The Richmond Review: One to Ten Pounds, in This Postcode
The Richmond Review: One to Ten Pounds, in This Postcode | The cheapest venue in the Notting Hill file, in a district where a room in a flatshare costs more than most cars
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Prince of Wales Townhouse Review: The Heir’s Sign on a Smart Pub
Prince of Wales Townhouse Review: The Heir’s Sign on a Smart Pub | A 4.6 pub from 739 reviews named the Prince of Wales Townhouse, the heir’s royal title on a smart, upmarket local
Old Swan Review: The Crown Still Owns Some of the Birds
Old Swan Review: The Crown Still Owns Some of the Birds | A surviving royal prerogative, a ceremony on the Thames every July, and a pub that has never mentioned any of it
The Castle Review: There Was Never a Castle
The Castle Review: There Was Never a Castle | One of the commonest pub names in England, attached to buildings that have never been anywhere near a fortification
The Green Pub Review: The Village Common on a Shepherd’s Bush Sign
The Green Pub Review: The Village Common on a Shepherd’s Bush Sign | A 4.1 pub from 992 reviews named the Green, after the village green, the ancient heart of English community
Prince Alfred Review: A Notting Hill Local Under a Victorian Prince
Prince Alfred Review: A Notting Hill Local Under a Victorian Prince | A 4.2 pub from 2,168 reviews, named for Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria’s second son and a much-honoured royal
Prince of Wales Townhouse Review: The Second One, and It Is Better
Prince of Wales Townhouse Review: The Second One, and It Is Better | Two pubs, same name, same postcode, different scores – which is the experiment this magazine has been running for three hundred articles
Brook Green Review: A Pub Named for Its Leafy West London Green
Brook Green Review: A Pub Named for Its Leafy West London Green | A 4.7 pub from 272 reviews named Brook Green, for the pretty leafy green and district of the same name, highly rated
Gloucester Arms Review: Richard III Was Duke of Gloucester
Gloucester Arms Review: Richard III Was Duke of Gloucester | He is the man who speaks the sun of York line – and he is the brother of the boy who saw three suns at Mortimer’s Cross
Inda Pubs Ltd Review: A Pub With No Rating and a Company Number
Inda Pubs Ltd Review: A Pub With No Rating and a Company Number | It has no stars, no reviews, and a name that appears to be a limited company rather than a pub
White Horse Review: The Ancient Galloping Sign of England
White Horse Review: The Ancient Galloping Sign of England | A 4.0 pub from 431 reviews named the White Horse, after one of the oldest and most storied of all English signs
Pig and Whistle Review: Nobody Agrees What the Name Means
Pig and Whistle Review: Nobody Agrees What the Name Means | Four competing etymologies, all confidently asserted, none provable, which is the most English situation available
The Bridge House Review: A Little Venice Pub Above the Canal
The Bridge House Review: A Little Venice Pub Above the Canal | A 4.6 pub from 2,012 reviews named the Bridge House, set by the water in the canal district of Little Venice
The Quiet Night Inn Review: A Pun and a Promise of Peace
The Quiet Night Inn Review: A Pun and a Promise of Peace | A 4.1 pub from 339 reviews named the Quiet Night Inn, a gentle pun promising the peaceful, restful local
Angie’s Free House Review: Two Words That Are a Declaration of Independence
Angie’s Free House Review: Two Words That Are a Declaration of Independence | A free house is a pub that no brewery owns. For two hundred years, most pubs were not free, and the reason is a scandal.
Stewart Arms Review: The Other Cheap Pub, and It Is Not an Accident
Stewart Arms Review: The Other Cheap Pub, and It Is Not an Accident | One to ten pounds a head. The second such venue in this file, and the second one we have had to describe as endangered.
Kings Head Review: Which King, and Is He Still Attached to It
Kings Head Review: Which King, and Is He Still Attached to It | Thousands of pubs are called the King’s Head. In 1649 the country removed one, and nobody changed the signs.
Warwick Castle Review: Named After a Man Who Made Two Kings
Warwick Castle Review: Named After a Man Who Made Two Kings | Warwick the Kingmaker put Edward IV on the throne, then took him off it, then died in a field at Barnet
The Green Review: The Green Is Still There, and It Is a Triangle
The Green Review: The Green Is Still There, and It Is a Triangle | Shepherd’s Bush Green survived because common land was hard to build on – and because people fought for it
Windsor Castle Review: You Used to Be Able to See It
Windsor Castle Review: You Used to Be Able to See It | The pub is named for a view of Windsor Castle, twenty-two miles away, which was visible from this hill before London was built in the way
Hayden Review: A Pub With Rooms, Which Is How It Started
Hayden Review: A Pub With Rooms, Which Is How It Started | The inn came first. The pub is what was left when the railways took the beds away.
Churchill Arms Review: It Was Not Named After Churchill
Churchill Arms Review: It Was Not Named After Churchill | Every guidebook says the pub was renamed for Winston after the war. The pub was already called the Churchill Arms in 1826. He was born in 1874.
Walmer Castle Review: Wellington Died in the Real One
Walmer Castle Review: Wellington Died in the Real One | The Iron Duke breathed his last in an armchair at Walmer Castle in 1852. The chair is still there. He would have hated this pub.
The Quiet Night Inn Review: The Pun Is the Business Plan
The Quiet Night Inn Review: The Pun Is the Business Plan | A pub that has promised, in its own name, to be uneventful – which is either brave or a warning
Westwood Review: A Modern Name for a West London Pub
Westwood Review: A Modern Name for a West London Pub | A 4.5 pub from 1,798 reviews named Westwood, a clean, modern, place-rooted name for a well-liked local
Kings Head Review: The Monarch’s Portrait, Male Line
Kings Head Review: The Monarch’s Portrait, Male Line | A 4.4 pub from 1,565 reviews named the King’s Head, twin to the Queen’s Head and one of the oldest royal signs
The Sussex Arms Review: A County’s Arms on a Paddington Local
The Sussex Arms Review: A County’s Arms on a Paddington Local | A 4.4 pub from 1,041 reviews named the Sussex Arms, bearing the arms of the county (or the royal dukedom) of Sussex
Prince Albert Review: It Stood at the Gates of the Racecourse
Prince Albert Review: It Stood at the Gates of the Racecourse | This pub dates from the 1840s and sat at the entrance to a doomed racetrack. It has outlived the racecourse by 184 years.
The Princess Royal Review: A Royal Title on a Pub With Rooms
The Princess Royal Review: A Royal Title on a Pub With Rooms | A 4.4 pub and boutique hotel from 677 reviews named the Princess Royal, the ancient title of the sovereign’s eldest daughter
Westwood Review: The Wood Was Real and It Is Entirely Gone
Westwood Review: The Wood Was Real and It Is Entirely Gone | West London was forest. Then it was farms. Then it was a racecourse. Then it was crescents. The wood lasted longest.