Crawls worth walking

Every pint has a story.

A Crawl Story is a shareable poster of a London pub crawl — the stops, the prices, the vibe. Here are a few routes worth the walk, handed down from the old hands who drank them first. Pick one, or start your own on the map.

• Heritage

  Victorian Soho

  Five Dean Street–era snugs the old Soho hands drank in — pass the round on to whoever's next.

  5 stops

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• Writer Trail

  Fleet Street & the Writers

  The old press strip, Strand to Fleet Street — where a generation of hacks filed copy, then drank it back.

  6 stops

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• Writer Trail

  Bloomsbury Literary

  From the Museum Tavern down Lamb's Conduit Street — the reading-room-and-a-pint round handed down since the British Museum days.

  5 stops

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• Heritage

  Riverside Heritage

  St Katharine Docks east to Limehouse — the Thames-side taverns watermen and their grandkids still drink in at the turn of the tide.

  4 stops

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Or build your own — pick the pubs, pass the round on.