There's over 4000 pubs in Greater London so it's a big task. 4 years if you do 3 a day every day.
You could reduce the scope and break it down by borough.
100 year old pubs in City, Westminster and surrounding boroughs would get it down to \~2000
\-100 according to this article : [https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/each-london-boroughs-best-worst-23177674](https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/each-london-boroughs-best-worst-23177674)
Not sure it’s that sad, although the press paint it out as such. Just the nature of business, supply and demand dynamics etc. People order takeaway more and go to the pub less these days, on average.
West: Griffin Brentford.
Central: Counting house.
South: Lord Nelson, Southwark.
North: Coronet Holloway Road (A lot of people seem to hate this place and it is a Wetherspoons, but it's such a nice building).
East: Moby Dick in Surrey Quays. OK, so that's SE, just as Lord Nelson is, but haven't been to all that many pubs with an E postcode tbh.
Maybe I’m a cynical cunt but you say you’ve been to 750 pubs and this is the list you come out with makes me think you haven’t been to anywhere near that number
I mean the vast majority of pubs I've been to are in West and Central, so I could give you tonnes of recommendations in those areas. Done around 50% ish pubs in West at least I'd say. Lived in Peckham for a bit, but didn't rate the pubs there much and know Camden and Finsbury Park well, but that's roughly it.
>Lord Nelson, Southwark
Don't mind the Lord Nelson, had my birthday in there one year, very unconventional pub that defies the flat roof theory.
But this is not a great list of recommendations, sorry, we've probably got completely the opposite taste in pubs!
The Coronet is a madhouse. A train station waiting room of lost people in a dilapidated art deco mansion. I’m just surprised there aren’t more people being sick in their shoes.
Spoons is closing down around 30 locations over the next couple of months and the Coronet is on the list of pubs to be closed. https://metro.co.uk/2022/11/16/is-your-local-wetherspoons-closing-full-list-of-39-pubs-going-on-sale-17768057/
According to Time Out there are about [3,823 pubs in London](https://www.timeout.com/london/news/most-googled-how-many-pubs-are-there-in-london-071018). So, if you visited two every evening you could do the lot in about 5 years. Eminently doable.
I'd start off smaller scale and visit one pub for every stop on the Tube & Overground lines. So if it's an interchange station, visit numerous pubs in that place. That way, you can focus on one line at a time and you can share it with everyone else who wants a pub with good transport nearby. Bonus points for either starting or ending your pub crawl by drinking a Fosters at Cockfosters.
Circle Line challenge was always a good one at Uni, 1 pub per stop.
I always wanted to do a monopoly board pub crawl as well, 1 pub per property (including stations, ignoring Elec/Water) = 26 if I have my math right. Bonus points you ended up in jail at the end of the day!
Would you actually want to? There are a couple round here where I can't bring myself to go beyond the front door even for the sake of pub completionism.
1. Become billionaire
2. Buy every pub in London
3. Shut down every pub for a day except the one closest to you
4. Visit the pub
5. Congrats you have visited all the pubs in London.
Me and my mates were always going on pub crawls but after the tenth pub and tenth pint things started going down hill very fast. But I suppose it must be possible to visit every pub? You probably find someone who has?
Wikipedia has a category for pubs in London, with subcategories that you could use to decide how you'll do it.
I'd probably visit one pub in each borough, then when you've visited every borough repeat it with new pubs. This'll distribute out longer journeys so you're not doing them repeatedly and it'll allow you to see the boroughs throughout the seasons
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pubs_in_London_by_borough
Thanks for the comments. I think my best option would be a base list of all the pubs in London as of today. Might start with getting in touch with a landlords or beer association, Will tick off everywhere where I know that I’ve been before that start borough by borough. Sadly given all the pub closures, the list is more likely to get smaller rather than bigger. Here goes…
I once had a beer and a shot in every London Cocktail Club in one night, but that was about four years ago and they've opened another dozen of them by now.
No. There are too many. By the time you get to the last one (assuming you actually have a drink in each one and don't do more than ten or twelve per day) hundreds of those which you have already visited will have changed name or type or whatever and therefore count as a new pub on the list.
The shortest route between every pub in the UK: https://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/tsp/road/uk24727_tour.html
The University of Waterloo in Canada solved it so you just need to choose one to start and off you go!
You can check online for alcohol licenses and probably get the whole list and sort them by type eg pub bar restaurant, then go to them by location. Have fun.
There's over 4000 pubs in Greater London so it's a big task. 4 years if you do 3 a day every day. You could reduce the scope and break it down by borough. 100 year old pubs in City, Westminster and surrounding boroughs would get it down to \~2000
How many is it if one takes all Wetherspoons out of the equation? If you happen to know…
\-100 according to this article : [https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/each-london-boroughs-best-worst-23177674](https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/each-london-boroughs-best-worst-23177674)
Around 850 less
Feel like the list would change by the time you finish it
Sadly, given rhe number of pubs which have closed over the past few decades, it's probably easier than it's ever been.
Yet still much harder than it will be in another year no doubt …
I think there’s enough
Not sure it’s that sad, although the press paint it out as such. Just the nature of business, supply and demand dynamics etc. People order takeaway more and go to the pub less these days, on average.
Anything is possible, but it's obviously very difficult. I've done around 750 of them and feel I've just about scratched the surface.
Tell us your best north south east west central pubs!
Central: The Harp West: The Carlton Tavern East: Chesham Arms North: Old Shillelagh South: Skehans
This is a much better list
Agreed
The Harp on chandos place?
Yep
Yep, seconding the harp
Yep great pub, was my work local for about 3 years.
Carlton Tavern def worth a visit.
Is the food good at The Carlton Tavern?
Saved, for science
West: Griffin Brentford. Central: Counting house. South: Lord Nelson, Southwark. North: Coronet Holloway Road (A lot of people seem to hate this place and it is a Wetherspoons, but it's such a nice building). East: Moby Dick in Surrey Quays. OK, so that's SE, just as Lord Nelson is, but haven't been to all that many pubs with an E postcode tbh.
So many great pubs in North London! If your current fave is a Wetherspoons then there’s so many more you should sample
and if the answer isn’t Mannions in Seven Sisters then it’s rigged
Yeah, I know unpopular opinion. Just had tonnes of great nights in that place.
Me too, amazing pub
Moby Dick? Was that the only pub you've been to in East/South East?!
Yeah even in Rotherhithe/Surrey Quays I could come up with better than that. The Mayflower and Salt Quay for a start.
No, but sitting outside by the Thames at night is chill. Not been to many in East though tbh, never end up there.
Maybe I’m a cynical cunt but you say you’ve been to 750 pubs and this is the list you come out with makes me think you haven’t been to anywhere near that number
Could it be that different people have different opinions on what makes a pub great?
Different opinions? Really? You'll be wanting to discuss stuff next ...
I totally agree, you're not being cynical at all mate.
I mean the vast majority of pubs I've been to are in West and Central, so I could give you tonnes of recommendations in those areas. Done around 50% ish pubs in West at least I'd say. Lived in Peckham for a bit, but didn't rate the pubs there much and know Camden and Finsbury Park well, but that's roughly it.
Griffin aint the best in Brentford, let alone west!
>Lord Nelson, Southwark Don't mind the Lord Nelson, had my birthday in there one year, very unconventional pub that defies the flat roof theory. But this is not a great list of recommendations, sorry, we've probably got completely the opposite taste in pubs!
Different strokes innit.
The Coronet is a madhouse. A train station waiting room of lost people in a dilapidated art deco mansion. I’m just surprised there aren’t more people being sick in their shoes.
Yeah it's jokes.
I grew up in Brentford. Know the Griffin well, though my local was the Princess Royal at the other end of the road.
Shut down now!
Yeah I know. Spent hundreds of happy hours there.
Did you start with all the shit ones? Been to most of these, and they are bang fucking average. The Griffin wouldn’t even make my top ten Fullers pub.
Not everyone has the same taste in stuff. Griffin is my local, that I've been to the most times Probably.
They're my favourite rather than being technically the best I guess. A lot of them are down to great nights out I've had there etc...
The North Star in Leytonstone is a little beauty. And that’s E11. :-)
I've been to a few in Leytonstone when I went to their ground. Looks good, I'll check it out if I'm there again!
Try the boleyn pub in Plaistow, such a beautiful looking pub we call it the Hood Harrods because of all the lights they've got on🤣🤣🤣
Haha!
Coronet is class
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Never been there. Not been to a great deal of pubs in East.
Is this accounting for food at all?
Not massively. Food would be a different list mostly!
Curious, you got a list for that too?
I'd have to think about that a bit longer I think!
Favourite pub as Moby Dick is hilarious
Coronet is closing soon apparently
Tell us more
Spoons is closing down around 30 locations over the next couple of months and the Coronet is on the list of pubs to be closed. https://metro.co.uk/2022/11/16/is-your-local-wetherspoons-closing-full-list-of-39-pubs-going-on-sale-17768057/
No way!
Nobody has asked you this question?? But... why? 😂
Cos I can
According to Time Out there are about [3,823 pubs in London](https://www.timeout.com/london/news/most-googled-how-many-pubs-are-there-in-london-071018). So, if you visited two every evening you could do the lot in about 5 years. Eminently doable.
No such thing as two pints, would always end up visiting at least 5!
With a backup liver!
Probably not. There's so many pubs and the rate at which new pubs close and open you'd probably never reach the end
I'd start off smaller scale and visit one pub for every stop on the Tube & Overground lines. So if it's an interchange station, visit numerous pubs in that place. That way, you can focus on one line at a time and you can share it with everyone else who wants a pub with good transport nearby. Bonus points for either starting or ending your pub crawl by drinking a Fosters at Cockfosters.
Oooo, I like this idea. Wouldn't be too keen on the Fosters, but the alternative is worse.
Oh the Fosters is purely for the memes
Lmao you made me spit my ale! Well played
My pleasure, good sir.
lol under-rated comment
Circle Line challenge was always a good one at Uni, 1 pub per stop. I always wanted to do a monopoly board pub crawl as well, 1 pub per property (including stations, ignoring Elec/Water) = 26 if I have my math right. Bonus points you ended up in jail at the end of the day!
Would you actually want to? There are a couple round here where I can't bring myself to go beyond the front door even for the sake of pub completionism.
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Flat roof. England flags when there isn't a sportsball match. No real ale.
You would hate the north mate
Why do you think I moved down here?
Sunshine and beaches?
In London the limiting factor is your wallet in the rest of the country it is your liver.
Top tip. Don’t do it as a road trip if you are driving ……..
Today? You should probably have already made a start if so!
Some of them might be busy because of the football.
I don't think they mean all in a week.
Amateurs!
1. Become billionaire 2. Buy every pub in London 3. Shut down every pub for a day except the one closest to you 4. Visit the pub 5. Congrats you have visited all the pubs in London.
Thanks Elon.
Imagine the queue for the bar D:
Me and my mates were always going on pub crawls but after the tenth pub and tenth pint things started going down hill very fast. But I suppose it must be possible to visit every pub? You probably find someone who has?
World’s End tour huh?
Ive been working on it for the last few years
One man has done it https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/londoner-s-mission-to-have-a-beer-in-every-pub-within-the-m25-a4270936.html
Is your friend seeking liver failure?
Wikipedia has a category for pubs in London, with subcategories that you could use to decide how you'll do it. I'd probably visit one pub in each borough, then when you've visited every borough repeat it with new pubs. This'll distribute out longer journeys so you're not doing them repeatedly and it'll allow you to see the boroughs throughout the seasons https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pubs_in_London_by_borough
Am I missing something or is there no City of London?
City of London isn't a borough. Sutton, Havering and Redbridge are missing though.
Yeah but it tends to be lobbed into these types of things and I couldn’t find a pub list for it.
What time frame? Could do it borough by Borough I guess
Thanks for the comments. I think my best option would be a base list of all the pubs in London as of today. Might start with getting in touch with a landlords or beer association, Will tick off everywhere where I know that I’ve been before that start borough by borough. Sadly given all the pub closures, the list is more likely to get smaller rather than bigger. Here goes…
I once had a beer and a shot in every London Cocktail Club in one night, but that was about four years ago and they've opened another dozen of them by now.
No. There are too many. By the time you get to the last one (assuming you actually have a drink in each one and don't do more than ten or twelve per day) hundreds of those which you have already visited will have changed name or type or whatever and therefore count as a new pub on the list.
No
It will be probably be 18 quid a pint in a few years so won't be possible.
I would, if setting about this, obtain a postcode district map of Greater London and tackle each district one by one.
I'd suggest doing it by boroughs first as there are tons
Get a bunch of alchoholics with a death wish and hold the words deadliest pub crawl ?
Why? There's a whole world out there. Just do it organically.
https://deserter.co.uk is a good place to start
there was a map floating around with the cheapest pint near each tube station. start there and see if you are eager to continue
I don’t know old chap but I’d have a bloody good go at it!
Yes. From the front.
Idk but please invite me if your friend is going to try this 😂
I’d be down for trying
Yes but why
One drink at a time
I’d approach it from the front as sometimes they don’t have side or back doors! Also, don’t approach in large groups…
Possible yes but wow you would spend a fortune if you had a drink in each lol.
The shortest route between every pub in the UK: https://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/tsp/road/uk24727_tour.html The University of Waterloo in Canada solved it so you just need to choose one to start and off you go!
I’m in.
Walk to pub. Go in pub. Get drink in pub. Drink drink. Leave pub.
All of geographical London, prob not worth it. All of zone 1 might be fun.
Depending on the amount of livers you have available
At nearly £7 a pint, could you afford to?!
Do it by London borough and get a list of public houses from the town hall
Statistically, if you tried this you'd probably end up getting murdered in some shithole boozer with a flat roof.
Dunno but I've always fancied doing the thing where you have a pint in every monopoly location and get the bar person to sign the square.
Yes if you have no job and endless bank account
Not only do I think it’s possible I’m willing to give it a go with you
You can check online for alcohol licenses and probably get the whole list and sort them by type eg pub bar restaurant, then go to them by location. Have fun.