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What is a visit to ole London Town without tossing back a pint or two? Some popular pubs now spill out into the street with smokers not allowed to puff inside. In fact you can locate the nearest popular pubs by the gang of people hanging out on the sidewalk and often into the street from early afternoon until the wee hours of the morning, (it appears the new 24 hour laws have apparently not had the desired effect). If looking for an escape from modern London and in search of a bit of the old character of the classic historic London pub here are a few to explore to get tipsy where the famous of history’s glories took their draughts.

Bend your elbow where famed Victorian era author Charles Dickens wrote one of his favorite drinking spots into his novel “Little Dorit”, The George Inn on Borough High Street first opened in the 18th Century and is now a National Trust site. Satirist artist William Hogarth, prickler of the foibles of English society and his drinking buddy, composer Georg Frederic Handel liked tipping a pint at the Jerusalem Tavern in Britton Street, where some original London ales can still be sampled. Continue your London pub tour and set your papal staff down for a rest at the Ye Olde Mitre in Ely Court off Chancery Lane where the current bar built in 1772 replaced the one first founded in 1546 where the Queen Elizabeth I (billed as the "Virgin Queen", though one has one's doubts (see Kenilworth Castle) reputedly cavorted with unqueenly frivolity around a faithfully preserved tree trunk once serving as a Maypole.

And speaking of regal Elizabeth’s, The Windsor Castle is not only a royal residence a fair distance out of town (see Windsor), but it is also the name of a pub in Kensington on Campden Hill Road where decidedly un-royal farmers once drank when bringing their hogs to town for market. Dean Street is the center of London’s entertainment industry district where the offices of film and tv companies are found and The French House got its name from the resistance fighters from WWII who met there and around the corner on Greek street. The Coach and Horses is one of the area's show folk hangouts. Although nothing particularly historic happened there (except in fiction), The Sherlock Holmes Pub is quite the curiosity and very popular, and the Tattershall Castle Pub is an historic steam ship actually on the Thames River. © Bargain Travel Europe

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The George Inn
Phone +44 (0) 20 7407 2056
Jerusalem Tavern
20 7490 4281
Ye Olde Mitre
20 7405 4751
The French House
20 7437 2799
The Coach and Horses
20 7437 5920

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		LONDON PUB TOUR Best Historic Drinking Spots of Ole London Town What is a visit to ole London Town without tossing back a pint or two? Some popular pubs now spill out into the street with smokers not allowed to puff inside. In fact you can locate the nearest popular pubs by the gang of people hanging out on the sidewalk and often into the street from early afternoon until the wee hours of the morning, (it appears the new 24 hour laws have apparently not had the desired effect). If looking for an escape from modern London and in search of a bit of the old character of the classic historic London pub here are a few to explore to get tipsy where the famous of history’s glories took their draughts. Bend your elbow where famed Victorian era author Charles Dickens wrote one of his favorite drinking spots into his novel “Little Dorit”, The George Inn on Borough High Street first opened in the 18th Century and is now a National Trust site. Satirist artist William Hogarth, prickler of the foibles of English society and his drinking buddy, composer Georg Frederic Handel liked tipping a pint at the Jerusalem Tavern in Britton Street, where some original London ales can still be sampled. Continue your London pub tour and set your papal staff down for a rest at the Ye Olde Mitre in Ely Court off Chancery Lane where the current bar built in 1772 replaced the one first founded in 1546 where the Queen Elizabeth I (billed as the "Virgin Queen", though one has one's doubts (see Kenilworth Castle) reputedly cavorted with unqueenly frivolity around a faithfully preserved tree trunk once serving as a Maypole. And speaking of regal Elizabeth’s, The Windsor Castle is not only a royal residence a fair distance out of town (see Windsor), but it is also the name of a pub in Kensington on Campden Hill Road where decidedly un-royal farmers once drank when bringing their hogs to town for market. Dean Street is the center of London’s entertainment industry district where the offices of film and tv companies are found and The French House got its name from the resistance fighters from WWII who met there and around the corner on Greek street. The Coach and Horses is one of the area's show folk hangouts. Although nothing particularly historic happened there (except in fiction), The Sherlock Holmes Pub is quite the curiosity and very popular, and the Tattershall Castle Pub is an historic steam ship actually on the Thames River. © Bargain Travel Europe Compare the best hotel deals in London Web Info Visit London The George Inn Phone +44 (0) 20 7407 2056 Jerusalem Tavern 20 7490 4281 Ye Olde Mitre 20 7405 4751 The French House 20 7437 2799 The Coach and Horses 20 7437 5920 These articles are copyrighted and the sole property of Bargain Travel Europe and WLPV, LLC. and may not be copied or reprinted without permission. See Also: TOWER OF LONDON Mind Your Head and the Family Jewels THREE LONDON MUSEUMS FOR THE PRICE OF FREE Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory FROM TRAITOR'S GATE TO MORTIMER'S HOLE

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LONDON PUB TOUR Best Historic Drinking Spots of Ole London Town

LONDON PUB TOUR
Best Historic Drinking Spots of Ole London Town