Category
Historic pubs
The handful of historically-significant pubs: oldest, smallest, most haunted. Not a guide to drinking — a guide to listed buildings that happen to serve beer.
376 places in this category.
Historic pubs by region
- 176 historic pubs in West Midlands
- 44 historic pubs in London
- 30 historic pubs in Mid Wales
- 28 historic pubs in North East England
- 21 historic pubs in South East England
- 13 historic pubs in North West England
- 12 historic pubs in South West England
- 10 historic pubs in East Midlands
- 9 historic pubs in Yorkshire & the Humber
- 9 historic pubs in Scottish Highlands
Highlights
★ Iconic📷 10Historic pubs · London
The Black Friar
London's only complete art-nouveau pub, with bronze friars and 1905 mosaics.
★ Iconic📷 10Historic pubs · London
The Lamb and Flag
Covent Garden's oldest pub — Dickens drank here, Dryden was attacked outside.
★ Iconic📷 10Historic pubs · London
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Fleet Street's 1667 sawdust-floor pub — Johnson, Dickens, Twain all drank here.
★ Iconic📷 3Historic pubs · South West England
The Square and Compass
Dorset's served-through-a-hatch family pub since 1907 — fossils, cider, pumpkin festival.
★ Iconic📷 4Historic pubs · East of England
The Eagle, Cambridge
The Cambridge pub where DNA was announced — and the WWII RAF ceiling-graffiti bar.
★ Iconic📷 4Historic pubs · East Midlands
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem
The Nottingham pub carved into Castle Rock that claims to date from 1189.
All historic pubs
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
Fox@Connaught
Fox@Connaught — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
George Inn
George Inn — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
Morpeth Arms
Morpeth Arms — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
Prince of Teck
Prince of Teck — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
Spaniards Inn
Spaniards Inn — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Alexandra & Hotel
The Alexandra & Hotel — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Anchor
The Anchor — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Angel
The Angel — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Bay Horse
The Bay Horse — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Blackfriar
The Blackfriar — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Boleyn
The Boleyn — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Boston Arms
The Boston Arms — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Fiddler's Elbow
The Fiddler's Elbow — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Flying Horse
The Flying Horse — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Memorials & monuments · London
The Good Mixer
The Good Mixer is a memorial in the United Kingdom.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Green Man
The Green Man — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Greyhound Public House
The Greyhound Public House — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Hare
The Hare — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Huntley
The Huntley — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Lamb and Flag
The Lamb and Flag — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The London Apprentice
The London Apprentice — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Lord Tredegar
The Lord Tredegar — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Nags Head
The Nags Head — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Old Bank of England
The Old Bank of England — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Plough
The Plough — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Prince of Wales
The Prince of Wales — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Prospect of Whitby
The Prospect of Whitby — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Royal Oak
The Royal Oak — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Saint & Sinner
The Saint & Sinner — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Seven Stars
The Seven Stars — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Southern Belle
The Southern Belle — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Star & Garter
The Star & Garter — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Tattershall Castle
The Tattershall Castle — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Ten Bells
The Ten Bells — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Three Magpies
The Three Magpies — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Tulip
The Tulip — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Wat Tyler
The Wat Tyler — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Waterman's Arms
The Waterman's Arms — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Windermere
The Windermere — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
Waterend Barn
Waterend Barn — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
White Lion Hotel
White Lion Hotel — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
Ferry House Inn
Ferry House Inn — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
Fish Inn
Fish Inn — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
Hangleton Manor
Hangleton Manor — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
Keepers Arms
Keepers Arms — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
Kissing Coppers
Kissing Coppers — Public artwork (graffiti) by Banksy.
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📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
Nevill Crest and Gun
Nevill Crest and Gun — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
The Alice Lisle
The Alice Lisle — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
The Black Horse Inn
The Black Horse Inn — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
The George
The George — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
The George Inn
The George Inn — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
The Inn on the Furlong
The Inn on the Furlong — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
The Old Customs House
The Old Customs House — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
The Old Vine
The Old Vine — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
The Original White Hart
The Original White Hart — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
The White Hart
The White Hart — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
The White Hart
The White Hart — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
The White Hart
The White Hart — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
The Woolpack
The Woolpack — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 5Historic pubs · South East England
Ye Olde Beverlie
Ye Olde Beverlie — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many historic pubs are in this guide?
- We currently list 376 historic pubs across the United Kingdom — every entry sourced from Wikipedia, Wikidata or OpenStreetMap and validated against our schema.
- Are these places free to visit?
- Many places in the guide are free to enter — almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.
- Where does the data come from?
- Every entry is built from open data: OpenStreetMap (locations, tags, opening hours), Wikipedia (descriptions), Wikidata (structured facts and operator information), Wikimedia Commons (images), ONS open data (population). The site never makes runtime API calls — everything is fetched at build time and committed.
- How often is this updated?
- A weekly automated job re-fetches the upstream sources and rebuilds the site. Manual editorial corrections are applied as overlays on top of the open data.