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The "Evening Standard Pub of the Year" title was awarded annually, from 1967 to 2006, to a pub selected from a shortlist by readers of the Evening Standard, London's main evening newspaper. Each winner of the award is permitted to display a plaque on the wall outside. The award was discontinued in 2006 after 40 years.
In many places, especially in villages, a pub can be the focal point of the community. The writings of Samuel Pepys describe the pub as the heart of England. London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. [5] Between 2001 and 2016, London lost 25% of its pubs (1,220 pubs). [6]
The Dog and Duck is a Grade II listed public house at 18 Bateman Street, Soho, London W1D 3AJ, built in 1897 by the architect Francis Chambers for Cannon Brewery. [1] It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. [2] The pub has an upstairs dining room named after the writer George Orwell, who was a regular. [3]
The 900-year-old Tower of London is the UK’s most popular historic attraction, with more than 3 million visitors entering its gates to explore its ancient corridors, view the royal Crown Jewels ...
The site of the original inn is now part of the approach to London Bridge in Cannon Street. Near the site on modern Eastcheap , architect Robert Lewis Roumieu created a neo-Gothic building in 1868; this makes references to the Boar's Head Inn in its design and exterior decorations, which include a boar's head peeping out from grass, and ...
The Star Tavern is a Grade II listed public house at 6 Belgrave Mews West, Belgravia, London SW1. [1] It was built in the early to mid-19th century. [1] It was listed as one of Business Insider's best pubs in London. [2] It has been listed in every edition of CAMRA's Good Beer Guide since 1974, one of only five pubs to achieve this. [citation ...
The pub was first mentioned in The Spectator in August 1712 in relation to the popular annual Parson's Green Fair at which ale tapping was an eagerly awaited event. The White Horse was also the meeting place of the old Fulham Albion Cricket Club, one of the pioneer cricket clubs in England. The actual address is 1-3 Parsons Green, London SW6 ...
In June 2009, the pub was joint winner of the best refurbishment class of the 2008 Pub Design Awards awarded annually by CAMRA. [7] Author Peter Haydon included the Princess Louise in his book The Best Pubs in London and rated it No. 5 in the capital, saying it had "possibly the best preserved Victorian pub interior in London". [8]