8 historic London pubs — Dickens, Sherlock, centuries of beer

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (1538), The Spaniards (1585), George Inn (1542). Honest beer in pubs that survived everything — the Great Fire, the Blitz, gentrification.

1. 8 historic London pubs — Dickens, Sherlock, centuries of beer

   Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (1538), The Spaniards (1585), George Inn (1542). Honest beer in pubs that survived everything — the Great Fire, the Blitz, gentrification.

2. 01.

   Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (1538) is the oldest pub on Fleet Street and Dickens drank there — a pint of Samuel Smith's runs £4.80, half the West End average.

3. 02.

   The George Inn (1542) is the only surviving galleried coaching inn in London — owned by the National Trust.

4. 03.

   The Spaniards Inn (1585) in Hampstead served Keats, Byron and the legendary highwayman Dick Turpin — walk in across the Heath.

5. 04.

   Lamb & Flag (Covent Garden) was nicknamed "Bucket of Blood" in the 19th century thanks to bare-knuckle boxing — today it pours the best Young's Bitter in the area.

6. 05.

   The French House (Soho) was De Gaulle's informal WWII HQ — serves beer only in half-pints, by tradition.

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   Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (1538), The Spaniards (1585), George Inn (1542). Honest beer in pubs that survived everything — the Great Fire, the Blitz, gentrification.