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In 2003 the year of the updates was added. Please note that the information here was gathered early in 1991 and there are some 90 odd pubs shown below still selling Charringtons IPA. As with the published guide establishments calling themselves bars, cafes etc have been (largely) ignored. There are other web sites with more up-to-date information though not all reviews mention real ale, try www.fancyapint.com and www.beerintheevening.com. The bracketed figures refer to map references and there are maps now but I suggest you use this link as well: Streetmap.co . If you want the pub phone number, their postcode and link to a map then use ukphonebook.com . There is also the BT based site. Postcodes can also be obtained from the Royal Mail . Use this link to the London Underground map to get to your pub. Or to hop on a bus use the London Bus maps . Whilst updates have been issued there is no guarantee that this information has been transferred to the database below. Therefore the correct way to use this online guide is to search for your pub here and then refer to the 1991 to now update file. then to the latest update and here it is !
1991
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Check out this site for the 1991 beer guide as it appeared in print. Also the
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E1 Aldgate, Whitechapel, Stepney Green.
Stations Aldgate East & Stepney Green (District), Whitechapel (District/East London), Tower Gateway & Shadwell (DLR), Shadwell, Wapping & Shoreditch (East London).
Shadwell Station in map b2 should be in c2 on Watney Street.
E1 ALDGATE EXCHANGE: 133-137 Whitechapel High Street. (A2/). Free House. range 2006:- Courage Best, Greene King IPA. Beer range may vary from time to time. Bass has recently been available in addition to the above two, for instance. Thorley Tavern Free House opened Dec 97. Opens all permitted hours.
E1 Alma: 41 Spelman Street. (A1/1). Free House. Closed 2001. No longer a pub. Home to the Providence Housing Trust (2003).
E1 Anchor & Hope-Arkwrights: 90 Duckett Street. (D1/2). Ascot Estates. No longer a pub (1995).
E1 Archers: 42 Osborn Street. (A1/3). Whitbread. No real ale no handpump 2005. Open all hours 2001. Typical one-bar locals pub. Lunchtime snacks.
E1 ARTFUL DODGER: 47 Royal Mint Street. (A2/4). Free House. in 2006:- Beer range varies – up to three real ales – usually based around Courage Best. Ex Ind Coope pub called the Crown & Seven Stars, it is a Grade II listed building. It originally got its licence in 1904 and was closed for four years before finally being re-opened in September 1985. Upstairs is a wine bar while downstairs the bar is smartly decorated and plans to serve 12 real ales eventually. Home cooked food lunchtimes. Darts and shove halfpenny. Function room. Open Monday - Friday 11-11, Saturday 11-4, Sunday 11-3.
E1 Artichoke: 91 Stepney Way. (C1/5). G Met Watneys. Closed and gutted 2001.
E1 Australian Arms: 18 Bigland Street. Courage. No longer a pub. Now a supermarket.
E1 BANCROFT ARMS: 410 Mile End Road. (D1/6). G Met Trumans. Reopened Dec 93. In 2006 a single guest beer was sold – Skinner’s Best Bitter at time of visit. But note that turnover is low and real ale is not always available.
E1 Barley Mow: 42 Headlam Street. (C1/7). G Met Watneys. No real ales. Pub and brewery signs removed. Demolished and converted to flats 2002.
E1 BELL-MARKET TRADER: 50 Middlesex Street. (A1/8). Free House. in 2006 :- Young’s Bitter, Courage Best, Adnams Bitter. Ex G Met Trumans. Now (1997) a Thorley Taverns free house. Comfortably decorated and has a collection of Guinness (satirical) brewing pictures. Restaurant. Function room. Open Monday - Friday 11-11, closed Saturday. Sunday 12-3 only.
E1 BLACK BULL: 199 Whitechapel Road. (B1/9). Free House. Three beers from Nethergate and Adnams Oyster (2005).
E1 Black Horse-Bar Bed: 40 Leman Street. (A2/11). Free House. Former Courage pub. Renamed Bar Bed. Now keg (2002-2006).
E1 Black Horse: 168 Mile End Road. (D1/10). Bass. No real ales. Was (2002) a bar and club opening late evenings only. Renamed E-ONE CLUB, now (2005) a pub/club with restricted opening hours.
E1 BLIND BEGGAR: 337 Whitechapel Road. (C1/12). G Met Watneys. Pub undergoing some redecoration in early March 2006 – but most remains open. Fullers London Pride, Greene King Old Speckled Hen, Wychwood Brakespear’s Bitter (the last one described as a guest).Large and well decorated one bar pub popular with the young and old. It supposedly gets its name from the 'Ballad of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green' which is 60 verses long. General Booth gave one of his first sermons from around here in 1865. The pub was the scene of a Kray gangland killing in the 1960s. The pub itself was built in 1895. Lunchtime food. Open all permitted hours. Garden.
E1 Brewery Tap: 500 Commercial Road . (D2/13). G Met Watneys. No real ales.
E1 Bricklayers Arms: 71 Redmans Road. (D1/14). Free House. Former Watney pub free since 1992. Demolished and replaced by a hole in the ground.
E1 Britannia: 232 Cable Street . (C2/15). Ind Coope. Closed pre July 1996?. Still closed 2005. Ex-Taylor Walker, now in residential use but retaining pub signage in 2006.
E1 Britannia: 44 Morris Street . (C2/16) Belhaven. Closed now a fast food shop 2005.
E1 British Prince: 49 Bromley Street . (D1/17). Free House.closed and boarded up 2005.Former Ind Coope Taylor Walker (July 96).
E1 BROWN BEAR: 139 Leman Street . (B2/18). Ind Coope. In 2006 Fullers London Pride, Adnams Bitter, plus 1-2 guests from the ‘Finest Cask’ list. A Grade II Listed Building because part of original glass remains with brass letters on sills and brass rails inside. An excellent Edwardian decorated pub, superb facilities and very comfortable. Menu combines beer with food. Lunchtime cooked food and snacks at other times. Open at 8.30 for breakfasts (not for beer), then Monday - Friday 11-11, Saturday 11-3 only, closed Sunday. Darts and bar billiards.
E1 BULL & PUMP-PACIFICOS-RAINBOW (SPORTS BAR): 72 Shoreditch High Street. (A1/19). Ind Coope. Bass, Pride. Renamed Pacificos and now (1998) Rainbow (Sports Bar). The name refers to Shoreditch being a favourite stop for cattle drovers on the way to Smithfield Market and to the nearby Shoreditch parish pump. Local office workers at lunchtime, a gay pub in the evening. Open Monday to Saturday 12-3 and 5-1am, Sunday 12-4 and 7-12.
E1 Captain Kidd: 108 Wapping High Street . (C2/20). Samuel Smith. 2 Samuel Smiths Bitters on tap (2003), Old Brewery is only £1:64 a pint. A new pub converted from a warehouse and decorated in a style that befits the new clientele of thearea. Views overlooking the river. Darts. Restaurant and childrens room. Garden. Open all permitted hours.
E1 Carlton : 238 Bancroft Road . (D1/21). Free House. No real ales. Former Bass pub 1996 and now just the Carlton . Still keg 2005.
E1 Carpenters Arms: 135 Cambridge Heath Road . (C1/22). Bass. No real ales.
E1 CASTLE (DOYLES CORNER): 44 Commercial Road . (A2/23). Free House. They tell me (SH 2006) that they sell Greene King IPA and, sometimes, another Greene King beer. But there seems precious little evidence of this Former (1995) Courage pub. The brewery originally planned to demolish this pub but have now offered the publican a 20 year lease. Darts, restaurant and function room. Open Monday - Friday 11-11. Closed weekends.
E1 CAUTHENS-Bar Locks: 21 White Church Lane (A1/24). G Met Trumans. Renamed Bar Locks in 2006. Looks to be freshly re-decorated. Two handpumps in place but clips have been reversed each time I (SH) have passed. So real ale availability uncertain. Renamed in September 1989, was the Horse & Groom. Former 19th century coaching inn, now revamped asa modern split-level bar decorated mainly decorated with sporting pictures. Darts. Restaurant. Function room. Open Monday - Friday 11-11, Saturday 11-3 only and Sunday 12-3 only. Was FAGINS for a while before being renamed BAR LOCKS.
E1 CAXTON: 50 The Highway. (B2/25). G Met Watneys. Adnams Bitter plus guest (Timothy Taylor Landlord on one visit, Adnams Oyster Stout on another) in 2006. Formerly the Artichoke. The publican refused to answer questions and instructed staff to do so also.
E1 CHINA SHIP: 4 Orton Street . (B2/26). Bass. Demolished-Now (2005)modern office blocks.
E1 CITY DARTS: 40 Commercial Street. (A1/27). G Met Trumans. Reverted to PRINCESS ALICE, - Courage: Best Bitter; Fuller: London Pride; Shepherd Neame: Spitfire. Now Free, ex-Thornley Taverns in 2006. On the Local List of Listed Buildings. Busy darts orientated pub formerly called the Princess Aliceafter the Thames river boat which sunk last century with heavy loss of life. Pool. Function room. Cooked meals lunchtime and snacks other times. Open Monday - Friday 11-11, Saturday 11-3 and 7-11, normal Sunday hours.
E1 CITY OF CARLISLE: 61 Royal Mint Street. (A2/28). G Met Trumans.Is now a restaurant the Rosemary Lane (2003).
E1 Colet Arms: 94 White Horse Road . (C1/29). Wiltshire. A building on the 'Local List'. Traditional semi-island bar surrounded with mirrors and red walls with gilded ornamentation. Comfortable, quiet, very much a locals pub. Named after founder of St Pauls School (1509), Dean of St Pauls Cathedral, John Colet, who lived in White Horse Road . Darts. Function room. Snacks at all times. Open 11-11 Monday to Friday. 11 - 4 and 7.30 -11 Saturday. Now run by Inn Business. Reported keg Nov 2002. Colet Arms: Closed (2003).
E1 COMMERCIAL TAVERN: 142 Commercial Street. (A1/30). Bass. Fullers London Pride plus two guest beers (from Brains and Black Sheep breweries on recent visit 2006). Also real cider here. Eclectic redecoration since my (Stephen Harris) last visit.. Poems about famous race horses on the walls. Lunchtime food. A Grade II Listed Building. Function room. Open Monday to Friday 11-11, Saturday 11-5 only, Sunday 12-3 only. No longer (2003) pool or darts but the interior has been sympathetically renovated recently.
E1 Crown & Dolphin: 56 Cannon Street Road. (B2/31). Wiltshire. Former Charraington pub 1992. Converted to flats.
E1 Crown & Leek: 11 Deal Street. G Met Trumans. No longer a pub.
E1 Crown & Sceptre: 84 Ben Jonson Road. (D1/32) No longer a pub. Converted to a fried chicken shop 1996.
E1 Crown & Shuttle: 226 Shoreditch High Street. (A1/33). G Met Trumans. Closed 2001.
E1 Dean Swift: 2 Deancross Street. (C2/34). G Met Watneys. No real ales 2006. Open all hours. Expensive side street pub with a mixed clientele of locals and young drinkers. Pool and shove halfpenny. Outside drinking area and car park. Open all permitted hours. Keg since early 1993.
E1 DICKENS INN: St Katherines Dock. (A2/35). Courage. Standard beer range here these days: Adnams Best, Fullers London Pride, Worthington Cask, Charles Wells Bombardier. (Usual price warning applies with this pub – e.g. London Pride is currently £3.05 a pint in 2006). Dickens Own Traditional Bitter (og 1035) is also available if you want to pay 180p a pint. Expensive tourist attraction in style of beams, benches and sawdust. Behind an 18th century warehouse stood the present structure made of European redwood. The building was moved 75 yards to its present site. Two restaurants and a function room. Handy for visitors to the Tower and St Katherines Dock. Opens Monday - Saturday 11-11.
E1 Docks & Co: 66 Royal Mint Street. (A2/). New (1995) Davy's Free House. Reported keg 2004. Open 9-11 Mon -Wed and 11-11 Thurs and Fri. Closed weekends. Renamed Fusion Lounge in 2005.
E1 DOG & TRUCK: 72 Back Church Lane . (B2/36). G Met Watneys. Websters, Ruddles Best, Ruddles County. Smart and comfortable local with a collection of chamberpots and plates. Darts. Garden. Snacks at all times. Open Monday to Friday 11-11, Saturday 11.30-2.30 and 8-11.
E1 Dover Castle 55 Sutton Street . (C2/37). Ind Coope. Now a hotel (2005)..
E1 Duke of Norfolk : 30 Massingham Street . (D1/38). Ind Coope. Converted to flats 1999.
E1 DUKE OF SOMERSET - FIRST & LAST: 14 Little Somerset Street. (A2/39). Bass. Appears to be selling only Greene King Old Speckled Hen at present (on the strength of two recent visits in 2006 SH). Renamed First & Last 1998). The Duke of Somerset used to own property nearby. Darts. Cooked food lunchtime. Facilities for the disabled. Outside drinking area. Open Monday - Friday 12-9.30, Saturday 12-3 only plus normal Sunday hours. Reverted to DUKE OF SOMERSET, +Wells: Bombardier in 2005.
E1 DUKE OF WELLINGTON : 12 Toynbee Street . (A1/41). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass, London Pride. Well lit, two-bar locals' pub with basic public bar and comfortable lounge. Cooked food lunchtime. Darts. Garden. Facilities for the disabled. Open Monday - Friday 11-1, Saturday 11-3 and Sunday 11-3only.
E1 Duke of Wellington : 63 Brady Street . (C1/40). Free House. No real ales. Closed and boarded 2002.
E1 Dukes-Royal Duke: 474 Commercial Road . (D2/42). G Met Trumans. Closed 1995 after being renamed back to Royal Duke. Now (2005) converted to shop.
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E1 Fifth Avenue : 169 Mile End Road . (D1/43). Courage. No longer a pub 1996.
E1 Fish & Ring: 141 White Horse Road . (D1/44). Free House. Converted to flats 1999.
E1 Forty Five: 45 Mile End Road . (C1/45). Ind Coope. No real ales. Open all hours. Wood panelled one-bar pub with old photos of Billingsgate Fish Market above the bar. Darts and pool. Lunchtime food. Keg since 1993.
E1 Fountain: 438 Mile End Road . (D1/46). Bass. Keg in 2006. Modern two-bar pub with chandelier style lights in the saloon. Near St Mary College. Darts and pool. Lunchtime meals and snacks. Garden. Open all permitted hours. Renamed LA LUNA in 2005.
E1 Frying Pan: 13 Brick Lane . G Met Trumans. No longer a pub. Now an Indian resturant.
E1 George Tavern: 373 Commercial Road . (C2/47). Free House. No real ales: Renamed (2004) Mad George and sells bottled beers from Woodfordes.
E1 Gloster Arms: 93/95 Commercial Road . (B2/48). G Met Watneys. No longer a pub. Converted to a shop 2000.
E1 GOLDEN HEART:
110 Commercial Street
. (A1/49). G Met Trumans. Adnams Bitter, Adnams Broadside (2006). Pleasant wood panelled pub with engraved names of old
Truman beers. Frequented by locals and Spitalfields Market workers (until it
closed they took advantage of the early morning licensing hours). Open Monday
to Friday
E1 GOODMANS FIELDS: 87-91 Mansell St . New Wetherspoons. Opened Nov 2001. Open all permitted hours at the moment.
E1 GOOD SAMS-GOOD SAMARITAN: 87 Turner Street . (B1/50). Now (1995) Scottish&New owned. Websters, Regular beers (2006) are: Theakston Best, Courage Directors (both quite unusual beers these days, compared to the past). Formerly G Met Trumans.Known as Sammys to generations of staff and students from the London Hospital. Lively pub with a young clientele and a dubious choice of wallpaper. Patients from the hospital have been known to nip in for a quick drink. Cooked food lunchtime. Open Monday - Saturday 11-11, Sunday 7-10.30 only.
E1 Grave Maurice: 269 Whitechapel Road. (C1/51). G Met Trumans. Named after Count Maurice of Nassau, prominent soldier of late 16th and early 17th centuries. Renamed Q Bar 2004. Is officially titled "Q Bar at Grave Maurice" No real ale, no handpumps (2005).
E1 GUN: 54 Brushfield Street . (A1/52). G Met Trumans. Courage Best, Young's Bitter, Adnams Broadside, Charles Wells Bombardier This is a standard beer range here (2006). On its 3rd site in 300 years. The first site was in Artillery Lane , the second site is now part of Spitalfield Market. It has been on the present site since 1926. This comfortable pub no longer uses its early licence since Spitalfelds Market moved. Pool, restaurant and function room. Open all permitted hours except Sunday when it is closed.
E1 HALF MOON: 212-223 Mile End Road . (D1/between pubs 82 and 116). Wetherspoons. New Wetherspoons pub (1998).
E1 Hayfield Tavern: 158 Mile End Road . (D1/53). Keg in 2006. Now a bright cocktail style (at one time called the Pearly Queen) bar but formerly the brewery tap of Charrington: the brewery opposite closed in 1975. The site is now offices of the brewery but it is rumoured that Charrington is to move from the area. The upstairs room used to be the brewery directors dinning room used by the Charrington family owners. Restaurant and function room. Open Monday to Saturday 11-3 and 5-11.
E1 Hearts of Oak: 36 Dock Street . (B2/54). Courage. Demolished 2002..
E1 Henrys Cafe & Bar: 8 Balkan Walk-Tobacco Dock Shopping Centre. (B2/55). New (1995) Greenhalls owned free house. Closed.
E1 Hollands : Brayford Square . (ex 9 Exmouth Street ). (C3/56). Youngs. Closed 1997. A Grade II Listed Building because of 'Original interior with boarded ceiling, pine panelling and settles. Engraved and painted glasswork. Elaborate fireplaces and overmantles. Listed for Interior'. Treasure house of Victoriania, breweriania and old photos and press cuttings. In the hands of the Holland family since the 19th century. Click here for a photo
E1 Horn Of Plenty: 36 Globe Road. (D1/57). Free House. Former Truman. Renamed Horns 2000. Reverted to HORN OF PLENTY, Free, no real ale.
E1 Horns & Horseshoe: 10 Cable Street. (B2/58). Bass. No longer a pub (1997). Click here for a photo
E1 Hungerford Arms: 240 Commercial Road. (C2/59). G Met Watneys. Keg in 2006. One long bar with wood panelling and a red and pink decor. Collection of pots, jugs, plates and other bric-a-brac. Darts. Snacks at all times.
E1 Ivories-Moorings-Millennium: 43 East Smithfield. (A2/60). Bass. Demolished c2004.
E1 Jolly Butchers: 157 Brick Lane. (A1/61). G Met Trumans. No longer (1997) a pub. Click here for a photo
E1 Jolly Sailor: 8 Garnet Street. (C2/62). Charles Wells. Pub demolished. Former Charrington pub 1993. Demolished and replaced by flats 1999.
E1 Katherine Wheel: 50 Cephas Avenue (D1/63). Wiltshire. Converted to flats 2000. Ex Charrington.
E1 KINGS ARMS: 513 Cable Street. (D2/64). G Met Watneys. Websters, Ruddles Best. Lively comfortable locals' pub with pleasant atmosphere to suit most tastes. Darts and pool. Food at lunchtimes only. Open Monday to Friday 11-3 and5-11, Saturday 11.30-4.00 and 7.30-11.
E1 Kings Arms: 230 Mile End Road.(D1/65). Ind Coope. Renamed Soma. Keg in 2006.
E1 KINGS ARMS-MARINERS: 514 Commercial Road. (D2/66). Bass. No real ales. Subtitled Montys 1996. Mariners: Is not a new but but the Kings Arms renamed in December 2001. Adnams: Bitter, Broadside IN 2005..
E1 Kings Head: 128 Commercial Road. (B2/67). Now a Labatts' Free House. Closed. Being converted to a shop 2000.
E1 KINGS STORES: 14 Widegate Street. (A1/68). Whitbread. Greene King IPA, GK Abbot Ale, GK seasonal beers in 2006.Well decorated pub, popular with local office workers. It has its own Pizza Hut. Darts (3 boards). Function room. Open Monday - Friday 11-11, closed Saturday, Sunday 12-3 only. Facilities for the disabled. Now (2005) Greene King, ex-Whitbread via Laurel.
E1 Knave of Clubs: 25 Bethnal Green Road. (A1/69). Now (2001) a restaurant called Les Trois Garcons.
E1 Light: 223 Shoreditch High St: (A1/down from pub 33). New (2000) keg bar.
E1 Lion: 8 Tapp Street. (C1/70). G Met Trumans.<BConverted to residential use 2002.
E1 Little Star: 164 White Horse Road. (D1/71). G Met Watneys. Two bar local community pub with pictures of ships and churches. Darts, pool and shove halfpenny. Snacks lunchtime only. Open all permitted hours. Reported keg Nov 2002.
E1 Location: 67 Mile End Road. (C1/72). No longer a pub. A Thai restaurant since 1995.
E1 LONDON HOSPITAL TAVERN-URBAN BAR: 176 Whitechapel Road. (C1/73). Ind Coope. Open all hours. A very popular pub which has always offered music and real beer. Popular with young people and the staff of the London Hospital which is just next door. Prints on the ceiling, Video jukebox. A bit loud. Darts. Function room. Cooked food lunchtime. Renamed (2000) URBAN BAR and has applied for a 5am licence. It has been painted in tiger's stripes! Timothy Taylor’s Landlord, Fullers London Pride, Shepherd Neame Spitfire available in 2006.
E1 LORD NELSON: 230 Commercial Road. (C2/74). Bass. Closed-Now a shop 2005.
E1 Lord Rodneys Head-Flunky Monkey: 285 Whitechapel Road. (C1/75). Renamed Flunky Monkey (2000) and keg. 2004 Now a shoe shop (Shoebox) although again the hanging sign is still there.
E1 MARINERS: 514 Commercial Road. New bar opened 2002. Nice pub selling Adnam’s Bitter and Broadside IN 2006.
E1 Mercers Arms: 34 Belgrave Street. (D1/76). Free House. closed and boarded up, construction work under way in 2006. Former Bass pub (1994).
E1 MINT: 60 East Smithfield. (A2/). Fullers. New pub opened 1992.
E1 MR PICKWICKS: 70 Leman Street. (A2/77). G Met Trumans. Young’s Bitter and Courage Best. Very poor quality beer on my (SH 2006) recent visit. And mine - Keith. Formerly the Garrick Tavern. A Grade II Listed Building now with a Dickensian theme. Pictures of novel characters around the wood panelled walls. Darts and function room. Cooked food lunchtimes. Open Monday - Friday 11-11, Saturday 11-2.30 and 7-11.
E1 Nags Head: 15 Whitechapel Road. (A1/78). Courage. Keg 2006.
E1 Norfolk Village: 199 Shoreditch High Street. (A1/79). Boarded (2002) up and demolished 2004.
E1 Old Blue Anchor: 133 Whitechapel Road. (B1/80). Bass. Run by Mercury Taverns. Renamed (2000) Indo and keg. Still keg 2006.
E1 Old Carpenters Arms: 78 Ben Jonson Road. (D1/81). G Met Watneys. No longer a pub (1999).
E1 OLD DISPENSARY: 19a Leman Street. (B1/diagonally opposite pub 11). Free House. Reopened in October 2006 and renamed DISPENSARY. New Regent Inns free house. Opened Nov 1997. In 2002 owned by Poetry Bars & Restaurants' pub chain. Closed on visit 6pm Nov 9th 2005. Adnams: Broadside; two varying guest beers (e.g. Fuller: Chiswick Bitter and Taylor: Landlord). Leased by Regent Inns to enterprising couple with a keen interest in real ale and quality food, albeit rather expensive. Formerly run by Poetry Bars & Restaurants. Tastefully refurbished with cream décor and ceiling fans, bare boards and tiled flooring, low lighting and mirrors. Spiral staircase leads to dining area at mezzanine level over bar. Open 11-11 Mon- Fri (food available 12-10).
E1 OLD GLOBE: 191 Mile End Road. (D1/82). Charles Wells. Charles Wells Eagle IPA and Bombardier. Plus occasional guest beer IN 2006.
E1 Old House at Home: 87 Watney Street. (C2/83). G Met Watneys.2005 No real ale no handpump. Freehold for sale (Strettons). Pub closed (2006) and covered in scaffolding. Appears to be under conversion to residential use – but watch this space
E1 Old Monk: 32 Leman Street. (B1/opposite pub 11). Free House. New free house opened Dec 97. Closed 2004. Reopened and believed to be the only surviving OLD MONK having been bought back by the Sprinbok chain. Closed on visit 6pm Nov 9th 2005. Now (2006) converted to ‘Whites Gentlemans Club
E1 OLD MONK-PUZZLE E1: 94-98 Middlesex Street. (A1/). Free House. Opened October 1999 in former commercial premises. Open 11-11 Mon-Fri and Sun 10-5 only. Accquired (2003) by Puzzle Pub Co and renamed PUZZLE E1. Range Fullers London Pride plus one guest beer which changes monthly (currently Wentworth WPA IN 2006).
E1 OLD MONK: Thomas Moore Sq/Nesham Street. (/). Free House. Accquired (2003) by Barracuda pub chain from >Range: London Pride and GK IPA.New free house opened Summer 1997. Renamed THOMAS MORE 2005.
E1 Old Red Lion: 217 Whitechapel Road. (B1/84). No longer a pub (1993).
E1 OLD ROSE: 128 The Highway. (B2/85). G Met Trumans. Fullers London Pride, Young’s Bitter, Greene King IPA – looks like a standard beer range here IN 2006. Locals' one bar pub with lunchtime snacks. Open Monday to Friday 11-3 (3.30 Fri and Sat) and 5 (7 on Saturday)-11. Renamed ROSE in 2005.
E1 Old Two Brewers: 154 Brick Lane. (A1/86). G Met Trumans. No longer a pub.
E1 OXFORD ARMS: 43 Stepney Way. (C1/87). Former Magic Pub Co, then (1996) Stanwood Taverns. Closed and boarded.
E1 Peacock: 145 Aylward Street. (D1/88). Free House. No real ales. Former Watney pub 1993.
E1 Peasants Revolt-Guvners-Eagle: 56 Cleveland Way. (C1/89). Former Watney pub 1993. Demolished and converted to flats 2000. Formerly the Golden Eagle.
E1 Pewter Platter Tavern-Water Poet: 11 Folgate Street. (A1/). Free House. New pub opened December 1992. Dropped the Tavern. Now leased by David Bruce's Honeypot Inns chain. Open 12-11 Mon-Fri . Renamed WATER POET. seems to have taken over next door as it is now at 9/11. Pub re-opened in early March 2006 following redecoration. Retains four-room layout. Has the current obligatory decor of dark-painted walls, chandeliers and candles. No real ale on visit October 2006. Retains handpumps.www.poetrybars.com
E1 POET: 82/84 Middlesex Street. (A1/). New (2001) free house. Adnams Bitter and Broadside, Directors, Pedigree, 6X. Open 11-11 Mon-Fri only.
E1 PRIDE OF SPITALFIELDS: 3 Heneage Street. (A1/90). Free House. London Pride, Fullers ESB, Old Peculier. Formerly the Romford Arms. A single bar pub with photos of old East End street scenes on the walls.Appealing to visitors and locals alike. Good value pints and handy for the curry houses of Brick Lane.
E1 Pride of Stepney: 269 Stepney Way. (D1/91). G Met Trumans.Now a fast food shop/flats c2000. Originally Clare Hall.
E1 Prince of Wales: 14 Waley Street. (D1/93). G Met Watneys. Demolished and replaced by flats 2001.
E1 Prince of Wales-Charlies: 124 Globe Road. (D1/94). Free House since 1995. No real ales.
E1 Prince Regent: 105 Globe Road. (D1/92). G Met Trumans.Closed 2005.
E1 PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA: 15 Prescot Street. (A2/95). Was (1995) Scottish&New owned. Former G Met Trumans. Former S&N pub accquired by Shepherd Neame in March 2004. Shepherd Neame Master Brew, Kent’s Best and Spitfire in 2006. Two room pub with beer garden at rear. Open Mon-Fri only.
E1 PROSPECT OF WHITBY:
57 Wapping Wall. (D2/96). Now (1996) Scottish&New owned. Websters,
Ruddles Best, Ruddles
E1 Queens Head: 83 Fieldgate Street. (B1/98). Free House. No real ales. Former G Met Trumans. Renamed Taggles. Converted (2001) to an Indian Restaurant named Tayyabs.
E1 Queens Head: 57 Greatorex Street. (B1/97). G Met Watneys.Pub demolished. New residential block now under construction on site of this pub 2006..
E1 Railway Arms: 60 Sutton Street. (C2/99). G Met Watneys. No real ales. Closed and boarded up 2001.
E1 Roebuck: 27 Brady Street. (C1/100). G Met Watneys. Demolished Aug 95..
E1 Rose & Punchbowl: 7 Redmans Road. (C1/101). Belhaven. Closed. Not Ascot Leisure owned. No longer a pub (2002).Demolished and replaced by flats 2004.
E1 Royal Duchess: 543/547 Commercial Road. (D2/102). Bass. No real ales. Handpumps sighted (2002) but no real ale? News anyone?
E1 Royal George: 7 Selby Street. (B1/103). G Met Trumans. No longer a pub, now (2000) a charity shop?
E1 Royal Oak: 120 Whitechapel Road. G Met Watneys. No longer a pub.
E1 SCARBOROUGH ARMS: 35 St. Marks Street. (A2/104). Free House since 1997. Fullers London Pride, Shepherd Neame Spitfire, Greene King IPA IN 2006. Named after one of James II's henchmen who was made Earl of Scarborough for his success in smashing the rebels at theBattle of Sedgemoor in 1685, the last battle on English soil. Darts. Function room. Cooked meals lunchtime and snacks at all times. Open Monday - Friday 11-9.30. Closed weekends.
E1 SCOTS ARMS: 1 Wapping High Street. (A2/105). G Met Trumans. Demolished c2004.
E1 SEVEN STARS: 112 Whitechapel High Street. (A1/106). Ind Coope. Demolished c2002.
E1 Seven Stars: 49 Brick Lane. (A1/107). G Met Watneys. Was the only pub currently open in Brick Lane. A down to earth place, it is one of the few with an Asian landlord. Darts and pool. Open all permitted hours. Closed Nov 2002.
E1 Ship: 387 Cable Street. (C2/108). Ind Coope. : Closed 2003.Converted to Flats.
E1 Ship On The Green: 60 Stepney Green. (D1/109). Tolly Cobbold. Formerly the Ace of Hearts and Astric Lodge. Conversion to flats reported in 2005.
E1 SHOOTING STAR: 125-129 Middlesex Street. (A1/). Fullers. New (1998) Fullers pub. Open Mon-Fri 11-11 and 12-3 Sun only.
E1 Sir John Falstaff: 111 Cannon Street Road. (B2/110). G Met Watneys. Closed and boarded 2001. Demolished c2003.
E1 SIR SIDNEY SMITH-PEPPERPOT: 22 Dock Street. (A2/111). G Met Trumans. Fullers London Pride is the only real ale in this proper pub IN 2006 Renamed back to the Pepperpot 1998. Comfortable lounge and basic public bar. The pub has not changed for years, one of the few. Very much a locals pub with the publican shunning publicity. Cooked food lunchtime. Facilities for the disabled. Open Monday - Friday 11-4 and 5-9, closed weekends.
E1 Slug & Lettuce: The Courtyard, E1 7BH. Mentioned in an offer in the Evening Standard of October 17th (2002). News anyone?
E1 Star & Garter: 233 Whitechapel Road. (B1/112). Charles Wells. Charles Wells signed removed. Handpumps removed. Now (2001) a fried chicken establishment.
E1 STILL & STAR: 1 Little Somerset Street. (A2/113). Bass. Youngs Bitter, Green King IPA, Fullers London Pride, Adnams Bitter in 2006. Small one-bar pub dispensing beer through one of four handpumps. Snacks at all times.Probably the only pub in the country so named. It may derive from the combination of distillation apparatus (still) and the symbol of an early licensees' association (star). Open Monday - Friday 11-3 and 5-9. Closed weekends.
E1 TEN BELLS: 84 Commercial Street. (A1/114). G Met Trumans. Charles Wells Bombardier plus one guest (often from Wooden Hand Brewery of Truro in 2006. 19th century tiling which depicts a 18th century street scene gave this pub a Grade II Listing. One of the unfortunate victims during the murderous reign of Jack the Ripper (a former name) was last seen alive leaving this pub. Lunchtime food. Open Monday to Friday 11-11, Saturday 11-5 and Sunday lunchtime only.
E1 Thomas Neale: 39 Watney Market. (C2/115). Free House. No real ale available at time of visit (2006) – looks like it’s been unavailable for a while (pump clips yellowed with age). One-bar pub in a shopping precinct/market. Darts.Snacks at all times. Open all permitted hours.
E1 THREE CROWNS-O'ASIS: 237 Mile End Road. (D1/116). Wiltshire. Adnams Bitter, Timothy Taylor Landlord (Adnams is regular, second beer may vary from time to time) 2006. Ex Wiltshire now run by Inn Business. Darts. Lunchtime food. Nice tiling inside the front door depicts three monarchs and is entitled 'The field of cloth and gold'. Open Monday to Thursday 11-3 and 5-11, Friday and Saturday 11-11.Renamed O'ASIS 2001.
E1 Three Suns: 61 Garnet Street. G Met Trumans. No longer a pub.
E1 Three Swedish Crowns: 83 Wapping Lane. (C2/117). G Met Watneys. Converted to a restaurant, Le Spice 2000.
E1 TOWN OF RAMSGATE: 62 Wapping High Street. (B2/118). Bass. London Pride (1997), Bass. A Grade II Listed Building because of 'Inside beamed ceiling, benches, plank panelling and engravedglass screen'. Judge Jeffreys was reputedly captured at this Inn. Grade II for 'interior,group value and historical association'. The cellars weredungeons for those awaiting deportation to Australia<. Near to site of Execution Dock. Has gallow on river terrace. Food at all times. Open Monday- Friday 12-3 and 5.30-11, Saturday 12-3 and 7-11.
E1 TURNERS OLD STAR: 14 Watts Street. (B2/119). Ind Coope. Good pint of Greene King IPA (2003). Formerly the Old Star. Named after the great British painter Joseph Turner 1775-1851. Corner locals' pub, once very basic, but now renovated to reflect the upward trend of the area. Darts. Garden. Snacks and cooked meals at all times. Open Monday -Wednesday11-3.30 and 5.30-11, Thursday - Saturday 11-11.
E1 Vibe Bar: 91-95 Brick Lane. (A1/). New (1998) Free House. No real ales.
E1 VINEYARD: St Katherines Way. (A2/120). DavysFree House. Daveys Old Wallop. Commissionaire on the door. Real ale in downstairs bar only. A 'basic style' ale bar with sawdust on the floor with interesting signs and collections of old wine barrels. Quite expensive (a till receipt given with every purchase). Pints only - from pewter tankards. Restaurant and function room. Open Monday - Friday 11-3 and 5-8.30, clsoed weekends. No Jeans.
E1 Water Poet-Slug & Lettuce: Stoney Street c/o White Kennet Lane. (A1/). Free House. New (1995) tied Adnams pub. Open Non-Fri 9am-11pm and Sunday lunchtime. Former free house acquired by SFI and keg in 2006.
E1 WHITE HART: 1 Mile End Road. (C1/122). Free House. Basic and clean boozers pub with a superb glass partition and mirrors. Known as Murphys. No food. Pool. Open all permitted hours. Range now (April 2001) is Brakspear Bitter and Special. No longer (2002) leased by Honeypot Inns.Was owned by Capital Pub Co but reverted to family ownership. Reported keg 2006.
E1 WHITE HART-CLUTTERBUCKS: 89 Whitechapel High Street. (A1/121). Ind Coope. Taylor Walker, Fullers London Pride, Shepherd Neame Spitfire in 2006. Renamed back (1998) to White Hart (from Clutterbucks). Old photos of local area and collection of china plates around the walls. Has a long bar running back through the pub which makes its size deceptive. Cheap pint. Cooked food lunchtime. Open all permitted hours.
E1 WHITE HORSE: 64 Shoreditch High Street. (A1/123). G Met Trumans. Websters, Ruddles Best. There has been a pub on the site since 1462, its history is shown in the bar. Has an eight foot TV screen which can receive 43 channels. Striptease acts are performed on Thursday and Friday 6.30-9.30and Sunday lunchtimes. Open Monday - Friday 11-3 and 5-11. Closed Saturday and Sunday evenings. Cooked meals lunchtime and snacks at all times. Snooker, darts and pool.
E1 White Horse: 48 White Horse Road. (D2/124). Bass. ex-Bass, H unused in 2006.Small, old-fashioned and friendly one-bar pub just off Commercial Road. Snacks lunchtime only. Darts and pool. Outside drinking area. Opens all permitted hours. Rumour has it that the pub will become owned by the Wiltshire Brewery.
E1 WHITE SWAN: 21 Alie Street. (A2/125). Shepherd Neame. Shepherd Neame Master Brew, Spitfire and seasonal beers (2006). Former free house that re-opened in 1989 after a fire. Grade II listed building with wood fronted bar and half wood wall panelling. Display of old photographs and news sheet editions. Shepherd Neame makes a welcome addition to the beers available in this area. Restaurant and function room. Open Monday - Friday 11-11. Might open on Saturdays in thefuture but currently closed weekends. Shame about the rather loud music, no doubt for the barstaff.
E1 White Swan & Cuckoo: 97 Wapping Lane. (C2/126). G Met Trumans. Now (2006) Enterprise, ex- Truman, H removed Comfortable locals pub previously called the White Swan. Wood panelling with old photos and beer names long since gone. Also ships' badges. Darts. Snacks and meals lunchtime only.
E1 WILLIAMS-WILLIAMS WINE & ALE HOUSE: 22/24 Artillery Lane. (A1/127). Whitbread. Greene King IPA, GK Abbot Ale, GK seasonal beers served by handpump and by gravity in 2006. Formerly the Ship. Recreated Georgian style wine and ale pub with beamed ceiling and wall curios. Darts. Cooked food lunchtime. Open Monday - Friday 11-11 but closed weekends. Renamed (1994) from Williams.
E1 Yorkshire Grey: 180 Brady Street. (C1/128). Free House. No longer a pub (1998). Formerly JJ's Free House. Click here for a photo
E2 Bethnal Green
Stations - Bethnal Green (Central), Bethnal Green & London Fields (BR Liverpool Street).
Unfortunately the area is one of our worst for real ale and that is available has historically been dominated by the and Watney/Truman (due to their large breweries in East End), but watch out for the enterprising free houses and brewers' pubs, a recently expanding sector and one which deserving of support. The only notable local brewery in this was Wests, whose Three Crowns Brewery (with 60 pubs) was taken over by Hoare (itself then bought by Charrington) in 1929 and closed. One or two pubs still have relics of the company.
E2 Acorn: 149 Queensbridge Road. (A2/1). Ascot Estates. Reopened (2003). Mayfair Taverns sign.
E2 Angel & Crown: 170 Roman Road. (B1/2). Free House. Ex Charrington pub (1993). Repoeted keg in 2006.
E2 APPROACH TAVERN: 47 Approach Road. (A1/3). Free House. Friendly two bar pub with a varying range of beers. Darts and pool. Function rooms. Lunchtime snacks.Possibly what in the minds of outsiders is what all East End pubs are like, we should be so lucky! Open all permitted hours. Range mid 2002 was London Pride, Ridley IPA, Prospect and Old Bob. Now a Remarkable Restaurants Free house.
E2 Beehive: 230 Roman Road. (B1/4). G Met Watneys No longer a pub 1997..
E2 Birdcage: 80 Columbia Road. (B2/5). G Met Trumans. No real ales 2006.
E2 Bishop Bonner: 21 Bonner Street. (A1/6). Ind Coope. Closed. Now (2005) flats?Owned by Maple Leaf Inns 1993.
E2 Black Horse: 67 Roman Road. (B1/7). Belhaven. No longer a pub 1995.
E2 Blade Bone: 185 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/8). Bass. No longer a pub. Now (2000) Noodle King Chinese takeaway.
E2 Bohola House: 423 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/9). Free House. No real ales 2006.
E2 Britannia - Juke Box: 206 Globe Road. (B1/10). G Met Watneys. Demolished 2005 and redeveloped into flats. Was named Juke box for a while (1998).
E2 British Lion: 193 Hackney Road. (A2/11). Whitbread. Reported keg 2006.
E2 BROWNS: 1 Hackney Road. (B2/12). G Met Watneys. Formerly the Horns. Large cafe style pub with large pool area at rear. Working clothes allowed, but no dirty boots/overalls. Cooked meals lunchtime and 5.30-8 Thurs/Fri. Open Monday - Saturday 11-3 and 5.30-11. Nov 2002 Tetley replaces Websters.
E2 Buskers-Ye Olde Hope: 2 Pollard Row. (B2/13). Free House. Renamed back to Ye Olde Hope (1993). Demolished 2007.
E2 CAMDENS HEAD: 456 Bethnal Green Road. (B1/14). Wetherspoons. Former Charrington pub 1992. No longer (2004) Wetherspoons. renamed MISTY MOON – external signage changed in week beginning 16 April 2006. Beer range variable, but seems to be based on: Fullers London Pride, Courage Best and Directors, Shepherd Neame Spitfire plus guest beers. Not sure if name change is a result of new ownership, or if it will lead to changes in beer range.Run by Valeart Design.
E2 Camel: 277 Globe Road. (B1/15). Free House. Has reopened after 5/6 years (2006). it serves Adnams and Adnams Broadside, and some nice pies and mash. a very nice pub, and really good news that it has resurfaced, having won a reprieve from demolition earlier in 2005.
E2 Carpenters Arms: 73 Cheshire Street. (B2/16). Free House. Closed and shuttered 2006.
E2 Cavalier: 89 Dunbridge Street. (B2/17). Free House. Converted to offices 2001. Was the Lord Hood (Trumans).
E2 Chiltons: 12 Chilton Street. (B2/18). Ascot Estates. No real ales. Closed 2001. Formerly the Britannia. Renamed back to Britannia 2005.
E2 City of Paris: 178 Old Ford Road. (A1/19). Free House. Keg (2003). Former Truman pub 1993. Renamed 2004 Hanana's Wine Bar.
E2 Conqueror: 2/4 Austin Street. (B2/20). Free House. Closed and boarded 2001. Remains closed and boarded up. Tower Hamlets Borough Council are currently considering a planning application to demolish this pub and replace it with a new residential development of six flats (2006). Small wood-panelled two bar pub with a collection of bric-a-brac. Ex Charrington pub with dartsand pool. Cooked food lunchtime with snacks at other times.
E2 Crown: 144 Whiston Road. (A2/21). Belhaven. Converted to flats? (1998).
E2 Dolphin: 85 Redchurch Street. (B2/22). G Met Trumans. No real ales. Pub and brewery signs removed. Converted to residential use 2002.
E2 Dover Castle : 118 Old Bethnal Green Road. (A1/23). Ascot Estates.Became a social snooker club 2005. Now (2006) demolished and new housing being built on site.
E2 Duke of Cambridge: 25 Cambridge Crescent (formerly Felix St). (A2/25). Belhaven. Closed 1998.
E2 Duke of Cambridge: 101 Queensbridge Road. (A2/24). Bass. No real ales.
E2 DUKE OF SUSSEX-ALBION: 94 Goldsmith's Row. (A2/26). Free House. Greene King IPA and Landlord (2005). Former Shepherd Neame/Charrington pub renamed the Albion (1998).
E2 DUKE OF WELLINGTON: 52 Cyprus Street. (A1/27). G Met Watneys. Closed and for sale 2005. Comfortably furnished wood-panelled central bar pub. Darts and pool. Snacks at lunchtime and early evening. Open all permitted hours if sufficient trade. Grade II Listed Building.
E2 DUKE OF YORK-YORKIES: 65 Ellsworth Street. (B2/28). G Met Trumans. Websters. Renamed Yorkies 2002. Closed and boarded up 2006 .
E2 Dundee Arms: 339 Cambridge Heath Road. (B1/29). Ind Coope. Note the sunken hook on the right hand side of the entrance to facilitate the handling of barrels to and from the cellar. Unusual curved glass frontage. Locals' pub opposite the York Hall where the Pigs Ear Beer Festival was founded. Handy for the fisticuffs held there. The Greene King IPA at 99p was the cheapest pint to be had by any pub in this area. Food at all times. Hot toddies with lemon an cloves etc. Open all permitted hours. Now (2001-6) keg.
E2 Durham Arms: 408 Hackney Road. (A2/30). G Met Trumans. No real ales.
E2 Earl Grey: 272 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/31). Ascot Estates.Was run by Mayfair Taverns. Now Enterprise Inns run. Converted to a shop 2005.
E2 Flamingos: 163 Gossett Street. (B2/32). No longer a pub.
E2 Florist: 255 Globe Road. (B1/33). G Met Watneys. No real ales 2001.
E2 Flying Scud: 137 Hackney Road. (A2/34). G Met Trumans. Closed July 94.
E2 Fountain: 123 Sceptre Road. (B1/35). G Met Watneys. No real ales.
E2 George & Dragon: 2 Hackney Road. (B2/36). Became a pub again (2003), still called the George and Dragon, full of the Shoreditch crowd but basic inside. No real ales in 2006. Was Brent Walker owned according to RW. Ex Truman.
E2 Globe-Stingray Globe Cafe: 109 Columbia Road. (A2/37). Belhaven. No real ales. Nov 2002 No real ale reported and renamed String Ray Cafe. This is actually a very good pizza restaurant (2003).
E2 Green Gate: 228/230 Bethnal Green Road. (B2/38). Ind Coope. No real ales because it's no longer a pub. Now (1995) a supermarket/carpet shop/flats.
E2 Green Man: 287 Cambridge Heath Road. (B1/39). G Met Trumans. Closed and boarded. Work being carried out end of March 2002.No longer a pub. Part fish and chip shop part shop 2004. Update (2006) - ground floor was converted to convenience store and a fish and chip shop, upper floor now ‘City Inn Hotel’ advertising bed & breakfast.
E2 Greyhound: 32 Old Ford Road. (A1/40). Courage. Closed since early 2000. Converted to flats (2003) and lovely greyhound heads removed from site.
E2 Halfway House: 388 Hackney Road. (A2/41). Ind Coope. No real ales. Owned by Scamore Taverns. Renamed the Atomic Music Bar in August 2000. Renamed Jo Jo's 2004. Pub remains closed and boarded up – for sale by auction (2006). Click here for a photo
E2 HARE: 505 Cambridge Heath Road . (A1/42). G Met Trumans. Horseshoe shaped bar now under new management so expect facilities to change. Darts. TV. Open all permitted hours. Snacks at all times. Greene King IPA and Landlord reported 2007.
E2 Jeremiah Bullfrog: 68 Warner Place . (A2/43). G Met Watneys. No longer a pub (1997). Formerly Warners, RJ's and originally the Old Horns.
E2 JOINERS ARMS: 116/8 Hackney Road . (B2/44). Belhaven. Courage Best, Dirctors. One roomed pub with central bar. Darts and pool. Open Monday to Saturday 11.30-5 and 7-11. Enterprise Inns run 1994.
E2 King & Queen: 89 Cheshire Street . (B2/45). Belhaven. No longer a pub 1996.
E2 Kings Arms: 67 Old Bethnal Green Road . (B2/47). G Met Watneys.Converted to flats 2001.
E2 Kings Arms: 11 Buckfast Street . (B2/46). Courage. No real ales.
E2 KINGS HEAD: 257 Kingsland Road . (A2/48). Ind Coope. Burton . Open all hours. H removed 2006. Island bar with plastic beams. Darts and pool. Cooked meals lunchtime and snacks other times. Open all permitted hours.
E2 Limes: 324 Hackney Road . (A2/49). No longer a pub.
E2 Little Wonder: The 155 Hackney Road . (A2/50). No longer a pub 1994.
E2 Lyons Corner-Van Tromp: 121 Bethnal Green Road . No longer a pub. Former Charrington pub which was a free house before closure.
E2 Marksman: 254 Hackney Road . (A2/51). Free House. No longer selling real ales (2003-6). Former West Brewery (was near the Childrens Hospital pub and only one of 3 pubs out of a dozen to sell real ale in Hackney Road . Cooked meals at lunchtime and snacks other times. Pool. Opens all permitted hours if custom warrants.
E2 Marquis of Cornwallis: 304 Bethnal Green Road . (B2/52). G Met Trumans. Comfortable island bar pub. Darts. Cooked meals lunchtime and snacks other times. Now (2001) keg.
E2 Metropolis: 234 Cambridge Heath Road . (A1/53). G Met Watneys. No real ales.
E2 Montys: 111 Gosset Street . (B2/54). Converted to fie flats 1995. Former free house previous named Batties, Knights and orginally Gosset Arms.
E2 Nelsons Head: 32 Horatio Street . (A2/55). Free House. No real ales. Small dim pub often with loud music. Darts and pool. Open Monday - Friday 12-3 and 5-11. Ex Charrington, Batemans and Gibbs Mew. Handpumps removed 1998.
E2 NICE LITTLE EARNER-OARSMAN: 281 Kingsland Road . (A2/56). Free House. Courage Best, Greene King IPA. Renamed Oarsman 2001.
E2 Norfolk Arms (Pickles)-So Bar: 460 Hackney Road . (A2/57). Free House. Reopened (2003) and called So Bar. Keg 2006. Closed again and boarded up 2006. Reopened and renamed RAIZES. No real ale. Now a Free House/Brazilian bar and restaurant in 2007.
E2 O2 Brasserie. New pub (2003) on the corner of Bethnal Green Road and Redchurch Street on site of a secondhand car lot. Keg. Reported as now called Green & Red 2005.
E2 Old Basing House-Titles Nite Spot-On the Rocks: 25 Kingsland Road. (A2/58). Courage. Reopened 2000 as Titles Nite Spot then On the Rocks.
E2 Old Friends: 129 Roman Road . (B1/60). G Met Watneys. No real ales.
E2 OLD GEORGE: 379 Bethnal Green Road . (B2/61). G Met Trumans. John Smith’s Cask is the only real ale sold here in 2006. Now Enterprise, ex-Truman. Large plush pub with interesting prints on walls and separate pool area. Cooked meals lunchtime andsnacks at other times. Open all permitted hours.
E2 Old King Johns Head: 90 Whiston Road . (A2/62). Charles Wells 1996. No real ales.Former Charrington pub 1992.
E2 YE OLDE AXE: 69 Hackney Road . (B2/59). Free House. Sold only Courage Best on visit Dec 2001. Victorian pub that for a long time was a warehouse. Has wood panelling and secluded alcoves. Snacks lunchtime. Open all permitted hours.
E2 ORANGE: 24 Kingsland Rd. (A2/). Adnams Regatta. New (2000) free house that opens 4-11 Mon-Thurs and 4-2 Fri- Sat. Renamed CATCH 2005.
E2 OWL & PUSSYCAT: THE 34 Redchurch Street . (B2/63). Free House. Range on visit was London Pride (250p) and 6X (2003) Formerly Taylors , Alternative and the Crown. Also sells Owl and Pussycat Bitter. Roomy pub with open fireplace and garden area at back, upstairs bar/function room. Cooked food at all times. Open Monday - Friday 11-11, Saturday 11-3 and 5-11. Grade II Listed Building. Ex Charrington.
E2 Panther: 15 Turin Street . (B2/64). Whitbread. Demolished 2005.
E2 Partners: 32 Cremer Street . (A2/65). Free House. Formerly the Marquis of Lansdowne. Closed 2000. Demolished 2006.
E2 Penny Farthing-Spread Eagle: 3 Kingsland Road . (B2/66). Free House. Was Watney Combe Reid. Renamed back to Spread Eagle Aug 95
E2 Perseverance: 112 Pritchards Road . (A2/67). G Met Watneys. No real ales.
E2 Perseverance: 125 Gosset Street . (B2/68). Free House. No real ales. Former G Met Watneys. Converted to residential use 2001.
E2 Premises: 203 Hackney Road . Real ale availability in this new (2002) cafe/bar unknown. Great breakfasts on a Sunday (2003).
E2 Prince of Wales: 76 Bishops Way . (A1/71). Charles Wells. No longer a pub (2000) though ok if you want to buy one. Former Charrington pub.
E2 Prince of Wales: 59 Barnet Grove. (B2/70). Free House. No longer (1995) a pub.
E2 Prince of Wales: 1 Teale Street . (A2/69). Magic Pub Co. Was Watney Combe Reid. Closed. 1994. Now, 2006 a nursery
E2 Queen Victoria : 72 Barnet Grove. (B2/72). Belhaven. Was Watney Combe Reid. No longer (1993) a pub. Click here for a photo
E2 Railway Tavern: 131 Globe Road . (B1/73). Bass. No real ales. Handpumps removed in 2007.
E2 Red Deer : 393 Cambridge Heath Road . (A1/74). G Met Watneys. Closed - Pub and brewery signs removed 2001. No longer a pub. Estate Agents?
E2 Royal Alfred: 267 Kingsland Road . (A2/75). Belhaven. Renamed (2003) Nu Poqodi. Now a Russian owned pub. Still keg. Renamed BAR NP (A10) in 2006.
E2 Royal Cricketers: 211 Old Ford Road . (A1/76). Whitbread. On the local List of Listed buildings. Converted to flats (2003).
E2 Royal Oak : 73 Columbia Road . (B2/77). Belhaven now Enterprise. Ex Ascot. Adnams Bitter, Timothy Taylor Landlord. A fine pub, now supplying good beer. Towards the end of last year a visit here saw Fullers London Pride and Badger Tanglefoot – so it may be that beer range is variable. Weekday opening from 6pm. Normal weekend hours (2006).Opens for the Sunday flower market at 8am.
E2 Royal Standard: 165 Kingsland Road . (A2/78). Whitbread. Renamed The Plaza. Real ale status uknown. Live music venue 2005.
E2 Salmon & Ball: 502 Bethnal Green Road . (B1/79). G Met Watneys. Keg 2001-6. No real ale available when surveyed. Cafe-styleone-bar pub. A Listed Building. Cooked food lunchtimes and snacks at other times. Open all permitted hours.
E2 SEBRIGHT ARMS: 31 Coate Street . (A2/80). Free House. Sam Smiths OBB. Open all hours. Formerly Sollys (ex Gibbs Mew). Guest beers include Castle Eden and Ruddles Best. Restaurant. Large comfortable smart wood-panelled pub off Hackney Road down Sebright Passage. Live music wed-Sun evenings and jazz Sunday lunchtime. In 2007 planning application for demolition and replacement by yet more apartments refused by Tower Hamlets Council following a petition from 173 objectors. The planning report read: ‘The proposed demolition and loss of the public house is an unacceptable loss of an important community and social function for local residents.’ Tower Hamlets are to be congratulated for taking such an enlightened, common sense view in the face of government pressures to maximise housing at the expense of community facilities.
E2 Septembers: 428 Hackney Road . (A2/81). Bass. Was the Temple Street Tap. Demolished and replace by flats 2000.
E2 Shakespeare: 460 Bethnal Green Road . (B1/82). G Met Trumans. No real ales.
E2 Ship: 473 Bethnal Green Road . (B1/83). G Met Watneys. No longer a pub 2000.
E2 Ship & Blue Ball: 13 Boundary Street . (B2/84). Pitfield. No longer a pub (flats 1998). Was Watney Combe Reid. Click here for a photo
E2 Sporting Life: 36 Wilmot Street . (B2/85). Free House. No longer a pub (flats 1994). Former Charrington pub called the Lamb and dates back to 1860 at least.
E2 Sportsman: 181 Whiston Road. (A2/86). Ascot Estates. Was Ind Coope. Demolished and replaced by flats 2001.
E2 Stick of Rock: 143 Bethnal Green Road . (B2/87). Ascot Estates. No longer a pub 1996. Ex Trumans and had Belhaven sign before closure. Originally the Well & Bucket.
E2 Sun: 441 Bethnal Green Road . (B2/88). Whitbread. No real ales.
E2 Tantrums/Focus Nite Spot & Images: 481 Hackney Road . (A2/89). Free House. No real ales. Former Bass pub named Hop Picker, Keeleys, Focus Nite Spot & Images (1994), originally Queen Adelaide.
E2 Three Loggerheads-Tutles: 57 Virginia Road (B1/90). Ascot Estates. Was Watney Combe Reid. No longer a pub (flats 1999).Was Turtles.
E2 VICTORIA : 4 Ravenscroft Street . (B2/91). Free House. Sells Greene King IPA and a seasonal beer 1996. Former G Met Watneys. Garden. Snacks at lunchtime. Renamed RAVENSCROFT in 2006.
E2 Victory: 27 Vyner Street . (A1/92). Free House. No real ales.
E2 Weavers Arms: 100 Roman Road . (B1/93). Ind Coope. No longer a pub (offices May 96)..Owned by Maple Leaf Inns and keg 1993.
E2 Weymouth Arms: 80 Weymouth Terrace. (A2/94). G Met Watneys. No longer a pub (Flats 1996).
E2 White Hart - Tommy Tuckers-Cock & Comfort-Pleasure Unit: 359 Bethnal Green Road . (B2/95). G Met Trumans. No real ales. Now (2001) renamed the Pleasure Unit. Advertises bar lounge art.
E2 White Horse: 236 Cambridge Heath Road . (A1/96). Whitbread. No real ales.
E2 Woolpack: 89 Sceptre Road . (B1/97). G Met Watneys Pub demolished.Closed September 1993. Demolished Jan 98.
E3 Bow
Stations - Mile End (Central/District), Bow Road and Bromley by Bow (District), Bow Church and Devons Road (DLR).
Taylor Walker have a strong influence here, much derived from their purchase of Smith Garrett in 1927 which they then closed.
E3 Albert: 74 St Stephens Road. (A1/1). Belhaven. No real ales. Enterprise Inns run (2003).
E3 Albion: 25 St. Pauls Way. (A2/2). Belhaven. Closed 1994. Demolised 2005.
E3 Ancient Briton: 44 Glaucus Street. (B2/3). Bass.Demolished after rumour printed in East London Advertiser (2003). Closed 2005.
E3 BAR-RISA: 221 Grove Road - Bow Wharf. (A1/near pub 13). Free House. Courage Best Bitter, Theakston XB. New Regent Inns free house. Opened late Summer 1997.
E3 Beehive: 104 Empson Street. (B2/4). Free House. Now Enterprise. Handpump removed in 2007. Lively backstreet local behind St Andrews Hospital. It has an unusual collection of ties and over 200 key rings. Darts and pool. Childrens room. Cooked meals at all times. Open Monday - Saturday 11-3 and 5-11.
E3 Bird in Hand: 126 Bow Road. Trumans. Pub demolished.
E3 BLUE ANCHOR: 67 Bromley High Street. (B2/5). Free House. One real ale - Brakspears Bitter 2004. Traditional East End local with darts and shove half penny. Lunchtime snacks.Originally owned by the Kings Arms Brewery, part of the London & Burton Brewery Co., who were taken over by Watney Combe Reid in 1929. The freehold was sold to the LCC in 1950. Open Monday - Saturday 11-3 and 5-11.
E3 Bombay Grab: 246 Bow Road. (B2/6). Free House. Closed. Closed again 1992. Bombay Now (1992) the Bow Muslim Community Centre. The pub was once the brewery tap of the Smith Garret Brewery.
E3 BOW BELLS: 116 Bow Road. (B2/7). Ind Coope. Range 2006: Fullers London Pride, plus weekly-changing guest beer (the latter is usually Wychwood Brakespear’s Bitter). Large comfortable pub with interesting collection of toby jugs, prints and, as you might expect considering its name, a collection of bells. Live music at lunchtime on Sunday. Lunchtime cooked food. Open Monday - Saturday 11-3 and 7-11
E3 Bridge House: 14 Bow Common Lane. (B2/8). Free House. Was Watney Combe Reid. No real ales. Ex Belhaven. Pub and brewery signs removed (2000) . In residential use 2005.Click here for a photo
E3 BRITANNIA: 185 Bow Common Lane. (A2/9). Courage. Courage Directors Bitter. Open all hours. Large backstreet local with darts and snacks at lunchtime. Open all permitted hours.
E3 Bromley Arms: 51 Fairfield Road. (B1/10). Shepherd Neame. Was Watney Combe Reid. Closed 1997. Permission applied for flats 2004. Small pub opposite Bow Bus Garage. Click here for a photo
E3 Caledonian Arms: 62 Fairfield Road. (B1/11). Shepherd Neame. Was Watney Combe Reid. Basic backstreet local near the old Bryant & May match factory.Closed 2000. Permission applied for flats 2004
E3 COBORN ARMS: 8 Coborn Road. (A1/12). Young & Co. Youngs Bitter, Youngs Special, Youngs Winter W. Until 1984 was a Whitbread pub. Dartboards in constant use.Former Lacon Brewery pub. Outside drinking area. Cooked food lunchtime. Open Monday - Saturday 11-2.30 and 5-11 except Friday (11-11).
E3 CROWN HOTEL: 223 Grove Road. (A1/13). Belhaven. Was Trumans. Has shut as a pub. Is now Mari Terra a spanish style tapas bar and keg. Click here for a photo
E3 Crystal Tavern-Wheelwrights: 25 Burdett Road. (A2/14). Ind Coope. No longer a pub (flats July 1996).
E3 Duke of Wellington: 16 Newmill House - Devas Street. (B2/15). Ascot Estates (1994). Was Watney Combe Reid. No real ale or handpumps (2003).
E3 Duke of York: 129 Antill Road. (A1/16). Ind Coope. Former Smith Garrett (Bow Brewery) pub as can be seen by the original tiling. Darts. Open Monday - Saturday 11-3 and 5-11. Reported keg 1992. Converted to residential use. Retains Smith Garrett facade Aug 2002.
E3 Earl of Ellesmere: 19 Chisenhale Road. (A1/17). Ind Coope. No longer a pub. Converted to residential use 2001. Click here for an old photo
E3 Eleanor Arms: 460 Old Ford Road. (A1/18). Shepherd Neame. Was Watney Combe Reid. No real ales 1995.
E3 FAT CAT CAFE BAR: Bow Wharf Grove Road. (A1/near pub 13). Free House. Boddingtons, Directors, Theakstons XB ,6X. New (1999) pub chain run free house. Open all hours including at 1000 for breakfast.
E3 Hand & Flower: 72 Parnell Road. (B1/20). Whitbread, now (2004) Enterprise Inns. No real ale or handpumps (2003). At the end of Roman Road Market. Snacks at lunchtime. Live music Friday and Saturday nights until midnight. Open all permitted hours.
E3 George & Dragon-New Cotton Inn: 92 St Pauls Way. (A2/19). Belhaven. Was Trumans and originally called the George & Dragon. Closed and boarded 2001.Demolished c2004.
E3 Horn of Plenty-Flautist & Firkin-Moment in Time: 588 Mile End Road. (A2/21). Ind Coope. Renamed MOMENT IN TIME 2000. Keg beers only. Leasehold currently (2006) for sale. Closed 2007.
E3 Iceland: 421 Wick Lane. (B1/22). G Met Watneys. Basic mock Tudor pub just off the motorway. Pool and shove halfpenny. Lunchtime snacks. Open all permitted hours. Now (2001) keg. : Renamed Lighthouse 2005.
E3 Imperial Crown: 50 St Leonard's Street. (B2/23). Ind Coope. Owned by Scamore Taverns. Closed. Tower Hamlets Town Planning has an application to turn it into a shop unit and flats (2003). Converted to flats c2004.
E3 John Bull: 490 Roman Road. (A1/24). Ind Coope. No longer a pub since 1996. Now (2004) a property services agency, wheren't they estate agentsClick here for a photo
E3 Kings Arms: 167 Bow Road. (B1/25). Ind Coope. Greene King: Abbot. A convert to real ale in 2006.
E3 Kitsons: 171 Devons Road. (B2/26). G Met Watneys. Renamed Liquor Inn.Handpumps but no real ale (2005).
E3 Little Driver: 125 Bow Road. (B1/27). Bass. Enormous, 50 year old Hoare & Co Celebrated Stout mirror on the wall near the dartboard. A Finch's pub. Cooked food lunchtime. Garden. Open Monday - Thursday 11-3 and 5-11, Friday and Saturday 11-11. Final chapter in the "is there or isn't there beer" here! Handpumps finally removed.
E3 LORD CARDIGAN: 12 Anglo Road. (B1/28). Ind Coope. Tetley Bitter, Burton, Adnams Bitter. Sells Youngs beers occasionally. Lively pub just off Roman Road market. Live music Saturday nights.Darts, pool and shove halfpenny. Garden. Open Monday - Saturday 11-3 and 5-11. Now (1993) in Taylor Walker livery.
E3 Lord Morpeth: 402 Old Ford Road. (A1/29). Whitbread. Reported keg (2006) .
E3 LORD PALMESTON: 45 Hewlett Road. (A1/30). Free House. Formerly Bass. Conveted to flats 2004.
E3 Lord Tredegar: 50 Lichfield Road. (A1/31). Ind Coope. Was owned by Sycamore Taverns. Now (1998) run by Inn Business. Listed Building. Reported as keg.
E3 MATCH MAKER: 580/586 Roman Road. (B1/opposite pub 46). New Wetherspoons pub (opened July 2001) in Roman Road market almost opposite the closed Ranlagh Arms. Former indoor market and before that an old fashioned grocers (Caters). Name refers to the Bryant and May matchmaking factory which still stands in nearby Fairfield Road though these days is in residential use. No longer for sale. retained by Wetherspoon..
E3 Melody Park Inn-Outpost-Twlight Zone: 2 Midlothian Road. (A2/32). G Met Watneys. No longer a pub since July 96. Now TFG Pizza in part.
E3 Milton Arms: 28 Wright's Road. (B1/33). Free House. Formerly Bass. No real ales.
E3 Moulders Arms: 50 Bromley High Street. (B2/34). G Met Watneys. Demolished 2007.
E3 NEEDLE GUN-TRADER: 527 Roman Road. (A1/35). Ind Coope. Courage: Best Bitter or Greene King: IPA. Real ale not always available (2006). Renamed Trader.
E3 NEW GLOBE: 359 Mile End Road. (A1/36). Whitbread. Fullers London Pride, Greene King IPA (2006). Now Enterprise, ex-Whitbread. Parissene style cafe-bar with good range of food. Open all permitted hours plus till 2am on Thurs, Fri and Sat nights. On the local list of Listed Buildings. Is part of the Active Pub Co? (2003).
E3 OLD DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE: Young: Special. Beer may vary. Reinstatement of real ale in 2006.
E3 Old Ford Tavern: 393 Old Ford Road. (B1/38). Free House. Formerly Bass. Converted to flats 2001.
E3 Ordell Arms: 22 Ordell Road. (B1/39). Free House. Formerly Courage. Redeveloped into housing by a private company 2001.
E3 PALM TREE: 24 Palm Street. (A1/40). Free House. Formerly Trumans. Boddingtons Robinsons Snowden (2003). Canalside pub that has been isolated by what is known as Mile End Park. Darts. Well worth finding (if you can). Brent Walker owned. Garden.
E3 Pearly King: 94 Bromley High Street. No longer a pub.Former Ind Coope pub that became a free house before closure.
E3 Playwrights-Morgan Arms: 43 Morgan Street. (A1/41). Free House. Former G Met Watneys. Reported as keg 2001 after being renamed back to Morgan Arms. Adnams Bitter 230p and Taylors Landlord 250p confirmed (2003).
E3 Prince of Wales: 2 Grove Road. (A1/42). G Met Watneys. Closed and boarded up 2006.
E3 Priory Tavern: 37 St Leonards Street. (B2/43). G Met Trumans. No longer a pub. Converted to flats 1997.
E3 Queen Victoria: 1 Gillender Street. (B2/44). Free House. Reopened after being closed and for sale notices posted. Closed and boarded up again 2001.
E3 Railway Tavern: 30 Grove Road. (A1/45). Free House. Formerly Bass. Converted to flats 2000.
E3 Ranelagh Arms: 599 Roman Road. (B1/46). Courage. No real ales - closed 2000. Now (2003) a Costcutter supermaket.
E3 Rising Sun-American Diner: 14 Gillender Street. (B2/47). Ascot Estates Pub demolished 1999 after renaming..
E3 Rose & Crown: 8 Stroudley Walk - Devons Road. (B2/48). Ind Coope. Owned by Maple Leaf Inns. A Grade II Listed Building. Grade II listed pub, closed and boarded up 2006.
E3 Rose of Denmark: 612 Roman Road. (B1/49). Belhaven. Closed. For sale without a license.
E3 Tenterden Arms: 224 Devons Road. (B2/50). G Met Trumans. Enterprise, closed and boarded up in 2007.
E3 Three Tuns: Ye Olde 185 Bow Road. (B1/51). Whitbread. No longer a pub. Converted to flats 1999.
E3 Unicorn: 27 Vivian Road. (A1/52). Free House. Closed 2001. Converted to flats 2004.
E3 Victoria: 110 Grove Road. (A1/53). Charles Wells. Handpumps now (2006) removed. Former Charrington pub acquired by Charles Wells in March 1991. Pool. Garden. Lunhtime food. Open all permitted hours.
E3 Wentworth Arms: 127 Eric Street. (A2/54). Charles Wells. Keg since 2000. Still keg in 2007. Recently (1991) acquired from Charrington. Expensive. Lunchtime food. Open all permitted hours. Situated behind Mile End Station.
E3 White Horse: 473 Roman Road. (A1/55). G Met Watneys. After being a clothes shop for some years it is was (1996) the Lounge Bar. Converted to a Domino's Pizza in 2005.Click here for a photo
E3 Whitethorn: 30 Whitethorn Street. (B1/56). Belhaven Pub Demolished July 96. Closed August 1994.
E3 Widows Son: 75 Devons Road. (B2/57). Ind Coope. Handpumps removed in 2006. Shove h'p and darts in this single bar pub. Live music at weekends. A Grade II Listed Building because: 'Interior retains almost completely its circa1870s fittings, including engraved mirrors, decorated panels to pilasters,gilt capitals and glass fronted cabinets containing assorted china. Ornamental lettered panels states: 'Importer and bonder of choice Foreign cigars: The Widow's Son. Family Wine Spirit and Malt Liquor Establishment'.
E3 Young Prince: 448 Roman Road. (A1/58). Free House. No real ales.
E4 Chingford
Station - Chingford and Highams Park (BR Liverpool Street).
Birdy's: 3 The Avenue. No real ale in this new (2002) freehouse/bar.
Champers: 225? Chingford Mount Road. New (2002) bar, real ale status unknown.
E4 COPPERMILL: 30/32 Church Road (/). New Greenhalls pub. Renamed on 2001, THE MOUNT. Renamed OBELISK in 2006. Adnams: Bitter, Broadside; Young: Bitter. Former Greenalls pub acquired by Barracuda and branded as a ‘Smith & Jones’ pub.
E4 COUNTY ARMS: 420 Hale End Road. (B2/1). Now (1995) Scottish & New owned. Websters, Ruddles County. Former G Met Trumans pub. Decorated with dray horses and knick-knacks. Function room. Disabled welcome. Snacks at all times. Opens 11-3 and 5.30 to 11 Monday to Thursday and 11-11 on Friday and 11-3and 7-11 on Saturday.
E4 Crooked Billet: Chingford Road. (/). Ind Coope Pub demolished.
E4 Fountain: 51 Sewardstone Road. (A1/2). Ind Coope. No longer a pub. Converted into a MacDonalds (1997).
E4 FOX & HOUNDS: Sewardstone Road (A1/3). G Met Watneys. No longer a pub. It is now (2003) a childrens nursery.
E4 Gardeners Arms: Burnside Avenue. New (2001) pub? Details anyone? Replaced the Greyhound we presume?
E4 GREENE MAN: The 195 Old Church Road. (A2/4). Ex G Met Watneys. Was (1996) a Beefeater. Run by Greene King as part of their Hungary Horse chain.
E4 Greyhound: The 2 Silver Birch Avenue. (A2/5). Wiltshire. Former Charrington pub 1992. Demolished 2001. Click here for a photo
E4 Harvester: Signs have appeared in New Road where a new swimming pool is being built. Reported keg 2002.
E4 KINGS FORD, 250/252 Chingford Mount. Wetherspoons Free House. New pub opened Oct 96(?). Wheelchair access, no smoking area.
E4 KINGS HEAD: Kings Head Hill. (A1/6). Ind Coope. Tetley Bitter, Burton. Busy one-bar pub just off main shopping area of North Chingford. Guest beer currently Youngs Bitter. Darts, garden and function room. Food at lunchtime only. Open Monday to Thursday 11-3 and 5.30-11. Friday from 11-11 and Saturday 11-3 and 7-11. Reopened after refurb. Now run by Ember Inns advertising no kids or jukeboxes, no loud music or noisy machines. Sold two beers on visit in July 2002 Everards Tiger and one from Batemans. Other pumpclips indicated that beers from Black Sheep and Fullers had previously been on.
E4 LARKSHALL: Larkshall Road. (B2/7). Now (1995) Scottish & New owned. Courage Best, John Smiths, Courage Directors Bitter. Superb old looking pub with various little rooms and large ornate eating section. The only thing against it are the artificial fires. Larkshall Farm was on this site from 1890 till the pub was built. Disabled welcome. Food at lunchtime only. Darts. Open Monday to Friday 11-3 and 5.30 to 11. Saturday 12-4 and 7-11.
E4 OLD HALL TAVERN: Hall Lane. (A2/8). Now (1995) Scottish & New owned. Websters, Ruddles County. Open all hours. Formerly G Met Watneys. Restaurant and garden gone since last survey but food lunchtimes. Darts and pool.
E4 PLOUGH: Mott Street. (A1/9). McMullens. As well as County and AK Russet Ale is also on (2004). This is a seasonal beer brewed with honey. Surrounded by superb walking countryside but when visiting the pub check the frequency of the bus service as it is 2 hourly after 6 with the last bus to un-civilisation at 9.30. The previous Plough can be seen around the corner. Darts, pool and shove halfpenny as well as bar billiards. Garden. Food at all times except Monday evening. At 108p the AK is the cheapest regular pint in this guide. Open Mon to Sat 11-2.30 (3.30 Sat) and 6 (7 Sat)-11.
E4 Prince Albert: 1 Old Church Road. (A2/10). Whitbread. Reported Keg in 2006. Open all hours. Comfortable one bar pub under shopping centre that used to be at ground level before it became the Iceland store. Food at lunchtime based on Pizza Hut menu. Also named Bar PA. I wonder what the PA stands for? Closed and borded 2004. Reopened June 2005. .
E4 Prince of Wales: 71 Hatch Lane. (B2/11). Arena. Keg. Busy friendly locals' pub with plenty of wood panelling. Disabled welcome. Darts and snooker. Children's room and garden. Snacks at lunchtime only. Open Monday to Thursdays 11-3 and 5.30-11. Friday 11-4 and 5.30-11. Saturday 11-11. Now (2001) owned/run by Arena Pubs who have kindly removed the handpump. Driptrays and beer mats still refer to Bass though. Hugh trophy cabinet houses only one cup, not for darts though as the board has been removed. Trys to do something every night though we I visited it the Live Duo turned out to be a dj!
E4 QUEEN ELIZABETH: 95 Forest Side. (B1/12). Was Scottish & New owned. Now run by the Spirit Group. Courage Best. Guest beer on visit was Directors. Sunday carvery £7.45. No baseball caps. Formerly G Met Trumans. In our last guide this pub sold the Truman range of Bitter, Best and Sampson. Facilities: Darts, pool, restaurant, function and childrens rooms. Piped music in the loos. Open Monday to Saturday 11-3 and 5.30-11. Restaurant open all day Sunday.
E4 ROYAL FOREST HOTEL: Rangers Road. (B1/13). Whitbread (was a free house?). Dropped the hotel. Sells only Flowers Original. Charges £2 for your child to use a room full of balls.Open all permitted hours.
E4 ROYAL OAK: 219 Kings Head Hill. (A1/15). McMullens. McMullens AK, McMullens Country, Stronghart. Meals in separate lounge area at lunchtime and evenings (7-9). Two distinctive bars - public clean and comfortable, lounge quiet and plush. Darts, shove halfpenny and bar billiards. Garden. Car park.Open Monday to Friday 11-3 and 5.30 to 11, public bar open all day Saturday. Had a range of four McMullens ales plus Courage Directors when visited in August 2000.
E4 ROYAL OAK (VENNERS): Sewardstone Road. (A1/14). Free House. Pub is now (2004) closed and it and the surrounding land are boarded up Boards are marked Construction Zone Keep Out and with a Builders name and phone No. There was a report some time back that planning permission had been granted. Renamed Freddies and painted a nice lilac (2000).
E4 Royston Arms: 101 Chingford Mount Road. (A2/16). Bass. No real ale on visit by Captain Pubwatch (www.captainpubwatch.co.uk) of the Waltham Forest Independant during July 2001.
Click
here to link to his site 
Huge two-bar local tastefully decorated with
prints and paintings etc. Darts and shove halfpenny with six pool tables.
Garden. Opens Monday to Wednesday 12-3 and 5.30-11. Thursday 11-3 and 5.30-11.
Friday 11-11. Saturday 11-4 and 7-11.
E4 Sirloin: Friday Hill. (B1/17). G Met Watneys. Large pub with conservatory and over 21's policy.Two bars in differnt styles, one for eating. Darts, garden and childrens room. Food at lunchtime only. Open Monday to Saturday 11-3 and 5.30-11. Reopened 23rd February 2001 and renamed Forest Edge. Reported keg 2004. Renamed back to Sirloin 2005.
E4 SLUG & LETTUCE-BULL & CROWN-MOLLY K's: The Green. (A1/18). Ind Coope. Keg in 2007. Large pub now made into one bar. Formerly the Slug & Lettuce. Snacks lunchtime only. Darts. Open Monday to Saturday 12-11. Renamed MOLLY K's 2002 then back to the Bull and Crown in 2007 .
E4 Stopples Bar: 107 Chingford Mount Road. New (2001) keg free house.
E4 THOMAS WILLINGALE: 136/8 Station Road. New Wizard Inns free house opened November 1999 in former grocery shop named Chesneys. Open all permitted hours. Renamed STATION HOUSE (2006): Range now Adnams: Broadside; Marston: Pedigree; Shepherd Neame: Spitfire.
E4 WHEELWRIGHTS: 94 Hatch Lane. (B2/19). Whitbread. Demolished (2003)
E4 WISHING WELL: 11 Hall Lane. (/). Free house. Usher Best. New free house. Sold only Greene King IPA on visit January 2002.
E5 Clapton
Station - Clapton (BR Liverpool Street).
E5 ANCHOR & HOPE: 15 High Hill Ferry. (B1/1). Fullers. London Pride, Fullers ESB. No food, just good beer. One-bar pub on the waterfront. Darts. Opens at 6pm Saturday evenings.
E5 British Oak: 130 Lea Bridge Road. (B2/2). G Met Watneys. No real ales. Closed and boarded up (1999). Looks like a conversion to flats (2003).
E5 Clapton Park Tavern: 9 Chatsworth Road. (B2/3). Bass. Converted to an oriental restaurant (2001).
E5 CROOKED BILLET: 84 Upper Clapton Road. (A1/4). G Met Watneys. Websters. Large one bar pub with restaurant in the old saloon bar. Darts. Open all permitted hours. Renamed Jack Beards at the Crooked Billet 2002.
E5 Downs: The 75 Downs Road. (A2/5). Ind Coope. No real ales. Now (2002) the Downs Hotel.
E5 Duke of Clarence: 78 Clarence Road. (A2/6). G Met Trumans. No real ales. Converted to flats 2002.
E5 Duke of York (Pudlocks): 2 Charnwood Street. (A1/7). G Met Watneys. Closed 2000. Demolished c2003
E5 Elephants Head: 43 Lower Clapton Road. (A2/8). Courage. Enterprise, ex-Courage via Unique, no real ale in 2006. Live Irish music weekends. Darts, pool and TV. Open Monday to Friday 11-11, 11-3 and 7.30-11 Saturday. Renamed FITZGERALDS in 2005.
E5 Fountain: 211 Lower Clapton Road. (A2/9). G Met Watneys. No real ales.
E5 George: 171 Glyn Road. (B2/10). Courage. No real ales.
E5 Glyn Arms: 1 Mandeville Street. (B2/11). Ind Coope. No real ales.
E5 Golden Shoe: 47 Meeson Street. (B2/12). G Met Watneys. Closed 2002. Demolished c2003.
E5 Hope & Anchor: 30 Rossington Street. (A1/13). Belhaven. Converted to flats 2000.
E5 Jubilee: 278 Millfields Road. (B2/14). Belhaven. No real ales. Closed and boarded 2001.
E5 Kings Head: 44 Middlesex Wharf. Mount Pleasant Hill. (B1/15). G Met Watneys. Closed early 2000. Demolished in 2007.
E5 London Tavern: 92 Rendlesham Road. (A2/16). Bass. No real ales.
E5 Lord Cecil: 42 Lower Clapton Road. (A2/17). Courage. Enterprise, ex-Courage, closed and shuttered in 2006. Darts, pool and a garden. Live music Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Food lunchtimes. Open all permitted hours with extensions till midnight.
E5 Old Kings Head: 28 Upper Clapton Road. (A2/18). G Met Trumans. Converted to flats.
E5 PRINCE OF WALES-PRINCESS OF WALES: 146 Lea Bridge Road. (B2/19). Young & Co. Youngs Bitter, Youngs Special, Youngs Winter W. The one Youngs pub in the East End that did not revert to Whitbread. Darts. Food at all times. Open all permitted hours if custom allows. Renamed Princess of Wales.
E5 PRIORY TAVERN: 57 Elderfield Road. (B2/20). Bass. Bass. Darts, pool and garden. Opens Monday to Friday 11-3 and 5-11, Saturday 11-11. Renamed ELIPSE in 2005.
E5 Robin Hood: High Hill Ferry. (B1/21). Courage. Courage Best, Courage Directors Bitter, Ruddles Best. One-bar pub with rowing paraphernalia on the ceiling. Darts. Food lunchtimes. Demolished 2001.
E5 ROYAL SOVEREIGN: 64 Northwold Road. (A1/22). Bass. Charrington IPA. Open all hours. One-bar pub with collection of regulars' ties cut whilst being worn. Open brickwork on most walls. Darts and pool. Children's outdoor area and garden with fish pond and aviary. Snacks at all times.Open all permitted hours.
E5 Shamps: 181 Clarence Road. (A2/23). Ascot Estates. No real ales. Reverted to Cricketers 2001.
E5 SHIP AGROUND: 144 Lea Bridge Road. (B2/24). Bass. Still sells Bass (2003). Large pub with darts and pool and outside drinking area. Cooked meals lunchtime and snacks at other times.
E5 SWAN: 73 Clapton Common. (A1/25). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass, London Pride. Open all hours. Large one-bar pub with loud music/TV. Darts and pool. Pinball. Food at lunchtime only.
E5 THREE SISTERS: 35 Queensdown Road. (A2/26). Belhaven. Now Enterprise, ex-Ascot. London Pridein 2007.
E5 White Hart (Pegasus)-Chimes: 231 Lower Clapton Road. (A2/27). Bass. Renamed Chimes Bar (2001) and only open late evenings. Now a nightclub (2005).
E5 WINDSOR CASTLE: 135 Lower Clapton Road. (A2/28). G Met Watneys. Websters. Darts, pool and garden. Cooked meals till 10pm. Disco. Opens Monday to Thursday 11-3 and 5-11, Friday 11am-2am, Saturday 11-5 and 8-2am.
E5 Woodman: 199 Mount Pleasant Lane. (B1/29). G Met Watneys. Converted to housing 2001.
E6 East Ham
Stations - none. East Ham and Upton Park (District) are just outside the area and Beckton (DLR).
West Ham United (a lesser known club than Leyton Orient) have their football ground near Upton Park station.
E6 Alpine Bar: Mountain Top Dri Ski Slope - Alpine Way. (A1/1). Free House. No real ales. Demolished Oct 2002.
E6 Boleyn Tavern: 1 Barking Road. (B2/2). Ind Coope. Now (2003) keg. Large three-bar Victorian pub close to West Ham FC. Darts in public bar, pool in the saloon. History lesson now starts: Anne Boleyn married Henry VIII secretly in 1533 and was the mother of Elizabeth I. Three years later she died of a sore neck. Lunchtime snacks. Open all permitted hours.
E6 Central Hotel: 150 Barking Road. (B2/3). Ind Coope. Keg again in 2006. Three-bar Victorian pub. Darts and pool in basic public bar. Live music and talent nights Thursday to Sunday in the saloon. Lounge bar entrance in Macaulay Road. Snacks lunchtime. Function room and garden. Open Monday to Wednesday 11-11 and till midnight Thursday to Saturday.
E6 Cock: 56 High Street North. (B2/4). Bass. Demolished. Demolished June 1996, replaced by a bank!
E6 Denmark Arms: 381 Barking Road. (A2/5). Ind Coope. Reported keg though handpump remains 2001. Still keg in 2003. Large Victorian corner pub recently refurbished into one bar. Darts and function room. Cooked food lunchtime and snacks at other times. Open all permitted hours.
E6 Dukes Head: 593 Barking Road. (A2/6). Bass. No real ale but Bombardier will be coming soom according to poster 2005.. Now (2001) a Stanwood Tavern. Two pool tables in cavernous saloon. Occasional disco. Garden. Open Monday to Friday 12-11, Saturday 12-4 and 7-11.
E6 Earl of Wakefield: 72 Katherine Road. (B2/7). Bass. No real ales. Comfortable two-bar side street pub with mainly local clientele but still welcoming. Darts and pool. Snacks and meals at lunchtime.Garden. Live music at weekends. Open Monday to Thursday 12-11, Friday 11-11, Saturday 11-4 and 7-11. Reported keg 1993. East London Pub Co. Still keg in December 2002.
E6 Ferndale Hotel: 40 Cyprus Place. (A1/8). Bass. Open all hours. A pub whose fortunes have been revived by a new housing estate. Recently renovated with pictures of Old Beckton and local docks. Large variety of live music, discos and karaoke on Wed, Fri to Sun nights. Darts and pool. Lunchtime snacks. Restaurant/function room. Open all permitted hours unless there is no custom. Dropped the hotel and the real ale 2002.
E6 Golfer: Correct address is Woolwich Manor Rd.(A1/9). New (2002) free House. Demolished (2003).
E6 Green Man: 190 Plashet Grove. (B2/10). Ind Coope. Ex-Taylor Walker, handpump unused in 2006. closed and for sale in 2007. Large pub recently converted to one bar. Separate pool room with three tables. Darts. Function room for over 200 people. Garden and car park. Cooked meals lunchtime and snacks at other times. Open Monday to Friday 11-11, Saturday 11-4 and 7-11.
E6 HAMMERS: 80 High Street South. (A1/12). G Met Watneys. Range Broadside, London Pride and John Smiths (2003). In 1959 it was called the Red Lion. Small friendly one-bar pub with numerous pictures of West Ham FC decorating the walls. Darts, lunchtime meals. Occasional barbecues in the garden. Open all permitted hours. 2004 Open to 1am Thurs-Sat but no re-entry after 11pm
E6 OVERDRAFT TAVERN: 200-202 High Street (/). New (1998) free House. Courage Directors £1.90 (2004). 11am to 4pm Mon Thurs (2003). Former Barclays Bank. VT Free house
E6 PERSEVERANCE: 33 Vicarage Lane. (A1/12). Free House. Converted to a religious centre called Tranformation Powerhouse in 2004.
E6 Roding: Southend Road. (A2/13). Ind Coope. Large corner pub with one rambling bar. Stuffed annimals and assorted nick-nacks on the walls. Occasional discos and barbecues in the garden. Darts and pool. Open Monday to Thursday 11-3 and 5.30-11, Friday to Saturday 11-11. The pub name relates to the nearby tributary of the Thames. Now (2002) keg .
E6 Spirit/Biancos Bar-MILLERS WELL: 419/429 Barking Road. (A2/14). Wetherspoons. Formerly Biancos/Spirit Bar. Became Wetherspoons 1993.
E6 Tollgate Tavern: 16 Mary Rose Mall - Frobisher Road. (B1/15). Whitbread. No real ales. Open all hours. Now (2000) keg.
E6 White Horse: 125 High Street South. (A1/16). Bass. Modern one-bar pub recently renovated with numerous portraits of horses. Darts and pool. Cooked meals lunchtime. Outside drinking area. Open all permitted hours. Reported as keg 1995.
E6 WINSOR HOUSE: Woolwich Manor Way (D2/). Whitbread.
E7 Forest Gate
Stations - Forest Gate (BR Liverpool Street), Wanstead Park and Woodgrange Park (BR Barking line). Upton Park (District) is just outside the area.
Much of the Taylor Walker influence in this and adjoining districts derives from Holt's, who operated the Marine Brewery in Ratcliff Road from 1837 until it was taken over by the Cannon Brewery in 1912, with 27 pubs. Cannon were themselves acquired by Taylor Walker in 1930.
E7 Albion Hotel: 141 Boleyn Road. (A2/1). G Met Watneys.Converted to flats 2002.
E7 CAMDEN ARMS: 70 Field Road. (A1/2). G Met Watneys. Websters, Ruddles County. Public bar contains darts and pool table. Cosy saloon. Snacks at all times. Open Monday - Friday 11-3 and 5.30-11 and all day Saturday.
E7 Duke of Fife: 350 Katherine Road. (B2/3). Courage. No real ales.
E7 Eagle & Child-Eagle: 112 Woodgrange Road. (A1/4). Ind Coope. Closed, planning application submitted for redevelopment for flats in 2005. Renamed Eagle 1993.
E7 Earl of Derby: 16 Station Road. (A1/5). Courage. Converted to a nursery school 2002.
E7 FOREST GATE HOTEL: 105 Godwin Road. (B1/6). Ind Coope. Range in 2005 GK IPA and London Pride. One-bar pub with lunchtime snacks. Darts and pool. Function room for 150 people. Garden. Entertainment Friday and Saturday night and Sunday lunchtime. Open Monday - Friday 11-3 and 5-11, Saturday 11-11.
E7 Forest Glen: 39 Dames Road. (A1/7). Bass No real ales reported March 96. Open all hours. Large pub with a colonial atmosphere and Irish slant. Darts and two pool tables. Garden. Cooked food lunchtimes and snacks other times.
E7 FOX & HOUNDS: 178 Forest Lane. (A2/8). G Met Watneys. Websters, Ruddles Best, Ruddles County. Unusual array of army buttons and cap badges. Darts. Snacks at all times. Open all permitted hours.
E7 Holly Tree: 129 Dames Road. (A1/9). Bass Now (2005) serves IPA and Speckled Hen.. Large public house with a restaurant. Darts. Garden. Open Monday - Friday 11-3 and 5-11, Saturday 11-4 and 7-11.
E7 HUDSON BAY: 1-5 Upton Lane. New Wetherspoons opened Feb 1999.
E7 LIVE & LET LIVE: 264 Romford Road. (A2/10). Bass. Charrington IPA, Bass. Real Ale not always available reported 1998. Darts and bar billiards. Lunchtime snacks. Open Monday - Thursday 11-3.30 and 5.30-11, Friday 11-11, Saturday 11-5 and 7-11.
E7 Mickey Finns-Gatsby: 76 Woodgrange Road. (A2/11). No longer a pub. New pub opposite Forest Gate BR Station. Closed 1993.
E7 Odessa Arms: 53 Odessa Road. (A1/11). Courage Pub demolished 1998. Click here for a photo
E7 Old Spotted Dog: 212 Upton Lane. (A2/12). G Met Watneys. Open Monday - Friday 11-3 and 5.30-11, Saturday 11-3 and 7-11. Handpumps removed 2002. For sale signs up - closed 2004. Still closed in 2007.
E7 Princess Alice: 329 Romford Road. (A2/13). Ind Coope. Now (2005) bar called "Bar Monastery. This consists of three bars, four pool tables and pin ball machine. Upstairs night club open till 1am. Piped music. Food at all times. Open all permitted hours.
E7 Railway Tavern: 173 Forest Lane. (A2/14). Ind Coope. One-bar pub with darts and pool. Snacks at all times. Open Monday to Wednesday 11-3 and 5-11, Thursday to Saturday 11-11. Closed and boarded up 2006.
E7 Rising Sun: 528 Romford Road. (B2/15). Bass. No real ales.
E7 Simpsons: 342 Romford Road. (A2/16). G Met Trumans. No real ales. Also now carries a sign for ‘Galaxy Restaurant’
E7 Towers-Tower Arms: 83 Tower Hamlets Road. (A1/17). G Met Watneys.Converted to flats 2002.Renamed Tower Arms 1993.
E7 Travellers Rest: 12 Cemetery Road. (A1/18). Free House. Closed.
E7 Waggon & Horses: 392 Romford Road. (B2/19). G Met Watneys. Websters, Ruddles Best, Ruddles County. Now Enterprise Inns owned and Labatts before them. The 'London & Burton Brewery Sparkling Ales' sign outside refers to the brewery that was in Medland Street, Stepney. Members only club 2002.
E7 White Hart: 249/251 Green Street. (B2/20). Bass. Predominantly cosmopolitan pub with music at weekends. Snacks at all times. Closed, future uncertain. Renamed TERRY SPINKS MBE.
E8 Hackney
Stations - London Fields and Hackney Downs (BR Liverpool Street), Hackney Central and Dalston Kingsland Road (BR North London).
Pubs B1/9 & 10 are reversed.
E8 Albion Tavern: 33 Albion Drive. (A2/1). Shepherd Neame. Converted to residential use 2002.
E8 Amhurst ArnsS: 240 Amhurst Road. (A1/2). G Met Watneys. was (2005) shut for 16 months. Renamed De Bysto, handpumps removed. Free, ex-Watney. Now an African pub and restaurant.
E8 BAXTERS COURT: 282/284 Mare Street. (). Wetherspoons Free House.New Wetherspoon pub opened Feb 2003.
E8 Belgrave Arms: 217 Queensbridge Road. (A2/3). Bass. No real ales. Now (1994) Marr Taverns owned.
E8 Black Bull: 217 Haggerston Road. (A2/4). Belhaven. Pub demolished 1994.
E8 Brewery Tap-Sammy J's-New Brewery Tap: 525 Kingsland Road. (A1/5). Free House. No real ales. Ex Belhaven. Renamed New Brewery Tap, still keg 2006.
E8 Brownlow Arms: 10 Scriven Street. (A2/6). Wiltshire. Converted to flats c2000. Formerly Charrington 1993.
E8 Castle - Father Ted's: 148 Kingsland High Street. (A1/7). Courage.Converted to Nando's restaurant 2002.
E8 CAT & MUTTON: 76 Broadway Market. (B2/8). Bass.Adnams plus a guest in 2005. Open all hours. Confirmed as selling real ale in Sep 05. Two small handpumps hidden behind high fronted bar, and easy to miss, selling Adnams and Landlord. Refurbed earlier in the year as a gastropub but shame the real ale is not more prominant like other gastropubs. Loud music pub overlooking London Fields. Nice handpumps. Snacks at all times. Darts and pool.
E8 Cock Tavern: 315 Mare Street (B1/9). G Met Trumans. No real ales.
E8 Crown & Castle: 600 Kingsland Road. (A1/11). G Met Watneys. Converted to a Chinese restaurant.
E8 CROWN - O'NEILL'S BAR - FIDDLERS - WHISHING WELL: 418 Mare Street. (B1/10). G Met Trumans. One-bar pub with darts and pool. Garden. Facilities for the disabled. Lunchtime snacks. Open all permitted hours.Renamed again to WHISHING WELL. Enterprise, ex-Truman, no real ale in 2006.
E8 Dolphin: 165 Mare Street. (B2/12). G Met Trumans. Enterprise, ex-Truman, no real ale in 2006.
E8 DOVE-DOVE FREE HOUSE & KITCHEN: 24 Broadway Market. (B2/13). Free House. London Pride, Boddingtons Bitter, Pedigree ,Flowers IPA. One-bar brought back to original Victorian look, (wood bar, walls and window frames). Very well decorated. Yucca trees and plants in windows. Only one number on the clock - 11. Jazz on Sunday at lunchtime. Garden. Former Taylor Walker pub named the Goring Arms. Cooked food and snacks 11-10. Open all permitted hours. DOVE FREE HOUSE & KITCHEN 1999.
E8 Duke of Marlborough: 212 Richmond Road. (B2/14). Shepherd Neame Demolished 1996.
E8 Duke of Richmond: 316 Queensbridge Road. (A2/15). Whitbread. Reopened keg. Converted to restaurant 2001.
E8 Duke of Sussex: 151 Haggerston Road. (A2/16). Whitbread. Renamed Overdraft. Confirmed as closed & boarded in Sep 05. (2001) and still keg.
E8 Duke of WellingtonN: 260 Haggerston Road. (A2/17). Courage. Confirmed in Sep 05 as no handpumps. The pub took its present name to celebrate the adoption of the Duke as Prime Minister. Haggerston appears in the Doomsday Book as Hergodstone after Hergod a local Saxon leader who erected a stone memorial in the area. Darts and pool. Lunchtime mealsand snack at other times. Open Monday - Friday 11-2.30 and 5-11, Saturday 11-4 and 7-11.
E8 Earl Amhurst: 19 Amhurst Road. (B1/18). Bass. Is now closed? Medium sized one-bar town centre pub near Hackney Central BR Station. Collection of washing jugs and basins and poes over the bar. Pool. Snacks and limited meals at all times. Open all permitted hours. Renamed District. Still keg 2001.
E8 Earl of Zetland: 50 Lee Street. (A2/19). Whitbread. No longer a pub. A honeymoon hotel 1994 Demolished in April 2007.
E8 Florfield Arms: 40 Florfield Road. (B2/21). Belhaven. ex-Ascot, demolished by May 2003.
E8 FOX: 372 Kingsland Road. (A2/21). G Met Watneys. London Pride and Marston Pedigree in 2006.
E8 Grange Tavern: 6 Richmond Road. (A2/22). Wiltshire. No real ales. Ex Charrigton 1992. Demolshed and replaced by flats 2001.
E8 Green Man: 71 Shacklewell Lane. (A1/23). G Met Watneys. No real ales.
E8 Hackney Central: Amhurst Road. New keg free house/bar in former railway station.
E8 Havelock Arms: 113 Albion Drive. (B2/24). Whitbread. No real ales. Closed and boarded up 2002. Now (2007) demolished.
E8 Hobsons Choice-Maddigans of Mare Street: 255 Mare Street. (B2/25). Free House. Former Charrington pub, the Horse &Groom. Reopened and renamed AMP. No real ale in 2006.
E8 Kings Arms: 18 Kingsland High Street. (A1/26). Charles Wells. No real ales. Ex Charrington 1993.
E8 Kingsland: The 37 Kingsland High Street. (A1/27). Ind Coope. No real ales.
E8 L.A.: 64 Clarissa Street. (A2/28). Free House. Demolished 2001.
E8 Lady Diana-Prince Arthur: 95 Forest Road. (B2/29). Free House. Formerly the Lady Diana.Closed 2001.
E8 The London FieldsS: THE 137 Mare Street. (B2/30). Ind Coope. Formerly the Warburton Arms. Modernised in tasteful style with pictures of early Hackney and cricket scenes. Darts. Cooked food lunchtimes and snacks till 7pm. Open all permitted hours. Now (2002) keg.
E8 Lord Stanley: 136 Sandringham Road. (B1/31). Courage. Converted to flats 2002.
E8 Lord Truro: 180 Dalston Lane. (/). G Met Trumans. No longer a pub.
E8 MARIE LLOYD BAR: 289 Mare Street. Theatre bar in the newly built SE corner of the Hackney Empire Theatre replacing the old Samuel Pepys bar on the same spot. Address of Theatre is 291 Mare Street, bar has two entrances from the main street. Possibly owned by Greene King, confirmed in Jul 05 that it sells Greene King IPA, Abbot and Old Speckled Hen on handpump.
E8 Marion Arms: 46 Lansdowne Drive. (B2/32). Wiltshire. Converted to flats in 1994!
E8 Market House: 30 Broadway Market. (B2/33). Belhaven Closed 1999.
E8 Middleton Arms: 303 Queensbridge Road. (A2/34). Wiltshire. Demolished c2002. Ex Charrington 1992.
E8 Mitford Tavern: 133 Amhurst Road. (B1/35). Ind Coope. Owned by Maple Leaf Inns 1993. Demolished and replaced by flats 2002.
E8 Nineteenth Hole: 216 Haggerston Road. (A2/36). Belhaven. Demolshed and replaced by flats 2001.
E8 Nolans Bar-Acton Arms: 296 Kingsland Road. (A2/37). Free House. Now (2001) a hairdressers after being renamed back to Acton Arms.
E8 Norfolk Arms: 49 Cecilia Road. (A1/38). Free House. Demolished c2002. Former Youngs pub now owned by Inn Leisure.
E8 OLD SHIP: 2 Sylvester Path. (B1/39). Courage. Range:-. Fuller: London Pride; Greene King: IPA. Now (2006) Enterprise, ex-Unique (Honeypot). One-bar pub with darts and pool. Basic town pub. Also has an entrance in Mare St up a tiled corridor. Lunchtime food. Click here for a photo
E8 Paget Arms: 197 Middleton Road. (B2/40). Free house. Renamed Careys 3. Confirmed as closed & boarded in Jul 05. Former Courage Pub 1996.
E8 PENBURY TAVERN: 90 Amhurst Road. (B1/41). G Met Trumans. For a while was tied to Banks & Taylor. Closed and boarded up. Work being carried out, Rumoured to be run by the Milton Brewery (Cambs) in 2003. iN 2006:- Good range of 10 beers on out of 16 handpumps. Huge barn of a place with bare walls and shiny wooden floor. Even with only nine people in the pub, it was too noisy, all the noise echoing around the place. Needs carpet and something on the walls to soak up the noise" (Report from John Adams) More information:- The Pembury Tavern is now open 12-11 Mon-Sat and 12-10.30 Sunday. It is located at the busy junction of Pembury Rd, Dalston Lane and Amhurst Rd. Hackney Downs National Rail station is 2 minutes walk and Hackney Central 5 mins. It is well served by buses including the 30 ,38 ,55 ,56 ,106 ,253 & 254.Click here for a photo
E8 PRINCE GEORGE: 40 Parkholme Road. (A1/42). Whitbread. Range mid 2002 was London Pride, Adnams Bitter and Brakspear Bitter. Large one bar pub. Sparsely furnished with interesting prints of Brighton and pub sign of Prince Regent in flagrante. Decorated with bust of Brunel and stuffed birds in glass cages. Pool. Food at all times with monthly theme dinners. 10'x8' map of the world. Mercator protection and ionisers. Two real fires and function room. Currently guest beer is London Pride. Open 12-3 and 5-11 Monday to Friday and 11-11 on Saturdays and Bank Holidays. Now a Remarkable Restaurants Free house.
E8 Prince of Wales: 447 Kingsland Road. (A2/43). G Met Trumans. 12-11, Saturday 11-11. Reported keg 1993.
E8 Queen Elizabeth: Confirmed in Sep 05 as closed & boarded on the inside.
E8 Railway Tavern: 59 Kingsland High Street. (A1/45). Charles Wells. Ex Charrington 1993.Confirmed in Jul 05 as no handpumps.
E8 Railway Tavern: 339 Mare Street. (B1/46). Bass. No real ales.
E8 Ridley Arms: 17 Ridley Road. (A1/47). Free House. No longer a pub c2005. Now a shop.
E8 Robin Hood: 42 Shacklewell Lane. (A1/48). Ascot Estates since 1994. Converted to flats c2000. Ex Ind Coope and formerly called Taylors. Live music on Wednesdays. Upstairs pool room and darts on raised platform at back. Discos on Friday with quiz. Food till 9pm. Open all permitted hours.
E8 Rose & Crown: 13/15 Mare Street. (B2/49). Whitbread. No longer a pub 1999Former Youngs pub.
E8 Rosie O'Gradys: 27 Marlborough Avenue. (B2/50). Belhaven. No real ales. Closed and boarded up 2002.
E8 Royal Oak: 83 Wilton Way. (B1/51). Belhaven. No real ales. Converted to residential/office use 2002.
E8 Samuel Pepys: 289 Mare Street. (B1/52). Ind Coope. Closed (2003) Demolished. see Marie LLoyd Bar.
E8 Sir Walter Scott: 2 Broadway Market. (B2/53). Whitbread. No longer a pub. Now (1999) a restaurant (Little Georgia).
E8 SPURSTOWE ARMS: 68 Greenwood Road. (B1/54). Free House. Has recently been refurbished. The food menu is quite expensive and gastro pub-esque (£10.50 for shepherd's pie in a local Hackney boozer!) Also apart from gourment crisps, loose/jarred smoked nuts and olives there are no snacks/plates to share only full meals for a minimum of £7+. An all day breakfast is £7.95 and doesn't contain anything out of the ordinary). Haven't tried it but it looks good and plenty of people eating. Very white/middle class for the area. Beer tres expensive - £3.20 for a pint of Staropramen/ San Miguel compared to usual local price of £2.40). Still it's quite nicely laid out, has a few sofas and a large pleasant beer garden. (Report from Abby Snead 2006). Two long narrow bars with striped blue decor. Big Bass and Wenlock mirrors. Restaurant due to open towards the end of 1991. Darts. TV in lounge. Currently tied to Bass but will become a free house in June 1991. Function room. Food at all times. Outside drinking area. Facilities for the disabled. Open Monday - Thursday 11-4 and 7-11 (all day if busy), Friday - Saturday 11-11.
E8 TAYLORS-PUB ON THE PARK: 19 Martello Street. (B2/55). Free House. Reopened and renamed 1992. London Pride, Fullers Honey Dew (Organic), fantasic extensive decking area outside, can also take pints in plastic out into the park to watch the cricket (2003).
E8 THREE COMPASSES: 99 Dalston Lane. (A1/56). Free House. Complete refit gutting the original pub and starting again inside. Greene King: IPA. Reinstatement of real ale IN 2006. Former Bass (1994) pub.lounge, basic public bar and spartan private bar. Lunchtime snacks. Darts and shove halfpenny. Facilities for the disabled. It will become a free house selling Watney beers! Open all permitted hours.
E8 Uncle Sams: 438 Kingsland Road (A2/57). Belhaven. ex-Ascot, closed and premises empty IN 2006.
E8 Victoria: 451 Queensbridge Road. (A1/58). Bass. No real ales.
E8 VILLAGE AT DALSTON: 512 Kingsland Road. (A2/59). Free House. Courage Best, John Smiths, Courage Directors Bitter. Large one-bar pub which for a short time (1990) was the Flock & Firkin and the Lamb (Roses) before that. Guest beers promised. Food at all times. Pool. Open all permitted hours. Owned by Wessex Taverns. Renamed BAR 512 in 2006. Retains a hanging sign with ‘The Village’
E8 White Horse: 76 Wilton Way. (B1/61). Ind Coope Pub demolished 1993.
E9 Homerton
Stations - Homerton and Hackney Wick (BR North London).
Pub on map A2/27 should be A2/31.
E9 Adam & Eve: 155 Homerton High Street. (A1/1). Ind Coope. Now (2002) badged as a 'Main Event' pub. Handpump removed 2005.
E9 ALBION: 36 Lauriston Road. (B2/2). Free House. Ruddles County. Very old building with ship's beams dating from 1600s. The front part is modern - only 200 years old! It had its own brewery in late 1800s. Large skeleton of bird found in upstairs chimney. The upper part was hit by a Zeppelin in First World War. The back room includes bar billiards. Lots of prints and bric-a-brac. Pool and shove halfpenny. Snacks lunchtimes and early evenings. Very friendly. Open Monday - Saturday 11-4 and 7-11. Garden.
E9 Alexandra: 162 Victoria Park Road. (B2/3). Bass. No real ales. Renamed (2002) Alex, still keg. Renamed BRB@The Alex and now (2006) renamed again to LAURISTON. Still no real ale.
E9 Alma: 41 Barnabas Road. (A1/4). Whitbread. Closed and believed being converted to residential use in 2007.
E9 Bedford Hotel: 220 Victoria Park Road. (B2/5). Bass No longer a pub Coverted to flats (1999) ?.
E9 Bridge House-Roundhouse-Kente Sport: 179 Ponsford Street (A2/6). Free House. No real ale. Renamed Kente Sport. Closed and boarded (2001). Now (2005) just a wine and spirits bar, no draught products at all.
E9 Brunswick Arms: 237 Well Street. (B2/7). Bass. No real ales. Complete refurb and change of name to Milki Spot 2.
E9 Butlers: 69 Cadogan Terrace. (B1/8). G Met Trumans. Converted to flats 1992.
E9 CHESHAM ARMS: 15 Mehetabel Road. (A2/9). Free House. Range 1992 Courage Best and Crouch Vale IPA. Rare free house with good beer in an area swamped by keg beer. Victorian pub now with one large bar. Shove halfpenny. Cooked food and snacks lunchtime. Open Monday - Saturday 11-4 and 5.30-11.
E9 Claddagh-39 Steps: 171 Well Street. (B2/10). G Met Watneys. Demolished c2004.
E9 Clarendon: 86 Balcorne Street. (B2/11). Courage. Converted to flats 2002.
E9 Dagmar Arms: 47 Danesdale Road. (B1/12). Belhaven.Confirmed as closed and boarded in Jul 05.
E9 Duke of Cambridge: 28 Loddiges Road. (B2/13). Belhaven. Enterprise, ex-Ascot, closed, derelict and fire damaged..
E9 Duke of Devonshire: 72 Darnley Road. (B2/14). Belhaven. Confirmed as demolished in Jul 05.
E9 Duke of Wellington: 90 Morning Lane. (A2/15). Ind Coope. No real ales.
E9 Eagle: 103 Wick Road. (A1/16). G Met Watneys. No real ales.
E9 Falcon & Firkin-Victoria Park: 274 Victoria Park Road. (B1/17). Free House. Was a Firkin pub since 1986. Previously the Queens Hotel (Truman). Large open-plan pub had its own brewery. The three house beers were brewed on the premises. Darts and garden. Childrens room. Cooked food lunchtimes and snacks till 8.30. Open all permitted hours during the summer and Monday - Friday 11-3 and 5.30-11, Sat 11-11 in winter. Renamed Victoria Park (2002). Broadway Inns, ex-Punch, no real ale. Note revised street no. of 360.
E9 Follies-Empress of India: 130 Lauriston Road. (/). Ind Coope. Reopened (2007) and reverted to original name, EMPRESS OF INDIA. Greene King: IPA; Taylor: Landlord. Now a gastropub.
E9 Frampton Arms: 47 Well Street. (B2/18). Courage. No real ales. Now (2002) closed.
E9 GLOBE - GLOBE ON MORNING LANE: 20 Morning Lane. (A2/19). Whitbread. One bar locals' estate pub with video screen for satellite TV and numerous boxing photographs. Beware Scrumpy Jack Cider on fake handpump - it is keg! Darts and pool. Garden. Lunchtime food. Open Mon and Tues 11-3 and 7.30-11, Wed and Thurs 11-3 and 5-11 with Fri and Sat 11-11. Renamed GLOBE ON MORNING LANE (1994). They have Youngs Bitter at £1.60 a pint and also Fuller’s London Pride possibly £1.60/pint too but can’t remember because usually have Youngs. They also have superb free live music, usually RnB (Monday nights Billy Chong and his group and lots of contributions from other people too.). Report from Maris Ozols in 2006.
E9 Gun: 235 Well Street. (B2/20). Whitbread. No real ales.
E9 Jackdaw & Stump: 224 Homerton High Street. (A1/21). Free House. Reported keg (1995). Island bar with unusual decor. Mixture of modern and traditional, eg large collection of plates around the walls and Coke drinking-mannequin behind bar. Pool. Garden. Live music Saturday evenings and discos, karaoke. Open all permitted hours. Formerly the Spread Eagle.
E9 Kenton Arms: 38 Kenton Road. (B2/22). Bass. Reported keg. Now (2001) a Labbatt's Free House. Built 1858 by Sir Benjamin Kenton. It has been in the same family since 1973. The interior could have been designed by Liberace ,including the bejewelled fire! Darts. Garden. Open Monday - Saturday 11-3 and