Full Version: London: Self-Guided Audio Tour Through Historic Taverns
This self-guided audio walking tour explores London through its oldest pubs, taverns, and drinking dens, with a few landmark detours along the way. It is ideal for first-time visitors who enjoy local history, literary legends, hidden alleys, and the city’s long social life.
The route begins in the City of London near a modern drinks shop, then leads to storied stops including The Old Bell Tavern, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Ye Olde Mitre, the Viaduct Tavern, and Simpson’s Tavern. Along the way, you will also pass the Monument to the Great Fire of London, adding a key chapter of the city’s past to the pub trail.
From there, the tour branches across different corners of London, from riverside classics such as The Grapes and the Prospect of Whitby to the candlelit cellars of Gordon’s Wine Bar, the literary atmosphere of The French House, and the rough-and-ready legend of The Lamb & Flag. It finishes in East London at Great Beyond Taproom and Brewery.
Expect hidden courtyards, timbered interiors, old cellars, Thames views, connections to Charles Dickens and Sir Christopher Wren, and the feeling of stepping into layers of London history one doorway at a time.