City of London
Pubs in City of London.
90 pubs in City of London, ranked cheapest pint first.
The City of London. Photo: Tristan Surtel, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Story pubs in City of London
26 pubs here carry a heritage note or a passed-down story. Each offers a reason to detour beyond price.
- The Jugged Hare
- The Ship EC3
- The Globe
- Ye Olde Cock Tavern
- The Blackfriar
- The Tipperary
- The Hoop and Grapes
- Belle Sauvage (inn)
- Bull and Mouth Inn
- East India Arms
- George and Vulture
- Hand and Shears
- Hoop and Grapes
- Jamaica Wine House
- London Tavern
- Swan with Two Necks, London
- The Bell
- The Black Friar, Blackfriars
- The Centre Page
- The Harrow
- The Old Bell Tavern
- The Olde Wine Shades
- The Punch Tavern
- The Rising Sun
- Viaduct Tavern
- Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Crawls through City of London
A listed route with at least one stop here. Plan it from its first stop to its last.
- Fleet Street & the WritersPlan this crawl →
The old press strip, Strand to Fleet Street, where a generation of hacks filed copy, then drank it back.
- Bloomsbury LiteraryPlan this crawl →
From the Museum Tavern down Lamb's Conduit Street, the reading-room-and-a-pint round handed down since the British Museum days.
- Riverside HeritagePlan this crawl →
St Katharine Docks east to Limehouse, the Thames-side taverns watermen and their grandkids still drink in at the turn of the tide.
- A pint, a park, a viewPlan this crawl →
A City-fringe loop past Leadenhall Market that climbs to a free rooftop garden with one of London's best skyline views. A pint at each end of the climb.
- Borough Market crawlPlan this crawl →
A tight loop through the stalls and railway arches of Borough Market, London's oldest food market, trading since at least the 13th century, threaded between five pubs.
- Bankside riverside walkPlan this crawl →
Straight along the Thames path from Clink Street to the South Bank, the old wharves and a working riverside pub, with Tate Modern and the river the whole way.
- Barbican coding pintPlan this crawl →
A Barbican-to-Old-Street loop through the City fringe, the after-work standup pint between the Square Mile studios and Silicon Roundabout.
- Young's beer gardensPlan this crawl →
Garden pubs from Young's own regional guides that match our London map. Official microsite links, beer-garden story, no invented prices.
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Historic pubs in City of London
27 notable pubs on record. The oldest is The Hoop and Grapes (Built 17th century) · 4 listed.
Cited from Wikipedia.
- Built 17th centuryGrade II*
The Hoop and Grapes
See on map →The Hoop and Grapes at 47 Aldgate High Street is a Grade II* listed pub, probably built in the late 17th century; it is one of the very few timber-framed buildings in the City of London to survive from that period, standing just beyond where the Great Fire of London was halted in 1666.Show moreShow less
- Built 1667Grade II
The Tipperary
See on map →The Tipperary is a Grade II listed pub at 66 Fleet Street; the building was built in about 1667, and the wood-panelled pub is widely reputed to be one of London's oldest Irish pubs.Show moreShow less
- Built 1875Grade II*
The Blackfriar
See on map →The Black Friar is a Grade II* listed pub at 174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, built about 1875 on the site of a medieval Dominican (Black Friars) friary and remodelled around 1905 by the architect Herbert Fuller-Clark; it is famous for its Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau interior of marble, mosaic and bronze reliefs of jovial friars.Show moreShow less
- Built 1901
Ye Olde Watling
See on map →Ye Olde Watling stands at 29 Watling Street, on the line of the old Roman road of the same name, close to St Paul's Cathedral; the timber-framed pub is traditionally said to have been rebuilt for Sir Christopher Wren's workmen after the Great Fire of London, and its present old-world interior largely dates from a sympathetic refit of about 1901.Show moreShow less
- Listed 1977Grade II
Ye Olde Cock Tavern
See on map →Ye Olde Cock Tavern is a Grade II listed pub at 22 Fleet Street, listed in 1977; the tavern was moved across the street and rebuilt in the 1880s, and is traditionally said to have been frequented by Samuel Pepys, Charles Dickens and Alfred Tennyson.Show moreShow less
Belle Sauvage (inn)
See on map →former pub in the City of LondonShow moreShow less
Pint prices in City of London, by the numbers
As of October 2026, the average pint in City of London costs £6.13 across 57 tracked pubs.
The cheapest tracked pint is £2.99 at The Crosse Keys.
Tracked cheapest pints in City of London range from £2.99 to £8.15.
Prices last collected 2 October 2026 for PUBMAXXING's tracked pint dataset, refreshed by community Pint Drops. Never a live feed.
| Average pint | £6.13 |
|---|---|
| Cheapest pint · The Crosse Keys | £2.99 |
| Dearest tracked pint · The minories | £8.15 |
| Tracked pubs | 57 |
Pint prices in City of London: questions
What is the cheapest pint in City of London?
The cheapest tracked pint in City of London is £2.99 at The Crosse Keys, as collected on 2 October 2026.
How much is a pint in City of London in 2026?
As of October 2026, the average pint in City of London costs £6.13 across 57 tracked pubs.
How many pubs does City of London have on PUBMAXXING?
PUBMAXXING tracks a cheapest pint at 57 pubs in City of London (of 90 mapped in the area).
What's the price range for a pint in City of London?
Tracked cheapest pints in City of London range from £2.99 to £8.15, collected on 2 October 2026.
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