Historic London Pubs Private Walking Tour

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Visit some wonderful old pubs, all of them going back to The Great Fire of London and some even earlier.  Each with their own character and history to tell whilst enjoying an unhurried drink in some very special and unspoilt location just as Londoners do

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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Greater London, United Kingdom
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours



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Visit some wonderful old pubs, all of them going back to The Great Fire of London and some even earlier.  Each with their own character and history to tell whilst enjoying an unhurried drink in some very special and unspoilt location just as Londoners do

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Stop At: The Viaduct Tavern, 126 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AA England

Visit this old Gin Palace where in the cellars you might find cells for prisoners awaiting execution at the old prison next door.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: East End, London England

Passing through Farringdon we will see The Castle pub and learn its unusual connection to the Royal Family.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross St, London EC1M 6DB, UK

Learn the intriguing story of what happened when the King visited here one day.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Clerkenwell, London England

We will pass by the one of the old haunts of Communism as well as seeing part of the ancient estate of the Knights of St. John.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Crown Tavern, 43 Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0EG England

You may recognise this grand old pub from television and films, it also has a backdrop in a distinctly Dickensian part of London. Perhaps most importantly it is said that this is the spot where Lenin and Stalin may have first met.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Ye Olde Mitre, Holborn, 1 Ely Ct, Ely Pl, London EC1N 6SJ, UK

The hardest to find pub in London which actually somehow be in Cambridge! Once the haunting ground of Queen Elizabeth I

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: The Seven Stars, 53 Carey Street, London WC2A 2JB England

This old pub is in the middle of ‘legal’ London and it is here where clients would come to celebrate with their legal team if they were found ‘Not Guilty’.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London England

After passing through beautiful Lincolns Inn, we will come to Fleet Street, the famous home of the British Newspapers. Here we will find a pub that was once part of an old monastery and learn about its most famous resident, a once vile mouthed, stuffed parrot.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet St, London EC4A 2BU, UK

This pub dates back perhaps 700 years old and has been the haunt of every famous London resident for centuries. Learn about its foul-mouthed parrot that lived here 100 years ago and explore the numerous underground levels and bars.

Duration: 30 minutes



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