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.
3,227 places in this category.
Historic pubs by region
- 595 historic pubs in South East England
- 461 historic pubs in East of England
- 444 historic pubs in South West England
- 338 historic pubs in London
- 332 historic pubs in West Midlands
- 233 historic pubs in Yorkshire & the Humber
- 216 historic pubs in East Midlands
- 215 historic pubs in North West England
- 108 historic pubs in Central Scotland
- 104 historic pubs in North East England
Highlights
★ Iconic📷 12Historic 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📷 12Historic 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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📷 7Historic pubs · London
Morpeth Arms
Morpeth Arms — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 7Historic pubs · London
Prince of Teck
Prince of Teck — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
📷 7Historic pubs · London
Spaniards Inn
Spaniards Inn — 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.
📷 7Historic 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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📷 7Historic 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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📷 7Historic pubs · London
The Green Man
The Green Man — 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.
📷 7Historic 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.
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📷 6Historic pubs · London
The Prospect of Whitby
The Prospect of Whitby — Historic pub — listed building or notable heritage status.
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📷 7Historic pubs · London
The Royal Oak
The Royal Oak — 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.
📷 7Historic 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.
📷 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.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
Admiral Duncan
Admiral Duncan in England London, United Kingdom.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
Crown and Treaty
Crown and Treaty in England London, United Kingdom.
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📷 7Historic pubs · London
Mirth, Marvel and Maud
Mirth, Marvel and Maud in England London, United Kingdom.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
George Tavern
George Tavern in England London, United Kingdom.
📷 7Historic pubs · London
The Hen and Chickens Theatre Bar, Canonbury
The Hen and Chickens Theatre Bar, Canonbury in England London, United Kingdom.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
Jamaica Wine House
Jamaica Wine House in England London, United Kingdom.
📷 6Historic pubs · London
Old Red Lion
Old Red Lion in England London, United Kingdom.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
Royal Vauxhall Tavern
Royal Vauxhall Tavern in England London, United Kingdom.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
Shepherd's Bush Palladium
Shepherd's Bush Palladium in England London, United Kingdom.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Black Cap
The Black Cap in England London, United Kingdom.
📷 7Historic pubs · London
The Blind Beggar
The Blind Beggar in England London, United Kingdom.
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📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Bull's Head
The Bull's Head in England London, United Kingdom.
📷 7Historic pubs · London
The Drayton Court
The Drayton Court in England London, United Kingdom.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Fortune of War Public House
The Fortune of War Public House in England London, United Kingdom.
📷 5Historic pubs · London
The Grenadier
The Grenadier in England London, United Kingdom.
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📷 7Historic pubs · London
The Old Bull and Bush
The Old Bull and Bush in England London, United Kingdom.
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📷 5Browse historic pubs by region
Frequently asked questions
- How many historic pubs are in this guide?
- We currently list 3,227 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.