Its location on 80 Farringdon Street means it stood near the Fleet River (now covered) and close by to the former Fleet Prison (largely used as a debtor’s prison before its demolition in 1864). As a result, it has been claimed that it was one of a number of pubs which hosted so-c...
Like this?Try sister pub theFarringdon Tap. It has a similar selection of beer, and nestles under Holborn Viaduct. Also, the more famousEuston Tap, which sits within one of the old entrance buildings to Euston Station. The Waterloo Tap, Sutton Walk SE1 8RL All images by Matt Brown...
A very short walk along part of Farringdon Street, where we can see part of the viaduct constructed by the Victorians to create a wider and higher bridge over what was the route of the River Fleet, a 300 year old house that once looked onto the river and that once housed a pub, and ...