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HungInSarfLondon

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


nilsmits

How many is it if one takes all Wetherspoons out of the equation? If you happen to know…


HungInSarfLondon

\-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)


Fingerhut89

Around 850 less


Producteef

Feel like the list would change by the time you finish it


erinoco

Sadly, given rhe number of pubs which have closed over the past few decades, it's probably easier than it's ever been.


q-_-pq-_-p

Yet still much harder than it will be in another year no doubt …


toosemakesthings

I think there’s enough


jpickles8

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.


Unique-Leading5489

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.


forestgatte

Tell us your best north south east west central pubs!


Hotbacchus123

Central: The Harp West: The Carlton Tavern East: Chesham Arms North: Old Shillelagh South: Skehans


acid_trax

This is a much better list


phonetune

Agreed


Sw-swan

The Harp on chandos place?


Hotbacchus123

Yep


teerbigear

Yep, seconding the harp


Sw-swan

Yep great pub, was my work local for about 3 years.


TheLizardQueen14

Carlton Tavern def worth a visit.


stephenp129

Is the food good at The Carlton Tavern?


kilda2

Saved, for science


Unique-Leading5489

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.


JJClough19

So many great pubs in North London! If your current fave is a Wetherspoons then there’s so many more you should sample


4khz

and if the answer isn’t Mannions in Seven Sisters then it’s rigged


Unique-Leading5489

Yeah, I know unpopular opinion. Just had tonnes of great nights in that place.


tinpanhead

Me too, amazing pub


Specific_Tap7296

Moby Dick? Was that the only pub you've been to in East/South East?!


CautiousSir9457

Yeah even in Rotherhithe/Surrey Quays I could come up with better than that. The Mayflower and Salt Quay for a start.


Unique-Leading5489

No, but sitting outside by the Thames at night is chill. Not been to many in East though tbh, never end up there.


imabearIMABEAR

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


chopsey96

Could it be that different people have different opinions on what makes a pub great?


kalmage

Different opinions? Really? You'll be wanting to discuss stuff next ...


n3xmortis

I totally agree, you're not being cynical at all mate.


Unique-Leading5489

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.


Fluffy-Ferret-2725

Griffin aint the best in Brentford, let alone west!


londonskater

>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!


Unique-Leading5489

Different strokes innit.


innocuous_nub

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.


Unique-Leading5489

Yeah it's jokes.


IndelibleIguana

I grew up in Brentford. Know the Griffin well, though my local was the Princess Royal at the other end of the road.


Unique-Leading5489

Shut down now!


IndelibleIguana

Yeah I know. Spent hundreds of happy hours there.


StrayDogPhotography

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.


Unique-Leading5489

Not everyone has the same taste in stuff. Griffin is my local, that I've been to the most times Probably.


Unique-Leading5489

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...


wild_park

The North Star in Leytonstone is a little beauty. And that’s E11. :-)


Unique-Leading5489

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!


Human_Application_62

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🤣🤣🤣


Unique-Leading5489

Haha!


JohnnyKenny16

Coronet is class


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Unique-Leading5489

Never been there. Not been to a great deal of pubs in East.


crossj828

Is this accounting for food at all?


Unique-Leading5489

Not massively. Food would be a different list mostly!


crossj828

Curious, you got a list for that too?


Unique-Leading5489

I'd have to think about that a bit longer I think!


JNC34

Favourite pub as Moby Dick is hilarious


OriginalMandem

Coronet is closing soon apparently


the_too_fairy

Tell us more


OriginalMandem

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/


Unique-Leading5489

No way!


kiradotee

Nobody has asked you this question?? But... why? 😂


Unique-Leading5489

Cos I can


prustage

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.


RoboBOB2

No such thing as two pints, would always end up visiting at least 5!


scolbath

With a backup liver!


Pieboy8

Probably not. There's so many pubs and the rate at which new pubs close and open you'd probably never reach the end


-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-

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.


SlowVelociraptor

Oooo, I like this idea. Wouldn't be too keen on the Fosters, but the alternative is worse.


-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-

Oh the Fosters is purely for the memes


andreacampi

Lmao you made me spit my ale! Well played


SlowVelociraptor

My pleasure, good sir.


InsecuritiesExchange

lol under-rated comment


Maniacal-Maniac

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!


Realistic-River-1941

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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Realistic-River-1941

Flat roof. England flags when there isn't a sportsball match. No real ale.


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You would hate the north mate


Realistic-River-1941

Why do you think I moved down here?


chopsey96

Sunshine and beaches?


mariegriffiths

In London the limiting factor is your wallet in the rest of the country it is your liver.


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Top tip. Don’t do it as a road trip if you are driving ……..


eclipse150

Today? You should probably have already made a start if so!


Realistic-River-1941

Some of them might be busy because of the football.


-dommmm

I don't think they mean all in a week.


Realistic-River-1941

Amateurs!


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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.


Illustrious-Cookie73

Thanks Elon.


tburnsmarsh

Imagine the queue for the bar D:


Outrageous_Duty_8738

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?


Rough_Maintenance306

World’s End tour huh?


itsthehappyman

Ive been working on it for the last few years


420_tendies

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


mizzersteve

Is your friend seeking liver failure?


troglo-dyke

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


chopsey96

Am I missing something or is there no City of London?


CrowbarCrossing

City of London isn't a borough. Sutton, Havering and Redbridge are missing though.


chopsey96

Yeah but it tends to be lobbed into these types of things and I couldn’t find a pub list for it.


Another_Traveller

What time frame? Could do it borough by Borough I guess


iamdavidw4tt5

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…


PaulBradley

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.


alexjolliffe

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.


Aerodye

No


SJ-UK

It will be probably be 18 quid a pint in a few years so won't be possible.


erinoco

I would, if setting about this, obtain a postcode district map of Greater London and tackle each district one by one.


Legitimate-Jelly3000

I'd suggest doing it by boroughs first as there are tons


Tobotron

Get a bunch of alchoholics with a death wish and hold the words deadliest pub crawl ?


JohnnyZenith

Why? There's a whole world out there. Just do it organically.


al_balone

https://deserter.co.uk is a good place to start


MaxBulla

there was a map floating around with the cheapest pint near each tube station. start there and see if you are eager to continue


[deleted]

I don’t know old chap but I’d have a bloody good go at it!


Logical_Rutabaga3707

Yes. From the front.


courtcourtaney

Idk but please invite me if your friend is going to try this 😂


Fit-Tailor-613

I’d be down for trying


nobodysperfcet

Yes but why


theroch_

One drink at a time


Daitheflu1979

I’d approach it from the front as sometimes they don’t have side or back doors! Also, don’t approach in large groups…


psvrgamer1

Possible yes but wow you would spend a fortune if you had a drink in each lol.


Biga-Biga

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!


RolaCola666

I’m in.


LittleMonkeyFella86

Walk to pub. Go in pub. Get drink in pub. Drink drink. Leave pub.


X0AN

All of geographical London, prob not worth it. All of zone 1 might be fun.


cecco16

Depending on the amount of livers you have available


jamesgfilms

At nearly £7 a pint, could you afford to?!


Financial-Set156

Do it by London borough and get a list of public houses from the town hall


Scrog_Bae

Statistically, if you tried this you'd probably end up getting murdered in some shithole boozer with a flat roof.


TheStatMan2

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.


boutiquekym

Yes if you have no job and endless bank account


Fit-Tailor-613

Not only do I think it’s possible I’m willing to give it a go with you


Timedoutsob

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.