Traditional Pubs of Covent Garden

Three pubs where the building has more history than most of the shows playing nearby.

Covent Garden’s pubs have outlasted most of what’s been built around them – some by centuries. These three all sit within a few minutes’ walk of the Piazza, and each has a genuinely old building behind the more recent fit-out.

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    Lamb & Flag ££

    Tucked down a narrow alley off Garrick Street, with a history stretching back to the 18th century and a claimed connection to Charles Dickens's time in London.

    33 Rose Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9EB

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    The Salisbury

    A Grade II listed Victorian pub on St Martin's Lane, rebuilt around 1899 and still fitted out with its original etched glass and mahogany bar.

    90 St Martin's Lane, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4AP

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    Marquess of Anglesey

    There's been a pub on this Bow Street corner since 1682. The current name honours Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, who lost a leg commanding the cavalry at Waterloo - the pub was renamed in his honour shortly after.

    39 Bow Street, Covent Garden, London