Prospect of Whitby

The pub’s story

• Needs source

  Riverside Wapping pub usually dated to 1520; a strong fit for the heritage-by-water demo. · Tudor

• @wapping_wall_ted

  My old man swore the flagstone floor by the bar was laid when the watermen still drank here. Take your pint out to the terrace at low tide and listen — the river knocks on the wall like it wants letting in. · Told since the 1960s

• @tessa_of_shadwell

  Nan cleaned here in the fifties and said the pewter bar top was older than anyone who ever leaned on it. She tapped it twice for luck before closing, so I do too. · Nan's shift, 1950s

Logbook

1. 21 June 2026Seeded example

   My old man swore the flagstone floor by the bar was laid when the watermen still drank here. Take your pint out to the terrace at low tide and listen — the river knocks on the wall like it wants letting in.

   Paid £6.40

2. 9 June 2026Seeded example

   Nan cleaned here in the fifties and said the pewter bar top was older than anyone who ever leaned on it. She tapped it twice for luck before closing, so I do too.

   Paid £6.10