Historic London Pubcast
Discover London through its most historic pubs. The Historic London Pubcast is your audio guide to centuries-old drinking spots filled with stories of royals, writers, rebels, and rogues. Perfect for travelers looking to explore the city’s heritage off the beaten path. Think old pubs are just about beer? Think again. We uncover the stories behind London’streasured pubs - architecture, legends,eccentrics & all.These aren’t just historic sites - they’re living heritage, reflective of the neighborhoods they sit in.When you experience London with The Historic London Pubcast, you’re not just visiting, you’re addingyour own chapter to London’s story.
Episodes
49 episodes
Historic Pub Walk Battersea Power Station to Wandsworth
Join us on a pub walk London won’t let you forget. In this episode of The Historic London Pubcast, we take a leisurely but legendary London pub crawl from the iconic Battersea Power Station through the historic ...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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36:08
Barnes River Pubs – Duels, Ghosts, Marc Bolan, Jimi Hendrix
Looking for a day trip from Central London? We're going to leafy Barnes, SW London for a leisurely Thames riverside pub crawl. Barnes river pubs and the best Thames River pubs? Yes please! Hidden spots loved by locals, London travel...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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36:38
Mortlake Riverside Pubs - The Ship, Gardeners & White Hart
Step into the frothy heart of historic London pubs on a riverside ramble through Mortlake pubs. Pubs along the Thames River are some of the most popular in London and today we’re featuring some of the best London pubs to visit and a few of the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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28:49
Smithfield’s Secret Haunted Pubs, Body Snatchers & Last Call
Ghosts, grave robbers, and one last pint before the gallows? Welcome to the Historic London Pubcast - your spirited guide through haunted London pubs and the twisted tales hidden behind creaky pub doors.In this episode, we ...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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33:24
Clerkenwell & Smithfield’s Rebel Pubs – Anarchy & Assassins
Listen now and discover London’s revolutionary pubs filled with anarchy and assassins. Ready for a proper London pub walk? In this episode, we explore more of historic London, tracing a trail of rebellion and riots.What do...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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30:45
Cheers From Limehouse Pubs - Cities Built & Empires Launched
Walk the maritime heart of East London on an unforgettable stroll through one of the London’s most important, yet underrated neighborhoods – Limehouse. If you’re hunting for hidden gems in London walking tours, this is your pint-si...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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31:54
Back to the Pub Crawl Future - City of London, 50 Years On
Grab your comfy walking shoes, we’re going on a Cheapside pub crawl like no other. Host Eric Blair takes us through the City of London pubs featured in a 1973 guidebook. Kind of a Back to the Future, pub version, comparing hist...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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37:45
Southwark to Elephant & Castle Pubs, A Firkin Good Time
Lace up your walking shoes, and join us again on your favorite London pub podcast, London history podcast, and London travel podcast all in one! Host & London Pub Guide Eric Blair leads us on another London historic pubs tour. Eric’s ...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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32:17
Four Point Borough Tube Pub Crawl, Press Gangs & Pub Signs
Eric picked a unique approach to a historic London pub crawl on today’s episode. It’s all about pubs that are convenient to Borough tube station. Is it a Southwark pub crawl? Borough Pub Crawl? Or Borough Market Pub Crawl? It depends on who you...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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35:30
Peckham Pubs Pt 2 – Time Out Top Ten, Tom Kerridge TV Fame
Back in Peckham for Round Two of our Historic Peckham Pub Crawl through some of London’s most historic pubs.We kick things off at The Olde Apple Tree, the last pub standing on Sumner Road and crowned one of Ti...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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33:59
Peckham Pubs Pt 1 – Ivy House Community Ownership, Fireworks
We’re heading back south of the river to Nunhead and Peckham Rye for a historic London pub crawl laced with legends, laughs, and last-minute saves at a lineup of historic London pubs. How’s that for a London history podcast!We kick off a...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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39:48
Soho's Wildest Pub Stories, Part 3 - Mozart, Marx & Engels
Third Time’s a Charm at Soho’s Pubs! On today’s historic London pub walk, we:Hear the tale of Mozart’s Brewer Street concert, where the child prodigy played to a half-empty room.Discover how Marx and Engels drafted the Comm...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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36:09
Mayfair Pubs Pt 3, Scandal, Spies & the Acid Bath Killer
In this punchy finale to our Mayfair trilogy, Eric focuses on five historic watering holes just west of Regent Street. From The Clarence where Chopin may have raised a glass, to The Goat Tavern, once a hub for naval officers and site of a meeti...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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43:06
Mayfair Pubs Pt 2, Style & Celebrities at Shepherd Market
In Part 2 of our Mayfair pub visit, enjoy this London pub tour along the scandal-soaked streets of Shepherd Market London, a hidden gem, and one of London’s best hidden attractions, tucked away in the heart of Mayfair. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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38:21
Mayfair Pubs Pt 1, From The Guinea Grill to The Footman
Exploring Mayfair, one of London’s most prestigious districts, as seen through legendary Mayfair pubs, Part 1 of a three-part series. Yes, that Mayfair - the poshest patch on the Monopoly board. Host and London Travel Guide E...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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38:17
Marylebone Pubs Uncovered – Singalongs, Spies & Heists
Step into ritzy Marylebone’s colorful pub scene for a historic London pub crawl like no other! On this episode of The Historic London Pubcast, we uncover wild tales behind Marylebone’s historic London pubs, and a side of Marylebone ...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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34:22
Snob Screens to Celeb Scenes, Historic Pubs of Maida Vale
Stroll through Maida Vale’s historic pubs. From the grand Edwardian staircase and beauty of The Warrington Hotel to the Victorian elegance, and secret snob screens of The Prince Alfred pub, to the canal-side charm of The Warwick Castle pub.&nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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24:53
Fleet Street Pub Crawl Pt2, Knights, Con Men, Duels & Ghosts
Part 2 of our London pub tour of Fleet Street pubs with tales from The Devereux Pub, The George on the Strand, and the legendary Grecian Coffeehouse London.Discover the rise and fall of Robert Devereux, once Queen Elizabeth I’s favorite,...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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26:53
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Fleet Street Pub Crawl Pt1, The Black Friar to The Tipperary
Dominican friars, Henry VIII’s messy divorce drama, the birthplace of London’s printing press, and a Cold War secret nearly spilled. We’re on Fleet Street for the first in a two-part series of a lively, fact-packed London pub walk exploring Fle...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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36:09
Highgate Pub Tour - Body Snatchers, Hauntings, Karl Marx
From Karl Marx’s drunken adventures to a haunted pub theater and a corpse-snatching room known as The Autopsy Room, this episode is full of strange histories, legendary characters, and classic London pub charm. You’ll laugh, wince, and...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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32:39
Hampstead Pubs Pt 2 - Keats, Orwell, London's Last Skittles
We return to the leafy streets of Hampstead for another round of pints, poetry, and pub lore. We’re back across the Heath in another suggestion for the ultimate London pub crawl. We follow the poetic footsteps of John Keats and his Hampstead ha...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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26:53
Hampstead Pubs Pt 1 - Pints, Poets, Petitions, Duels, Ghosts
Walk with us back in time on this unforgettable Hampstead pub crawl as The Historic London Pubcast uncovers the rich tapestry of London pub history in one of the city's most atmospheric neighborhoods. Host Eric Blair leads you through a captiva...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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31:11
Holborn Pub Crawl - Seven Stars to Bank Vault Bars
Uncover a 400-year-old survivor of the Great Fire, an Olde White Horse popular with judges, lawyers, and clerks, the George IV at LSE, and The Old Bank of England - a former bank vault now serving pints and pies in exchange for pounds. Cheers!&...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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24:22
Pubs vs The Wrecking Ball - London Pubs Facing Extinction
It is said that the British maintain a stiff upper lip. Stoically facing what life throws their way. Keep calm and carry on and all that. Until, that is, it comes to their historic community pubs. Then developers are likely to see locals cast a...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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28:55
Thames Riverside Pub Crawl – Bridges, Brothels & Back Rooms
Heading “Down by the River” for a Thames pub crawl to explore four Thames-side pubs with a long history. This episode is a love letter to historic London pubs and London river pubs alike. We kick things of...
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Episode 24
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21:35
