Fleet Street's Lost Newspaper Pubs
When Fleet Street was the home of the British press, every pub had a phone for filing copy and a back room for editors. The journalists have gone but the pubs are still there, and they're some of the oldest in London.
πΊ 5 stopsπΆ 1kmβ± ~3 hoursπ Meet at Chancery Lane or Blackfriars
HistoricLiteraryReal aleWood-panelledOld City
The route
Open in Google Maps4 of 5 stops shown on the map (the rest are breweries / venues not yet in our pub data).
Stops
- 1

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
β 4.4145, Fleet Street, London, EC4A 2BU
Rebuilt 1667. Dickens drank here. So did Mark Twain.
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- 3

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- 5
The Black Friar
Wedge-shaped Art Nouveau gem opposite the station
Not yet in our pub database β search Google Maps for directions.
Want a longer crawl?
Top-rated extras in the area, in case the planned route isnβt enough.