The Monopoly Pub Crawl: 26 London boozers to check out for board game-themed adventure
Published date | 18 July 2021 |
For every street or station, we’ve picked out a pub on -or closest to -the Monopoly property where you can kick back and enjoy a drink and learn a bit about the history of the Big Smoke.
From pubs that once marked the ‘start’ of London, to others frequented by famous and historic faces -there’s stories hidden in the corner of every tavern.
We recommend taking the pub crawl in the order below so that each pub is within walking distance, rather than going in order of the Monopoly board.
Remember to drink responsibly and be Drink Aware -you could even split the crawl over a few days during a city staycation.
Old Kent Road -Lord Nelson
This historic Grade II listed pub at 386 Old Kent Road opens at 11am, and offers stunning timber interiors as well as a large outdoor terrace.
The Victorian pub was built in the early 19th century, and is on the CAMRA National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
Fenchurch Street Station -The Hoop and Grapes
This is one of the most historic pubs in Farringdon, once the secret London location for ‘Fleet weddings’.
The pub is located opposite the Aldgate tube station and it is steeped in history.
Inside, there’s not a right angle in sight at the timber-framed boozer, which survived the Great Fire of 1666, the Blitz and its scheduled demolition in the 1990s.
Built in 1593, it’s now a Grade II listed venue featured in the 2020 Good Beer Guide.
Whitechapel Road -The Blind Beggar
Open from midday, The Blind Beggar in the East End of London has certainly seen some action in its years.
The pub is the former Manns Albion Brewery where the first modern Brown Ale was brewed, built on the site of an inn established before 1654.
The pub gets its name from Henry de Montford, who was said to have lost his sight at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. He was said to beg at the crossroads and became ‘the blind beggar of Bednall Green’.
In 1904, the pub was at the centre of an attack which saw ‘Bulldog Wallace’ -a member of The Blind Beggar Gang of pickpockets -stab a man in the eye with an umbrella.
But the pub is probably most famous for the time Ronnie Kray shot a man in the face on March 8, 1966.
Liverpool Street Station -Hamilton Hall
This JD Wetherspoon pub was originally the ballroom of the old Great Eastern Hotel.
The venue is named after Lord Claud Hamilton, who was the chairman of the Great Eastern Railway Company which originally built Liverpool Street Station.
The hall is well worth a pint in, full of mirrors, marble and historic paintings -it was apparently copied from the Palais Soubise in Paris in 1901.
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