London Pubs Walking Tour
Thu 13 Oct
|London
Join Open City for a walking tour exploring the fascinating architectural history of some of London's most iconic public houses


Time & Location
13 Oct 2022, 18:00 – 20:00
London, 174 Queen Victoria St, Greater, London EC4V 4EG, UK
About the event
This fun and engaging walking tour — led by public historian and tour guide Sheldon K Goodman — will explore the enigmatic streets and alleys of Holborn, Farringdon and Clerkenwell which play host to a roster of legendary pubs such as The Cheshire Cheese, The Rising Sun and The Fox and Anchor.
Inspired by Open City's new book Public House: A Cultural and Social History of the London Pub, the tour will celebrate the incredible diversity, design and stories of London’s public houses as we are at last able to enjoy them again.
For centuries, the London pub has been a place of social fermentation where all manner of people have come to drink, think, share stories and company. Surviving plagues, bombs, fires and floods, they have borne witness to wakes, weddings and the writing of world-changing manifestos.
London’s pubs have provided the social and architectural infrastructure for civic life to thrive with a…