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This is a list of pubs in London. Typical interior. The Falcon Inn, Battersea. A pub, formally public house, is a drinking establishment in the culture of Britain, [1] [2] Ireland, [3] Australia, [4] Canada and Denmark. In many places, especially in villages, a pub can be the focal point of the community.
The Black Friar is a Grade II* listed [1] public house on Queen Victoria Street in Blackfriars, London. [2] It was built in about 1875 on the site of a former medieval Dominican friary, [3] and then remodelled in about 1905 by the architect Herbert Fuller-Clark. Much of the internal decoration was done by the sculptors Frederick T. Callcott ...
The Half Moon Hotel, 2017. The Half Moon is a Grade II* listed public house at 10 Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill, London. [1] It is one of only 270 pubs on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors, [2] was frequented by the poet and writer Dylan Thomas, [3] and was a noteworthy live music venue for nearly 50 years, [4] hosting three gigs by U2 in 1980. [5]
The Campaign For Real Ale (Camra) has included The Roundhouse in its database of heritage pubs in recognition of its historic interior. The entry reads: [14] This daunting pub near the western edge of the vast Becontree Estate was built in 1936. It has a most unusual design, the work of specialist pub architect, Alfred W. Blomfield. As the name ...
Blackfriars, also known as London Blackfriars, is a central London railway station and connected London Underground station in the City of London. It provides Thameslink services: local (from North to South London), and regional (Bedford and Cambridge to Brighton) and limited Southeastern commuter services to South East London and Kent.
Southwest of this is Blackfriars Bridge and south, the railway bridge. A notably long road, Blackfriars Road, in Bankside, Southwark – a main approach to the road bridge – hosts near its northern extreme skyscraper One Blackfriars. For a short arc north-west of the small gyratory around the large station complex (with Bridge House, office ...
St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe [1] is a Church of England church located on Queen Victoria Street, London in the City of London, near Blackfriars station. History
Near to the pub was the site of the proposed North End tube station (also called Bull and Bush) on the Northern line of the London Underground. Only the platforms were excavated, and the station construction was cancelled. An entrance (for emergency use only) leading down 197 steps to platform level is located on Hampstead Way. [5]