie locals). Darts and lunchtime snacks.





E14: Resolute Tavern, 210 Poplar High Street, E14 0BB. Last Update <2012/06> map. Ind Coope. Demolished.
Punch, ex-Taylor Walker, closed by February 2011. Tower Hamlets Council has approved its demolition and replacement by flats. Demolished and replaced by flats by June 2012.





E14: Royal Charlie, 116 Chrisp Street, E14 6NL. Last Update <1992/02> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!





E14: Ship, 290 West Ferry Road, E14 9AG. Last Update <2010/12> map. Enterprise.
Fullers: London Pride. Basic one bar pub with fives dartboard. Lunchtime meals. Open Monday - Saturday 11-2.30 and 6-11.Basic one bar pub with fives dartboard. Lunchtime meals. Open Monday - Saturday 11-2.30 and 6-11. Now Enterprise, ex-Watney via Unique.





E14: SLUG & LETTUCE, 30 South Colonade - Mackenzie Walk, E14 5EZ. Last Update <2016/06> map. Bay Restaurant Group.
New pub opened Feb 98. Open 11-11 Mon-Fri and 11-3 Sat only. Ex-SFI, Now Bay Restaurant Group, ex-Laurel. Now has Sharp’s Doom Bar, Truman’s Runner and Zephyr.





E14: Spinnaker, Harbour Island-Marsh Wall, E14 9GE. Last Update <2014/12> map. Ex Punch Ex Greene King.
Reopened August 97. Having closed c.2010, with permission for residential conversion granted in 2012, now demolished.





E14: SPORTS BAR & GRILL (Bar Holdings), , 1 Crossrail Pl, E14 5AR. Last Update <2014/12> map. Opened in May, modern sports-themed pub, the sixth of the chain. Brakspear Bitter, Marston’s EPA and Pedigree.




E14: Star of the East, 805 Commercial Road, E14 7HG. Last Update <2016/12> map. Courage. No real ales!
A Grade II Listed Building. Closed earlier this year, lease on the market.





E14: Steamship, 24 Naval Row, E14 9PS. Last Update <2016/01> map. G Met Watneys.
Closed after expiry of lease in October; the interior has been gutted, future uncertain. .





E14: Tooke Arms, 165 West Ferry Road, E14 8NH. Last Update <1992/02> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!





E14: Tradewinds, 1 Beaufort Court - Admirals Way, E14 9XL. Last Update <1992/04> map. Free House. No real ales!





E14: Via, Unit C, Port East Building , E14 4AY. Last Update <2016/08> map. TCG.
(Tattershall Castle Group). Closed in September when TCG went into administration and not included in sale to Stonegate, future uncertain. Closed in 2015, reopened in June by Goodman Restaurants as a BURGER & LOBSTER. The first floor is now a bar. No cask beer. Ten keg and sixteen bottled beers including from London micros.
Original Name? VIA FOSSA.
Previous Names? Via Fossa.





E14: Waterfront,187 Marsh Wall-South Quay Plaza. E14 9SH. Free House. Last Update <2014/06> map. (Independent). Renamed ASTONS, a 'champagne & wine bar' with draught beer. (independent). Retains Majingos lap dancing club on the same premises.





E14: Westferry Arms, 43 West India Dock Road, E14 8EZ. Last Update <2016/06> map. Punch.
. Ex Bass. Smart one bar pub still with no games room. Two minutes from DLR West Ferry station. Renamed Westferry Arms. Sold to Mendoza Ltd and closed, future uncertain.
Original Name? OPORTO TAVERN.
Previous Names? Oporto Tavern.





E14: X Unders, 27 Ropemaker's Fields, E14 8BX. Last Update <2008/12> map. G Met Watneys. Closed.
Formerly the Black Horse. Renamed House.Renamed X UNDERS, a bar/restaurant, ex-Inntrepreneur, ex-Watney, closed, future uncertain. Renamed MELAKA, still closed and boarded up.
Original Name? Black Horse.
Previous Names? House, House, X Unders.






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E15: 012 Bar Grill & Resraurant, 108-110 The Grove, E15 1NS. Last Update <2013/06> map. .
London & City Taverns. . Opened in September 2002 in former commercial premises. Open all hours. Restaurant area. Renamed 012 Bar & Grill Restaurant in 2012 and keg.
Original Name? FOX @ STRATFORD.
Previous Names? Fox @ Stratford.





E15: Angel, 21 Church Street, E15 3HU. Last Update <2003/11> map. Bass. Closed.
Closed and boarded up 2003.





E15: Bay Tree, 59 Vicarage Lane, E15 4HG. Last Update <2013/01> map. Punch Taverns, ex Bass. No longer a apub.
Converted to 'Bay Tree Hotel' with no bar.





E15: BLACK BULL, 13 Broadway, E15 4BQ. Last Update <2008/07> map. G Met Watneys.
Calendonian: Deuchars IPA. Greene King: IPA. Wells & Young's: Wells Bombardier. Formerly Moonlights, Mooro's and originally the Olde Black Bull as can be seen by the statue near the roof. Very Irish pub.
Original Name? Ye Olde Black Bull.
Previous Names? Mooro's, Mooneys, Black Bull.





E15: Britannia, 2 Plaistow Grove, E15 3ER. Last Update <2012/06> map. Ind Coope. No real ales!
Wood panelled walls made to look like the side of a ship with mock port holes. A small corner street local.





E15: Builders Arms, 302 High Street, E15 1AJ. Last Update <2006/06> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales.
Darts and pool.





E15: Carpenters Arms, 17 Carpenters Road, E15 2JH. Last Update <2004/11> map. Punch Taverns, ex Ind Coope. No real ales!
Closed. Reopened keg 2004.





E15: CART & HORSES, 1 Maryland Point, E15 1PF. Last Update <2015/06> map. Bass.
Cask beer introduced: Robinson’s Trooper – the Iron Maiden beer, a reference to the 1970s when they regularly played the pub.





E15: Cleos, 80 Henniker Road, E15 1JZ. Last Update <2005/12> map. G Met Watneys.
Renamed Taffy Bradys-Wee Jack. Reopened and renamed Cleo's. Handpumps removed. Reported closed 2005?
Original Name? Princess Amelia.
Previous Names? Taffy Bradys, Wee Jack, Cleos.





E15: Dew Drop Inn, 22 Brydges Road, E15 1NA. Last Update <2016/06> map. Punch.
Closed and boarded up, future uncertain. Pub established by 1874. hours. Closed in 2010, sold and now converted to residential use.





E15: Eagle, 157 Chobham Road, E15 1LX. Last Update <1992/02> map. Free House. No real ales!





E15: Essex Arms, 82 Leytonstone Road, E15 1SQ. Last Update <2013/01> map. Enterprise. No longer a pub.
East London Pub Co. Enterprise, ex-Bass via Unique, closed by June 2010. Reopened February 2011. Enterprise, closed again by January 2012. Converted to discount shop, retaining pub signage.





E15: Glitter Ball-Tavern Bar, 83 Leytonstone Road, E15 1JA. Last Update <2014/12> map. Enterprise Inns.
Ex Watney. Enterprise. Reopened and renamed GLITTER BALL in May 2010. Now a 'bar and restaurant'. Renamed TAVERN BAR in January 2014, still no real ale. Independent, ex-Enterprise. Closed this year, future uncertain
Original Name? Royal Oak.
Previous Names? Royal Oak.





E15: GOLDENGROVE, 146/148 The Grove, E15 1NS. Last Update <1993/06> map. Wetherspoons.





E15: GOOSE ON BROADWAY, 78/102 The Broadway, E15 1NG. Last Update <2006/06> map. Stonegate.
Marston: EPA. Guest Beers 2. New pub opened in March 2001.





E15: Greyhound, 136 West Ham Lane, E15 4PT. Last Update <2003/11> map. Courage. No real ales.
Pleasant well appointed pub with two bars. Darts and pool.





E15: JHANKAR, 119/121 High Street, E15 2QQ. Last Update <1997/06> map. G Met Watneys.
Greene King: Ruddles Best. Games room in public bar for darts and pool. Lunchtime snacks. Open Monday - Saturday 11-3 and 5.30-11 11
Original Name? Woodman.
Previous Names? Jhankar.





E15: KING EDWARD VII, 47 The Broadway, E15 4BQ. Last Update <2004/11> map. Bass.
Nethergate: Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Fullers: London Pride. Formerly (pre First World War) the King of Prussia. Three bars and cooked food lunchtimes and Sundays. Open all permitted hours. It is a Listed Building and one of the original windows has the outline of Edward VII etched in it. Darts. Back upstairs bar now restaurant only (www.kingeddy.co.uk).
Original Name? King of Prussia.





E15: KING HAROLD-LEYTON STAR, 116 High Road Leyton, E15 2BX. Last Update <2012/08> map. Punch.
Sold and closed in 2014, changed hands again and reopened by Electric Star as LEYTON STAR. Cask beers Truman’s Runner and Wild Beer Bibble on recent visit.





E15: Kings Head, 11 Church Street, E15 3HU. Last Update <2009/12> map. Bass. No real ales!
Re-opened without real ale or handpump. One bar pub with darts and pool. Live music Fridays. Lunchtime snacks. Now KINGS HEAD GUEST HOUSE with a bar at the front entered via side door pastreception. Still no real ale.





E15: LANGTHORNE, 12/14 The Broadway, E15 4QS. Last Update <2011/12> map. Stonegate.
Wells & Young's: Courage Best Bitter. Opened in November 1999 in former shop premises. Open all permitted hours. Renamed LANGTHORNE in 2010,
Original Name? Yates's Wine Lodge.
Previous Names? Yates's Wine Lodge.





E15: Latin 1/4-REFRESHMENT ROOM, 27 The Broadway, E15 4BQ. Last Update <2016/01> map. Enterprise Inns.
Enterprise, ex-Watney via Unique. Renamed SWAGGA by March 2012. A bar, restaurant and music venue. Reverted to 19thcentury name REFRESHMENT ROOM, no longer a nightclub. Minimalist decor. Cask beer restored, Purity Ubu.
Original Name? Two Puddings.
Previous Names? Latin 1/4.





E15: MANBY ARMS, 19 Water Lane, E15 4NL. Last Update <2014/05> map. Enterprise Inns.
Closed. Now Enterprise, ex-Bass. Enterprise pub with freehold for sale for £1.25 million. Closed and boarded up in Jan 2014 for renovations though same signs there in 2016.





E15: Old Log Cabin, 335/337 High Street, E15 2TF. Last Update <2014/06> map. Free House.
Former Bass pub. Renamed the Old Log Cabin and now a free house, keg (July 97). Closed and for sale 2001. Independent, now converted to 'Westbridge (London) Hotel' in September 2012 with no bar. Delete from pub database.
Original Name? Yorkshire Grey.
Previous Names? Old Log Cabin.





E15: Park Tavern Hotel, 81 Portway, E15 3QJ. Last Update <2016/06> map. Free House.
Renamed the Park Tavern Hotel. Whether this means a change of use as well is not clear. Once had darts and pool. Function room for 150. Closed, now a Bulgarian restaurant.
Original Name? Toby Tavern.
Previous Names? Park Tavern Hotel.





E15: PRINCESS OF WALES, 25 West Ham Lane, E15 4PH. Last Update <2010/06> map. Punch Taverns.
Calendonian: Deuchars IPA. Redecorated in 1990. Comfortable pub with darts and cooked meals lunchtime including Sundays. Open Monday to Friday 11-11, Saturday 11-3 and 7-11.





E15: Queens Head, 5 West Ham Lane, E15 4HP. Last Update <2013/01> map. Enterprise. No real ales!
Darts and pool. Lunchtime snacks. Enterprise, H unused November 2011. Still no real ale and has been closed for refurbishment.
Previous Names? Le Pub.





E15: RAILWAY TAVERN, 131 Angel Lane, E15 1DB. Last Update <2016/02> map. Punch Taverns.
Doom Bar A very pleasant one-bar, large Victorian corner pub with games room to the rear for darts and pool. Garden and car park. Barmaid says pub has a 24 hour licence but she wasn't sure of the actual hours it opened. She said it still opens for 6am but you have to go through the hotel entrance, not the pub. For further info.http://www.railwaytavernhotel.co.uk/





E15: Thailander, 7/9 Leytonstone Road, E15 1JA. Last Update <2015/09> Renamed BAR ONE. Still no cask beer.map. Free House.
Pub cum wine bar with licensed restaurant downstairs and eating area in main bar and function room. Excellent value food. Outside drinking area.
Original Name? BACCHUS'S BIN.
Previous Names? Thailander.





E15: Theatre Royal Bar, Gerry Raffles Square, E15 1BN. Last Update <2009/07> map. Free House. No real ales!
Bar open to general public.





E15: Trowel & Telegraph., 51 Church Street, E15 3JR. Last Update <2010/12> map. Belhaven. Closed.
Originally the Telegraph. Recent names are Lock Stock n Barrel and Drum. Renamed Trowel & Telegraph. Ex-Ascot, closed in April 2009.
Original Name? Telegraph.
Previous Names? Drum, Trowel & Telegraph.





E15: Wheelers, 156 Leyton Road, E15 1DR. Last Update <2014/12> map. Free House.
Free, Was closed but reopened in December 2006. Closed and boarded up in September 2010. Reopened under new management in December 2010. Closed again 2013. Having been reported closed in 2013, now Demolished.
Original Name? Castle.





E15: Windmill, 49 Waddington Road, E15 1QL. Last Update <2016/06> map. G Met Watneys. Closed.
Punch, ex-Watney, closed and boarded up by November 2011. Closed c.2010, sold with ground floor now in office use, residential conversion and extension upstairs.
Original Name? Foresters Arms.






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E16: Beckton Arms, 8 Beckton Road, E16 1PU. Last Update <1992/02> map. Ind Coope. No real ales!





E16: Dartmouth Arms, 162 Bidder Street, E16 4ST. Last Update <2000/11> map. Bass. No longer a pub.
Now used as an African nightclub called Pier One. I think it's still going, but only open occasional evenings. The old name still shows up on the pub sign and on a large plaque to the rear.http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/9181576819/in/set-72157624242208933





E16: Durham Arms, 24 Stephenson Street, E16 4SA. Last Update <2016/08> map. Bass.
. Back street pub a bit hard to find but well worth looking for. Friendly locals pub with pleasant glass and mirrors. Darts. Garden. Small function room. (Cubit Consultancy Limited). Cask beer discontinued.





E16: FOX @ CONNAUGHT., 11 Connaught Road. now Lynx Way, E16 2RP. Last Update <2013/06> map. Trumans.
3 real ales including Brain's SA. Closed and boarded up 2002.A survivor from the Docklands era, it was reopened in 2003 by the small Fox pub chain as a Free House after 17 years of closure, but not previously reported. A tall, imposing red brick building, it now stands in glorious isolation, surrounded by new roads and adjacent to new hotels serving City Airport and the Excel exhibition centre. Spacious interior carpeted throughout except around the bar with dark wood panelling and cream décor. Bar food and separate restaurant area behind glass partition to side. Large outdoor patio and grassed area with benches and a small children's play area. Car park. Disabled WC. Open all regular hours.
Original Name? CONNAUGHT TAVERN.
Previous Names? Fox @ Connaught.





E16: FOX @ EXCEL, Warehouse 'K', Mace Gateway,, E16 1DR. Last Update <2003/05> map..
Open 11-11 Mon-Wed, 11-1am Thu, 11-2am Fri/Sat, 12-10.30 Sun. Food.





E16: Hallsville Tavern, 57 Hallsville Road, E16 1EE. Last Update <2013/01> map. Free House.
Free, closed summer 2012 with notice that conversion to restaurant is planned. Converted to 'Al Amir' Indian restaurant in December 2013.





E16: HENLEY ARMS, 268 Albert Road, E16 2JB. Last Update <2016/06> map. Punch Taverns, ex Bass. Cask beer restored, Bass and Sharp’s Doom Bar.
A locals' pub with two pool teams.





E16: Jimmy Dean's, Albert Road, E16 2DW. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House. Closed.
Renamed Jimmy Deans' and closed. The Kent Arms (Ind Coope) was formery on the site. Closed and boarded up 1999. Demolished c2009
Original Name? Kent Arms.
Previous Names? Churchills.





E16: Marquis of Salisbury, 110 Hermit Road, E16 4LD. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free house. Closed.
Former Bass pub. Then Wiltshire owned. Now a free house? Upper floors converted to flats. Bar remains closed 2003. Totally converted to flats by July 2012.





E16: New Gog, Freemasons Road, E16 3NA. Last Update <2002/11> map. Courage. Closed.
Closed 2002.





E16: New Shakespeares Head, 29 Ruscoe Road, E16 1JA. Last Update <2002/11> map. Belhaven. No real ales.
Converted to residential use 2002.Converted to residential use 2002.
Original Name? Shakespeares Head.
Previous Names? New Shakespeares Head.





E16: Ordnance Arms - Orange Kipper, 110 Barking Road, E16 1EN. Last Update <2013/01> map. Magic Pub Co. No longer a pub.
Ex Magic Pub Co. was renamed Orange Kipper.Renamed Orange Kipper then back to Ordnance Arms. Was Admiral Taverns, ex- Greene King since 2005. Was ORANGE KIPPER for a while. Closed and converted to charity shop in summer 2012.
Previous Names? Orange Kipper.





E16: Pauls Head, 1 Watford Road, E16 3QU. Last Update <2015/06> map. G Met Watneys. Closed.
Closed and lease for sale 2006. Having been sold and closed in 2006, finally demolished July 2014 to make way for flats.





E16: Peacock, 92 Victoria Dock Road, E16 1DA. Last Update <2015/03> map. Courage.
Possibly now a free house. Is now Peacock. Pub is connected with Peacock gym over the road. Ex Pheonix now possibly free. Closed in 2008 and has since been demolished, apparently to make way for a DLR extension.
Original Name? Essex Arms.
Previous Names? Peacock.





E16: Peacock, 115 Freemasons Road, E16 3PH. Last Update <2006/12> map. Bass. Closed.
Closed and derelect 2003. Being demolished 2006.





E16: Pitts Head, 2 Fords Park Road, E16 1NL. Last Update <2006/12> map. Bass. Closed.
Closed and boarded up 2006.





E16: Princess Alexandra, 219 Barking Road, E16 4HH. Last Update <1992/02> map. Courage. No real ales!





E16: Railway Hotel, 2 Connaught Road, E16 2DB. Last Update <2013/01> map. Free House. Demolished.
Closed and boarded up in January 2010. It closed in early 2008 and really was closed and derelict for a spell until demolition in early 2011. Replaced by flats. See http://www.showcase.co.uk/property/2-4-Connaught-Road/Greater-London/London/8382013





E16: Royal Oak, 83 Woodman Street, E16 2LN. Last Update <2013/01> map. Closed.
Stunning glazed ceramic tile exterior. -Ascot, closed and boarded up.Stunning glazed ceramic tile exterior.





E16: Royal Standard Hotel, 116 Albert Road, E16 2NQ. Last Update <2002/05> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!
Original Name? Royal Standard.
Previous Names? Royal Standard Hotel.





E16: Streeties, 15 Shirley Street, E16 1HU. Last Update <2005/05> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!
Original Name? Prince Alfred.





E16: Tidal Basin Tavern, 31 Tidal Basin Road, E16 1AD. Last Update <2015/06> map. Fullers. Closed.
Closed 1997. Formerly Rivers. Having been closed and derelict since 1997, demolished in spring 2014.
Original Name? Rivers.





E16: Victoria (Pub & Kitchen), 265 Victoria Dock Road , E16 3BY. Last Update <2012/06> map. No real ales!
Custom House Hotel, Custom House Square . New free house opened in May 2001 opposite Custom House DLR Station. Geronimo Inns? On the site of the Railway Tavern (once Cundys Tavern). Renamed VICTORIA (PUB & KITCHEN). Now completely separated from hotel. Address is 265 Victoria
Original Name? Custom House-.
Previous Names? Figurehead, Victoria, Victoria (Pub & Kitchen).





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E17: BELL, 617 Forest Road, E17 4NE. Last Update <2013/01> map. Enterprise Inns.
Guest Beers 8. Fomer G Met Watneys. Was S&N owned. Now Enterprise Inns.Darts and pool. +up to 8 varying guest beers following refurbishment and change of operator.





E17: Bentleys., 300 Hoe Street, E17 9PQ. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House. Closed.
Renamed Boogies, Hannovers and now reverted to Bentleys. Renamed SOUL by October 2012 and now closed.
Original Name? Boogies.
Previous Names? Boogies, Hannover , Bentleys.





E17: CASTLE, 15 Grosvenor Rise East, E17 9LB. Last Update <2001/11> map. Punch Taverns, ex Bass.
Marston's: Draught Bass. Apart from the live music this house could almost be described as a traditional East London local. Darts and pool. Outside drinking area consists of just a couple of tables. Cooked meals at all times.





E17: CHEQUERS, 145 High Street, E17 7BX. Last Update <2013/02> map. Antic. Closed.
Independent, ex-Punch since 2010, formerly Allied (Taylor Walker), closed July 2012 and acquired by Antic. Reopened after refurbishment by Antic in early March 2013. Black Sheep: Bitter; Hogs Back: TEA; Sambrook: Wandle, Junction. Beers may vary. Lease now taken over from Antic in July 2013 by small pub chain Solitaire Restaurants, that also operate pubs in Camden Town, Dalston and London Fields. ?Shabby chic? decor remains unchanged.





E17: Coach & Horses, 63 St James' Street, E17 7PJ. Last Update <2014/05> map. Scottish & New. Closed then converted to flats by May 2014.
Former G Met Watneys pub. Large corner house.





E17: Cock, 67 High Street, E17 7DB. Last Update <2013/01> map. Punch Taverns.
Ex Ind Coope. Darts, pool and shove halfpenney. Market pub very busy during market hours. No real ale, H unused.





E17: COLLEGE ARMS, 807 Forest Road, E17 4SD. Last Update <2015/12> map. Free House.
Former Wetherspoons free house. Formerly Cheeks American Bar. Formerly two shops. Was owned by Devenish. Renamed WILLIAM MORRIS. Refurbished with William Morris wallpaper. Food-orientated, live music Sat evening and jazz Sun lunchtime. Cask beer discontinued.
Original Name? Cheeks American Bar.





E17: COPPERMILL, 205 Coppermill Lane, E17 7HF. Last Update <2010/06> map. Free House.
Fullers: London Pride, Greene King: IPA, Marston: Pedigree. Fullers ESB: : Also currently selling Morlands Bitter. Formerly the Lord Kitchener. Darts. Snacks at all times. Small pub converted from an off licence. Very good ale and worth seeking out. +guest beer (e.g. Mighty Oak beers). 0
Original Name? Lord Kitchener.





E17: Dog & Duck, 222 Chingford Road, E17 5AL. Last Update <2004/05> map. Scottish & New. No real ales!
Former G Met Watneys pub.
Original Name? Victoria.





E17: Duke of Cambridge, 178 Boundary Road, E17 8NG. Last Update <2014/05> map. Ridleys. Pub demolished.
Ex Ind Coope. No trace of the pub in 2014.





E17: DUKES HEAD, 112 Wood Street, E17 3HX. Last Update <2015/09> map. Enterprise.
Ex Grand Met (Watney) now Enterprise. Renamed DUKE, a sister pub to the Lord Morpeth, E3. Cask beers such as Signature, Wildcard. Food is burgers.





E17: Famous Pig & Whistle, 185 Wood Street, E17 3NU. Last Update <2011/06> map. Greenhalls.
Was owned by Devenish and Greenhalls. Reopened February 2011. Freehold sold, closed early 2014, planning permission granted for conversion to two shops.
Original Name? Pig & Whistle.
Previous Names? Famous Pig & Whistle.





E17: FLOWERPOT, 128 Wood Street, E17 3HX. Last Update <2004/11> map. Bass.
Marston's: Draught Bass. Deuchars IPA. One of the best pints of Bass anywhere in London.A must for genuine drinkers.Snacks at all times. Built in 1863 as an Essex Brewery pub.





E17: GOOSE, 264 Hoe Street, E17 3AX. Last Update <2013/02> map. Town (Stonegate).
Guest Beers 6. Darts and pool. Garden and function room. Adjacent to Walthamstow Central Station. Tendsto change with current fashion. Formerly Flanagans Tower. +4 varying guest beers from Marston stable; +2 Recently refurbished Stonegate pub.
Original Name? Tower Hotel.
Previous Names? Goose & Granite, Goose.





E17: Grove Tavern, 74 Grove Road, E17 9BN. Last Update <2008/07> map. Free House. Closed.
Former Bass pub. Built in 1868 as 'The Britannia'. Very noisy Fri/Sat nights with live music. Darts and bar biliards. Function room. Lunchtime snacks.





E17: Lord Brooke, 47 Shernhall Street, E17 3EY. Last Update <2014/12> map. Bass.
Up for sale at £680,000 has be sold subject to contract. Pub has had drug problems in the past. Sold in 2010 to Delisu Group, a small operator, closed in June 2014 when the licence was revoked, sold to a developer in August, future uncertain. Plans to convert it into a Buddhist temple have been block by the planning committee who said “ the use of the site as a pub was a "valued part of the social infrastructure of the area".





E17: LORD PALMERSTON, 254 Forest Road, E17 6JG. Last Update <2012/06> map. Community (Stonegate).
Marstons: EPA. Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Interesting architecture and windows.





E17: Lord Raglan, 199 Shernhall Street, E17 9HX. Last Update <2010/12> map. Scottish & New. No real ales! !
Adnams: Bitter. Former G Met Watneys pub. Garden. The name commemorates the Crimean War Commander Lord Raglan who was Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Army to the East in 1854. He died of Crimean fever in 1855. Keg.





E17: Lorne Arms, 64 Queen's Road, E17 8PX. Last Update <2013/06> map. Bass. Closed.
Ex-Bass, closed and premises empty. Converted to two shops 2013. One is Eemaans, a cloths shop.





E17: Market Inn, 30 St James's Street, E17 7PF. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House. No real ales! Renamed Kellys Sports Bar & Grill in 2013.
Original Name? Marneys.
Previous Names? Market Inn.





E17: MIRTH, MARVEL & MAUD, 30 St James's Street, E17 7PF. Last Update <2016/01> map. Antic. Opened in December, in the foyer of the Walthamstow Cinema, which closed 13 years ago. There are plans to open two other bar areas and use the cinema stage for entertainment. Cask beers on six handpumps, e.g Redemption, Volden, Wild Card.




E17: NAGS HEAD, 9 Orford Road, E17 9LP. Last Update <2013/01> map. G Met Watneys.
Mighty Oak: Oscar Wilde Mild. St Austell: Tribute. Taylor: Landlord. Guest Beers 4. Listed Building. Darts and pool. Function room. Food lunchtimes. Shove halfpenny. Childrens room. Super pub - what a pity Grand Met own it. And what a pity they knocked it into one bar!





E17: New Angel, 2 Markhouse Road, E17 8BD. Last Update <2013/06> map. Bass. Closed.
Renamed THE TAP then Fear Jazz and Night Club then Fat Sids. Renamed yet again to New Angel, a cabaret bar. Confirmed converted to a gym by October 2012 (not residential).
Original Name? Essex Breewery Tap.
Previous Names? Tap, Fear, New Angel.





E17: OLDE ROSE & CROWN, 55 Hoe Street, E17 4SA. Last Update <2010/12> map. Enterprise Inns.
Guest Beers 6. Former G Met Trumans pub. Now Enterprise,ex-S&N. arying microbrewery beers (e.g. Brodie, Hambleton, Redemption, Tring and Wickwar) in this Enterprise pub.





E17: Plough, 173 Wood Street, E17 3NU. Last Update <2011/06> map. Free House. No Longer a Pub.
Closed at end of December 2010 and sold to 'Curtain House Properties'. Now a supermarket.
Original Name? Plough.
Previous Names? Hectors, Plough.





E17: Prince of Wales, 58 St Andrews Road, E17 6BD. Last Update <1992/02> map. G Met Watneys. No real ales!





E17: QUEENS ARMS, 42 Orford Road, E17 9NJ. Last Update <2009/07> map. Enterprise Inns.
Wells & Young's: Courage Best Bitter, Fullers: London Pride, Green King: Old Speckled Hen. Former Courage pub. Now Enterprise, ex-Courage via Unique (not Free). Built in 1859.





E17: RS Lounge, Woodford New Road, E17 3PR. Last Update <2016/08> map. Bass. No real ales!
Closed and building work ongoing in 2007. Reopened and renamed RS LOUNGE, No real ale. Has been closed (2015)and will reopen as Empire, bar, lounge grill. The nightclub had its licence reviewed in January following a series of violent incidents. Six serious assaults took place in 2014, with many of the victims being stabbed, slashed or hospitalised.On each occasion those involved refused to assist police. Renamed EMPIRE E17, a ‘grill, bar and lounge’. Still no cask beer.
Original Name? Rising Sun.
Previous Names? Rs Lounge.





E17: The East, 80 Brunner Road, E17 7NW. Last Update <2007/06> map. G Met Watneys. Closed.
Renamed EAST (THE), closed after fire 2007.
Original Name? Prince of Wales.
Previous Names? Central Station, The East.





E17: The Tryst, 1 Blackhorse Lane, E17 6DS. Last Update <2012/06> map. Ind Coope. Closed.
Punch, ex-Allied (Taylor Walker), closed December 2011.
Original Name? ROYAL STANDARD.
Previous Names? The Tryst.





E17: Trinny's-So Nice, 883/7 Lea Bridge Road, E17 9DS. Last Update <2014/05> map. Wiltshire. No real ales!
Renamed Russell's (Aug 2002) then Barlocks. Closed again 2005. Renamed Trinny's a Trinida & Tobago Wine Bar. No real ale. Renamed SO NICE by August 2011. By May 2014 it was a double glazing shop.
Original Name? McCanns.
Previous Names? Monkey Business, Barlocks, Trinny's.





E17: VICTORIA, 186 Hoe Street, E17 4QH. Last Update <2009/12> map. Free House.
Greene King: IPA. Acquired by the Ambishus Pub Co from Regent Inns. Keg. One long T-shaped room.Pool. The once busy restaurant/tea room of Theodore Komisarjesky's Granada cinema has now become a pub. Some of the original decoration can still be seen but drinkers should tryto visit the cinema foyer at least to sample the remaining delights of this early exercise in fantasy architecture. In the main cinema the original decoration with its grand Spanish features is largely intact. (JH).





E17: VILLAGE, 31 Orford Road, E17 9NL. Last Update <2008/12> map. Free House.
Adnams: Broadside. Greene King: IPA. New pub that opened in 1989. +3 guests. Now Pearmans Pub Co, ex-Wessex Taverns.s Morland Old Masters. Childrens room. Food till 9 pm. Garden. Display of over 50 cameras.





E17: Waltham Oak, 757 Lea Bridge Road, E17 9DZ. Last Update <2013/02> map. Punch. Closed.
In 1846 it was called 'The Little Wonder'. Rebuilt in 1854. The original address was Chestnut Walk. When Lea Bridge Road was widened. Freehold £925,000 (2012). Punch, closed with planning application submitted for change of use to 'place of worship'. Planning application was turned down. Remains closed.
Original Name? Chestnut Tree.
Previous Names? Chestnut Tree.





E17: WARRANT OFFICER, 318 Higham Hill Road, E17 5RG. Last Update <2013/06> map. Ind Coope.
Green King: IPA; +Brentwood : Wild Card Jack of Clubs; +guest beer (e.g. Truman Runner). There are plans to install the Wild Card brewery in the pub, although currently their beers are still cuckoo-brewed at Brentwood Brewery. This pub has been modified into a one-bar only house and tastefully decorated. Looks better inside than out. Darts. Renamed Warrant Officer. Originally HIGHAM HILL TAVERN.
Original Name? Higham Hill Tavern.
Previous Names? Warrant Officer.





E17: WILD CARD BREWERY, Unit 7 Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Shernhall Street, E17 9HQ. Last Update<2014/06> Opened on Saturday 22 February. Their own and other local beers are served on gravity and in bottles, alongside foreign bottles. Open only 5-11.30 Fri, 10-11.30 Sat, 10-10 Sun. It can be found on a little industrial estate on the west side of the street, just to the south of where the railway passes under the street.




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E18: Flunky Mojo's, 159 High Road, E18 2PA. Last Update <2016/01> map. Bass.
Reopened and renamed FUNKYMOJOE by February 2010. Closed late 2014 following complaints about anti-social behaviour, permission granted for restaurant conversion. Reopened by Feb 2016 as a restaurant The Woodford.
Original Name? White Hart.
Previous Names? White Hart.





E18: GEORGE, 70/74 High Road, E18 2QL. Last Update <2013/01> map. Bass.
Greene King: IPA. Marstons: Sunbeam. Sharps: Doom Bar. c/o George Lane. One-bar pub with young clientele next to the cinema. Pool and pinball machine. Outside drinking area.





E18: Mortimer's, 186/188 George Lane, E18 1AY. Last Update <1999/11> map. Free House. No real ales!
New keg free house/bar.





E18: Napier Arms, Woodford New Road, E18 2QD. Last Update <2012/06> map. Bass.
Real ale restored late 2013, Sharp's Doom Bar. This followed a period as a lap-dancing club; new operators are committed to making the pub more family friendly. Car park with fish stall. Closed in the summer, future uncertain.





E18: RAILWAY BELL, 87 George Lane, E18 1JJ. Last Update <2003/11> map. Spirit Group.
Fullers: London Pride. Taylors: Landlord. Former Courage pub. Now Tanner Pub Co. Occasional live music. Darts, pool and bar balliards. Barbecues in the garden in summer.





E18: Slug & Lettuce, 184 George Lane, E18 1AY. Last Update <2016/01> map. Town & City.
Opened June 1999. Renamed Hog's Head: Laurel, ex-Whitbread. Renamed SLUG & LETTUCE, Originally HOGSHEAD. Now Town & City, ex-Laurel via Bay Restaurant Group. Two handpumps with clips, Old Speckled Hen and Adnam's Ghost Ship.
Original Name? Hogshead.
Previous Names? Slub & Lettuce.





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E20: BAT & BALL, Units 1110-1111,Westfield Shopping Centre, E20 1EJ. . Last Update <2016/01> map.Converted shop, opened in December, a pop-up due to stay open until early 2017. Spacious, on two levels, ping-pong theme with 12 tables.Cask beer e.g. Truman's. Plenty of London keg and bottled beers.
Urban Pubs & Bars.





E20: Calf, 150-152 The Street, E20 1GL. Last Update <2012/12> map. Geromino. Closed.
Young (Geronimo), closed by December 2012 following expiry of Olympics-related 'pop-up' temporary licence. Now a vacant unit.





E20: COW, Westfield Stratford City, 4 Chestnut Plaza, Montfichet Road, Stratford, E20 1GL. Last Update <2011/06> map. Geromino.
020 8291 8644 thecow@geronimo-inns.co.uk http://www.geronimo-inns.co.uk Four varying cask ales (e.g. Adnams, Redemption, Sharps, Young's Gold). Large, brand new Young's (Geronimo) pub, styled a 'Freehouse and Kitchen', opened 13 September on a corner site at the western edge of the new Westfield shopping and entertainment centre. Planting boxes and milk churns enclose a small outdoor drinking area under a canopy at the front. The ground floor bar is decorated in rustic style with large windows, bare wood-clad walls,exposed ventilation and mixture of functional benches, tables and chairs with a small 'club room' to the rear. Stairs lead up to a mezzanine level with more seating and on to an upper bar/restaurant area, offering views over the Olympic Park with Canary Wharf beyond. A large picture of a cow showing meat cuts in the form of a menu adorns the wall. Background rather intrusive 'music'. Open 11-11 Mon-Sat, 12 10.30 Sun.




E20: NEIGHBOURHOOD, 52–54 Celebration Ave, E20 1DB. Last Update <2015/06> map.
Opened (Faucet Inn) Nov 2014, the first of a new chain. Large highceilinged bar/restaurant in a modern residential development on the site of the Olympic Athletes Village, with bar counter along one side and open kitchen at rear. 4 cask beers, e.g. Adnams, Greene King, O’Hanlon. Open 11-11 Mon-Thu, 11-1 Fri, 9-1 Sat, 9-11 Sun.





E20: TAP EAST, 7 International Square, Montfichet Road, E20 1ET. Last Update <2011/12> map.
Tap East: East End Mild.. Tap East: James Wilson Bitter. Tap East: Coffee in the Morning. A permanent bar has now replaced the temporary one and an in-house 2.5 barrel brewery is now installed at the rear. Six handpumps dispense varying real ales from in-house and other micros.House brewed beers include Tap East: East End Mild, JWB and London Extra; +guest beers (e.g. Dark Star and Oakham).




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EC1: 32, 32 Hall Street, EC1V 7NA. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House. Pub closed.
Greene King: Abbott. Ccosed by 2011 and used as a furniture store, future uncertain.
Original Name? Oakley Arms.
Previous Names? Jack Beard's, Oakley Arms.





EC1: Al's-Carvan, 11/13 Exmouth Street, EC1R 4QD. Last Update <2012/06> map. Free House. No real ales!
New keg bar. Renamed Carvan in 2010. Primarily a restaurant with a small bar area. Still no real ale.





EC1: ANEXO, 63 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5NP. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House. Pub demolished.
Renamed Las Bravas, a bar and restaurant. Renamed ANEXO by April 2005. Free, closed and demolished by January 2013 along with the whole Turnmills corner complex.
Original Name? Turnmills.
Previous Names? Las Bravas, Anexo.





EC1: ANGEL, 73 City Road, EC1Y 1BD. Last Update <2015/06> map. M&B.
Fullers: London Pride. Sharp: Doom Bar and a guest. Ex Orchid, ex- Taylor Walker via Spirit. Among those bought from Orchid in 2014, now one of the ‘Castle’ unbranded pubs. A delightful one-bar pub which will send your food and drinks up to you to the upstairs restaurant that doubles as a function room. Darts upstairs except when there are functions there. Opens Monday to Friday 11-11 and closed weekends.





EC1: ARGYLE, 1 Greville Street, EC1N 8PQ. Last Update <2012/06
. map. Castle (Stonegare).

Sharp: Doom Bar. Greene King: IPA. Guest Beers 2. An unusual feature of this pub is the upstairs patio garden which overlooks the market. Children welcome. Two function rooms and arestaurant which is open at lunchtimes only. Darts. Renamed ARGYLE after refurbishment by Stonegate and branded 'Classic Inns'.
Original Name? KING OF DIAMONDS.
Previous Names? King Of Diamonds.





EC1: ARTILLERY ARMS, 102 Bunhill Row, EC1Y 8ND. Last Update <2009/12> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride. Fullers: ESB. Fullers: Chiswick. Fullers: Discovery. Small ex-Hanbury Buxton Truman pub. Very keen darts house. A tradition of live piano on Wednesday evenings with jazz on Friday night. There is food at all sessions and a feature is roast Sunday lunch.





EC1: ARTISAN OF CLERKENWELL, 53-54 St johns Square, EC1V 4JL. Last Update <2013/02> map. Green King.
Greene King: Artisan' (house beer) 3.9%;. Sharp: Doom Bar. Opened June 2004 by Large Bar pub group. Open all permitted hours. A spacious 'Bar & Restaurant' in modern style on two floors with exposed ducting, inherited by Greene King from Capital Pub Co in 2011.
Original Name? Priory.
Previous Names? Priory.





EC1: Babuska, 25-27 Farringdon Road, EC1M 3HA. Last Update <2013/06> map. Regent Inns. No longer a pub.
Opened October 1998. Seems to be a restaurant now.Renamed BABUSKA. Closed.Quite a trendy vodka bar recently repossessed by the bailiffs. Great building on the outside and characterless inside.see http://www.derelictlondon.com/central-london.html.Independent, ex-Regent Inns, Now converted to a Boots store by November 2012.
Original Name? FARRINGDON BARS.
Previous Names? Mynt, Farringdon Bars.





EC1: Bar Ria-Road Trip Bar, 243 Old Street, EC1V 9EY. Last Update <2009/07> map. G Met Trumans. No real ales!
Renamed Bar 170. Was Bar 150 but since prices went up by 10p it's now called Bar 160. I suppose at one stage it could have been the Bar 20? Then it would have been the ranch of Hopalong Cassidy. Not a lot of people know that and even fewer care. Name of Hopalong Cassidy's horse? Name the actor? Closed. Re-opened, renamed Bar Ria. Closed again. Reopened and renamed Road Trip Bar
Original Name? Crosby Head.
Previous Names? Bar 170, Bar Ria, Road Trip Bar.





EC1: Bar Rock, 182-6 St John Street, EC1V 4JZ. Last Update <2005/12> map. Free House. No longer a pub
New keg bar. Renamed Mint. Now a Pret A Manger.
Original Name? Mint.
Previous Names? Mint.





EC1: Bavarian Beerhouse, 190/196 City Road, EC1V 2QH. Last Update <2006/06> map. Free House. No real ales.
Renamed Bavarian Beerhouse, H removed. Sold by Davys and now a Free House/Bavarian basement bar and restaurant. Has 8 German keg beers from Diebels, Erdinger, Hofbrauhaus, Kuppers, Paulaner and Warsteiner breweries plus occasionalspecials. Bare floors, long tables and benches. German food including lunchtime specials. Waitress service only. Open 11-11 Mon-Thurs, 11-1am Fri, 1pm-1am Sat, 11-10.30 Sun.
Original Name? Colonel Jaspers.
Previous Names? Bavarian Beerhouse.





EC1: Bear-Clerkenwell & Social, 2 St John's Square, EC1M 4DE. Last Update <2016/01> map. Enterprise Inns. No real ales! !
Renamed No.2 the Square, The Square and (Dec 95) BLAKES. Then renamed the BEAR. Enterprise, ex-Whitbread via a spell leased to Geronimo Inns, H removed. Renamed Clerkenwell & Social Lease taken over in 2014 by Marylebone Leisure Group. Renamed CLERKENWELL & SOCIAL in May 2015, concentrating on cocktails and pizza. Cask beer discontinued. Keg beer includes Meantime.
Original Name? COACH & HORSES.
Previous Names? No.2 The Square, Blakes, Bear.





EC1: BETSEY TROTWOOD, 56 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3BL. Last Update <2008/12> map. Shepherd Neame.
Shepherd Neame: Bishops Finger. Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Shepherd Neame: Master Brew. Formerly the Butchers Arms and latterly the Betsey after the Dickens character in David Copperfield. Wine bar, and function room which is available for small parties etc. Hours: 11.30 - 11.00 Monday to Friday, closed Saturday but open normal Sunday hours. Darts. Cooked meals lunchtimes. Good to see a small brewer who is not frightened of the gust beer (currently Harveys Best) policy.
Original Name? Butchers Arms & Betsey.





EC1: BISHOPS FINGER, 8 West Smithfield, EC1A 9JR. Last Update <2004/11> map. Shepherd Neame.
Shepherd Neame: Master Brew. Shepherd Neame: Bishops Finger. Shepherd Neame: Best Bitter. Also known as the Rutland. Large one bar pub withupstairs restaurant/function room. Name recalls that which used to be given in Kent to signposts shaped like an index finger. Largest and clearest price list we've ever seen, no doubt here what you are paying, no need to hide the area's cheapest pints outside of happy hours. Darts. Snacks at all times with cooked meals at lunchtime. Open 11.30-10. 30 Monday to Friday. Sat 11.30-3. Closed Sun eves.
Original Name? Rutland.





EC1: BLACKSMITH & THE TOFFEE MAKER, 292 St John Street, EC1V 4PA. Last Update <2012/06> map. G Met Watneys.
Calendonian: Deuchars IPA. Black Sheep: Bitter. Thwaites: Wainwright. Wells: Courage Directors. Renamed BULL. Then Queen Boadica, BOADICEA,Now BLACKSMITH & THE TOFFEE MAKER. From their website 'We have four hand pumps with two main stays and a couple of rotating guests. If there's anything you'd particularly like to see us stock please do let us know'.
Original Name? New Red Lion.
Previous Names? Bull, Queen Boadica, New Rd Lion.





EC1: BLEEDING HEART TAVERN, 19
GrevilleStreet, EC1N 8SB. Last Update <2016/02> map. Free House.

Adnams Lighthouse, Adnams Broadside. Opened Dec 1998. The Tavern and Dining Room serves dining customers only until the end of lunchtime. Customers who wish to just drink are only served after lunch. This is any time between 2:30pm and 3:30 pm depending on how busy the lunchtime dining trade is. There are also a separate Bleeding Heart Bistro and Bleeding Heart Restaurant in Bleeding Heart Yard, a small turning off Greville Street. These establishments appear to be for dining customers only. I resume they are under the same ownership/management as the Tavern. See website.http://www.bleedingheart.co.uk/opening-time





EC1: BRB @ THE ARK-BREWHOUSE & KITCHEN, Torrent Street, EC1V 1NQ. Last Update <2014/12> map. Ex Punch Taverns, Orecid, now Black Pub Co.
New pub replacing one on the same site. Opened late 1991? The original pub was named the Blue Coat Boy with a 20 foot high figure depicted in the tiles fronting the pub. Renamed BRB at the Ark, run by Punch Taverns. Was taken over by Black Pub Co, not among those sold to M&B. Renamed in October 2015 as BREWHOUSE & KITCHEN, first London outlet of a new chain. Brew-pub with kit formerly used at the Botanist in Kew. Up to eight of their cask beers on handpump, plus sixteen keg beers and forty bottles.
Original Name? Blue Coat Boy.
Previous Names? BRB At The Ark.





EC1: Breakfast & Brunch Bar-Oriole, East Poultry Avenue-Central Markets, EC1A 9LH. Last Update <2016/01> map. Free House. No real ales!
Renamed Breakfast & Brunch Bar in 2010, Independent. Renamed Oriole by Nov 2015 and is a cocktail bar.
Previous Names? Cock Tavern, Breakfast & Brunch Bar.





EC1: BRITANNIA, 94 Ironmonger Row, EC1V 3QR. Last Update <1996/04> map. Whitbread.
A-B InBev: Flowers IPA. The present building dates from 1939. Range (Mar 96) Pedigree, Brakspear Bitter, Boddington, London Pride plus a guest beer (was Tolly Cobbold IPA). Live music Friday, Saturday and Sunday are the attractions in this pub with a circular bar where the origiriginal doorways to the snug and saloon remain. Cooked meals lunchtime and snacks are available in this friendly local.





EC1: BUTCHER'S HOOK & CLEAVER, 60/63 West Smithfield , EC1A 9DY. Last Update <2004/11> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride, Fullers: Chiswick. New Fullers Ale & Pie House opened November 1999 on the corner of Cloth Fair.ESB plus two seasonal beers. Food til 9pm. Open 07.30 for breakfast - 11pm Mon-Fri only





EC1: Café Med, 370 St John Street, EC1. Last Update <2013/12> map. Free House. No real ales!
New bar in former pub (many moons ago, the New Clown originally Clown). Now a resturant renamed The Gate. It was also named the Mediteranean Kitchen.





EC1: CASTLE, 34 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6DB. Last Update <1992/02> map. Bass.
Marston's: Draught Bass. Large busy semi-circular bar: a pawnbroker's sign and a large painting commemorate a former licensee of this pub lending George IV money for a bet, some of which he accepted as reward the right to practise as a pawnbroker which of course has not been used for many years. Darts, pool and function room. Snacks at all times and cooked food lunchtime . Open 11-11 Monday to Friday but closed weekends.





EC1: Central St Bar, 169 Central Street, EC1V 8AU. Last Update <2014/12> map. Whitbread. No real ales!
Renamed Central St Bar in 2005. Closed and demolished in 2012.
Original Name? British Lion.
Previous Names? Central St Bar.





EC1: Cicada, 132-136 St John Street, EC1V 4JT. Last Update <2015/09> map. Free House.
New keg bar. Closed 2013/4, now a restaurant.





EC1: CITY PRIDE, 28 Farringdon Lane, EC1R 3AU. Last Update <1992/02> map. Fullers.
Fullers: Chiswick. Fullers: London Pride, Fullers ESB Formerly the White Swan (Charrington), a Toby house bought by Fullers and expanded to take on neighbouring premises. Bright and friendly. Function room with dartboard. Food at all times including Sunday. Open all permitted hours.
Original Name? White Swan.





EC1: CLERK & WELL, 156 Clerkenwell Road, EC1R 5DU. Last Update <2012/06> map. Enterprise.
Calendonian: Deuchers IPA. Wychwood: Brakspear Oxford Gold. nings when it is closed. Function room. Ex-Watney. Enterprise, ex-Unique, previously leased to Massive and now relet. +occasional guest beer. Renamed CLERK & WELL by November 2010.
Original Name? DUKE OF YORK.





EC1: COACH & HORSES, 26/28 Ray Street, EC1R 3DJ. Last Update <2015/09> map. Punch Taverns, ex Ind Coope.
Adnams: Bitter. Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Fullers: London Pride. Available on visit late October 2002. Five pumps. Closed while upstairs is converted to flats.





EC1: Coco-Coin Laundry, 70 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QP. Last Update <2016/01> map. Free House. No real ales.
Formerly Youngs. Was closed in October 2002. Reopened as Don Pedro as tapas/free house/cocktail/restaurant with no real ale. Spanish or Jamaican lager anyone? Renamed Coco a Caribbean Bar and Cocktail Lounge. Closed and boarded in March 2015. Was called Cottons. Reopened (Urban Leisure) by Jan 2013 as Coin Laundry and still keg.
Original Name? London Spa.
Previous Names? Don Pedro, Coco.





EC1: Compton's Bar & Bistro, 64 Compton Street, EC1V 0BN. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House. Closed by July 2012.
Ex Grand Met, renamed Compton's Bar & Bistro (1996).
Original Name? Harrow.
Previous Names? Compton's Bar & Bistro.





EC1: CRAFT BEER CO, 82 Leather Lane, EC1N 7TR. Last Update <2011/12> map. Greene King.
Kent Brewery: Clerkenwell Pale. Greene King: Abbot. Former Charrington pub became GK in 1993. Has a most unusual mirrored ceiling. Sixteen handpumps dispense Clerkenwell Pale (3.7% house ale) from the new Kent Brewery plus 14 varying real ales from microbreweries. Open 11-11 Mon-Sat, closed Sun.
Original Name? CLOCK HOUSE.





EC1: CROWN TAVERN, 43 Clerkenwell Green, EC1R 0EB. Last Update <2009/07> map. Bass (M&B).
Fullers: London Pride. Taylors: Landlord. Look for the snob screens. Restaurant double s as a function room. Opens Monday to Friday 11.30-11. Saturday 12-11. Closed Sunday. Now believed to be owned by Bass. Beer range varies.





EC1: DEUX BEERS CAFE BAR, 3 Hatton Wall, EC1N 8HX. Last Update <2009/07> map. Punch Taverns.
Fullers: London Pride. Adnams: Broadside. Snacks at all times and hot food lunchtime and on request in the evenings. Function room available. Open Monday to Friday 11-11. Closed weekends. Renamed Deux Beers Cafe Bar (2000).Now Punch (leased to ETM), ex-Bass.
Original Name? HAT & TUN.
Previous Names? Deux Beers Cafe Bar.





EC1: Dovetail, 9 Jerusalem Passage, EC1V 4JP. Last Update <1999/11> map. Free House. No real ales!
New keg bar selling 7 Belgian draught beers.Open 12-10 Mon-Fri only.


EC1: DRAFT HOUSE OLD STREET, 211 Old Street, EC1V 9NR.Last Update <2016/08> map. Free House. Opened in May, in the new Bower development. Three cask beers, e.g.Adnams, Sambrook’s. Many keg and bottled beers.


EC1: Dust, 27 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5RN. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House. No draught beer available; delete from pub database. 
New keg bar.





EC1: EAGLE, 159 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3AL. Last Update <1992/02> map. Free House.
B&T: Shefford. Greene King: Ruddles Best. Free house with a bottle tie to Watney. The food is based on European Farmhouse style. Upstairs is an art gallery. Open noon to 11pm Monday to Friday. Closed weekends.





EC1: EXMOUTH ARMS, 23 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QL. Last Update <2012/06> map. Barworks.
Guest Beers 4. Now a free house, ex Courage. The 4 changing guest beers may come, for example, from East London, Magic Rock, Skinner and Triple fff breweries. Barworks, ex-Pubs 'n' Bars in 2011.





EC1: Extra Time, 1 Long Lane, EC1A 9HA. Last Update <2015/08> map. Free House. No longer a pub
New keg bar. Became a Pret A Manger by August 2015





EC1: Fable 52 Holborn Viaduct. Last Update <2016/01> map. New literature-and-flowers themed Drake & Morgan modern-style bar and restaurantopened in January 2014. Cask beer discontinued, handpump removed.




EC1: Fence, 67/69 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6BP. Last Update <2006/12> map. Fullers. No real ales.
No real ale, handpump unused. New Fullers cafe-bar that opened in February 2000. Open 12-11 Mon-Fri only..Renamed Fence but still keg.
Original Name? One of 2.
Previous Names? Fence.





EC1: Filthy McNasties Whiskey Café-Simmonds, 68 Amwell Street, EC1R 1UU. Last Update <2016/01> map. Ex Ind Coope and Punch.
Adnams: Broadside. Renamed FILTHY McNASTIES WHISKEY CAFE.Original features made it a gem. Reverted to FOUNTAIN, still subtitled (WHISKEY CAFE). Lease taken over in 2013 by Handmade pubs, who also run the Fox EC2, Tufnell Park Tavern N7 and Railway, Teddington. Sold in 2014 to Manica Properties. Lease changed hands in 2015, renamed SIMMONS in August, latest outlet for the eponymous cocktail chain. Cask beer discontinued.Latest incarnation didn’t last long. Taken over in 2016 by community pub chain Winnicott and renamed AMWELL ARMS. Still no cask beer. Standard keg beers. Bottled beers from Anchor, Brewdog, Flying Dog, Leffe.
Original Name? Fountain.
Previous Names? Filthy Mcnasties Whiskey Cafe, Simmons.





EC1: FOX & ANCHOR, 115 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6AA. Last Update <2011/06> map. Bass (M&B).
This pub has an exceptional frontage where the name has been worked into the wall and floor in a most unusual style. It can be seen that the central windows have been doors possibly indicating that this was a three bar pub. Restaurant/function room.Open Monday to Friday 6am-3pm. Closed weekends. Now believed to be owned by Bass. Now has five guests (e.g. Adnams, Purity, Sharp's.





EC1: Giant Robot-Brewdog, 45-47 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5RS. Last Update <2012/06> map. Free House. No longer a pub.
New keg bar. Renamed GIANT ROBOT in 2010. Then a 'bar cafe deli diner', still no real ale. Was a restaurant Thai Rapid. Closed in 2013 to become a restaurant, reopened in 2015 initially as FOURTEENTH COLONIE(sic) and then in December taken over by BREWDOG and renamed accordingly, their sixth London outlet. No cask beer.
Previous Names? Match.





EC1: GOOSE (AT HATTON GARDEN), 4 Leather Lane, EC1N 7RA. Last Update <2012/06> map. M&B Nicholsons.
Fullers: London Pride. St Austell: Tribute. Courage: Best. Large cellar bar with outside drinking area. Darts. Snacks and cooked meals are available at lunchtime only. A jukebox supplies the music. Open Monday to Friday 11-11. Closed weekends. Renamed GOOSE (AT HATTON GARDEN).Reverted to SIR CHRISTOPHER HATTON. Improvement in beer range and quality following transfer by M&B to its Nicholson chain.
Original Name? SIR CHRISTOPHER HATTON-.
Previous Names? Goose (At Hatton Garden).





EC1: GREEN, 29 Clerkenwell Green, EC1R 0DU. Last Update <2005/05> map. Davys Free House.
Fullers: London Pride. Taylors: Landlord. Opened Dec 2004 in former restaurant. Food lunchtime and eves. Function room.





EC1: GRIFFIN, 125 Clerkenwell Road, EC1R 5DL. Last Update <1992/02> map. G Met Watneys.
Greene King: Ruddles Best. Stands on the site of Reid's Griffin Brewery. Two bar pub with darts and pool. Tongue-and-groove panelling give this pub a particular welcoming atmosphere. Live music at weekends. Darts and pool. Food at all times. Open all permitted hours.





EC1: GUNMAKERS, 13 Eyre Street Hill, EC1R 5ET. Last Update <2009/07> map. Punch.
Taylors: Landlord. Cat swinging still not practical. Clerkenwell's heritage of world renowned clockmakers who in some instances manufactured gun mechanisms is remembered in this delightful pub. Dropped the Arms. Now sells four real ales. Beer range varies but often includes Taylor: Landlord and Theakston: Old Peculier. ?
Original Name? Gunmakers Arms.





EC1: HAND & SHEARS, 1 Middle Street, EC1A 7JA. Last Update <2009/12> map. Trust Inns.
Wells & Young's: Courage Best Bitter, Adnams Bitter: 6X This pub was closed late 1990 for six months whilst supportive repairs were made to this listed building. Panelling had to be takenout and replaced. The standard of work was very high and to a casual glance no changes are visible except for a short door. There is now an upstairs bar in the restaurant/function room bringing the total of bars to four. Darts. Now Trust Inns, ex-S&N.





EC1: HARLEQUIN, 27 Arlington Way, EC1R 1UY. Last Update <2004/05> map. Ascot Estates.
Fullers: London Pride. Taylors: Landlord. Hot and cold snacks at all times bar Sunday. Look carefully and note many original features. Open Monday to Saturday 11.30-3 and 5.15-11.30 and Sunday lunchtime only. Try celebrity spotting here.





EC1: Hat & Feathers, 2 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PQ. Last Update <2016/10> map. Ind Coope.
Reopened in late November 2006 after 16 years' closure, this former Taylor Walker pub and listed building has been sensitively renovated as a Free House, with lots of wood and glass. A 'pub and dining room', though food does not predominate. Retains original and unique external signage. Was shut at 4pm on a Thursday pm (April 2015). This pub is currently closed. Closed awaiting building of neighbouring hotel (upper floors to be used by hotel)




EC1: HEADS & TAILS-ST BART'S BREWERY, 64/66 West Smithfield, EC1A 9DY. Last Update <2011/12> map. Cunning Plan Pub Co.
Former bank premises. Opens at 7am for market breakfasts. Ex-Hartford Group. Taken over by Cunning Plan Pub Co from Pocket Pubs and renamed ST BART'S BREWERY in June. Not in fact a brewery; the equipment on display stores Meantime beers. Up to four real ales, e.g. Rooster, Thornbridge.
Original Name? DISTILLERS.
Previous Names? Heads & Tails.





EC1: HOPE, 94 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6BH. Last Update <2009/12> map. Enterprise Inns.
Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Guest Beer. c1855, bowed and curved, etched windows, silver in laid mirrors mark move of live animal market to Caledonian Market. Built as an inn during the days between the medieval and modern market in an area which was then parkland. It is alleged that the pub was erected over the Path of Hope leading to a sanctuary church, which condemned prisoners from Newgate Prison were led, if they received a last miniute reprieve. 6.30-9.30am & 11-6 M-F. Closed w/end. Eex Inntrepreneur , G Met Watney. Now Enterprise, ex- Unique.





EC1: Horns, 262/4 Old Street, EC1V 9DD. Last Update <2011/12> map. S&NPC. No real ales! !
Wells & Young's: Wells Bombardier. Renamed Horns. Now a strip and lap dancing bar with free entrance. Now Capital Pub Co.
Original Name? LORD NELSON.
Previous Names? Bar Acquarium-Lord Nelson.





EC1: HORSESHOE, 24 Clerkenwell Close, EC1R 0AT. Last Update <2009/12> map. Courage.
Greene King: IPA. Sharp: Cornish Coaster. Function room and garden. They hope to extend cooked meals to the evenings. Snacks at all times. Open Monday to Friday 11-1, Saturday 11-3 and 7-11. Closed Sunday. A keen darts pub.





EC1: IL CICCHETTO-Gibson, 44 Old Street. EC1V 9AQ.. Last Update <2016/03> map. Free. No longer a pub.
This ex Whitbread pub closed and reopened (Feb 96) as a free house. Renamed IL CICCHETTO in 2011 and now an Italian bar. Now called Gibson a cocktail bar.
Original Name? Chequers.




EC1: JERUSALEM TAVERN, 55 Britton Street, EC1M 5UQ. Last Update <1996/04> map. St Peters Brewery.
St Peter's: Mild. St Peter's: Best Bitter. St Peter's: Golden Ale. Opened 28th October 1996 at noon. Seasonal beers. St Peter's Brewery's only pub in London,





EC1: JUGGED HARE, 49 Chiswell Street, EC1Y 4SA. Last Update <2012/06> map. ETM.
Adnams: Bitter. East London.: Foundation Bitter. Redemption: Trinity. Sambrook: Junction. Was Greene King, ex- Whitbread (Hawkins & Co) via Laurel. Reopened after four years' closure and renamed JUGGED HARE in March after major refurbishment by ETM Group.
Beers may vary. The Grade II - listed building was formerly part of the adjacent Whitbread Brewery complex. A small bar area for drinkers at the front features a cased taxidermy display and stag's head. A large dining room at rear has open-to-view kitchen specialising in roasted and grilled game, meat, fish and shellfish. The basement houses a 'walk-in' wine room to select favourite wines and a private function room also used for wine tasting. White decor with oak timber flooring, exposed ceramic tiles and some original brass ironmongery from the Whitbread brewery. Sambrook's have brewed a special 'Jugged Hare' pale ale (4.2%) in bottles available at the pub. Open 11- 11 Mon-Wed, 11-midnight Thu-Sat and 12-10.30 Sun. Food 12-3.30/6-10.30 Mon-Fri, 12-4/6-10.30 Sat, 12-9.30 Sun.

Original Name? Kings Head.
Previous Names? Kings Head.





EC1: KINGS OF CLERKENWELL, 7 Clerkenwell Close, EC1R 0DY. Last Update <1999/11> map. Free House.
Boddingtons: Bitter. Fullers London Pride: Old Speckled H Was Kings of Clerkenwell Green for a while. Now a free house. Ex Grand Met Watneys.
Original Name? THREE KINGS.
Previous Names? Kings Of Clerkenwell.





EC1: Legion-B@1, 348 Old Street, EC1V 9NQ. Last Update <2015/08> map. Free House.
Free House opened Nov 2003 in former printworks premises. Now called B@1 cocktail bar and keg. Closed a few years ago, since 2010 it’s been a ‘Be At One’ bar with no draught beer.





EC1: LONDON APPRENTICE, 333 Old Street, EC1V 9LE. Last Update <2015/12> map. Free House.
Cask beer discontinued, handpumps removed. Was converted to a nightclub '333 Club' by 2000. Reopened and renovated as a pub after 15 years.
Previous Names? 333 Club.





EC1: LONGROOM-BARSMITH, 20 St John Street, EC1M 4AY. Last Update <2015/12> map. Ex Bramwell.
New bar. Renamed Gate 1996. Reverted to Longroom by April 2013. Ex-Barracuda. Having been bought last year from the administrators of Bramwell Pub Co, now renamed BARSMITH, the first of a new cocktail & craft beer chain. Four changing cask beers, e.g. Purity, Roosters.
Original Name? Longroom.
Previous Names? Gate.





EC1: LORD RAGLAN, 61 St Martin's-le-Grand, EC1A 4ER. Last Update <2011/12> map. Spirit.
Fullers: London Pride. Greene King: OSH. Sharp: Doom Bar. Youngs: London Gold. Called the Bush and then the Mourning Bush until its reconstruction in 1855. Multibar pub with eating and drinking on about four levels. This pub was once entitled to open 24 hours a day by royal edict after the landlord opened to King Charles II in the early hours of the morning. The present name is in memory of a hero of the Crimean War. Now Spirit (branded Taylor Walker), ex-S&N.





EC1: MASQUE HAUNT, 168/172 Old Street, EC1V 9BP. Last Update <1992/03> map. Wetherspoons.
Opened December 1994. Wetherspoons Free House onsite of former pub White Hart.Opened December 1994. Wetherspoons Free House on site of former pub White Hart.





EC1: MELTON MOWBRAY, 18 High Holborn, EC1N 2LE. Last Update <2016/03> map. Fullers.
New pub opened Sept 93. Renamed INN OF COURT last year, still an Ale & Pie house but another of the original pie-themed names has gone.





EC1: MITRE TAVERN, Ely Court, EC1N 6SJ. Last Update <2009/07> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride. Fullers: Discovery. Ask for the handout on the history of the pub. Darts are played upstairs and hot and cold food at all times. Function room and outside drinking area.No music. Open Monday to Friday 11-11. Closed weekends. Acquired by Fuller's from Punch (Spirit) in April Ask for the handout on the history of the pub. Darts are played upstairs and hot and cold food at all times. Function room and outside drinking area. No music. Open Monday to Friday 11-11. Closed weekends. Acquired by Fuller's from Punch (Spirit) in April 2009.





EC1: Monaghans, 125 Central Street, EC1V 8AP. Last Update <2016/08> map. Free House. Renamed CORNER BAR. Cask beer unavailable, Fuller’s London Pride pumpclip turned around.
Former Charrington pub becoming free in 1993.
Original Name? Bulls Head.
Previous Names? Monaghans.





EC1: Muprhi's, 102/108 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5SA. Last Update <2015/08> map. Free House. Pub Closed.
Renamed Honkers American Bar & Diner. Renamed again to Bar 108 and then Zyrus. Now Muprhi's. Closed by December 2012. Appears to be offices.
Original Name? Burgundy Bens.
Previous Names? Honkers, Bar 108, Zyrus, Muprhi's.





EC1: Nelsons Retreat-Canvas, 1 Vince Street, EC1V 9HB. Last Update <2014/12> map. G Met Watneys.
Renamed NELSON'S RETREAT. Having closed earlier this year (2014), reopened as CANVAS BAR, also addressed at 235 Old St. No cask beer. One keg lager.
Original Name? Gluepot.
Previous Names? Gluepot, Murphys Taverns, Nelsons Retreat.





EC1: New Market-Bird of Smithfield, 26 Smithfield Street, EC1A 9LB. Last Update <2012/06> map. Bass. No real ales! !
Adnams: Bitter. Was the Frog & Fiddle for a while. Renamed 26 SMITHFIELD. Now Punch, ex-Bass. Renamed Bird of Smithfield. Adnams Bitter.
Original Name? Newmarket Hotel.
Previous Names? 26 Smithfield.





EC1: New Red Lion, 273 City Road, EC1V 1LA. Last Update <2013/01> map. Free House. Closed.
Adnams: Bitter. Formerly the City Arms (Charrington). Renamed PROGRESS BAR then OFFSIDE then New Red Lion. Closed, boarded up and painted white.
Original Name? City Arms.
Previous Names? Progress Bar, Offside-New Red Lion.





EC1: OLD CHINA HAND, 8 Tysoe Street, EC1R 4RQ. Last Update <2009/07> map. Free House.
Four varying guest beers including those from O'Hanlons, Sharps, Oakham etc. Acquired by new owner originally from Hong Kong, hence the name change. Retains light and airy cream décor. Screen for sport.Late licence up to 2am Mon-Fri. Opens 12 Sat/Sun. Was renamed OLD GRINGO for a short period in 2008 with a Mexican theme but has now reverted to its previous name. Darts. rs.
Original Name? Three Crowns.
Previous Names? O'Hanlons, Mulligan's , Old China Hand.





EC1: OLD FOUNTAIN, 3 Baldwin Street, EC1 9NU. Last Update <2012/06> map. Whitbread.
Fullers: London Pride. Pedigree: Guest Beers 6. This 200 year old pub. itmay well get its name from a local well or fountain in an area that was noted for underground rivers. The old style of the pub has been well keptup and there is a preservation order on the building. Hot food lunchtimes and snacks at all times. Changing guests include Brodies, Crouch Vale, Kent and Summer Wine, plus 18 different bottled beers from Kernel. Independent, ex-Whitbread.





EC1: OLD IVY HOUSE, 166 Goswell Road, EC1V 7EB. Last Update <2003/05> map. Shepherd Neame.
Ex Bruces pub now owned by Stakis Leisure, formerly the Old Ivy House (Charrington).Renamed just Firkin and sold Bass and Tetley. Now renamed again, this time back to the one it was born with, OLD IVY HOUSE and run by Shepherd Neame.
Original Name? Old Ivy House.
Previous Names? Firkin, Pheasant & Firkin.





EC1: OLD RED LION, 418 St John Street, EC1V 4NJ. Last Update <2009/07> map. Punch Taverns.
Harvey: Sussex Best Bitter. Fullers: London Pride. Greene King: Abbot. Adnams: Bitter. Pool is very popular in this two-bar pub. The long bar is separated by a most unusual engraved glass partition. Snacks available at all times.





EC1: ONE TUN, 125 Saffron Hill, EC1N 8QS. Last Update <2012/06> map. Free House.
Adnams: Bitter. Harvey: Sussex Best Bitter. Wadworth: 6X. Wynchwood: Brakspear Oxford Gold. Beer. Now Free, ex-Watney. Range varies.





EC1: PEARL & FEATHERS, 360-362 St John Street, EC1V 4NR. Last Update <2016/01> map. Free House.
Once the Empress of Russia. Closed in 1999 and been a restaurant in the interim,reopened in 2015 as PEARL & FEATHERS. One cask beer Shepherd Neame Spitfire. Over forty bottled beers
Original Name? Empress of Russia.
Previous Names?



EC1: PEASANT, 240 St John Street, EC1V 4PH. Last Update <2007/06> map. Free House.
C Wells: Bombardier.
Original Name? GEORGE & DRAGON.
Previous Names? Peasant.





EC1: Poets Corner-Spectator, 6 Little Britain, EC1A 7BX. Last Update <2015/06> map. HM Establishment Ltd. No real ales!
Opened late 1996. Renamed PAVILION. Was Porter Black Holdings. Renamed again to NYLON. Then Rocco' Italian restaurant. A Free House/bar in former Italian restaurant premises. Renamed Sept 2014, LE PARIS GRILL (ST PAULS), second branch of a chain. Still no cask beer.
Original Name? Poets Corner.
Previous Names? Pavillion, Nylon, Rocco, Spectator.





EC1: Print Works, 117 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3HJ. Last Update <2009/07> map. Wetherspoons. Closed.
(corner of Ray St), new Wetherspoon pub. 2005 Converted to a Lloyds. Wetherspoon, closed and sold but rumoured likely to reopen as a bar/club. Converted to a late night club, 'Ghost' by May 2009 but now closed again and for sale as a bar.





EC1: PRIORY, 53/54 St Johns Square. . Last Update <2011/06> map. Free house.
Opened June 2004 by Large Bar pub group. Free House acquired by Capital Pub Co (CPC) in June 2011 and taken over by Greene King in July. 2011.





EC1: RELIANCE, 336 Old Street, EC1V 9DR. Last Update <2006/12> map. Free House.
Gales: HSB. Fullers: London Pride. Adnams: Bitter. Opened Sept 96. Near the junction of Charlotte Road. Upstairs restaurant and planned function room. Open: bar, 11 11 Mon-Sat, 12.00-10.30 Sunday. Restaurant: 12.00-14.30 Mon Fri, 6pm-10.15 Mon-Sat, 1pm-3.30 Sunday.Now a Remarkable Restaurants Free house.





EC1: RISING SUN, 38 Cloth Fair, EC1A 7JQ. Last Update <2004/11> map. Samuel Smith.
Sam Smiths: OBB. Grave-diggers used to meet here in the upper roomto discuss sale of cadavers to doctors at nearby Barts. The building was for a few years used as offices until purchased by Sam Smiths a couple of years ago. It was previously a Courage house. The restaurant doubles as a function room in the evening. Cooked meals and cold snacks at all times. Darts. Open Monday to Friday 11.30-11. Saturday 12-3 and 5-11 plus normal Sunday hours.





EC1: Royal Mail (Wall's Free House), 18 Myddleton Street, EC1R 1YY. Last Update <2007/12> map. Bass. Closed.
Closed 2007. Having been closed and derelict for over a decade, converted to flats in 2014.





EC1: ROYAL STAR, 220 City Road, EC1V 2PN. Last Update <2008/12> map. Enterprise Inns.
Fullers: London Pride. Darts and pool plus a disco at weekends. A horseshoe-shaped bar gives the pub a two-bar style. This wood-panelled pub has hot food lunchtimes and snacks at all times. There is also an outside drinking area. Open Monday to Thursday 11-3 and 5-11, Friday 11-11, Saturday 11-3.30 and 7-11 plus normal Sunday hours. Enterprise, ex-Watney via Unique,





EC1: Sekforde Arms, 34 Sekforde Street, EC1R 0HA. Last Update <2016/03> map. Young & Co.
Formerly a Charrington pub and latterly a free house. The pub is built on land belonging to Thomas Sekforde, who died in 1588. The Sekfordes came originally from Suffolk andthe pub still maintains its contacts there in Woodbridge with inter-pub visits. Youngs sold the lease in early January back to the freeholder who plans to close the pub and convert it to a restaurant for which planning permission would not be required. Sold in 2014 to the freeholder, closed in July while upstairs is converted to flats, with some talk of retaining a pub in the ground floor.





EC1: SHAKESPEARE, 2 Goswell Road, EC1M 7AA. Last Update <2011/12> map. Punch.
Converted to LMNT II restaurant, now demolished by November 2012 with new flats built on site.





EC1: Shakespeares Head, 1 Arlington Way, EC1R 1XA. Last Update <2013/06> map. Courage. Greene King: IPA. Sharp: Doom Bar. Range as at February 1996.Now Spirit, ex-Taylor Walker via Punch. Evening food 6.30-10.00. A large pub with lots of nooks and crannies. One can check on any weight loss in the gents, normally a facility of train stations. Two bars, one L shaped, the other a small one at the other end where the sofas are. Lively and comfortable in an effortlessly smart style.






EC1: SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE, Farringdon Road, EC1M 3JF. Last Update <1996/12> map. Wetherspoons.
comer of Greville Street. New Wetherspoon pub opened in Dec 96.





EC1: SLAUGHTERED LAMB, 34/35 Gt Sutton Street , EC1V 0DX. Last Update <2013/06> map. Barworks.
Guest Beers 4. New free house opened April 2004 in former offices.Specialises in fish & chips including shark & chips and fish finger sarnie. Open 11-11 Mon-Sat, 12-11 Sun. Now 4 changing cask ales (e.g. Brewster, By the Horns, Rooster). Operated by Barworks.





EC1: Smithfield Tavern, 105 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HR. Last Update <2015/07> map. Bass.
No longer uses early morning license. No longer has bar billiards. Renamed Wicked Wolf. Reverted to SMITHFIELD TAVERN. Closed, future uncertain.





EC1: Smithfields Free Hose, 334-338 Central Markets, EC1A 9NB. Last Update <1992/03> map. Free House. Closed.






EC1: SPORTS BAR & GRILL (FARRINGDON), Unit 4 Cowcross Place, EC1M 6DH. Last Update <2015/12> map.
Marston: EPA. Brakspear: Bitter. New one opened in June 2000(?)Renamed SLUG & LETTUCE. Was Laurel, ex-Whitbread. Renamed SPORTS BAR & GRILL (FARRINGDON) in March 2011. Is an independent pub/restaurant.
Original Name? HOGS HEAD.
Previous Names? Slug & Lettuce-Hogs Head.





EC1: No 1 SPORTS BAR-SINGER TAVERN, 1 City Road EC2A 1AN. Last Update <2015/06> map.
Taken over in February by Barworks and renamed SINGER TAVERN, introducing four changing cask beers.
Original Name? HOGS HEAD.
Previous Names? No 1 Sports Bar.





EC1: ST JOHN, 26 St John Street, EC1M 4AY. Last Update <2005/12> map. Free House.
Wadworth: 6X. Black Sheep: Bitter, Wadworth: 6X. Range 2005 Black Sheep: Best Bitter; Wadworth: 6X; +occasional guest beer.





EC1: SURPRISE, 32 Bowling Green Lane, EC1R 0BJ. Last Update <2010/12> map. Free House.
Marstons: Pedigree. Renamed Little Litten. Renamed Charlottes, Harlem Yacht Club and (Jan 96) the LITTLE LITTEN. Renamed back to SURPIRSE. Was THE BOWLER Now Surprise. Reopend after referbishment. Up to three varying beers from the Marston's portfolio.
Original Name? Surprise.
Previous Names? Little Litten, The Bowler.





EC1: SUTTON ARMS, 6 Carthusian Street, EC1M 6EB. Last Update <2016/01> map. Ex Remarkable Restaurants.
Ex Charrington became Greene King late 1993. Sold in Nov to Fuller’s. Fuller’s London Pride, Seafarers and a guest.





EC1: SUTTON ARMS, 15 Great Sutton Street, EC1V 0BX. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House.
Fullers: London Pride. Taylors: Landlord. Guest Beers 1. Ex Whitbread since 1993.





EC1: THREE COMPASSES, 66 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6BP. Last Update <1992/02> map. G Met Trumans.
Greene King: Ruddles County. Fullers: London Pride, : REAL CIDER: Live Jazz and Blues piano has continued at this smart pub. Cooked meals available lunchtime andcold snacks at all times. Restaurant doubles as a function room.





EC1: TRADER, 142 Whitecross Street, EC1Y 8QJ. Last Update <2010/12> map. Enterprise.
Marston: Pedigree. Wells & Young's: Wells Bombardier. Ex Grand Met. Had been renamed the Eagle & Stump, it was originally the Spread Eagle. Now renamed TRADER. Freehold sold at auction for £1.08m, together with another five pubs, in May 2010.
Original Name? Spread Eagle.
Previous Names? Eagle & Stump-Molly Blooms.





EC1: TWO BREWERS, 121 Whitecross Street, EC1Y 8JH. Last Update <2011/12> map. Enterprise Inns.
Harveys: Sussex Best Bitter. Sharp: Doom Bar. This pub was one of the houses where Whitbread Gold Label Lager (a real lager served by handpumps) went on trial, it appears to have lost the case. One long bar with darts. Now Enterprise, ex- Whitbread.





EC1: VIADUCT TAVERN, 126 Newgate Street, EC1A 7AA. Last Update <2005/05> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride. Fullers: Chiswick. Visit the Newgate Prison cellar by arrangement with Pub Walks (see Time Out for details). Cooked meals and snacks at all times. Became a Fullers tied house.





EC1: WELL, 180 St John Street,, EC1V 4JY. Last Update <2013/06> map. ETM.
Sambrook: Junction. Real ale introduced c2011. The first gastropub operated by ETM. Was the George until 1944.





EC1: WHITE BEAR, 57 St John Street, EC1M 4AN. Last Update <2013/06> map. Punch Taverns.
Nice frontage well worth a visit to see a pub that has not suffered too much at the hands of the brewers. Many original features. The site of the Baptists Head is behind the White Bear in St Johns Lane. Across the road to the right can still be seen the sign in relief of the Cross Keys pub. Snacks at all times, hot food lunchtime. Darts. Function room. Now Punch, ex-Bass.





EC1: White Lion, 37 Central Street, EC1V 8AB. Last Update <2016/01> map. Enterprise Inns.
Closed and boarded following a fire on 7 April 2014. Now Enterprise, ex-Whitbread. Closed in September 2015 having reopened in November 2014 having closed following a fire in April. There is an active campaign against converting the pub to luxury flats which has resulted in the pub being granted an ACV.





EC1: WILLIAM BLAKE, 174-180 Old Street, EC1V 9BP. Last Update <2010/12> map. Town & City.
Taylors: Landlord. Opened December 97. Open Mon-Sat 11-11 only. Up to five beers mainly from Wells & Young's. Now Town & City, ex-SFI. Renamed WILLIAM BLAKE.
Original Name? LITTEN TREE.
Previous Names? Litten Tree.





EC1: WILMINGTON ARMS, 69 Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4RL. Last Update <2014/06> map. Greene King.
Greene King: IPA. Magic Pub co now owned by Greene King. Transferred to Greene King's ‘Capital Pub Co’ chain with more varied cask ale range. Now simply WILMINGTON.





EC1: YE OLDE RED COW, 72 Long Lane, EC1A 9EJ. Last Update <2011/06> map. Free House.
Guest Beers 4. Ex Grand Met. The cellars and ground floor are reputed to go back to the 1400s . Unexplained happenings give rise to the thought the pub is haunted. Reopened and renamed LONG LANE. Now independently run, ex-Shepherd Neame. Reopened and renamed OLD RED COW. Four rotating guests (e,g. BrewDog, Dark Star, Oakham, Redemption, Sambrook's). Also 12 numbered keg taps (including British and continental beers and one rotating US guest craft beer and house lager from Belgium) and bottled beers. Independent pub now operated by small pubco 'Pubs of Distinction' Grey decor, mixture of tables and high stools, chandelier, pine flooring. Upstairs drinking/dining area. Simple English food.
Previous Names? Long Lane.





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EC2: ALL BAR ONE, 14 Bishopsgate Arcade ,, EC2M 3YD. Last Update <2010/12> map. M&B.
Sharps: Doom Bar. New pub replacing the demolished Sir Paul Pindar. Renamed back from FIRST AND LAST. Now ALL BAR ONE.
Original Name? Sir Paul Pindar.
Previous Names? First & Last.





EC2: ALL BAR ONE, 127 Finsbury Pavement, EC2A 1NS. Last Update <2012/12> map. Bass (M&B).
Fullers: London Pride. Sharp: Doom Bar. Opened November replacing the demolished London General. Open 11-11 Mon-Fri only. M&B, ex-Bass,





EC2: ALL BAR ONE, 18/20 Appold Street, EC2A 2AS. Last Update <2004/05> map. Bass.
Adnams: Bitter. Fullers: London Pride. Opened c1998. Open 11.30-11 Mon-Fri only. Owned by M&B now.





EC2: ANTHOLOGIST, 58 Gresham Street, EC2V 7BB. Last Update <2011/06> map. Drake & Morgan.
Fuller: London Pride. Large bar and restaurant opened on ground floor of office block in April 2010. Mixture of eating, separate restaurant area and open-to-view kitchen. Open 8am-11pm Mon-Wed, 8am-1am Thu/Fri, 9.30pm-1am Sat with soul music, closed Sun.





EC2: Arbitrager Bar, 27a Throgmorton Street, EC2N 2AN. Last Update <2015/06> map.
Having been closed for about ten years, reopened in March by Blood & Sand, who also run Hide SE1. Smaller than most micropubs! No cask beer. Twelve keg lines featuring London craft beers, e.g. Brixton, Hop Stuff, only available in third and two thirds measures.





EC2: Babble, 45 Old Broad Street, EC2N 1HU. Last Update <2012/12> map. Novus. No real ales!
Opened June 99. Open 11-11 Mon-Fri only. Renamed Babble after acquisition from Urbium by Novus c2010, still no real ale.
Original Name? One oF 2.
Previous Names? One Of 2-Wall.





EC2: BANGERS, 2 Wilson Street, EC2M 2TE. Last Update <1992/02> map. Davys Free House.
Davys: Old Wallop. Called Bangers because they serve traditional old English sausages. Downstairs beer is served in pint pewter tankards or copper half gallon jugs. Food at all times.




EC2: BEDROOM BAR, 62-68 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY . Last Update <2016/01> map. Bar now reopened to the public. One cask beer on gravity, e.g. Gipsy Hill Beatnik.






EC2: Blueberry Bar & Grill, 2-4 Paul Street, EC2A 4JH. Last Update <2007/06> map. No real ales!
New pub that opened in June 2001(?).A Davy's Free House and formerly one of its wine bars named Heeltap & Bumper. Closed then reopened as Blueberry Bar & Grill 2012.
Original Name? Heeltap & Bumper.
Previous Names? Vinum,





EC2: BOTANIST (ETM Group), 5 Broadgate Circle, EC2M 2QS.. First Update <2016/01> map.
Opened April 2015 in refurbished Broadgate Circle development.Ground floor bar and restaurant, plus basement 'SodaRoom' late night cocktail bar. Adnams Southwold Bitter,varying Long Arm beers from their pub in W5, Sambrook's Jugged Hare.





EC2: BRASSERIE BLANC (Raymond Blanc), 60 Threadneedle St, EC2R 8HP.. First Update <2015/06> map. Free House.
Plenty of space and no bouncers, unlike most bars in the area. One cask beer, Fuller’s London Pride.





EC2: BRICKLAYERS' ARMS, 63 Charlotte Road, EC2A 3PE. Last Update <2006/06> map. Free House.
Greene King: Old Speckled Hen, Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Wells & Young's: Wells Bombardier. Basic pub with a couple of table outside. Beautiful Whitbread mirror behind bar. Darts. Restaurant.Function room. Two regular Shadow of its former self.





EC2: BROWNS BAR & BRASSERIE, 8 Old Jewry, EC2R 8DN. Last Update <2013/03> map. M&B.
Fulller: London Pride. Sharp: Doom Bar. Part of M&B bar and restaurant chain with real ale installed by August 2011.





EC2: BULL, 4 Devonshire Row, EC2M 4RH. Last Update <2012/06> map. Scottish&New.
Sharp: Doom Bar. Guest Beers 2. Ex Grand Met Watneys Darts. Renamed COLLINS. Now S&N owned. Renamed back to BULL.
Previous Name? Collins.




EC2: Cantaloupe, 35/42 Charlotte Road, EC2A 3P. Last Update <2014/06> map. Free House. Pub closed. Reopened and renamed MERCHANTS TAVERN in September 2013. No real ale. Camden Town and Williams Bros lagers.
New pub opened Oct 96 (?). Closed by early 2012.





EC2: CAPE-SLUG & LETTUCE, 10 Aldermanbury, EC2V 7RF. Last Update <2014/12> map. Stonegate.
(corner of Wood St/Love Lane ). Ex Barracuda. Renamed PRODIGAL in Nov 2003. Renamed CAPE 2008. Free house opened in November 2000. Bought by Stonegate . Renamed in July 2014 as a SLUG & LETTUCE. Fullers ESB and London Pride, Doom Bar.
Original Name? OLD MONK.
Previous Names? Prodigal, Cape.





EC2: CHEZ GERRARD, 64 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AJ. Last Update <2013/06> map.
Fuller: London Pride. A Paramount operated bar/restaurant with bar area at front, now with real ale and keg beers since c2012.





EC2: City Boot, 7 Moorfields High Walk, EC1N 7RA. Last Update <2016/01> map. Davy.
Closed a few years ago and demolished as part of a substantial redevelopment.





EC2: CITY PIPE-BOTTLESCRUE, 33 Foster Lane, EC2M 7QN. Last Update <2006/12> map. Davys Free House.
Renamed FOSTER PROJECT and now BOTTLESCRUE. Shepherd Neame Spitfire and Whitstable Bay.





EC2: City Tavern, 29 Lawrence Lane, EC2V 8DA. Last Update <2015/01> map. Whitbread.
Greene King, closed by July 2012. Was demolished some time back. Replaced by offices. 
Original Name? City Grill.



EC2: CORNEY & BARROW, 109-111 Old Broad Street, EC2N 1AP. Last Update <2014/12> map.
Long-standing chain wine bar, on this site for over a century. Real ale (eventually!) introduced, Sharp?s Doom Bar.
Original Name?
Previous Names?




EC2: Context, 14 Finsbury Square, EC2A 1BR. Last Update <2014/06> map. Free House. Closed along with adjoining buildings.
Original Name? Bar Med.
Previous Names? Worship





EC2: DIRTY DICKS, 202/204 Bishopsgate, EC2M 4NR. Last Update <2013/01> map. Youngs.
Wells: Youngs Bitter. Wells: Bombardier. Wells: Young's London Gold. Wells: Young's Sundance. Guest Beers 2. Wines also a speciality. Ground floor and basement bars. Restaurant and function room.





EC2: DR BUTLERS HEAD, Mason's Avenue, EC2V 5BT. Last Update <2002/05> map. Shepherd Neame.
Shepherd Neame: Best Bitter. Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Shepherd Neame: Master Brew. Now owned by Shepherd Neame having been bought from the Laurel Pub Company. Split-level one-bar pub with seating area roped off. Two upstairs restaurants. Function room. Gas lit. Pub on the site since 1610. Building dates from 1666. Dr Butler was a specialist on nervous diso rders whose miracle cures included holding consultations on London Bridge during which the unfortunate client would be dropped through a trapdoor into the torrent below. He was court physician to James I. Open Monday - Friday 11-11.





EC2: DRIFT, Heron Tower, 110 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AY. Last Update <2012/06> map. Drake & Morgan.
Fuller: London Pride. Woodforde: Wherry. Stylish Drake & Morgan bar and restaurant in new office development opened July 2011. Ground floor bar with outside seating with tall external windows and bar back lined with wine bottles and bric-à-brac stretching to upper level bar and restaurant (with no real ale).





EC2: FLEETWOOD, 36 Wilson Street, EC2M 2TE. Last Update <1992/02> map. Fullers.
Fullers: Chiswick. Fullers: London Pride, Fullers ESB Modern pub with light-wood fittings with outside drinking area. It has become a favourite CAMRA drinking place. Cooked food lunchtime and snacks at other times.





EC2: FLYING HORSE, 52 Wilson Street, EC2A 2ER. Last Update <2006/06> map. Courage.
Adnams: Bitter. Greene King: IPA. Fullers: London Pride. Darts and pool in upstairs room which can be used as a function room. Lunchtime snacks. A much improved, but still traditional pub following its Oct 2005 refurbishment. SF.





EC2: FOX, 28 Paul Street, EC2A 4LB. Last Update <2006/06> map. G Met Watneys.
C Wells: Bombardier. Circular bar, wooden floor, prints on walls, withupstairs lounge (bookable for private functions).Cooked meals lunchtime, snacks at all times.





EC2: GABLE, 25 Moorgate, EC2R 6AR. Last Update <2006/12> map. Lewis & Clarke Free House.
Adnams: Bitter. Fullers: London Pride. Lewis & Clarke Free House/gastropub opened c. August 2005 on ground floor of new office development. LargeL-shaped bar with open-plan kitchen at rear. Bare floorboards, exposed ceiling ventilation ducts, large windows to front and side. Mixture of seating areas. Rear entrance also on to Moorfields. 'Cellar' bar downstairs (without real ale). Available for hire for functions, including weekends.





EC2: GALLERY, 10/11Austin Friars, EC2N 2HG. Last Update <2006/12> map. Lewis & Clarke Free House.
Adnams: Bitter. Fullers: London Pride. Lewis & Clarke Free House/gastropub opened c. 2004 in former bank tucked away off Old Broad St. Large windows to street with high ceilings, the bar is fitted out in basic style with bare woodenfloor, concrete pillars and steps, exposed brickwork, red covered seats, grey décor and exposed metallic ventilation ducts. Open-plan kitchen to rear. Small balcony seating area upstairs.





EC2: GEORGE, Great Eastern Hotel, EC2M 7QN. Last Update <2005/05> map. Free House.
Adnams: Bitter. Greene King: IPA. Wells & Young's: Wells Bombar. New (2000) bar.





EC2: GLOBE, 83 Moorgate, EC2M 6SA. Last Update <2011/06> map. M&B (Nicholson).
Fullers: London Pride. Sharp: Doom Bar. Taylor: Landlord. Completely refurbished pub. Open plan downstairs built mostly of light wood. Restaurant upstairs. Old adverts decorate the walls. Now M&B (Nicholson), ex-Bass.





EC2: Great Eastern Free House-Terminus, Great Eastern Hotel - Liverpool Street, EC2M 7QN. Last Update <2005/12> map. Free House. No real ales!
Renamed Terminus and styled as a Grill, Bar and Restaurant. Keg. Open: M-F 10-10.30, Sat 11-3, 5-11 and normal Sunday Hours.Formerly the City Gates.
Original Name? City Gates.
Previous Names? Great Eastern Free House.





EC2: GREEN MAN, 1 Poultry, EC2R 8EJ. Last Update <2006/06> map. Wetherspoons.
New Wetherspoons free house. Opened Dec 98. Open all permitted hours.





EC2: GRIFFIN, 93 Leonard Street, EC2A 4RD. Last Update <2016/10> map. Britannia Pub Co.
Closed Sept 2014 for at least a year, for refurbishment and redevelopment of adjacent buildings which took longer than expected, now reopened. Two changing cask beers, e.g. Charnwood, Roosters, plus a strong range of over a dozen ‘craft’ keg beers and 40 bottles.





EC2: HAMILTON HALL, Unit 32, The Concourse, Liverpool St Station, EC2M 7PY. Last Update <1992/06> map. Wetherspoons.
Greene King: Abbot. Greene King: Ruddles Best. Marstons: Pedigree. Guest Beers 5. Wetherspoon free house opened early 1992. Once a ballroom, now a Wetherspoon pub with ten
handpumps serving a wide range of varied brews, including local ales.






EC2: Henry's-Bierschenke, 4 London Wall Buildings Blomfield Street, EC2M 5NT. Last Update <2012/12> map. TCG.
A cafe bar acquired by TCG in 2005, ex-Greenalls via S&N and Spirit in 2003. Having closed in 2012, reopened June 2014, renamed BIERSCHENKE, a German bar/restaurant relocated from the Strand WC2. No real ale. German draught and bottled beers.
Original Name? Henry's.





EC2: HORSE & GROOM, 28 Curtain Road, EC2A 3NQ. Last Update <2006/06> map. Greene King.
Greene King: IPA. Greene King: Abbot. Ex Charrington pub became GK in 1993. Near the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.





EC2: KEAT'S AT THE GLOBE., 85 Moorgate, EC2M 6SA. Last Update <2008/12> map. Bass (M&B).
Marston's: Draught Bass. Fullers: London Pride. Unusually it is next to another pub (the Globe). Bar food lunchtime only. Renamed JOHN KEATS AT THE MOORGATE now KEAT'S AT THE GLOBE.
Original Name? Moorgate.





EC2: KINGS ARMS, 27 Wormwood Street, EC2M 1RP. Last Update <2011/06> map. Punch.
Greene King: Ruddles Best. Greene King: Ruddles County. Ex Grand Met Trumans.





EC2: LONDON WALL (BAR & KITCHEN), 150 London Wall., EC2Y 5HN Last Update <2014/06> map. Caledonian: Deuchars IPA by October 2013.

EC2: LORD ABERCONWAY, 73 Old Broad Street, EC2M 1QS. Last Update <2009/12> map. Bass.
Fullers: London Pride. Taylors: Landlord. Formerly the Station Buffet. Unusual frontage make s the upstairs drinking area seem very spacious. Cooked food lunchtimes. Now believed to be owned by Bass (was Ind Coope).
Original Name? Station Buffet.





EC2: MAGPIE, 12 New Street, EC2M 4TP. Last Update <2011/06
>> map. M&B (Nicholsons) ex Bass.

Fullers: London Pride. St Austell: Nicholson's Pale Ale. Sharp: Doom Bar. Guest Beers 7. Unimaginative restoration spoilt a pub that had a genuine old fashioned feel to it. Darts and function room. Hot food and snacks lunchtime. Was believed to be owned by Bass (was Ind Coope) Now M&B (Nicholsons) Real ales from a 'seasonal list' of 13 from breweries large and small on a total of 10 handpumps. +up to seven guests





EC2: MASTER GUNNER-FINCH'S, 12a Finsbury Square, EC2A 1AN. Last Update <2014/12> map. Youngs.
Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Wells & Young's: Young's Special. New Youngs pub. Proports to be 12a Finsbury Sq EC2 but supect it should be City Road EC1? Renamed Master Gunner April 2005. Reverted to FINCH'S, after nine Years.
Original Name? FINCHS.
Previous Names? Master Gunner.





EC2: Mercer, 34 Threadneedle Street, EC2R 8AY. Last Update <2009/12> map. Free House. No real ales!
Opened in Oct ? 97. Opens 11-11 Mon-Fri only. Owned by M&B now ex Bass Now operated by 'Zone One Bars' and Free.ex-M&B. Already reported as converted to 'Ballroom' cocktail bar by new owners Zone One Bars, it had previously been renamed 'Star' and 'Apartment' and has now been renamed 'Mercer'.
Original Name? All Bar One.
Previous Names? Ballroom, Mercer.





EC2: MERCHANT OF BISHOPSGATE, Liverpool St Station Concourse, EC2M 7QH. Last Update <2012/06> map. Select Service Partners.
Fuller: London Pride. Greene King: IPA. Green King: Abbot. Sharp: Doom Bar. Guest Beers 2. Opened August 1993. Renamed Wren. Now a Select Service Partners Free House, ex-Travellers Fayre. Renamed MERCHANT OF BISHOPSGATE by Select Service Partners in late April and completely refurbished and expanded to take in two adjacent former fast food outlets at a cost of £1.2 million. Now styled a 'Freehouse & Kitchen', it is a large bar and restaurant in modern style with white tiled exterior, mixture of seating, exposed brick pillars and ventilation ducts, pine tiled flooring etc. Food includes hot and cold 'grazers' and traditional pub classics. Open 7am-12.30am (11.30pm Sun).
Original Name? Bonapartes.
Previous Names? Wren-Bonapartes.





EC2: O'Neills, 64 London Wall, EC2M 5TP. Last Update <2013/06> map. Bass (M&B). Closed.
Former free house. Renamed O'Neill's (Sept 96). Closed December 2011. Converted to a Chilango restaurant in November 2012.
Original Name? Talbot.





EC2: OLD BLUE LAST, 38 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3ES. Last Update <2012/06> map. Trumans.
Guest Beers 1. Large one bar pub. It claims to have been the first pub to sell Porter. Built 1700 rebuilt 1876. Lunchtime snacks. One guest beer (e.g. Everard: Trumans Runner).





EC2: OLD KINGS HEAD, 28 Holywell Row, EC2A 4JB. Last Update <2006/06> map. G Met Trumans.
Greene King: Ruddles Best. Greene King. Two little girls, one of which was suffocated, are said to haunt the cellars: it is said an appearance to a member of staff resulted in his resignation. The River Holywell runs beneath the pub. Hot food lunchtime and on request in the evening. Open Monday to Friday 11-11 and Saturday and Sunday lunchtimes. Darts





EC2: Papermill, 2/6 Curtain Road, EC2A 3NQ. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House.
Closed and demolished by April 2012.Formerly a printing works. Renamed PAPERMILL.
Original Name? Truscott Arms.
Previous Names? Papermill.





EC2: PHEONIX, 29 Throgmorton Street, EC2N 2AN. Last Update <2014/12> map. Ex Whitbread.
Opened Dec 99. Converted to Metropolitan Pub Co format. Greene King IPA and three guests, e.g. East London, Redemption.
Original Name? HOGSHEAD.
Previous Names? Pheonix.


EC2: PITT CUE, 1 The Avenue, Devonshire Square, EC2m 4YP. Last Update <2016/04>.
Opened in February, grill & smoke restaurant with bar at front. On-site Alphabeta brewery produces cask and keg beers e.g. Best Bitter, Smoked Porter, Rye Beer. Open Mon-Fri 12-23.
Original Name?
Previous Names?



EC2: Plough, St. Alphage Highwalk - Fore Street, EC2Y 5EL. Last Update <2015/06> map. Free House.
Closed and boarded up 2007. Demolished sometime 2013/14 and work is now in progress on the site.





EC2: Podium, St Alphage Highwalk - Fore Street, EC2Y 5EL. Last Update <2015/06> map. Greene King.
Greene King, ex-Whitbread via Laurel, closed, future uncertain. Demolished sometime 2013/14 and work is now in progress on the site.





EC2: PRINCESS, 76 Paul Street, EC2A 4NE. Last Update <2013/06> map. Whitbread.
3 varying guest beers from LocAle brewers (e.g. London Fields, Redemption, SambrookÂ’s). Large one-bar pub used as such for 120 years. The restaurant doubles as a function room. Snacks in the evening on request. Darts. Dropped the Princess from its name. Is subtitled PRINCESS (OF SHOREDITCH)
Original Name? PRINCESS ROYAL.
Previous Names? Princess.





EC2: Prohibition, 1 Bishopsgate, EC2N 3AQ. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House. No real ales.
Opened in October 1998. Beer served under pressure. Renamed Prohibition. Now a Free House/bar & grill. Former brewpub. Brewing equipment removed. Converted to HSBC bank.
Original Name? Pacific Oriental.
Previous Names? Prohibition.





EC2: RACK & RENTER, Tenter House 45 Moorfields, EC2Y 9AE. Last Update <2012/12> map. Marstons.
Marston: EPA. Marston: Pdeigree. Ringwood: Best. Brakspear: Bitter. Best to visit the pub when empty if you want to view the stamp collection which appears to be unappreciated by most drinkers. Patio. Hot and cold food lunchtime only. Wizard Inns until 2004- ex Regent Inns.
Original Name? Penny Black.
Previous Names? Penny Black.





EC2: RAILWAY TAVERN, 15 Liverpool Street, EC2M 7NH. Last Update <2006/06> map. Greene King.
Greene King: IPA. Greene King: Abbot. The railway insignia are interesting and hard to miss. Darts can be played upstairs. Function room. Ex Whitbread.





EC2: Red Herring, 49 Gresham Street, EC2V 7EH. Last Update <2016/04> map. Fullers.
New pub opened in March 1994 on the corner of Wood Street. Renamed RED HERRING. Closed before April 2016.
Original Name? 49 GRESHAM STREET.
Previous Names? Red Herring.





EC2: RED LION, 1 Eldon Street, EC2M 7LS. Last Update <2013/01> map. Scottish&New.

sharp: Doom Bar. St Austell:: Tribute. Guest Beers 3. A very busy expensive pub with an upstairs eating area. What appears to be original tongue-and-grove ceiling remains. Up to 3 guests including one cider. Now Spirit (TaylorWalker branded), ex-S&N.






EC2: ROOM, 10 Copthall Avenue, EC2R 7DE. Last Update <1998/09> map. Free House.
Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Open Mon-Fri 11-11 only.





EC2: Stone Horse (Paper Cow), 128 Bishopsgate, EC2M 4HX. Last Update <2014/06
>> map. Antic.

Opened March 1995.Renamed STONE HORSE by Puzzle Pub Co. Was Antic, ex- Puzzle. Closed and awaiting demolition in December 2011 along with whole corner building. Confirmed demolished by summer 2013.
Original Name? Old Monk.
Previous Names? Stone House.





EC2: STRONGROOM, 120-124 Curtain Road, EC2A 3SQ.. Last Update <2014/12
>> map.

'Bar and kitchen' opened by November 2008 in former warehouse and associated with Strongroom Recording Studios. Cask beer introduced, three handpumps in the downstairs bar and one upstairs, e.g. Oakham, Tiny Rebel.





EC2: TELEGRAPH, 11 Telegraph Street , EC2R 7AR. Last Update <2003/11> map. Fullers.
Fullers: Chiswick. Fullers: London Pride. Seasional beer will rotate with ESB. Partly on the site of the Butlers Head.





EC2: Throgmorton Restaurant-Throgmortons, 27 Throgmorton Street, EC2N 2AN. Last Update <2015/03> map. Bass. No real ale.
Former Joe Lyons restaurant. Had three seperate drinking areas, two below groundlevel with two restauranng areas, two below groundlevel with two restaurants. Now believed to be owned by Bass. Dropped the restaurant Ex Ind Cope. The basement bar, now converted to a wine bar accessed down steps from the same entrance as the Arbitrager. In fact, the toilets for the Arbitrager are in this basement. Could not see anything obvious on the bar through the door. NOW keg
Original Name? Throgmorton Restaurant.





EC2: TOKENHOUSE, 4 Moorgate, EC2. Last Update <2012/12> map. Fuller.
Fuller: ESB, . Beers vary every three weeks from within the Marston range. A 'bar and brasserie' opened June 2008 by Marstons in former bank premises, not previously reported.
Original Name? BLUU.
Previous Names? Bluu.





EC2: WATERMARK CLUB, 35 Scrutton Street, EC2A 4RQ. Last Update <2005/12> map. Free House.
Marston's: Draught Bass. Greene King: IPA. Despite its name it is a pub proper: small wood-panelled local with bare floorboards; steps lead down to a lower room with pool table. Open 11-11 Mon-Fri only, may close earlier, dependent on customers. Apparently in existence for 30 years and originally a club serving the local print industry.





EC2: White hart, 121 Bishopsgate. EC2M 3TH. Last Update <2015/06> map. Now M&B (Nicholson), ex-Bass.
Closed due to Crossrail developement. Having closed in June 2014, demolished earlier this year, retaining the Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street facades.





EC2: WHITE HORSE, 2 Broadgate Place, EC2M 2QA. Last Update <2011/06> map. Youngs.
Adnams: Bitter. Sharps: Doom Bar. Greene King: IPA. Refurbished in 'industrial rustic' style with a mixture of seating, sofas and reclaimed furniture. Geronimo pub acquired by Young's in December 2010. Ex Grand Met Watneys, then S&N owned. ex-Tattersall Castle Group in October 2010, ex-Spirit in 2005. .
Original Name? BROADGATE EXCHANGE.
Previous Names? White Horse.





EC2: Windmill, 27 Tabernacle Street, EC2A 4DE. Last Update <2006/12> map. Bass. No real ales!
Former free house now destroyed by the 'need' for office space. It is festooned with memorabilia including some old beer bottles of note above the bar. Noisy. Nice photos of windmills: examples of post, smock and tower are represented but their names and locations are not indicated for those of you who are windmill fans. Hot food lunchtime. Darts.





EC2: WOOD STREET, Andrewes House - 185 Fore Street, EC2Y 5. Last Update <2010/12> map. Free House.
Greene King: IPA. Greene Man: Abbot. EX Charrington became GK 1993. Was a Greene King pub.Now a free house run by Peermans Pub Co.Re opened and renamed WOOD STREET, Now a 'bar and restaurant' .
Original Name? CROWDERS WEL.
Previous Names? Wood Street.





EC2: WOODINS SHADES, 212 Bishopsgate, EC2M 4PT. Last Update <2010/12> map. M&B's Nicholson.
Fullers: London Pride. Taylors: Landlord. Adnams: Bitter. Guest Beers 5. Extremely popular pub with two bars and a restaurant. Handy for the Petticoat Lane Market. Cooked food lunchtime.





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EC3: ALCHEMIST-ALICE, 133 Houndsditch, EC3A 7BX. Last Update <2014/05> map. Free House.
Opened Nov 96(?). Wheelchair access. Renamed Springbok Bar. Then run by Barracuda. No smoking area, no music. Renamed ALCHEMIST by November 2011, Then the Alice by May 2014. Up to four changing cask beers.
Original Name? EASTERN MONK.
Previous Names? Eastern Monk-Springbok Bar-Barracuda-Alchemist.





EC3: All Bar One, 107/108 Hounsditch, EC3A 7BD. Last Update <2015/06> map. Bass (M&B). No real ales! !
Opened October 2001 no doubt replacing the Drum & Monkey at 104. Now M&B, ex- Six Continents. Cask beer discontinued early 2010s, as with the rest of the chain.





EC3: All Bar One, 16 Byward Street, EC3R 5BA. Last Update <2015/06> map. Bass (M&B).
Opened Sept 98. Open Mon-Fri 11.30-11and Sat 12-6 only. Cask beer discontinued early 2010s, as with the rest of the chain.
Previous Names? Broker.





EC3: ASSEMBLY-DRAFT HOUSE (SEETHING), 14-15 Seething Lane, EC3N 4AX. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House.
Free house/bar that opened in October 2002. Run by Lewis & Clarke. Renamed DRAFT HOUSE (SEETHING), 5 varying cask ales including a Sambrooks beer. Independent bar acquired by expanding small Draft House pubco in July 2013, its sixth outlet.





EC3: Bangers Too, 1 St Mary at Hill, EC3R 8EE. Last Update <2012/12> map. Davys Free House. Closed.
Closed in June 2012 due to expiry of lease.





EC3: Bavarian Beerhouse, 9 The Arches Crutched Friars, EC3N 2AU. Last Update <2010/12> map. Bavarian Beerhouse Group. No real ales!
Renamed McDaids, Pitcher & Piano. Formerly the Savage Grill. Now operated by small Bavarian Beerhouse Group. Ex Marston
Original Name? Savage Grill.
Previous Names? Bulla, Mcdaids, Pitcher & Piano, Savage Grill.





EC3: BRITANNIA, 20 Monument Street, EC3R 8AJ. Last Update <2011/12> map. Town (Stonegate).
Fuller: London Pride. Marston: EPA. Taylors: Landlord. New pub opened late 1991 replacing one in the same street. Town, ex-Bass.






EC3: Bunker, Cavendish Court off Devonshire Row, EC3A 7GA. Last Update <1992/03> map. Free House. No real ales!
Opened 1993 selling a range of ales all on pressure





EC3: CHAMBERLAIN, 130/134 Minories, EC3N 1NU. Last Update <2002/05> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride. Fullers: ESB. Gale's: Seafarers Ale. Sasonal beer. New Fullers Ale & Pie bar attached to a converted office block in November 2001.





EC3: CHESHIRE CHEESE, 48/50 Crutched Friars, EC3N 2AP. Last Update <2011/06> map. Nicholson (Stonegate).
Marston's: Draught Bass. Under a railway arch. Gaslights. Cooked food lunchtimes and snacks at other times. Nicholson, ex-Bass.





EC3: City F.O.B., Adelaide House. Lower Thames Street, EC3R 6DJ. Last Update <2011/12> map. Davys Free House. Closed.
Closed c2010 after 32 years, the acronym standing for 'Free On Board' in shipping terminology.





EC3: COCK & WOOLPACK, 6 Finch Lane, EC3V 3NA. Last Update <2009/07> map. Shepherd Neame.
Shepherd Neame: Bishops Finger. Shepherd Neame: Best Bitter. Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. + seasonal beer; guest beer (e.g. Oakham JHB). Former Free House acquired and reopened by Shepherd Neame in 2002 but not previously reported.





EC3: CORNEY & BARROW, 25 Fenchurch Ave, EC3M 5AD. Last Update <2010/12> map. Free.
Hook Norton: Best Bitter. Chain wine bar now with draught beer.





EC3: COUNTING HOUSE, 50 Cornhill, EC3V 3PD. Last Update <1999/02> map. Fullers.
Fullers: Chiswick. Fullers: London Pride. Opened Dec 97. Full fullers range.





EC3: CROSSE KEYS, 7-12 Gracechurch Street, EC3V 0DR. Last Update <1999/11> map. Wetherspoons.
New Wetherspoons free house that opened in June 1999.





EC3: CRUTCHED FRIAR, 38 Crutched Friars, EC3N 2AE. Last Update <1998/09> map. Stonegate.
Marston's: Draught Bass. Fullers: London Pride. New pub. Open Mon-Fri only. Stonegate ex Bass.





EC3: EAST INDIA ARMS, 67 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4BR. Last Update <2006/12> map. Shepherd Neame.
Shepherd Neame: Bishops Finger. Shepherd Neame: Best Bitter. Hancock: HB. Shepherd Neame: Kents Best. Reverted to Bass after 21 year lease to Youngs expired. Now Shepherd Neame. No frills pub in the heart of the City. Note the unusual handpumps. No jeans.





EC3: Elephant, 119 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 5BA. Last Update <2015/06> map. Youngs.
Closed in October, for demolition of the office block of which it forms part. Having closed in Oct, demolished earlier this (2015) year.




EC3: FACTORY HOUSE (Davy), 10 Lime St, EC3M 7AA. .Opened in 2012.Basement wine bar, accessed from 37 Leadenhall Pl. One cask beer, ‘Davy’s Old Wallop’. Last Update <2016/08> map. Free House.

Previous Names?




EC3: FEN, Fenchchurch Street Station Concourse, EC3M 4AJ. Last Update <2007/06> map. Free House.
Fullers: London Pride. Greene King: IPA. Renamed FEN,
Original Name? RAVEN.
Previous Names? Fen.





EC3: FINE LINE, Equitable House 1 Monument Street, EC3R 8AH. Last Update <2015/12> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride. New fullers pub opend in Sept 99. Refurbished and renamed HYDRANT. FuIIer’s and guest cask beers, e.g. London Beer Factory Paxton IPA.





EC3: FOLLY, 1 Gracechurch Street, EC3V 0DD. Last Update <2011/06> map. Drake & Morgan.
Fullers: London Pride. Woodforde: Wherry. Spacious and stylish bar and restaurant occupying ground floor and basement of office building. Opened Nov 2010. Has in-house deli, wine shop and flower shop.Open-to-view kitchen and potted plants throughout.





EC3: GRAPES, 14 Lime Street, EC3M 7AP. Last Update <2014/06> map. M&B.
Fullers: London Pride, Adnams: Bitter; +Sharp: Doom Bar; +guest beer. M&B (franchise), ex-Bass. One bar pub with a restaurant. The bow frontage has a preservation order.
Original Name? BUNCH OF GRAPES.





EC3: HABIT, 65 Crutched Friars, EC3N 2AE. Last Update <2006/06> map. Davys Free House.
Davys: Original. Davys: Old Wallop. Davys Free House in large modern office block.





EC3: HENNESSYS-ONE TUN, 36 Jewry Street, EC3N 2EX. Last Update <2016/10> map. Enterprise.
Renamed HENNESSYS 2003. Taken over by a former operator of the Junction Tavern NW5, and reverted to THREE TUNS.Transferred in June to Enterprise’s Bermondsey Pub Co managed format. Now has four cask beers from a mix of national and local breweries, plus a range of keg beer from Bermondsey breweries.
Original Name? THREE TUNS.
Previous Names? Hennessys.





EC3: HOOP & GRAPES, 47 Aldgate High Street, EC3N 1AL. Last Update <2010/06> map. Now M&B (Nicholson), ex-Bass.
Fullers.: London Pride. Taylors.: Landlord. Fullers: London Pride. Guest Beers 2. Darts. Restaurant. Listed Building dating from the 11th century although it has been a pub for only the last 100 years. It missed the Great Fire of London by a few yards and is one of only a handful of timbered buildings still left in London.





EC3: HUNG, DRAWN & QUARTERED, 27 Great Tower Street, EC3R 5AQ. Last Update <1996/04> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride. Fullers: ESB, Fuller's: Discovery. Fuller's: Chiswick. Fuller's: Bengal Lancer. New pub opened Dec (?) 1995. Seasonal beers. Fuller's Ale & Pie Pub near the Tower of London.





EC3: JAMAICA WINE HOUSE, St Michaels Alley - Cornhill, EC3V 9DS. Last Update <2009/07> map. Shepherd Neame.
Shepherd Neame: Best Bitter. Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Two bars with real ale in the basement only. Lunchtime snacks. Old business centre for the Jamaica trade. The original building was burnt down in the Great Fire of London. The present building dates from 1674.Free House acquired by Shepherd Neame in April 2009.





EC3: LAMB TAVERN, 10/12 Leadenhall Market, EC3V 1LR. Last Update <1992/02> map. Young & Co.
Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Wells & Young's: Young's Special. Wells & Young's: Winter Warmer. It was a free house until 1985. Darts and function room. Cooked meals lunchtime, snacks other times. Multi-layered pub in a magnificent Victorian covered market. Crowded lunchtimes and early evenings.





EC3: LIBERTY BOUNDS, 15 Trinity Square, EC3N 4AA. Last Update <2013/03> map. Wetherspoons.
Fuller: London Pride. Greene King: IPA. Greene King: Abbot. Opened March 1997. +guest beers; +4 ciders on a total of twelve handpumps.





EC3: Lowlander., 20 Creechurch Lane, EC3A 5AY. Last Update <2012/06> map. Free House. No real ales!
New free house that opened in Dec 1998. Renamed POETS CORNER. Closed early 2006. Sold and renamed CHRISTOPHERS BAR & GRILL for a short while but, prior to opening, sold on again to be renamed LOWLANDER. Closed since October 2009. Reopened and renamed JAMIES. No real ale. Now part of Jamies wine bar and restaurant chain operated by Kornicis Group by June 2011 with keg beer.
Original Name? Poets.
Previous Names? Poets Corner, Lowlander-Poets Bar.





EC3: MARY JANES-FINE LINE, 124-127 Minories, EC3N 1NT. Last Update <2015/06> map. Mint Group
New Fullers bar/cafe that opened January 1999. Renamed MARY JANES. Now operated by Mint Group, ex-Fuller's. Cask beer restored, e.g. London Fields, Sharp’s Doom Bar.
Original Name? Fine Line.
Previous Names? Mary Jane.





EC3: MINORIES, 64 Minories, EC3N 1DD. Last Update <2009/12> map. Stonegate.
Fullers: London Pride. Wells & Young's: Bombardier. Greene King: IPA. Sharps: Doom Bar. New large pub in railway arches near Tower Gateway DLR station. Stonegate, ex Laurel.Renamed LITTEN TREE? Mentioned in an offer in the Evening Standard of October 17th. News? Former SFI Free House acquired by Laurel. Now Town & City, ex-Laurel.





EC3: MISSOURI ANGEL, 14 Crosswall, EC3N 2LJ. Last Update <2015/16> map. Bass. No real ales!
Reopened and renamed MISSOURI ANGEL. An independent bar/restaurant with Sierra Nevada and Anchor keg beers. Cask beer restored, Sharp’s Doom Bar and Wells & Young Bombardier.
Original Name? Mr Micawber.
Previous Names? Angel.





EC3: MONUMENT, 18 Fish Street Hill, EC3R 6DB. Last Update <2007/12> map. Greene King.
Greene King: Old Speckled Hen. Opened late 97 Now Green King owned and renamed Monument.
Original Name? HOGSHEAD.
Previous Names? Hogshead.





EC3: NEW MOON, 88 Gracechurch Street, EC3V 0DN. Last Update <2007/12> map. Greene King.
Greene King: IPA. Greene King: Old Speckled Hen. Darts. Cooked meals lunchtime and snacks at other times. Split level pub. Lounge downstairs. Now Greene King, ex-Whitbread via Laurel. Has seasonal beers.





EC3: OLD TEA WAREHOUSE, 6-8 Creechurch Lane, EC3A 5AY. Last Update <2013/06> map. Greene King.
Greene King: Abbot. Greene King: IPA. Originally a tea warehouse opened in Oct 96. Available for hire weekends. Transferred to Greene King's ‘Capital Pub Co’ chain with more varied cask ale range.





EC3: OLD TOM'S BAR, 10-12 Leadenhall Market, EC3V 1LR. Last Update <2012/06> map. Youngs.
Sambrooke: Wandle. Wells & Young's: Young's Bitter. Guest Beers 1. Young's basement bar under Lamb Tavern, now operated separately but under same management as pub above, with its own entrance on Whittington St, opened October 2011. Also has keg and 'craft' bottled beers from Meantime and Camden Town, and Sipsmith gin. Quality cheeses, artisanal cold meals and jars of nuts and olives. Green and cream tiles, bare bricks, polished wooden floor and mix of tables, chairs and sofas. Open 10am-11pm Mon-Fri only.





EC3: PEACOCK, 41 Minories, EC3N 1DY. Last Update <2008/12> map. Scottish&New.
Black Sheep: Bitter. Ex Grand Met Chef & Brewer.





EC3: PITCHER & PIANO, 28 Cornhill, EC3V 3ND. Last Update <2010/12> map. Marston.
Wynchwood: Brakspear Oxford Gold. Now Marston, ex-W&D.
Original Name? BAR EXCELLENCE.
Previous Names? Pitcher & Piano.





EC3: Pumphouse, 82 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 4BY. Last Update <2016/02> map. Bass.
Closed 2007/8 along with whole building (82-86), pending redevelopment. Demolished by Feb 2016.





EC3: Red Lion, 8 Lombard Court, EC3V 9BJ. Last Update <2014/06> map. Bass. Pub
M&B (Nicholson), now converted in April 2013 to 'Cyclebeat', a cycling gym.





EC3: Revolution Bar., 1 America Square, EC3N 2LS. Last Update <2012/12> map. Laurel. No real ales!
.Renamed SLUG & LETTUCE. Was Laurel, ex-Whitbread. Formerly HOGSHEAD. Now Innventive, ex-Bay Restaurant Group.,ex-Laurel. Renamed 2012 Revolution Bar.
Original Name? Hogs Head.
Previous Names? Slug & Lettuce-Hogs Head.





EC3: SHIP, 3 Hart Street, EC3R 7NB. Last Update <2011/06> map. Scott & New.
Adnams: Bitter; +St Austell: Tribute; +Sharp: Doom Bar; +guests (e.g. Everard Beacon). Now S&N PC, ex S&N. Cooked meals lunchtime and snacks other times. Darts. Restaurant and function room.





EC3: Ship Tavern, 11 Talbot Court, EC3V 0BP. Last Update <2012/06> map. M&B (Nicholson).
Fuller: London Pride. Sharp: Doom Bar. St Austell: Tribute. Guest Beers 5. Cooked food lunchtime and snacks in the evenings.Function room. 5 guests from regionals and micros. Now M&B (Nicholson), ex-Bass. Formerly SHIP TAVERN.
Previous Names? Ship Tavern.





EC3: SIMPSONS TAVERN, Marlow House - Lloyds Avenue, EC3V 9DR. Last Update <2007/06> map. Free House.
Marston's: Draught Bass. Note correct address. Two bars, ground floor and basement. Lunchtime food. The pub was founded by Thomas Simpson in 1757 and is currently owned by E.J. Rose but was for sale as was the Jamaica Wine House.





EC3: SLUG & LETTUCE, 25 St Mary Axe, EC3A 8AA. Last Update <2006/06> map. Stonegate.
Black Sheep: Best Bitter. C Wells Bombardier. Opened in March (update 29). Renamed SLUG & LETTUCE in 2006. A welcome retention of real ale despite the change of name. Stonegate, ex Whitbread.
Original Name? HOGSHEAD.
Previous Names? Hogshead.





EC3: Slug & Lettuce , 100 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 5JD. Last Update <2015/06> map.
Mentioned in an offer in the Evening Standard of October 17th 2003. News anyone? This from London Drinker " Originally PARISA and part of a small chain opened c.'99/2000 but not previously reported. Believed acquired by SFI and renamed c. 2002, and acquired by Laurel in 2005". Closed in 2013, becoming a Be At One cocktail bar with no draught beer, which in turned closed in 2014.





EC3: STERLING, 30 St Mary Axe, EC3A 8BF. Last Update <2006/12> map. Lewis & Clarke Free House.
Adnams: Bitter. Fullers: London Pride. Lewis & Clarke Free House/gastropub opened c. April 2005 on ground floor of landmark 'Gherkin' office building. Entrance is at rear of building, approached through a large outdoor drinking andeating area. Large glass windows, narrow bar area with mixture of seating, cream décor and open-plan kitchen. Small upstairs seating area.





EC3: SWAN, Ship Tavern Passage, EC3V 1LY. Last Update <1992/02> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride. Fullers: ESB. Became a Fullers pub in 1993. Larger bar upstairs that can be used as a function room. Darts. Lunchtime snacks. Closed Sunday.





EC3: THREE LORDS, 47 Minories, EC3N 1DD. Last Update <1992/02> map. Young & Co.
Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Wells & Young's: Young's Special. Wells & Young's: Winter Warmer. Darts in the downstairs bar. Built on the site of the old Franciscan nunnery - hence Minories. On dissolutionthe parish was granted the full privileges of the nunnery, including marriage without banns or licence and licensing their own publicans. The name Three Lords comes from three Jacobite Lords executed after the '45 rebellion.





EC3: TRIDENT, 29-31 Mitre St, EC3A 5BZ. Last Update <2016/01> map. Independent.
Changed hands and renamed in November as the seventh CRAFT BEER CO. Ten handpumps and eighteen keg taps serving a large variety of changing beers.





EC3: Underwriter, 15 St. Mary Axe, EC3A 8AH. Last Update <2013/01> map. Scott & New. Closed.
Basement bar under Commercial Union Building. Now Trust Inns, ex-S&N. Closed in 2011, future uncertain





EC3: WALRUS & CARPENTER, 45 Monument Street, EC3R 8BU. Last Update <2011/12> map. M&B (Nicholson).
Fuller: London Pride. St Austell: Tribute. Sharp: Doom Bar. Formerly called the Cock. Two lounges, a wine bar and function room as well as a restaurant. Now M&B (Nicholson), ex-Bass. Was leased by Young's between 1992 and 2006.
Original Name? Cock.





EC3: WHITE HORSE, 31 Houndsditch, EC3A 7DB. Last Update <2016/10> map. Bass (M&B).
Renamed WHITE HORSE by September 2008. Taken over by Nice Bars and renamed LION BAR & KITCHEN. One changing cask beer.
Original Name? Red Lion.
Previous Names? O'Neill's, White Horse.





EC3: WINDSOR, 2 London Street, EC3M 4AJ. Last Update <2011/06> map. Town (Stonegare).
Fullers: London Pride. Greene King: IPA. Two dartboards. Now M&B, ex-Bass. Now believed to be owned by Bass. Renamed GOOSE AT FENCHURCHEx Ind Coope.
Original Name? CITY OF LONDON YEOMAN.
Previous Names? Goose At Fenchurch, Windsor.





EC3: WINE LODGE, 145 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 6BL. Last Update <2008/12> map. Free House.
Harvey: Sussex Best Bitter. Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Closed 2007. Reopened and now independent, ex-Young. Formerly CHAPMANS WINE LODGE. +Waggledance.
Original Name? Chapmans Wine Lodge.
Previous Names? Wine Lodge.





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EC4: ALL BAR ONE, 44/46 Ludgate Hll, EC4M 7DE. Last Update <2012/06> map. M&B.
Fuller: London Pride. Sharp: Doom Bar. New bar opened (May 96?) in office block.





EC4: All Bar One, 103 Cannon Street, EC4N 5AD. Last Update <2006/12> map. Bass (M&B). No real ales!
Opened in July 97.





EC4: Apostle, 34-36 Ludgate Hill, EC4M 7DE. Last Update <2007/12> map. Eldridge Pope. No longer a pub.
Opened Nov 97. Renamed APOSTLE, still no real ale. Operated by Food & Drink Group. Formerly 34 LUDGATE HILL. Converted to a Garfunkels restaurant by January 2013.
Original Name? Slurping Toad.
Previous Names? Jamies, Apostle.





EC4: BANKER, Cousin Lane, EC4R 3TE. Last Update <1992/02> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride. Fullers: Chiswick, Fullers: ESB. The pub is formed by an arch of Cannon Street BR Station bridge with two smaller arches forming a tunnel effect from which the river can be viewed. Interesting use of unpainted wood decorated in largely an Art Deco style. Patio. Cooked meals and snacks atall times. OK for the disabled.
Original Name? Bouncing Banker.





EC4: BELL, 29 Bush Lane, EC4R 0AN. Last Update <2006/06> map. Courage.
Wells & Young's: Courage Best Bitter, Deuchars IPA: Spitfire: Youngs Bitter: At the time of surveying this old pub was surrounded by new building works for which extensive demolition was required; fortunately a preservation order prevented the Bell from becoming a casualty. Lunchtime food.+Guests (e.g. Wye Valley IPA). Now Enterprise, ex-Courage.





EC4: Bell , Book & Candle, 42 Ludgate Hill, EC4M 7DE. Last Update <2005/12> map. Scott & New.
Adnams: Bitter. Adnams: Broadside. Greene King: IPA. Marston's: Pedigree. C Wells Bombardier. Was Bell, Book & Candle but now renamed back to its original name. A reinstatement of real ale and traditional décor, with good riddance to the dreadful 'Eerie Pub Co' horror theme. Now Spirit, ex-S&N. Bars on ground floor and in basement.
Original Name? LONDON.
Previous Names? Bell , Book & Candle.





EC4: BLACK FRIAR, 174 Queen Victoria Street, EC4V 4EG. Last Update <2009/07> map. M&B Nicholson's.
Brains: SA Gold. Fuller: London Pride. Sharp: Doom Bar. Guest Beers 5. Built in 1875, this house was remodelled by H. Fuller Clark in 1905. Rich and elaborate marble alabaster and mosaic wall and ceiling designs, in art nouveau. It was restored by Larkin, May & Co. in 1983. Look for nursery rhymes in the Grotto bar. Outside Outside drinking area. Food lunchtimes. Now believed to be owned by Bass. Ex Nicholsons. + 3 or 4 guest beers from M&B list.





EC4: Blue Anchor-Grand Union, Rolls Passage-Chancery Lane, EC4A 1HL. Last Update <2016/03> map. Scott & New.
New pub opened early 1992. Now S&N Pub Co, ex-Youngers via S&N PE. Renamed at the start of 2014 GRAND UNION , the burger & cocktail chain. Cask beer now discontinued.




EC4: BONAPARTES, Cannon St Station, EC4N 6AP. Last Update <2004/11> map. Free House.
Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Youngs beer reported in Ram News.






EC4: Calico, 67-69 Watling Street, EC4M 9DD. Last Update <2014/06> map. Massive.
Previously unreported outlet for the chain inherited by Wolves & Dudley from Marstons. Renamed CALICO on acquisition recently by Massive. Marston (leased to Massive), now converted by March 2013 to 'Buenos Aires', an Argentinian steak restaurant.
Original Name? PIictcher & Piano.
Previous Names? Calico.





EC4: Carter Rooms, 56 Carter Lane, EC4V 5EA. Last Update <2016/10> map. Free House. No longer a pub.
New (1997) Free House. Irish theme pub in former restaurant. Renamed CARTER ROOMS by November 2011 then Patch. Now Krua at Thai restaurant.
Original Name? Ryans'b Public House (Bar).
Previous Names? Ryans Public House (Bar), Patch.





EC4: Cartoonist, 76 Shoe Lane, EC4A 3JB. Last Update <2015/06> map. Enterprise.
Former Grand Met Watneys. Outside drinking area. Having closed Dec 2012, demolished the following year to make way for a large development.





EC4: Castle, 26 Furnival Street, EC4A 1JS. Last Update <2015/12> map. Red Car.
Red Car free house since October 2007. Closed in April, for conversion to a hotel. Will reopen in Nov 2016





EC4: CENTRE PAGE, 29 Knightrider Street, EC4V 5BH. Last Update <2012/12> map. Free House.
Fullers: Gales: Seafarers. Renamed St Pauls Wine Vaults and now Horn Tavern.2002 renamed CENTRE PAGE. Now a Front Page Pubs free house. Will revert from Center Page following sale in January 2005 see www.horntavern.co.uk. Contact 02072363614 02072363615 fax.
Original Name? Horn Tavern.
Previous Names? Horn Tavern, Horns.





EC4: CHESHIRE CHEESE, 145 Fleet Street, EC4A 2BU. Last Update <1992/02> map. Samuel Smith.
Sam Smiths: OBB. This pub, rebuilt shortly after the Great Fireof London. Restaurant.





EC4: City Retreat, 74 Shoe Lane, EC4A 3BQ. Last Update <2015/06> map. Youngs. Closed.
Closed early January 2013. Having closed Jan 2013, demolished the following year to make way for a large development.
Original Name? Two Brewers.





EC4: COACH & HORSES, 35 Whitefriars Street, EC4Y 8BH. Last Update <2013/06> map. Greene King.
Independent, ex-Greene King pub acquired by ‘Pubs of Distinction’ operators of Old Red Cow, EC1 and Dean Swift SE1. Confirmed renamed HACK & HOP by Pubs of Distinction in November 2013, -beers listed; +Windsor & Eton: Windsor Knot; +3 varying microbrewed cask beers (e.g. Liverpool, Saltaire, Weird Beard), plus ?craft? keg beers on tap from the UK and the Continent. Refurbished with white painted decor, mirrors at rear, TV for sport, and newspapers. Upstairs bar has only keg beers. Traditional British food. Grade II listed building. Nicknamed Old Scotch Doors. Darts. Function room. Former Bass pub.





EC4: COCK TAVERN, 22 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1AA. Last Update <2009/07> map. Spirit Group.
Adnams: Bitter. Fullers: London Pride. Greene King: IPA. Wells & Young's: Wells Bombardier. Former Grand Met Trumans. Two function rooms, a cocktail bar, and a compact disc jukebox from which silence can be obtained. The original Cock Tavern was located across the other side of Fleet Street.





EC4: COCKPIT, 7 St Andrew's Hill, EC4V 5BY. Last Update <2007/12> map. Enterprise Inns.
Adnams: Bitter. Marston's: Pedigree. Interesting galleried pub handy for cock fights in days gone by. Cooked meals and snacks at all times. Now Enterprise, ex-Courage via Unique.





EC4: CORNEY & BARROW, 10 Paternoster Square, EC4M 7DX. Last Update <2013/01> map.
Hook Norton: Hookey Bitter. Draught beer, real and keg, now installed in this C&B wine bar and restaurant chain outlet.





EC4: CORNEY & BARROW, 12 Masons Avenue,, EC2V 5BT. Last Update <20013/01> map. Corney & Barrow.
Dark Star: Darkenss. Hook Norton: Old Hookey. Real ale now installed alongside keg in this C&B wine bar and restaurant chain outlet.





EC4: COS BAR-RUDDS, 148 Queen Victoria Street, EC4V 4BY. Last Update <2014/12> map. Bass.
This pub has a medieval look with beams etc; the name commemorates a nearby castle; some of the remains can still be seen, built by Baynard, a mate of William the Conqueror. The pub has numerous levels and an upstairs games room (pool). Renamed GOOSE AT THE CASTLE 2001, COS BAR 2006. Now, 2014 Rudds. http://www.ruddsblackfriars.co.uk/contact.asp
Original Name? BAYNARD CASTLE.
Previous Names? Goose At The Castle, Cos Bar.





EC4: Crown & Sugarloaf, 98-99 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1DE. Last Update <2014/06> map. Samuel Smith.
H removed in 2013. The men from Tadcaster strike again, just like in 1995. Tiny pub opened by Sam Smiths in June 2004 and occupying the area which was formerly par of the bar of the Punch Tavern of which Sam Smiths owns the freehold. It was partitioned off when the rest of the Punch Tavern was sold and extended in 1997and has remained vacant ever since! Renovated in traditional style with dark wood panelling, etched glass windows, brown marble bar top, leather covered ben ches, chandeliers and a fireplace compl ete with candles.





EC4: Davy's, 10 Creed Lane, EC4V 5BR. Last Update <2012/12> map. Davys Freehouse. Closed.
Closed 2010 after 23 years. Building work underway along whole side of the street.



DRAFT HOUSE CHANCERY, 1 Plough Pl, Fetter Lane, EC4A 1DE. Last Update <2016/08> map. Free House. Opened in April, in former restaurant. Their eighth place and largest so far. Sambrook’s Wandle and guests. Many keg and bottled beers.

Original Name? Bier Rex.
Previous Names?




EC4: DUKE AND DUCHESS, 2/3 Creed Lane, EC4V 5BR. Last Update <2013/03> map. Free House. No real ales!
New keg bar renamed already as Coolin. Former Free House was run by Faucet Inns. FOOD SERVICE: 11:30am - 10pm. DJ PERFORMANCE:THU - FRI from 6pm. Advertises cask ales
Original Name? Bier Rex.
Previous Names? Coolin, Ochre, Bier Rex.





EC4: Evangelist-SOCIETY-CAMINO, 33 Blackfriars Lane, EC4V 6EP. Last Update <2015/06> map. Free House. Closed and boarded up by September 2009. Reopened and renamed SOCIETY by June 2011. Fuller: London Pride; Young: Bitter. Renamed Camino.
New free house/bar run by Thomas & Carter 2002 replacing the demolished Queens Head.





EC4: FIFTEEN 05-LOOSE CANNON, 13 All Hallows Lane, EC4R 3UL. Last Update <2013/06> map. Free House.
Opened underneath Cannon St Station in 2000 in former club premises. Food lunchtime and evenings. Renamed LOOSE CANNON by May 2012, Sharp's Cornish Coaster. Timothy Taylor Landlord.





EC4: FINE LINE, 1 Bow Churchyard, EC4M 9HH. Last Update <1998/09> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride.





EC4: FIREFLY, 18 Old Bailey, EC4M 7EP. Last Update <2015/07> map.
Now Enterprise, ex-Bass. Reverted in 2014 to MAGPIE & STUMP. Robinson’s Trooper and three guests. The present pub is a replacement for a superb replication that was erected in the 1930s and was inthe Tudor style. The present pub has been decorated in a quasi art deco style that appears to be taking over from the fake memorabilia syndrome. Very friendly staff in this three-bar pub that includes a restaurant. Function room. Facilities for the disabled. Renamed FIREFLY,
Original Name? MAGPIE & STUMP.
Previous Names? Firefly.





EC4: GOLDEN FLEECE, 9 Queen Street, EC4N 1SP. Last Update <2013/04> map. Greene King.
Greene King: IPA. Greene King: Abbot. Greene King:: OSH. Guest Beers 1. One of Greene King's growing estate in London, this delightful pub was the scene of the launching of Rayments Special. A downstairs restaurant doubles as a function room in the evenings. Children in restaurant only (roasted or fried?).





EC4: HAPPENSTANCE 1a Ludgate Hill, EC4M 7AA. Last Update <2014/06> map. Modern Drake & Morgan bar/restaurant opened in June 2013 under offices with Fuller's London Pride on the one handpump. Open 7.30am (10am Sat & Sun)-11pm (later Thu & Fri, 7pm Sun).




EC4: HARRILD & SONS. 26 Farringdon St, EC4A 4AB. Last Update <2014/06> map. 'Craft beer' orientated pub and restaurant opened in February 2014 by Barworks on ground floor of offices originally printworks. Four handpumps with 2/3 varying cask ales from micros and a real cider, 12 keg fonts and 300 bottled beers. Open 12-midnight (2am Thu, 3am Fri); closed Sun.




EC4: HARROW, 22 Whitefriars Street, EC4Y 8JJ. Last Update <1992/03> map. Fullers.
Fullers: ESB. Fullers: London Pride, Fullers Chiswick Became a Fullers tied house 2005. A tastefully refurbished hostelry with three bars, one of which must be the smallest in the vicinity if not the whole of the East London & City area. The restaurant doubles as a function room with bar. Hot food lunchtimes and snacks at other times.





EC4: HATCHET, 28 Garlick Hill, EC4V 2BA. Last Update <2016/08> map.
It seems that the name of this pub was derived from the Hatchet Trading Co. who were fur traders, and not as previously thought from a nearby timber yard. Food lunchtime. Former Charrington pub bccame Greene King in 1993. Freehold sold last year to Ducalian Capital. Taken over this year by Bloomsbury Leisure Group (operator of pubs including the Euston Tap, NW1 and Holborn Whippet, WC1) and renamed THREE CRANES. One cask beer, and lots of keg beers.





EC4: HOOP & GRAPES, 80 Farringdon Street, EC4A 4BL. Last Update <2010/12> map. Shepherd Neame.
Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Guest Beers 2. Reopened as Samuels, Bar & Restaurant. Reverted to Hoop & Grapes in June 2000? Acquired by Hall & Woodhouse. Renamed MASH TUN. Accquired by Shepherd Neame from Hall & Woodhouse. In March 2004. Ex Courage. Offers 50p a pint discount to CAMRA Members.
Original Name? Hoop & Grapes.
Previous Names? Samuels Bar, Mash Tun.





EC4: Kanola, Hill House - Shoe Lane, EC4A 3BQ. Last Update <2012/06> map. Free House. No real ale.
Former Courage pub. Renamed OLD COBBLERS BAR & TERRACE BRASSERIE. Then renamed Walkabout. Renamed Alibi.2005. Renamed KANOLA by November 2011.
Original Name? Crown & Anchor.
Previous Names? Old Cobblers Bar & Terrace, Walkabout, Alibi-Spatz.





EC4: Last, 83 Shoe Lane, EC4A 3BQ. Last Update <2013/0105> map. Free House. No real ales!
Lewis & Clarke free house. Opened in Dec 2002 at entrance to Athena Place office complex. No real ale.





EC4: Leon, Ludgate Circus, EC4M 7LQ. Last Update <2005/12> map. Whitbread. No real ales!
Re-opened 1993 known as the 'Hogshead in Ludgate'.Converted to 'Leon' restaurant. Formerly HOGSHEAD and originally OLD KING LUD. The loss of yet another famous London pub on a prominent site, once the flagship of the Whitbread estate.
Original Name? OLD KING LUD.
Previous Names? Hogs Head, Leon.





EC4: LONDON STONE, 105 Cannon Street, EC4N 5AD. Last Update <2016/10> map. TCG.
TCG, ex-S&N via Spirit in 2005.  Former Grand Met Trumans. 1996 Renamed back to London Stone. Renamed CANNICK TAPPS. Refurbished in July, now has a ‘craft wall’ and changing London cask beers.
Original Name? London Stone.
Previous Names? Vino Veritas Cannon Street.





EC4: OLD BANK OF ENGLAND, 194 Fleet Street, EC4A 2LT. Last Update <1992/04> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride. Fullers: ESB. New pub opened in August 1994 on site of old Bank of England premises (till 1975 after 94 years) and lately a Bristol & West Building Society office. Grade One Listed building.





EC4: OLD BELL, 95 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1DH. Last Update <1992/02> map. Nicholson.
Adnams: Bitter. Caledonian: Deuchers IPA. St Austel: Tribute. Taylor: Landlord. Guest Beers 4. Now (200) believed to be owned by Bass. Ex Nicholsons.





EC4: O'NEILLS-SUGAR LOAF, 65 Cannon Street, EC4N 5AA. Last Update <2014/12> map. M&B.
Renamed O'Neill's. M&B, ex-Bass. Reverted to SUGAR LOAF. Expanded range of Sharp's Doom Bar, St Austell Nicholsons Pale Ale and four guests.
Original Name? Sugar Loaf.
Previous Names? O'Neills.





EC4: O'Neills, 2/4 New Bridge Street, EC4V 6AA. Last Update <2011/06> map. Young & Co.
Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Wells & Young's: Young's Special. Guest Beers 1. Renamed Forester & Firkin. Renamed O'Neill's and keg 2000. Reverted to ALBION. Acquired by Young's from M&B and added to their 'pub and dining' chain after refurbishment. Bare floorboards,sofas, chandeliers etc. Ex Ind Coope. The pub had a cider only licence until c1954 and was probably the last cider house in the City.
Original Name? ALBION.
Previous Names? Forester & Firkin, O'Neills.





EC4: OYSTER SHED, 1 Angel Lane, EC4R 3AB. Last Update <2012/06> map. Geronimo.
Adnams: Broadside. Sharp: Doom Bar. Wells & Young's: Youngs Bitter. Wells & Young's: Wells Bombardier. Brand new Young's Geronimo-branded pub and restaurant opened late January on ground floor of Nomura office building.Large bar area with lower seating area with booths alongside tall windows looking out on the river. Modern decor with vague nautical theme, large chandeliers, light pine bar side and flooring, zinc bar top, mixture of chairs, tables and sofas and two large clocks at either end. One TV for sport and loud background 'music'. Open-to-view kitchen, serving oysters (@£1.75 each), traditional British food including daily specials and 2/3 course 'express menus' for 'City suits' in a hurry. Stairs lead up to mezzanine floor overlooking the main bar area with a small bar (no cask ale), a restaurant and separate function room. Note the early 19th century German wall map of Europe. Limited outdoor drinking within roped off patio area. Open 11-11 Mon-Fri, closed weekends. Food available 12-3/5.30-9.30.





EC4: PATERNOSTER, 2/4 Queens Head Passage, EC4M 7DX. Last Update <2004/05> map. Young & Co.
Opened Dec 2003 replacing the Master Gunner demolished c1999. Open 11-11 Mon-Fri, 11-5/6 Sat, 12-5/6 Sun.





EC4: PATERNOSTER CHOP HOUSE, Warwick Court - Paternoster Square, EC4M 7DX. Last Update <2005/05> map.
Conran bar and restaurant with a very British menu. Opened 2005.





EC4: PAVILION END, 23 Watling Street, EC4M 9BR. Last Update <2011/12> map. Fuller.
Fuller: Chiswick Bitter. Fuller: London Pride. Fuller: ESB. Live sport coverage every day via satellite TV. Pricey yuppies' pub. A downstairs bar, garden and function room complete this rambling pub. Acquired by Fuller's from Marston (ex Wizard) in early November 2011,





EC4: PELT TRADER,Arch 3, Dowgate Hill, EC4N 6AP.. Last Update <2013/06> map.
Varying guest beers mainly from microbreweries (£3.40/pint) from eight cask taps behind bar (e.g. Buxton, Moor, Tiny Rebel), plus ‘craft’ keg beers and lagers from the UK and the Continent and a cider from 12 keg taps.  New independent pub in railway arch underneath Cannon Street Station, opened in June and in same ownership as Holborn Whippet WC1, Bloomsbury Lanes WC1 and part-ownership of Euston Tap, NW1. Approached through archway opening out into bar area with industrial white decor, green painted floor, limited bench seating, ceiling fans and metallic panels behind bar.  A canoe hangs from the ceiling.  Decorative mirrors depict pelt traders, the Skinners Hall being located opposite.  Limited food available.  Open 12-11 Mon-Fri, closed weekends. http://pelttrader.co.uk/ Info@pelttrader.co.uk





EC4: Plum Tree, 54 Farringdon Street, EC4A 4BD. Last Update <2014/06> map. Marylebone Leisure Group.
New keg free house/bar. Renamed Plum Tree. Independent, closed and gutted in January 2014. Having closed over a year ago, taken over by HM Establishment Ltd and reopened August 2014 as DADO54. No cask beer.
Original Name? Carriage House.
Previous Names? Carriage House.





EC4: Porters Lodge, 17 Arthur Street, EC4R 9AY. Last Update <2015/06> map. Bass.
Closed, reportedly due for Demolition. Having been reported closed last year, the whole office block has now been demolished.





EC4: Printers Devil, 98 Fetter Lane, EC4A 1EP. Last Update <2008/12> map. Free House.
Formerly the Vintner's Arms. The 'devil' is the urchin-like errand boy of tradition. Very friendly nicely renovated pub not overdone with memorabilia. ex- Whitbread via Laurel. Ex Greene King. Reopened as a Free House by operators Punch Taverns .





EC4: PUNCH TAVERN, 99 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1DE. Last Update <2010/06> map. Punch Taverns, ex Nicholsons FH.
Hook Norton: Old Hookey. Guest Beers 1. Partly reopened. Punch, ex-Bass.





EC4: PUZZLE EC4-Jamies, 1 Fleet Place, EC4M 7RA. Last Update <2015/08> map. Free House. No real ale.
Next to City Thameslink station (north exit). New pub. Ex the Old Monk Pub Co. chain. Accquired by Puzzle Pub Co. Renamed PUZZLE EC4. Now a Jameies without real ale.
Original Name? LEARNED MONK.
Previous Names? Puzzle Ec4.





EC4: RISING SUN, 61 Carter Lane, EC4V 5DY. Last Update <1997/06> map. G Met Trumans.
Greene King: Ruddles County, Fullers: London Pride. Was named the Hedgehog & Hogshead before reveting back.
Original Name? Hedgehog & Hogshead.





EC4: SAMUEL PEPYS-PEPYS, Stew Lane , High Timber Street, EC4V 3PT. Last Update <2015/08> map. M&B.
Caledonian:: Deuchars IPA. Sharp: Doom Bar. Timothy Taylor: Landlord. Opened Dec 1999. Replaced a pub of the same name nearby. Dropped the Samuel.





EC4: SEA HORSE, 64 Queen Victoria Street, . Last Update <2012/12> map. Enterprise.
Fullers: London Pride. Guest Beers 2. Former Courage pub. Snacks at all times. Darts. Open open for functions at the weekends but normal times are from Monday to Friday 11-11. Closed weekends. Enterprise, ex-S&N via Unique.





EC4: Serjeants, Old Mitre Court, EC4Y 7BP. Last Update <2007/06> map. Scott & New. Closed.
A large downstairs bar in addition to another upstairs. Mark this pub as one to be visited in an area of remarkable hostelries. ex- S&N, closed and boarded up.
Original Name? Clachan.
Previous Names? Serjeants.





EC4: SHAW'S BOOKSELLERS, 31-34 St Andrews Hill, EC4V 5DE. Last Update <2008/12> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride. Opened Dec 97.





EC4: SIR JOHN HAWKSHAW, Cannon Street Station. EC4N 6AP. Last Update <2015/06> map. JD Wetherspoon.
. New pub opened on 10 February, named after the engineer who built the Charing Cross and Cannon Street Stations. Open-to-view cask ‘cellar’ and stillage behind a glass screen. Serves alcohol from 7am. Four regular cask beers and two guests.





EC4: Slug & Lettuce, 5-11 Fetter Lane, EC4A 1BR. Last Update <2016/03> map. Laurel.
Was Laurel, ex-Whitbread. Formerly HOGSHEAD. Cask beer discontinued.
Original Name? HOGSHEAD.
Previous Names? Slug Lettuce.





EC4: ST. BRIDES TAVERN, 1 Bridewell Place, EC4V 6AP. Last Update <2007/12> map. Greene King.
Greene King: IPA. Greene King: Abbot. Greene King: Old Speckled Hen. Former Magic Pub Co. A plaque designates them as belonging to the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. Two bars of which the upstairs becomes a function room in the evening. Darts are played in this wood panelled room. Food available lunchtimes only.





EC4: SWEETINGS, 39 Queen Victoria Street, EC4N 4SA. Last Update <2016/03> map. Free House.
Arkells: BBB. A restaurant selling an expensive pint of real ale, a fiver in March 2016.





EC4: Tilted Wig, 32 Old Bailey, EC4M 7BS. Last Update <2014/06> map. Free House.
Large new Irish theme pub opened in March 1996 in former restaurant premises. This former pub, latterly an Indian restaurant since 2008, and surrounding buildings have been demolished to make way for the new Ludgate retail/business/housing complex.
Original Name? McGOVERN'S.
Previous Names? Tilted Wig.





EC4: TIPPERARY, 66 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1HT. Last Update <2013/04> map. Free.
Marston: Pedigree. Wells: Youngs Special. Upstairs bar and food lunchtime. No jeans policy. Now independent since late 2000s, ex-Greene King.
Original Name? Boars Head.





EC4: VINTRY, Sherborne La, EC4N 5AX. Last Update <2007/06> map. Fullers.
Fullers: London Pride. Discovery. New Fuller's pub tucked away at rear of an office building (with frontage on Cannon St),





EC4: Volupte, Norwich Street, EC4A 1EJ. Last Update <2008/12> map. Bass. No real ales!
New pub that replaced the White Horse in Dec 91.Ex Nicholsons.There are two bars and the upstairs is the smaller.converted to 'Volupte' cocktail bar, no draught beer.
Original Name? Walkers of Holborn.
Previous Names? Volupte.





EC4: WATLING, 29 Bow Lane, EC4M 9DT. Last Update <2013/02> map. Bass.
Fuller: London Pride. St Austell: Nicholson Pale Ale. Sharp: Doom Bar. Guest Beers 5. Bar billiards as well as darts can be played herein this largely unspoilt pub reputedly built by Sir Christropher Wren. The upstairs restaurant doubles as a function room in the evening.





EC4: WHITE SWAN, 108 Fetter Lane, EC4A 1ES. Last Update <2013/04> map. Punch.
Adnams: Ghost Ship. Sambrook: Wandle. Sharp: Doom Bar. Beers available on 1 Feb 06 Real Perry also sold. A collection on of Fleet Street memorabilia and plates from many sources make it worth a visit. Two bars, one ofwhich can be used as a function room if required.Leased by ETM from Punch since 2003, their second outlet.
Original Name? WHITE SWAN.
Previous Names? Mucky Duck.





EC4: WHITE SWAN, 18 Farringdon Street, EC4A 4AB. Last Update <2016/08> map. Scottish&New.
Former Grand Met Chef & Brewer. T&J Barnard run. Closed in 2015, demolished to make way for a new development.





EC4: WILLIAMSONS TAVERN, 1 Groveland Court, EC4M 9EH. Last Update <2003/11> map. Bass.
Marston's: Draught Bass. Adnams: Bitter. Fullers: London Pride. Range 2003.Ex Nicholsons.





EC4: Wine Tun, 2-6 Cannon Street, EC4M 6XX. Last Update <2015/12> map. Davys FreeHouse.
Closed and boarded, no longer on Davy’s web site, future uncertain..
Original Name? HEELTAP & BUMPER.
Previous Names? Heeltap & Bumper.





EC4: WITNESS BOX, 36 Tudor Street, EC4Y 0BS. Last Update <2015/07> map.
Former Grand Met Watneys and Scottish&New. Acquired by Kornicis in 2012 and renamed as a JAMIES chain bar. Shepherd Neame Spitfire.





EC4: Yagar, 2 Old Change Court, EC4M 8EN. Last Update <2012/12> map. Wolverhampton and Dudley. No real ales!
Renamed Shoeless Joe's and handpump removed. Was Eldridge Pope and Wolves & Dudley. Open 11-11 Mon-Fri only. Renamed METROPOLIS (BAR & GRILL). Still no real ale. Renamed Yagar (c2010).
Original Name? Bar Excellence-Shoeless Joe's-Metroplis.
Previous Names? Shoeless Joe's, Metroplis-Bar Excellence.