Discover London through its most historic pubs. The Historic London Pubcast is your audio guide to centuries-old drinking spots filled with stories of royals, writers, rebels, and rogues. Perfect for travelers looking to explore the city’s heritage off the beaten path. Think old pubs are just about beer? Think again. We uncover the stories behind London’streasured pubs - architecture, legends,eccentrics & all.These aren’t just historic sites - they’re living heritage, reflective of the neighborhoods they sit in.When you experience London with The Historic London Pubcast, you’re not just visiting, you’re addingyour own chapter to London’s story.
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Join us on a pub walk London won’t let you forget. In this episode of The Historic London Pubcast, we take a leisurely but legendary London pub crawl from the iconic Battersea Power Station through the historic backstreets of Wandsworth, exploring the city's Victorian pubs, quirky local legends, and centuries of London beer history.
Our pub tour kicks off at the Grade II-listed Battersea Power Station — a marvel of London industrial heritage now home to high-end shops (and a beautifully theatrical Marks & Spencer Simply Food). Along the way, we relive the bizarre tale of the Pink Floyd Battersea pig balloon that made Heathrow air traffic control sweat.
Next, we raise a glass at the Prince Albert pub Battersea, salute the ever-evolving Woodpecker pub (jazz lounge, Creole kitchen, and now live music haven), and visit The Woodman, saved by 4,000 loyal locals. This walking tour London detours to riverside gems like The Waterfront and The Ship, each boasting a different take on pub architecture and atmosphere.
In Wandsworth, the history gets deeper (and boozier). Discover the roots and revival of Ram Brewery Wandsworth, where 500 years of brewing tradition meet craft beer comebacks. Sip in style at the Spread Eagle pub Wandsworth, dripping in stained glass and Victorian glam, and finish at The Cat’s Back pub, a charming relic with one very elusive feline.
This episode is a must-listen for fans of:
London travel guide inspiration
Hidden London history
Quirky London pubs
Off the beaten path London
And of course, anyone planning the ultimate London pub tour
Whether you’re into London podcast adventures, love a good history podcast UK style, or just want solid UK travel ideas, we’ve got your pint poured and your path mapped.
Looking for a day trip from Central London? We're going to leafy Barnes, SW London for a leisurely Thames riverside pub crawl. Barnes river pubs and the best Thames River pubs? Yes please!
Hidden spots loved by locals, London travel tips for visiting the best historic London pubs, haunted London pubs and ghost stories, glam rock and royal drama.
The Brown Dog - once known as The Rose of Denmark, a royal backstory of Queen Alexandra fashionable Queen Consort, and a new lease on life to the pub thanks to investors.
The Bulls Head - Jazz history and glam rock in a Grade II Listed building. Manages to be classy and play televised sports simultaneously. Don't miss the Marc Bolan shrine.
The Sun Inn - 300 years of history in a Grade II Listed building, Georgian vibes and possibly some ghosts.
The Red Lion - Duels, legendary sausage rolls, and Jimi Hendrix may or may not have scribbled “Purple Haze” on a bar napkin.
Also plague, smallpox, a failed IRA bombing, the Father of Football, a ghost pond, the importance of Olympic Studios, Barnes to the history of 20th Century music, and Samuel Pepys pops up to cover a Barnes duel.
The Historic London Pubcast. Part history podcast for the London pub history, and part travel podcast for the lovely, fact filled London walking tours. It’s OK if you consider them London historic pub crawls. Either way you’ll be entertained on your London travels.
Step into the frothy heart of historic London pubs on a riverside ramble through Mortlake pubs. Pubs along the Thames River are some of the most popular in London and today we’re featuring some of the best London pubs to visit and a few of the best riverside pubs in London.
For this episode’s London pub walk, we kick off at The Jolly Gardeners Mortlake, steeped in the area’s market gardening past and tied to rowing pioneer Amy Gentry, OBE. Next, we raise a pint at The Ship Mortlake, a riverside classic perched on the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race finish line - once a hotspot for rowdy Victorian regatta wagers.
As we stroll the Thames Path, we dive into Mortlake history through the rise and fall of Mortlake Brewery—from medieval monks to the Budweiser years and the fierce local debates over its controversial redevelopment. We even make a detour to the eerie yet fascinating Richard Francis Burton grave - a tent-shaped tomb tucked behind a Gothic church.
Finally, we arrive at The White Hart Barnes - a 17th-century stunner once home to Masonic secrets, famous neighbors like Gustav Holst and Queen’s Brian May, and what just might be London’s best riverside pub.
Whether you're into British pub culture, love a scenic Thames River walk, or you're planning the ultimate London pub tour or Thames pub walk, this episode is your go-to pint-sized guide. Packed with Mortlake history, London travel tips, hidden gems, and plenty of pub banter that you will not find in your London travel guide, it’s history brewed to perfection on this London pub podcast.
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Ghosts, grave robbers, and one last pint before the gallows? Welcome to the Historic London Pubcast - your spirited guide through haunted London pubs and the twisted tales hidden behind creaky pub doors.
In this episode, we take you on a haunted pub crawl through London’s Smithfield - once a grisly hub for resurrection men, and now a hotbed of ghost sightings, grisly legends, and ale-soaked anecdotes.
Featured pubs:
The Rising Sun Pub London. Haunted lodgings & body snatcher lore.
The Hand and Shears Pub London. Courtroom drama & the real story of the phrase “on the wagon” origin.
The Old Red Cow Pub London. Tankard thefts, bar brawls & a ghostly landlord who won’t quit.
Perfect for fans of London ghost stories, true crime London tales, and pub crawl London enthusiasts. This episode is part spooky stroll, part London pub podcast, part London history podcast, and all pint-worthy fun loaded with London travel tips.
Whether you're planning a London walking tour, seeking London hidden gems, want ideas for a London pub crawl, or just looking for unique London attractions to impress your mates, this episode has the chills, the thrills, and the beer spills.
Listen now and discover London’s revolutionary pubs filled with anarchy and assassins.
Ready for a proper London pub walk? In this episode, we explore more of historic London, tracing a trail of rebellion and riots.
What do revolutionaries, royals, radicals, and a legendary pub clock—have in common? The path from Clerkenwell through Farringdon to Smithfield traces a route rich with medieval history, market tradition, and religious heritage. The area has evolved from a separate village outside London's walls into a bustling modern district while retaining key historic landmarks.
In this electrifying episode, Eric Blair walks us through these very streets, taking us from Clerkenwell’s holy springs and medieval mystery plays to the raucous legacy of Smithfield Market. From the fiery riots of Clerkenwell Green to whispered plots against kings, and a maybe a meeting between Lenin and Stalin in a local pub.
Along the way, we stop in at five legendary pubs—each steeped in scandal, secrets, and spirits (the liquid kind and maybe the haunted kind).
We explore: •Merlin’s Cave Pub, a radical hotspot with firebrand speeches and revolutionary crowds. •The Crown Tavern London, rumored site of a secret pint shared by Lenin and Stalin. •The Castle, where George IV may have pawned his pocket watch after a night of questionable decisions. •The Three Compasses, built by carpenters, rebuilt after the Blitz, and now dishing out top-tier bistro fare. •The Hope Pub Farringdon, where meat porters, market traders, and pardoned prisoners all had their rounds.
If you’re into London history, historic London pubs, pub history UK, secret London stories, or revolutionary London history, this episode is for you. It’s more than a UK history podcast, better even than just a London podcast, and not simply a podcast about London pubs - it’s a guide to the best pubs in London, a glimpse into radical London history, and a crash course in London riots history, revolution, and pint-fueled politics.
Perfect for fans of London walking tours or anyone looking for London travel tips.
Cheers From Limehouse Pubs - Cities Built & Empires Launched
Walk the maritime heart of East London on an unforgettable stroll through one of the London’s most important, yet underrated neighborhoods – Limehouse.
If you’re hunting for hidden gems in London walking tours, this is your pint-sized guide to one of the city's most storied and underrated neighborhoods. From pirate captains to George Washington’s favorite porter, Limehouse has some surprising links to the British Empire, and the new world.
Yes, we will take you deep into Limehouse London history, a place of maritime grit, Dickensian lore, and some of the oldest riverside pubs in London.
From the preserved warehouses turned luxury flats of Narrow Street Limehouse to the winding banks of the Limehouse Basin, we uncover: • The Grapes pub, co-owned by Sir Ian McKellen—and maybe linked to Charles Dickens. • The Star of the East pub—a Victorian relic turned local treasure. • The pub once known as The Barley Mow, now Gordon Ramsay’s Limehouse Breadstreet Kitchen gastro hotspot. • The tale of a porter recipe that crossed the Atlantic to George Washington’s pint glass.
This isn’t just a London history podcast. Whether you're looking for unique London experiences, London pub crawl ideas, or a history fan of London docklands history and London maritime history, you’ll find something here.
Expect tales of: • One-armed pirates and Empire builders. • London’s lost Chinatown, opium dens, cholera outbreaks, and wartime pub survivors. • Victorian police blotters, mysterious mummies, and famous beer shipments. • How London’s pub scene shaped cities and colonies. Thank you, Christopher Newport. • How Limehouse Basin helped launch the British Empire’s shipping might.
This episode is part of your essential London travel podcast and pub history podcast lineup. Don't miss these London travel tips if you're tired of the typical sights and want to explore hidden spots in London, and unique London experiences that often even locals miss. Perfect for fans of: Historic London pubs, London walking tours, pub history podcast, London podcasts, and hidden gems London.
Back to the Pub Crawl Future - City of London, 50 Years On
Grab your comfy walking shoes, we’re going on a Cheapside pub crawl like no other. Host Eric Blair takes us through the City of London pubs featured in a 1973 guidebook. Kind of a Back to the Future, pub version, comparing historic London pubs with their modern-day fates.
From the once-glorious Balls Brothers wine bar—to Williamson’s Tavern, with its poltergeist named Martha, this is London pub history with a kick. We also pop into Ye Olde Watling, popular with Sir Christopher Wren, and The Golden Fleece pub, where stockbrokers once “fleeced” their clients before heading home half-cut.
As we sip and stroll through the cobblestone alleys of historic pubs in Cheapside London, we dig into the lost, the legendary, and the downright loony tales that make these spots so much more than places to grab a pint. Whether you’re a pub historian, a ghost hunter, or just planning your next London walking tour, this one’s for you.
We end at the Lord Raglan pub, a place named after a general who famously messed up the Charge of the Light Brigade but still scored a pub in his honor. Because, well, London.
This isn’t just another pub crawl podcast, or your usual history podcast. It’s a jaunt through London ghost stories, haunted London pubs, and the hidden corners of City of London history. Think of it as your unofficial, unfiltered, and slightly unhinged London pub guide with a London travel podcast spin.
So if you're into London pub tours, looking for a good London travel tip, or just want an excuse to drink “for research,” you’re in the right place. This is Pub crawl London done the Historic London way—full of snark, stories, and maybe a ghost or two.
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Lace up your walking shoes, and join us again on your favorite London pub podcast, London history podcast, and London travel podcast all in one! Host & London Pub Guide Eric Blair leads us on another London historic pubs tour. Eric’s London walking tours are not just historic pub crawls, or your average London pub crawl.
Eric is really skilled at finding London hidden gems and unique London experience not found in your typical London travel tips article. Eric’s not afraid to take us off the beaten path, finding cool London pubs, quirky London attractions, and the best historical stories.
Today we’re treated to a story-packed London pub tour starting in Southwark London and ending at the legendary Elephant and Castle pub, located, where else, but in Elephant and Castle!
We’ll see:
· The Roebuck pub London – A Grade II-listed gem with Victorian pub architecture, dome-topped charm, and a lush interior.
· The haunting tale of the Great Dover Street Woman – a Roman woman buried in style with silk pillows and cosmetics, discovered just steps from the pub trail.
· The Ship pub Southwark – Over 200 years of history, a near-death by rent hike, and a community-led comeback with help from True Pub Co.
· The Duke of York pub Southwark – Once a humble pub, then a Firkin brewpub empire, now a lesson in how cheeky slogans can fuel a nationwide beer trend. (Yes, we explain “For Firk’s sake” and the real meaning of a Firkin.)
· The Albert Arms pub Southwark – Homey, historical, and still standing strong since the 1850s, where one drinker sipped pints where his ancestor once poured them.
· Lastly, the Elephant and Castle pub – a modern pub with post-war flair sitting in the shadow of a mystery name that’s either a medieval translation failure, or a branding accident that stuck. Either way, it’s a name so baffling, historians have just... given up.
Four Point Borough Tube Pub Crawl, Press Gangs & Pub Signs
Eric picked a unique approach to a historic London pub crawl on today’s episode. It’s all about pubs that are convenient to Borough tube station. Is it a Southwark pub crawl? Borough Pub Crawl? Or Borough Market Pub Crawl? It depends on who you ask! We will walk the four points of the compass around Borough tube station in Southwark’s Borough Market neighborhood. Borough pubs and Borough Market pubs aren’t just for sipping pints with your mates, they’ve been historic crime scenes, political stages, and occasionally royal hideouts.
We will stumble through pub stories of blood-soaked, carbolic washed floors and press gangs at The King’s Arms, emerald-tiled legends at The Lord Clyde, William Gladstone grudges and Southwark brothels at The Gladstone Arms, and King Charles II and one very famous oak tree at The Royal Oak pub. Savor London history far more entertaining than your school textbooks and quite possibly see some of the best pubs in London along the way. Tell your friend you found the best London travel tips right here on The Historic London Pubcast, your London travel guide through the best London walking tours, and British pub culture.
Back in Peckham for Round Two of our Historic Peckham Pub Crawl through some of London’s most historic pubs.
We kick things off at The Olde Apple Tree, the last pub standing on Sumner Road and crowned one of Time Out London’s Top Ten Pubs.
Then it’s off to The Red Bull, home to a rescued Shakespearean tile mural and a legacy as colorful as its walls.
Next, we visit The White Horse — dating back to the 18th century, famous for its chess club and beloved Sunday roast.
Just a few minutes south is The Angel Oak, once a coaching inn and now a gastropub with a garden that locals rave about.
Onto the Prince of Peckham — a reimagined community pub that blends music, Caribbean food, and a multicultural vibe, proving the future of London pub culture is bold, diverse, and buzzing. Check out their wedding planning services!
We close at The Golden Anchor, a Victorian pub turned Afro-Caribbean cultural hub, complete with dominoes games, legendary jerk chicken, and a makeover by Tom Kerridge on BBC TV’s Saving Britain’s Pubs.
If you're hunting for the best pubs in London, interested in Peckham history, or just want to plan your next London pub crawl, this episode is for you. Can’t get your friend to buy the idea of a pub crawl? Think of this as a historic London walk, a tour of historic London pubs. The tell your friend about this London pub podcast, part London history podcast, part London travel podcast.
